1. Pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) of model liquid fuels and emissions of nitrogen oxides (grant-subcontract in PECO program of EC) 1994 - 1996.
2. PFBC of coal, emissions and effect of biomass/waste co-combustion on emissions and behaviour of the PFB (supported by GA AS CR) 1998 - 2002.
3. Staged PFBC of coal - emission study - gaseous pollutants, heavy metals, (supported by EC - INCO-Copernicus) 1999 - 2001.
4. Identification, characterization and research of heavy metal air pollution and methods for reduction of the emissions (supported by Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic) 1997 - 1999.
    

Karel Svoboda E-mail: svoboda@icpf.cas.cz Education: M.Sc.: Faculty of Chem. Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, CZ, 1973. Ph.D.: Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals (ICPF) CAS, Prague, CZ, 1979. Assoc. Prof.: Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Prague, CZ, 1996.

Experience: total 25 years.

Basic and applied research: Chemical Reactors and Technologies for Gas-Solid, Gas-Liquid Systems, Environmental Engineering, Emission measurement, Non-Ferrous Metallurgy, Fluidized Bed Combustion, Waste Combustion, Several industrial projects.
Design, construction and erection of an apparatus with circulating fluidized bed, combustion and emission studies 1992 - 93. Design, construction and erection of pressurized fluidized bed reactor (1994 - 1996) and experiments on PFBC 1995 - 2000.

Functions:

Senior Scientific and Research Worker 1984 - 1991 , ICPF CAS, Prague, CZ.

Deputy of the head of research group 1984 - 1991, ICPF CAS.

Senior Scientific Worker and Assoc. Professor, 1991 - 1993,
Faculty of Chemical Technology and Material Science,
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.

Head of the research group for PFB technologies - since 1995.

Assoc. Professor (Docent), ICT, Prague, CZ, since 1996

Pedagogic activities:

1991 - 1993		Supervisor of M.S. and Ph.D. students at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, Delft University of Technology (Formation of NOx at Combustion, CFB Technologies, Catalytic processes).
1995		1995 Teaching-lecturing on a postgraduate course "G-S Reactors and Fluidized Bed Technology" in the frame of "Multiphase Reactors"- for students of ICT Prague, CZ.
1996		1996 Teaching-lecturing of optional subject "System Chemical Engineering and Chemical Process Design" for students of 5. year, Faculty of Chemistry TU Brno, CZ.
1998		Participation on teaching-lecturing of subject "Energetics and Environmental Protection" on Faculty of Environment, J.E. Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem.

Lecture Notes (Scripta) for Technical Universities and Universities:

"Notes on Fluidized Bed Processes, part II, CFB and PFB Processes"

"System Engineering and Chemical Process Design "

"Production of Energy and Pollution Control"

International activities and external functions:

Steering committee member and Referee for Internat. Conf. on Fluidized Bed Combustion.

Expert-evaluator for proposals and projects of the 5. Framework programme of the EC.

Expert-evaluator for projects of industrial research and development of the Ministry of industry and trade of Czech Republic.

Expert for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Awards:

Collegium of Chemistry Award - 1985.

Award of the Scientific Committee at the Czechoslovak Environmental Journal "Air Pollution Control" - 1989.

Czechoslovak Academy of Science Excellence Award - 1991.
 

Jiří Čermák E-mail: cermakj@icpf.cas.cz Education: M.Sc.: Faculty of Chem. Engineering, ICT, Prague, CZ, 1994.

Experience: total 5 years.

Fluidized bed technologies, Pressurized fluidized bed combustion, Feeding of solid fuels, Flue gas analysis, Emission measurements.

Pedagogic activities:

ICT - assistant Professor Faculty of Chem. Engineering, ICT, Prague, CZ.

Lecture Notes for Technical Universities and Universities:

"Possibilities of sub-micron particle removal from flue and waste gases".

Memberships and external functions:

Expert-evaluator for projects of industrial research and development of the Ministry of industry and trade of Czech Republic.
 

Michael Pohořelý

Education:

B. Sc.:

Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, CZ

Experience:

Pressurized fluidized bed combustion/gasification, FT-IR gas analyses in ICPF CAS since 1999
 

1. Lin W., Svoboda K., van den Bleek C.M.: Sulfur capture and its interactions with NOx emissions in fluidized bed combustion of coal: General analytical model based on particle gas-solid reactions. (Eng) Chem.Eng. Sci. 47, 9-11, 2425-2430 (1992).
2. Svoboda K., Lin W., Hannes J., Korbee R., van den Bleek C. M.: Low-temperature flue gas desulfurization by alumina-CaO Regenerable Sorbents. (Eng) Fuel 73, 1144 (1994).
3. Svoboda K., Hartman M., Čermák Ji., Kocurek J., Veselý V., Trnka O.: Formation and destruction of NO and N2O in PFB combustion of model liquid organic mixtures containing nitrogen: Effect of nitrogen functionality, pressure, temperature, CO2 and oxygen on emissions of NO and N2O. (Eng) Internat. Conf. on Minimum Emissions Power Production from Fossil Fuels, Firenze, Italy, November 27-28 (1995).
4. Svoboda K., Hartman M., Čermák Ji.: Combustion of coal in circulating fluidized beds and gaseous emissions. 23-rd Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Závaľná Poruba, Slovakia, June 3-7 (1996) Conf. Proceedings, pp. 23-27.
5. Svoboda K., Čermák Jiří, Hartman M.: Emissions of heavy metals in Czech Republic and possibilities of emission reduction : I. part. ( in Czech) Ochrana ovzduąí 10, 6-13 (1998).
6. Svoboda K., Čermák Jiří, Veselý V.: NOx chemistry and emissions. Heterogeneous reactions II. (N2O). (Eng) NATO Adv. Study Inst., Pollutants from Combustion, Maratea, Italy September 14 - 25 (1998).
7. Čermák Ji., Svoboda K., Drobník P.: Formation and destruction of NO and N2O in fluidized bed combustion of coal (in Czech). Ropa a uhlie ( Petroleum & Coal ) 40, 29 (1999).
8. Svoboda K., Hartman M., Čermák Ji.: Combustion processes - solid and liquid charring fuels, Acta Montana, Ser. B (1999) in press.
9. Svoboda K., Hartman M., Čermák Ji.: Pilot Plant Apparatus for PFB combustion and gasification. Internat. Conf. Clean Coal 2000, Prague, CZ, 31. 5. - 3. 6. 1999.
10. Svoboda K., Cermak Ji., Hartman M., Klika Z.: Influence of coal and operating conditions on performance and sulfur removal in advanced, staged PFBC. 14th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2000, Summaries 4, p. 287, Praha, 27-31 August (2000).
11. Svoboda K., Cermak Ji., Hartman M., Pohorely M.: Possible ways of suppression of agglomeration of particles in fluidized bed combustion of selected waste biomass. Energy Forum 2000, Program, p. 115, Varna, Bulgaria, 17-19 September (2000).
     

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