Transport Phenomena constitute a scientific area with important applications in Civil, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering. CEFT is a Research Unit involving staff from the Chemical and Mechanical Engineering Departments based at FEUP (Faculty of Engineering at University of Porto) and other Portuguese Higher Education Institutions, such as the Polytechnic Institutes of Coimbra, Viseu and Bragança.
CEFT vocation lies essentially on fundamental research, in which it has achieved significant success. The group/research is essentially divided into two major sub-groups/topics:
With particular emphasis on cleaner fuels, such as natural gas and biomass, as well as to issues pertaining to the carbon problem, and the hydrogen economy.