Faculty of Engineering

The Research Center for Bio-energy and Fuel Cell Systems was established in 2018 by Dr.Eng. Ir. Taufiq Bin Nur, S.T., M.Eng.Sc. This research center is located on the first floor of the Master’s Program in Mechanical Engineering Building, Universitas Sumatera Utara. Those who have been members of this research center since its inception are 38 undergraduate and postgraduate students, collaborating with several Mechanical Engineering lecturers and cross-departments. The focus of research conducted in this research center is studies related to bio-energy and fuel cell systems.

The results of the work of the Bio-energy and Fuel Cell Systems Research Center include pyrolysis systems, combustion furnaces, bioethanol production, distillation devices for bioethanol purification, machines for studying alternative fuel yields, organic rankine cycles to convert wasted heat into usable power, and energy monitoring tools for energy audits. The center also has tools to be tested, such as material modification in collaboration with the European company Pyropower. Currently, the center will study biomass pyrolysis to produce hydrogen.