Projects – Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory

All active projects can be found on the Brno University of Technology.

NCK NaCCAS – DP 14 MOUSSE II
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- Code: TN02000009/14
- Duration: 1/2026-12/2028
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
NCK MESTEC2 – DP 15 – Advanced Materials for Demanding Applications II
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- Code: TN02000010/15
- Duration: 1/2026-12/2028
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Effective microaeration for reducing hydrogen sulfide in biogas plant digesters
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- Code: FW12010233
- Duration: 3/2025-12/2027
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
Bundles of low-cost, ultra-thin capillaries as flexible heat exchangers, membrane contactors, and their applications for the optimal utilization of low-temperature waste heat in environmentally friendly processes
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- Code: SQ02010096
- Duration: 4/2026-12/2028
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Role of residual elements on steel scale behaviour during hot rolling and pickling
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- Code: RFCS-2024-02-RPJ Proposal number 101216419
- Duration: 07/2025–12/2028
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Sustainable and efficient thermal management of batteries using planar coextruded polymeric heat exchangers
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- Code: FW11020111
- Duration: 08/2024-12/2027
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
Polymeric compact heat exchangers
- Code: CZ.01.01.01/01/22_002/0001065
- Duration: 06/2023-12/2026
- Financing:Ministry of Industry and Trade – OP TAK
New generation of polymeric heat exchangers for thermal management of cylindrical batteries
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- Code: TQ15000010
- Duration: 01/2025-12/2026
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
NCK NaCCAS – DP 05 MOUSSE
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- Code: TN02000009/05
- Duration: 03/2023-12/2025
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
NCK MESTEC2 – DP 03 – Advanced materials for demanding applications
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- Code: TN02000010/03
- Duration: 01/2023-12/2025
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Optimisation and regeneration of ceramic flue gas filters
- Code: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/21_374/0027237
- Duration: 01/2022-05/2023
High temperature flue gas filtration using metal filter elements
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- Code: FW10010544
- Duration: 01/2024-06/2026
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
HFHX – Hollow Fiber Heat Exchangers with Reduced Permeability for Smart Cities
- Code: 8I24
- Duration: 01/2024-03/2027
- Financing:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Cleaning of membrane filters by hydrodynamic cavitation
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- Code: FW10010041
- Duration: 01/2024-06/2026
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Multiphase heat transfer from porous oxide structures formed on metal at high temperatures
- Code: LUAUS24006
- Duration: 03/2024-12/2027
- Financing:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Elimination of volatile substances from wastewater with simultaneous conversion to secondary raw material using microporous hollow fibres
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- Code: FW06010715
- Duration: 03/2023-12/2026
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
SmartCool – Smart controlled actuator to homogenize the temperature at the transfer bar
- Code: RFCS - 2021 - PJG 1010057274
- Duration: 07/2022-12/2025
- Financing:The Research Fund for Coal and Steel
Research and development of complex technology for the production of stable semi-finished cartidges
- Code: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/21_374/0026910
- Duration: 02/2022-05/2023
- Financing:Ministry of Industry and Trade, European Union
Development of specific production technology of polymer heat exchanger
- Code: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/20_321/0024342
- Duration: 06/2021-05/2023
- Financing:Ministry of Industry and Trade, European Union
Membrane distillation for heavily polluted and aggressive environments
- Code: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/20_321/0024886
- Duration: 06/2021-05/2023
- Financing:Ministry of Industry and Trade, European Union
Innovation of automotive wheels manufacturing produced of light alloys
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- Code: FW03010151
- Duration: 03/2021-12/2024
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Membrane distillations based on ultra-thin polypropylene capillaries
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- Code: FW03010181
- Duration: 04/2021 - 12/2024
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Reduction of Heat Losses During Hot Rolling
- Duration: 7/2020 -12/2023
- Financing:Research Fund for Coal & Stell
Compact Heat Exchangers for Automotive Industry Made of Polymeric Hollow Fibers
- Code: VUT FSI-K-21-6948
- Duration: 02/2021 -01/2022
- Financing:Brno University of Technology
Application of two-phase flow for cooling and cleaning of metal surfaces
- Code: FSI-S-20-6478
- Duration: 1/2020 – 12/2022
- Financing:Brno University of Technology
Fundamentals in mist spray cooling, for industrial applications
- Code: LTAUSA19053
- Duration: 1/2020 – 12/2022
- Financing:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
- Citation: Authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports under the programme INTER _ EXCELLENCE, within the project LTAUSA19053.
Fully polymeric membrane micro-distillation based on extremely thin capillaries
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- Code: TJ02000253
- Duration: 05/2019 – 04/2020
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- Citation: TAČR-ZÉTA TJ02000253 Fully polymeric membrane micro-distillation based on extremely thin capillaries, duration 05/2019-04/2020
Filtration of nanoparticles generated by 3D printers using hollow-fiber membranes
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- Code: TJ02000170
- Duration: 5/2019 – 4/2021
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Heat exchangers with hollow polymeric fibres for automotive
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- Code: TH04010031
- Duration: 01/2019 – 12/2022
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- Citation: TAČR-EPSILON TH04010031 Heat exchangers with hollow polymeric fibres for automotive, duration 01/2019-12/2022
Separation of ammonia from fugate of biogas plants using membrane contactors
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- Code: TH04030198
- Duration: 1/2019 – 12/2022
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Membrane distillation based on the polymer hollow fibres
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- Code: TJ01000254
- Duration: 1/2018 – 12/2019
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Research centre for low-carbon energy technologies
- Code: CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000753
- Duration: 1/2018 – 12/2022
- Financing:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Development of a specific scanner
- Code: TJ01000353
- Duration: 9/2017 – 12/2018
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Progressive High-Pressure Hydraulic Systems for Heavy Industry
- Code: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/15_019/0004924
- Duration: 7/2017 – 12/2018
- Financing:Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade
Solution of temperature conditions within the outside switchboard boxes with electronic components (for CONSYMEA Ltd.)
- Financing:Agentura pro podnikání a inovace
Determination of Heat Transfer Coefficient for Air Nozzles (for CUTISIN Ltd.)
- Financing:Agentura pro podnikání a inovace
Separation of gaseous pollutants using tubular heat exchangers at low temperature condition (for MVB Opava CZ Ltd.)
- Code: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/16_045/0007404
- Duration: 2017
- Financing:Agentura pro podnikání a inovace
Determination of thermal conditions of hopper heating system (for Revos Ltd.)
- Code: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/16_045/0007424
- Duration: 2017
- Financing:Agentura pro podnikání a inovace
Flexible Capillary Heat Exchangers (FLEXIHEAT)
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- Code: 7D16008
- Duration: 1/2017 – 12/2019
- Financing:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Parameters of two-phase flow influencing the cooling of solid surface
- Code: FSI-S-17-4346
- Duration: 1/2017 – 12/2019
- Financing:Brno University of Technology
Filtration membranes based on alkali-activated materials: preparation, characterization and properties
- Code: FCH/FSI-J-17-4606
- Duration: 01/2017 – 12/2017
- Financing:Brno University of Technology
Research and development of progressive micro-alloyed materials for temperature controlled rolling and cooling with subsequent treatment of seamless tubes for use in area OCTG and machinery industry
- Code: TRIO - FV10253
- Duration: 10/2016 – 12/2018
- Financing:Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade
Resource-Efficient Hydromechanical Descaling System for Wire Coils (HIJETROD)
- Code: 709435-HiJetRod Pilot-RFCS
- Duration: 07/2016 – 12/2019
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Structure and Quality of Casting for Various Methods of Mould Cooling (for ALUCAST Ltd.)
- Financing:Agentura pro podnikání a inovace
Effective Management of Coolant in Cold Rolling (MANCOOL)
- Code: RFSR-CT-2015-00006
- Duration: 07/2015 – 12/2018
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Podpora tvorby excelentních týmů mezioborového výzkumu na VUT
- Code: CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0005
Complex reduction of gaseous pollutants emission from the small scale units
- Code: TH01030820
- Duration: 01/2015 – 12/2018
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Heat exchangers with polymeric hollow fibres for energetic systems of buildings
- Code: TH01020139
- Duration: 01/2015 – 12/2018
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
High Performance Hot Rolling Process Through Steel Grade_Dependent Influencing of the Scale Formation and Flexible Descaling Control (HIPERSCALE)
- Code: RFSR-CT-2014-00010
- Duration: 7/2014-12/2017
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Oxide Influence on Heat Transfer, Material Properties and Micro Structure
- Code: FSI-S-14-2437
- Duration: 1/2014 – 12/2016
- Financing:Brno University of Technology
NETME CENTRE PLUS (follow-up sustainability stage)
- Code: LO1202
- Duration: 1/2014 – 12/2018
- Financing:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Multidisciplinary Team for Research and Development of Heat Processes (HEATEAM)
- Code: CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0188
- Duration: 6/2012 – 5/2015
NETME WORKING – Innovation and Technology Transfer in Mechanical Engineering
- Code: CZ.1.07/2.4.00/31.0046
- Duration: 2/2012 – 1/2014
Vysoce účinné a energeticky úsporné chladící systémy profilových válců
- Code: TA02011184
- Duration: 1/2012 – 12/2014
- Financing:Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Determination of Heat Transfer Coefficient for Air Nozzles (for Bernard Brewery Inc.)
- Duration: 11/2009 – 6/2010
- Financing:Agentura pro podnikání a inovace
Advanced Roll Gap Sensors for Enhanced Hot and Cold Rolling Processes (ROLLGAP SENSORS)
- Code: HS13045005
- Duration: 9/2009 – 9/2013
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
NETME CENTRE – New Technologies for Mechanical Engineering
- Code: CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0002
- Duration: 5/2009 – 12/2013
Advanced Method to Improve Work Roll Life Time and Surface Quality of Hot Rolled Strip by New Coupled Oil Free Lubrication and Chilling (CHILLUB)
- Code: RFCR-CT-2008-00012
- Duration: 7/2008 – 12/2011
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Theory and experimental research of oxide layer removal by high pressure water jet
- Code: GA106/06/0709
- Duration: 1/2006 – 12/2008
- Financing:Czech Science Foundation
New Cooling Techniques for Enhanced Roll Bite Lubrication during Cold Rolling of High Strength Steels and Thin Packaging Steels (OPTCOOLUB)
- Code: RFSC-CT-2006-00014
- Duration: 7/2006 – 6/2009
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Optimization of Hydraulic Systems in Rolling Process
- Code: FT-TA3/023
- Duration: 1/2006 – 12/2009
- Financing:Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade
Development of Shelf System 25
- Code: FI-IM/036
- Duration: 8/2004 – 12/2006
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Effective Work Roll Cooling (EWRCOOL)
- Code: RFCR-CR-04015 EWRCOOL
- Duration: 7/2004 – 12/2007
- Financing:Research Fund for Steel and Coal
Research and Development of a New Electro Magnetic Gauge for Fluid Metal
- Code: FI-IM/224
- Duration: 5/2004 – 11/2006
- Financing:Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade
Experimental study of Leidenfrost effect at the impact of water droplets on heat surface for application in metallurgy
- Code: GA106/02/1571
- Duration: 01/2002 – 12/2004
- Financing:Czech Science Foundation
Optimization of forcing characteristics of metal in mushy state
- Duration: 2002 – 2004
- Financing:European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Experimental study of material characteristics of steel forming in mushy state
- Code: GA106/01/0188
- Duration: 1/2001 – 12/2003
- Financing:Czech Science Foundation
Modelling and optimisation in continuous casting
- Duration: 2001 – 2003
- Financing:Kontakt/ Czech – Slovenian project 2001/023
Modelling and experimental study of phase changes within binary systems
- Code: OC.P3.60
- Duration: 1/1998 – 12/2001
- Financing:European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Modelling and optimization for competitive continuous casting
- Code: ME 266
- Duration: 1998-1999
- Financing:Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Experimental study of transport phenomena on moving surfaces at very high temperatures
- Code: GA106/97/0328
- Duration: 1/1997 – 12/1999
- Financing:Czech Science Foundation
Computer aided process simulation of iron mushy state forging
- Code: ERB CIPA-CT94-0117
- Duration: 1995 – 1998
- Financing:Copernicus Programme
Advanced methods in experimental and inverse heat conduction (cooperation with the Drexel University in Philadelphia)
- Duration: 1994 – 1996
- Financing:US-CS Science and Technology Program