RESEARCH - WORKING GROUPS
Catalytic processes
Staff:
Doc. Ing. Bohumil Bernauer, CSc. (head of group)
Dr. Ing. Vlastimil Fíla
Ing. Miloslav Lhotka, PhD.
Ph.D. students:
Ing. Milan Bernauer
Ing. Petr Šťastný
Mgr. Tien Dung Cong
Research interests
- catalytic and separation processes in membrane systems
- kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions (oxidation of sulphur dioxide, ammonia)
- production and characterization of catalysts
- creation of computer simulation programmes for selected technological processes
Technical electrochemistry I
Staff:
Prof. Dr. Ing. Karel Bouzek (head of group)
Prof. Dr. Ing. Josef Krýsa
Ing. Martin Paidar, Ph.D.
Ph.D. students:
Ing. Tomáš Bystroň
Ing. Roman Kodým
Ing. Zuzana Mácová
Ing. Martin Zlámal
Curent projects:
- catalysts for anode reactions in fuel cells
- membranes for fuel cells
- catalyst supports for fuel cells
- denitrification of drinking water
- photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants
- purification of waste water containing heavy metals
- electrochemical synthesis of ferrates
- gas detectors
- mathematical modelling of reactors
- mass transfer
Technical electrochemistry II
Staff:
Doc. Ing. Vladimír Mejta, CSc. (head of group)
Ing. Rudolf Mráz
Research in the field:
Electromembrane processes
- purification of waste water by electrodialysis (environmental protection)
- production of high purity water by electrodeionization (special technologies)
- desalination of food and pharmaceutical products (special technologies)
Preparation of activated titanium anodes
Current projects:
- desalination of rinse water from weak acidic zinc baths by electrodialysis
- purification of technical carboxymethylcellulose to food standard by electrodialysis
- purification of waste glycerol for its transformation to 1,3 – propandiol
- development of electrodialytic laboratory module for ion-exchange membrane testing
- study of extreme mode in electromembrane processes
- development of electrodialytic laboratory module for ultra-pure water preparation
- development of chamber and spiral module for electodeionization
- optimization of electrochemical preparation of potassium permanganate
Heterogeneous non-catalyzed processes
Staff:
Doc. Ing. Jan Vídenský, CSc. (head of group)
Ing. Ivona Sedlářová, Ph.D.
Ph.D. students:
Ing. David Gabriš
Research in the field:
- Processes in environmental protection – high-temperature desulphurization of flue gases
- Decomposition of phosphates and magnesite by mineral acids – process kinetics, calculation of industrial reactors
- Treatment of waste acids and bases
Determination of textural characteristics of solid materials by mercury porosimetry within a range of diameters from 100 µm to 1.5 nm (AutoPore IV and PoreSizer 9320, Micromeritics)