Teaching
For industrials
Permanent Availability Courses
El Laboratorio FIRP inició sus actividades en 1978 para realizar investigaciones aplicadas en Fenómenos Interfaciales y Recuperación del Petróleo (de donde el nombre “FIRP”), en concertación con PDVSA en general e INTEVEP en particular, dedicándose a temas como la recuperación mejorada del petróleo, el transporte de crudos extrapesados y la formulación del combustible emulsionado comercializado a finales de los años 80 por PDVSA como “orimulsion”. A principios de los años 90 la investigación básica orientada del grupo FIRP dejó claro que la fenomenología de los sistemas emulsionados podía describirse de igual forma que el aceite sea un petróleo crudo, un solvente orgánico, o aceite de lanolina, oliva o linaza. Como consecuencia, se hizo evidente que el know-how desarrollado podía utilizarse para resolver una gran variedad de problemas en diversos sectores. Cuando el Lab FIRP recibió el premio-subvención de Fundacite en 1995, se encontraba en un período de mutación y ampliación tanto en número de integrantes como de temáticas…
Industrial partners
Certain companies with which we have worked have become industrial partners of the FIRP Laboratory. They are more than our clients, they are our privileged partners, and as such we offer a special service, both in terms of benefits, as well as in terms of priority of service and cost.
Our partners are in various sectors:
- Chemical industry
- Oil industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Paper industry
- among other…
We are generally occupied for several months in certain activities such as the development of new products or certain types of personnel training, and we have important commitments to train researchers, particularly at postgraduate degrees. The point is that it has been difficult at times to serve our industrial clients with the urgency of the case, and we have had to set priorities in service. On the other hand, we have verified that a company with which we have a continuous relationship over time knows us better and knows how to take better advantage of us, and for us it is a company with which we can anticipate needs and improve working conditions, the efficiency of service and associated cost.