Department of Multiphase Reactors
Department number:
4
Head of Department:
Růžička Marek
Centre:
Suchdol Annual Reports for Department of Multiphase Reactors
Fields of Research:
- Fluid dynamics and transport phenomena in multiphase systems of gas-liquid, liquid-solid or gas-liquid-solid type
- Influence of surface active agents on the multiphase flows
- Powder rheology, sedimentation of polydisperse granular mixtures
- Numerical simulations of the gas-liquid and granular systems (with Fluent, CFX, DEM)
- Flow of a liquid or gas-liquid dispersions in channels or microchannels
- Complex rheological behavior of microdispersions
- Theory, methodology and new application of electrodiffusion diagnostics
- Stability and behaviour of complex beverage foams
Applied Research:
- Powder rheology
- Rheology of liquids and dispersions, qualitative measurement of the apparent wall slip
- Electrodiffusion diagnostics of the flow and measurement of shear stress on the wall
- Numerical predictions of gas-liquid systems behaviour
History of the Research Projects
Research projects:
- Bubble break-up in a turbulent flow , GACR , Vejražka Jiří
- Properties of the phase interface - their measurement and their influence on the behavior of macroscopic flows , MŠMT , Vejražka Jiří
- Application of the electrodi ffusion sensors to the flow diagnostics in microfluidic systems , GACR , Tihon Jaroslav
- Hydro-mechanical interactions of particles in solid-fluid systems , GACR , Havlica Jaromír
- Hydroacoustical distinguishing between fish and bubbles, and quanti fication of methane bubble ebullition in freshwater reservoirs of temperate zone , GACR , Stanovský Petr
- Optimization of temperature control in fuel cell systems , FP7 , Tihon Jaroslav
- Effect of surfactants on the multiphase flow dynamics , GACR , Vejražka Jiří
- Executive Board of European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) , MŠMT , Drahoš Jiří
Workers:
Head of DepartmentSenior Scientist
- doc. Ing. Růžička Marek, DSc.
Deputy Head of DepartmentAssociate Scientist
- Ing. Stanovský Petr, Ph.D.
Researcher emeritus
- prof. Ing. Wein Ondřej, DrSc.
Senior Scientist
- prof. Ing. Drahoš Jiří, DrSc.
Scientist
- Ing. Havlica Jaromír, Ph.D.
- Kordač Orvalho Sandra, Ph.D.
- Ing. Šimčík Miroslav, Ph.D.
- Ing. Tihon Jaroslav, CSc.
- Ing. Vejražka Jiří, Ph.D.
- Ing. Zedníková Mária, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ing. Kulaviak Lukáš, Ph.D.
- Ing. Trávníčková Tereza, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
- Ing. Poštulková Michaela
Research Assistant
- Mgr. Orava Vít
- Ing. Pěnkavová Věra