Research & Development

GERMI has established two research wings- Petroleum and Renewable Energy. The Petroleum Wing has two major groups.

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Petroleum Laboratories whose capabilities are in Petrographic studies, Rock Physics and Geochemical Studies and the Data Interpretation Centre with Capabilities on G&G data analysis, Seismic Data enhancement & characterization. The Renewable Research Wing supports fundamental and applied research ranging from solar cell material and device designs to plant performance analysis. As well in the environmental research focusing to help industries in important areas related to science, technology and management pertaining to Pollution, Energy Efficiency, Bio-Energy & Waste to Energy and enable the integration of innovative need-based technologies.

Laboratory scale development of technology for algal fuel production

The aim is to develop a laboratory design for the development of biofuel using the algal strains with high oil content followed by harvesting and extraction. This will lead to the development of technology to produce the algal fuel.

Key Persons

Dr. Syed Zaheer Hasan
Email: zaheer@germi.res.in

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