SARTEC carries out applied research and development of new products and technologies by itself and for other parties.

SARTEC owns a chemical laboratory equipped with high technology instruments, applications for environmental and process modeling that, together with the high and multidisciplinary specialization of their personnel, allows the development of studies and applied research in the environmental and process optimization field.  

SARTEC considers of primary importance the realization of research projects to develop new services, technologies and consultancy capabilities for customers. Several research projects have been realized, also, with the funding of the European Union, MIUR and Sardinia regional government; they have been carried out together with the collaboration of University, CNR, other research centers and innovative companies.

In the environmental field, SARTEC has carried out studies to analyze contamination problems and to define remediation solutions, to develop methodologies for environmental monitoring such as for fugitive emissions and odors; the researches, also, brought to the development of a Decision Support System (DSS). 

Another research  branch is the development of new analytical systems, such as the SARTEC anesthetic gas analyzer (PGA) and the FTIR multiparametric analyzer (for environmental monitoring applications).
In the industrial process optimization area, SARTEC has developed researches in the following fields: chemical, petrochemical, oil refining, biofuels and the optimization of energetic systems. The activities involve, in particular, the development of innovative analytical systems, the tests of industrial processes on pilot plants, with special attention to hydrocracking and hydrotreating, the development of oil refining process studies, by using models, the development of technologies, instrumentations and new design plants, and control and monitoring systems.