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Grants and Research projects

The department has currently engaged in many research projects granted by Czech Science Foundation, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, European Union. Their topics are aimed especially at:

  • combustion and environment
  • minimizing of pollutants emission from energy sources
  • economic and technical assessment of cogeneration units
  • combined fuels combustion
  • research in alternative sorbents
  • fuels utilization of wastewater treatment sewage
  • development of new sources of energy

Selection of current projects

Title
Hybrid energy storage system using post-mining infrastructure
Code
101112380
Summary
The project aim is to develop a Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) using post-mining infrastructure. The inventory of post-mining infrastructure will include both mine shafts and underground workings. The analysis of the possibility of its use for parallel energy storage in: pumped storage systems (PSH), compressed gas – air and CO2 systems (CAES) and thermal energy (TES) will be made. The possibility of using geothermal energy and the use and potential storage of CO2 (CCS) will also be determined. The assumed total energy storage capacity will be min. 30 MWh. On the basis of the energy demand of each HESS component, a method of thermal and mechanical integration of the entire system will be developed. An algorithm for the mutual interaction between the elements of the energy storage system will be developed. Optimal cooperation of the various elements of the HESS will be supervised by an energy router. The router will also manage energy exchanges with the national power grid for the intake of low-cost green energy and peak energy production. The single HESS energy router system should take into account the possibility of cooperation of multiple HESS systems working in a distributed system. Technical and economic and LCA analysis will form the basis for work on the construction of a pilot plant and industrial implementation of the project results.
Start year
2023
End year
2026
Provider
Evropská unie
Category
Obecná forma
Type
RFCS2027 výzva RFCS-2022
Solver
Honus Stanislav prof. Ing., Ph.D.
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Selection of past projects

Title
Hybrid energy storage system using post-mining infrastructure
Code
101112380
Summary
The project aim is to develop a Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) using post-mining infrastructure. The inventory of post-mining infrastructure will include both mine shafts and underground workings. The analysis of the possibility of its use for parallel energy storage in: pumped storage systems (PSH), compressed gas – air and CO2 systems (CAES) and thermal energy (TES) will be made. The possibility of using geothermal energy and the use and potential storage of CO2 (CCS) will also be determined. The assumed total energy storage capacity will be min. 30 MWh. On the basis of the energy demand of each HESS component, a method of thermal and mechanical integration of the entire system will be developed. An algorithm for the mutual interaction between the elements of the energy storage system will be developed. Optimal cooperation of the various elements of the HESS will be supervised by an energy router. The router will also manage energy exchanges with the national power grid for the intake of low-cost green energy and peak energy production. The single HESS energy router system should take into account the possibility of cooperation of multiple HESS systems working in a distributed system. Technical and economic and LCA analysis will form the basis for work on the construction of a pilot plant and industrial implementation of the project results.
Start year
2023
End year
2026
Provider
Evropská unie
Category
Obecná forma
Type
RFCS2027 výzva RFCS-2022
Solver
Honus Stanislav prof. Ing., Ph.D.
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