Environmental Process Engineering Laboratory

Department number: 
6
Head of Department: 
Vladimír Církva
Centre: 
Suchdol
Contacts
Address: 
Rozvojová 135/1, 165 02 Praha-Lysolaje, Česká republika
Email: 
cirkvaaticpf [dot] cas [dot] cz
Phone: 
+420 220 390 132
Fax: 
+420 220 920 661

Fields of Research:

  • Electrodeless discharge lamps for photochemistry and photocatalysis in MW field
  • Simultaneous cooling at MW heating - a new method in heterogeneous catalysis
  • Effect of microwaves on selective leaching of Pb, Zn and Al from electronics waste
  • Fluidization and decontamination of organic-polluted solids in a fluid-bed reactor
  • Fluidized bed incineration of dry sewage sludge from waste water treatment plant
  • Advanced processes for gasification, gas cleaning and hydrogen production
  • Persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals from small sources
   

Applied Research:

  • Fluidized bed combustion and gasification
  • Moving bed gasification of wood and waste wood
  • Development and verification of thermal desorption technology using microwaves
  • Brownfields - source of renewable energy
  • Waste and sewage sludge combustion and co-combustion
  • Simultaneous microwave drying and disinfection of flooded books
  • MW depolymerization of waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
  • Hydrogen production via synthetic gas by biomass/oil partial oxidation
  • Method for obtaining extracts containing europium and yttrium
  • Method for recovery of spent phosphors from compact fluorescent lamps
   
History of the Research Projects

Workers: 

Director
Senior Scientist

Head of Department

Deputy Head of Department
Scientist

Senior Scientist

Scientist

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Student

Research Assistant

Lab Technician