The School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering has been supported with 13 research laboratories, in which faculty members and students can carry out research programs in their fields of interests. The main purpose of providing research laboratories is to organize and program applied researches. The reseach labs are:

Environmental and Biotechnology Laboratory

Environmental and Biotechnology Laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Environment
  • Water and Waste Water Treatment
  • Pollution Problems
  • Transformation of Greenhouse Gases to Valuable Products
 

Enhanced Oil Recovery Laboratory (EOR)

EOR laboratory is a multidisciplinary research center at Shiraz University with a focus on cutting edge studies on "Enhanced Oil Recovery" techniques, from pore scale to field scale. We conduct various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects with especial attention to requirements of the oil industry based on four main topics:

  • Water/Gas EOR Techniques, Mechanisms and Challenges, from Pore Scale to Field Scale
  • Asphaltene Precipitation & Deposition
  •  Environmental EOR Challenges
  • Geomechanics/Geochemical in EOR

Petroleum Laboratory

Petroleum laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University that  tests crude oil, fuels and other petroleum refined products. The projects are conducted on the following main topics in this laboratory:

  • Viscosity of Petroleum Products
  • Flash Point and Fire Point
  • Cloud Point, Pour Point, Solid Point
  • Distillation

Process Innovation Laboratory

Process Innovation laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Adsorption and Absorption
  • Carbon Capture
  • Biological Systems
  • Development of Technical Knowledge
 

  

Energy Storage & Transport Laboratory

Energy storage & transport laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Energy Engineering
  • Electric Appliance Cooling
  • Lithium-ion Battery

Improved Oil Recovery Research Center (IOR)

IOR laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • Surface Phenomena
  • Fluid Flow through Porous Media
  • Reservoir Stimulation
  • Oil and Gas Production Enhancement

Catalyst and Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory

Catalyst and Chemical Reaction Engineering laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Synthesis of Catalyst, Electrocatalyst and Photocatalyst
  • Aging Analysis and Characterization of Catalysts
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Absorbents
  • Thermal Reaction Engineering
  • Design of Single and Multi Phase Reactors
  • Reactor Modeling and Simulation
  • Reaction Kinetic Modeling
  • Chain Value Assessment
 

Central Petroleum Laboratory

Central Petroleum Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research center at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Rock Reservoir Properties
  • Fluid Reservoir Properties
  • IOR
  • PVT

Polymer, Thermodynamics and Crystallization (PTC) Laboratory

PTC laboratory  is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Synthesis of Catalyst, Electrocatalyst and Photocatalyst
  • Aging Analysis and Characterization of Catalysts
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Absorbents
  • Thermal Reaction Engineering
  • Design of Single Phase and Multiphase Reactors
  • Reactor Modeling and Simulation
  • Reaction Kinetic Modeling
  • Chain Value Assessment

Oil & Gas Thermodynamics Research Laboratory

Oil & Gas Thermodynamics laboratory  is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Subcritical & Supercritical Fluid
  • Flow Assurance
  • Gas Condensate Recovery
  • Bio-technology and Environment
  • Isomerization of Light Naphtha
  • Synthetization of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures
  • Different Types of Reactors

Nanoparticles and Water Resources Recovery Research Laboratory

Nanoparticles and Water Resources Recovery laboratory  is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Oxy-combustion
  • Carbon Utilization
  • Carbon Capture
  • MOF Adsorption
  • Nano-catalyst

Novel Technologies and Process Laboratory

Novel technologies and process laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Surface Adsorption
  • Gas Absorption
  • Nano Particle Structure
  • Simulation and Process Control
  • Waste Water Treatment
  • Air Pollution Control

Interdisciplinary Technologies Laboratory

Interdisciplinary Technologies laboratory is a research laboratory at Shiraz University in which various fundamental and theoretical-based research projects are conducted on the following main topics:

  • Water and Waste Water Treatment
  • Surface Phenomena
  • Environment Engineering 
  • Energy
  • Plasma Engineering
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Catalyst Synthesis and Characterization
 

 

Central Petroleum and Environment laboratories, the most important research laboratories of the school, are supported with high technology apparatus and offer both educational and industrial services. Central Petroleum Laboratory offers both educational and industrial services in the fields of:

  •  Rock Reservoir properties
  •  Fluid Reservoir properties
  •  Water Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratory