Design and Process Engineering
· Designing, construction, calculation, technology of manufacturing, technical preparation of manufacturing including assembly and testing,
· Thermal and nuclear power plant devices such as steam and combustion turbines, steam generators, steam power plants and heating plants including nuclear power stations, industrial power engineering and their environmental aspects,
· Water turbines, hydrodynamic and hydrostatic pumps, piping systems, hydroelectric power plants, and pumping stations,
· Machinary and devices for chemical industry, food-stuff industry, and biotechnological treatment lines,
· Construction, modelling and theoretical studies of machines and devices for cutting, forming machines, industrial robots, and manipulators,
· Machine parts and mechanisms, methodology of designing machine elements and working mechanisms of general application with consideration of stochastic qualities of inputs, including the application of special types of machines and devices,
· Cars, vans and lorries, buses, trailers, semi-trailers, and motorcycles,
· Combustion engines for all types of vehicle drives, simulation of combustion engine thermomechanical systems, dynamics of driving gear, engine accessories, ecology,
· Machines and devices for in-plant handling of material and handling between operations, for the mining and transport of building materials, for passenger conveyance in buildings,
· Aerodynamic calculation and designing, flight mechanics, fatigue and durability of aircraft constructions, aeroelasticity of aircraft,
· Quality of machine industry production.

prof. Ing. Václav Píštěk, DrSc.

1. Hydrogen production from biomass using dark fermentation method

   1. Initial literary search - methods of hydrogen production, hydrogen properties, possibilities of utilization and safety of hydrogen treatment 2. Experimental activities - selection of appropriate substrates for hydrogen production using "dark fermentation" method, opting optimum operation conditions and proper method of maintaining low partial pressure of hydrogen in the reactor 3. Design of unit prototype for hydrogen production (including design of reactor and peripheries), production and testing 4. Heat balance of hydrogen production using dark fermentation method, including proposal for gas cleaning and its potential utilization and subsequent assessment of profitability of hydrogen production from biomass.

   Supervisor: Hájek Jiří, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

2. Increase in efficiency of unconventional technology cooperation

   The aim of this work is theoretical proposal and practical contribution for the solution of material preparation for conventional machining. Specifically this is the question of the simulation and the proposal of efficient cooperation of unconventional machining technology.

   Supervisor: Šťastný Jiří, prof. RNDr. Ing., CSc.

3. The Influence of Construction Parameters of a Process Burner Design on the Stability and Combustion Parameters

   Creating suitable construction solutions of process burners for various operational conditions and for various demands on the burners. These are above all the quality of combustion, the stability of burning, the shape of the flame, the distribution of the heat flow on the length of the flame and keeping current emission limits. The aim of the work is to create an algorithm for choosing such construction solution that will enable fulfilling the above mentioned parameters in various operational conditions, mainly depending on the pressure in the combustion device. The results of this work will enable defining operational conditions of a process burner, choosing the type of burner for given conditions, designing and evaluating of construction solution of a burner in given operational conditions, planning of tests on the basis of modern methods, testing burners, evaluating tests and creating algorithm of construction solution considering experimental results. Gained data will enable verifying simulation computational models and their preparation for potential predictions.

   Supervisor: Stehlík Petr, prof. Ing., CSc., dr. h. c.