InstituteofProcessEngineering
We are a prestigious institute on a Czech even international scale. We provide education in accordance with the current state and needs of industry and the municipal sphere, research and development, the needs of society and the requirements for the profile of the graduate. The scope of our activities is as follows:
- energy systems and simulation calculations
- reducing the energy intensity of processes
- thermal processes and gas cleaning
- computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- design of equipment
- design and simulation of heat transfer equipment and processes
The activities of the individual research groups intertwine and complement each other, which makes it possible to respond flexibly to solving current tasks based on practice.
Process engineering is a varied field not only from its representation in industrial sectors or the municipal sphere, but it is also varied in what it deals with. It is a conceptual and comprehensive solution, i.e. from investment planning to details. It deals with:
- design of the process and equipment (apparatus) that ensure the process,
- minimization of energy consumption, generation of waste, and emissions in accordance with environmental protection legislation,
- application of similar principles in various processes (e.g. the "heat exchange" operation can be used both in the field biomass/waste–to-energy, and in the food industry, etc.),
- process management and control (automation, regulation, optimization),
- technological and structural design of equipment using the results of experiments, computational support, and feedback from specific implementations,
- all economic aspects (capital and operational expenditures, etc.).
In addition, process engineering approaches all these activities as comprehensively as possible and connects them in such a way that the approach based on the three basic aspects "3E" (Energy + Economy + Environment) is respected.
Main Current Projects
- Centre of environmental research: Waste management, circular economy and environmetal secutiry
- PHOS4PLANT
- National Centre for Energy II
- Development of continuous feeding system for solid alternative fuels
- Zero Liquid Discharge Unit for Wineries
Main Results
- TiramisO - Waste Production Forecasting
- SHAPED BURNER PIECE WITH INTERNAL FLUE GAS RECIRCULATION
- Analytical approach for energy retrofit of waste gas-to-energy units
- Waste-to-energy plants flue gas CO2 mitigation using a novel tubular photobioreactor while producing Chlorella algae
- Virtual power plant control system
Research Activities
- Application of AI in process and energy engineering
- Circularity and microalgae
- Complex designs and evaluation of process equipment
- Development of perspective process equipment and systems and their integration into processes
- Energy production systems/utilities modelling for municipal and industrial sector with focus on integration of renewable energy and waste-to-energy
- Energy utilization of hydrogen in energy and chemical industry, modeling transportation and distribution of hydrogen
- Industrial Wastewater Treatment
- Thermal energy accumulation, modeling the significance of heat accumulation in district heating systems
- The utilization of second and third-generation biofuels
- Waste and secondary materials logistics
- Waste management and circular economy data analysis
News from Institute
Prestigious CSCHE Honorary Membership Award for Prof. Petr Stehlík
The award was received by Prof. Stehlík from the hands of the President of CSCHE Jiří Drahoš during a festive meeting held in the Bethlehem Chapel.
I enjoy seeing people grow, says favourite teacher Pavel Lošák
Probably never before has any colleague come to a conversation about teaching so precisely prepared as Pavel Lošák.
An evaporator will help with the recycling of wastewater from the winery
Winemakers could be helped by a new technology developed by experts from the Institute of Process Engineering of the BUT.
Ocean cleaning or robot-rescuer. The exhibits connected with BUT will be presented at the Expo in Dubai
Exhibits from BUT will also be on display in the Czech pavilion at the Expo 2020 World Exhibition. Experts from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering have sent a robot to Dubai to demonstrate 3D…
Algae will help the delicate balance of aquaponic farms. The company invited scientists for the development
The symbiosis of fish farming and vegetable growing in a closed system, the so-called aquaponics, is on the rise in the Czech Republic. In order for business to be not only profitable, but also…
Nine BUT students were successful in the competition Brno Ph.D. Talent 2019
Nine doctoral students from the Brno University of Technology scored in the competition Brno Ph.D. Talent that evaluates young scientists. Among them Miroslav Rebej from the Department of Process…