Campus Araranguá

The Electrical Energy Technological Center (NTEEL) operates in the field of ​​electrical energy systems, aiming to contribute to the advancement of technology, quality, and efficiency in this area, meeting societal demands from the perspective of generation, transmission, distribution, and end-use of electrical energy.

Through collaboration between academia and Brazilian industry, NTEEL seeks to contribute to the country’s development by promoting research and technical and scientific production. Research results are transferred to relevant sectors through partnerships and specialized publications.

NTEEL Solar is the Solar Energy division of NTEEL and is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Giuliano Arns Rampinelli. NTEEL Solar develops scientific projects and research in the field of ​​Photovoltaic Solar Energy and its applications.

Faculty members

• CÉSAR CATALDO SCHARLAU
• GIULIANO ARNS RAMPINELLI
• LEONARDO ELIZEIRE BREMERMANN
• LUCIANO LOPES PFITSCHER

The Center for the Development of Energy Production Processes (NUDAPE) carries out projects in partnership with other science and technology institutions and industries – particularly in the state of Santa Catarina – as well as with institutions abroad.

NUDAPE was established in 2015 by Professors Dr. Elaine Virmond and Dr. Elise Sommer Watzko, from the Department of Energy and Sustainability at UFSC. Its teaching, research and outreach activities involve students from the undergraduate program in Energy Engineering and the Graduate Program in Energy and Sustainability (PPGES).

https://nudape.paginas.ufsc.br

The Renewable Energy and Social Acceptance Laboratory (LabERAS) has as its main objective to integrate studies of renewable energies in the coastal zone and their generation technologies with the community. Studies of social acceptance are recognized as a fundamental part of the successful implementation of renewable energy technologies.

Faculty members

• CARLA DE ABREU D’AQUINO
• CÉSAR CATALDO SCHARLAU
• CLÁUDIA WEBER CORSEUIL
• GIULIANO ARNS RAMPINELLI
• LUCIANO LOPES PFITSCHER

The Energy and Sustainability Studies Group (GREENS) develops projects in the area of ​​energy and sustainability, in partnership with national and international institutions, whose results have contributed significantly to the study of the state of the art of the subject in question, as well as to the promotion of teaching, research, extension, technology and innovation.

Faculty members

• KÁTIA CILENE RODRIGUES MADRUGA
• REGINALDO GEREMIAS
• ELAINE VIRMOND

The Applied Thermal Sciences Laboratory (LABCITEA) is located in rooms 106 and 107 of the Mato Alto Unit of the Araranguá Campus.

The laboratory conducts reseach on:

• Air conditioning and refrigeration systems by physical and chemical adsorption.
• Desiccant and evaporative cooling systems for air conditioning.
• Air conditioning and refrigeration systems by absorption.
• Absorption and adsorption systems in cogeneration systems.
• Heat pumps for industrial heating, by sorption, mechanical compression and hybrid.
• Modeling of energy consumption in buildings.
• Energy efficiency in microbreweries.

Faculty members

• ROGÉRIO GOMES DE OLIVEIRA

The Wastewater Treatment and Ecotoxicology Laboratory (LabEFLUTOX) works in the area of ​​studying and minimizing the environmental impacts caused by the extraction of natural resources, combustion of fuels, and industrial activities. Among other activities, LabEFLUTOX develops studies on the toxicological effects of gas scrubber fluids and gases derived from the burning of treated wood, as well as on the treatment of natural waters impacted by acid mine drainage and industrial effluents using biomass derivatives as treatment agents.

Faculty members

• MARIA ÁNGELES LOBO RECIO
• CLAUS TRÖGER PICH