This sector was created on March 30, 2012 and contains the laboratories of the former Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute.
Currently, eight laboratories, organized into three research and development divisions, are in full operation at the cetrain sector. The activities of the laboratories are supported by a horizontal technical division, which involves the large pilot-plant units and the analytical department. More specifically, the present organisation of the sector has as follows:
- Laboratory of Environmental Fuels and Hydrocarbons
- Laboratory of Polymer Reaction Engineering
- Laboratory of Natural Resources and Renewable Energies Utilization
- Aerosol and Particle Technology Laboratory
- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials
- Laboratory of Process Systems Design and Implementation
- Biological Computation & Process Laboratory
- Analytical Services Unit