Institute of Process and Environmental Engineering Brno University of Technology Technická 2896/2 616 69 Brno Czech Republic tel: +420 541 142 373 fax:

Institute of Process and Environmental Engineering

Brno University of TechnologyTechnická 2896/2

616 69 BrnoCzech Republic

tel: +420 541 142 373fax: +420 541 142 373

e-mail: [email protected]: www.upei.fme.vutbr.cz

www.upei.fme.vutbr.cz


Structure The Institute is structured into groups, covering the following areas of research and development:

• nonthermal waste treatment• alternative fuels• energy systems and simulations• thermal waste treatment• gasification• heat exchangers• experimental research and process control• experimental research of combustion systems• modelling, CFD and optimisation• equipment design• LCA and process integration



Experimental facilities

Software systems and

modelling

• Experimental facilities enabling: burner testing research in the area of waste-to-energy research of flue gas cleaning systems research of the properties and utilisation of sludge

• Commercial systems used for teaching, research and development:

FLUENT Solidworks ANSYS CHEMCAD MAPLE

• Development of new computational systems: WTE (Waste-to-Energy)



Study • Bachelor’s study programme• Master’s study programme• Doctoral study programme



Science and

research

RESEARCH PLAN

EU directive

environmental protection + sustainable development

renewable energy

emissions minimization

research activities

TOOLS OF RESEARCHtheory and modelling

experimentdata from industrial

operation

FIELDS OF RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION

renewable energy

environmental protectionproducts

FIELD OF RESEARCH

processes

equipmentwaste processing biomass processing

recycling non-thermal thermal

combustion

gasification

energy

waste as alternative fuelspecific areas

sludge

mixtures (plastics, textile etc.)

Industrial municipalutilization of residues

combination

EFFECTIVE PROCESSING OF WASTES AND BIOMASS

products



Research projects

• Research plan MSM 0021630502 "Waste and Biomass Utilization focused on Environment Protection and Energy Generation " (key strategic project).

• International projects2 projects COPERNICUS

4 projects JOULE

1 project INCO-COPERNICUS

3 projects PHARE

1 project COST

4 projects 5. rámcového programu (5th Framework Research Programme)

2 projects 6. rámcového programu (6th Framework Research Programme)

1 project UK Know-How Fund

2 projects EUREKA

1 project of bilateral cooperation in science and technology

• National projectsImpuls – project supported by the Ministry of industry and trade

GAČR – project supported by the Czech science foundation



Selected examples of researched

problems

• The most modern burner testing facility in Europe




problems

• Prototype of a biomass-fired boiler

BIOMASSboiler

primary air

auxiliary air

chimney

auxiliary airpreheating

fan

cyclone clarifier

flue gas recycle

fuel chargingmachine

bale conveyor

fuel conveyor




problems

• Energy analyses of sludge treatment units in wastewater treatment plants

sludge incinerator




problems

• From idea to application – unit for off-gas thermal treatment

• s i m u l a t I o n m o d e l l i n g e x p . r e s e a r c h

C F D m o d e l l i n g a p p l i c a t i o n s




problems

• New and original systems for flue gas cleaning




problems

• Abatement of harmful emissions using new technologies

Municipal waste incinerator Termizo Liberec, a.s. (dioxin destruction, energy analysis, operation optimisation).




problems

• Research and development of non-conventional heat exchangers for various media

Right: heat exchanger “flue gas – oil”

Below: heat exchanger “water – sludge”




problems

• Strength calculations and stress analyses

Fluid mixing in tube junction FEM analysis of cleaning hole of large-capacity vessel

Computational model Stress analysis

Thermal-hydraulic analyses



Cooperation

Contacts with foreign

partners

• The Institute cooperates in applied research with Czech and multinational companies like e.g. KOCH-GLITSCH, UNIS, ABB Lummus Global, Procter & Gamble.

• Close cooperation with other faculties of the BUT (mainly chemical, civil and information technology faculties), universities and institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Some examples:• UoM – University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

(UK)• University of Maryland (USA)• CERTH/CPERI - Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (Greece)• ABB Lummus Heat Transfer (The Netherlands, USA)• Universität Dortmund (Germany)• Kharkov State Polytechnic University (Ukrajine)• W. L. GORE & Associates (USA, Germany)• Polytechnic University of Bucharest (Romania)• Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry s.a. (Greece)



Offer of collaboration

Offer of cooperation and services for research and commercial partners in the following areas:

- Burner testing- Flue gas cleaning system design- Design and calculation of non-conventional heat exchangers- Energy and material analyses of processing units (e.g. sludge

treatment units of wastewater treatment plants)- Technical emission measurements including dioxins- Strength calculations - Conceptual design of processes and equipment- Energy availability analyses

Documents

Institute of Process and Environmental Engineering Brno University of Technology Technická 2896/2 616 69 Brno Czech Republic tel: +420 541 142 373 fax: