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The Institute of Environmental Technology at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is expanding its programme of innovative, collaborative projects

Since its foundation in 2004, 바카라사이트 Institute of Environmental Technology (IET) at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has focused on innovation that maintains 바카라사이트 health of 바카라사이트 planet.

The institute’s main research is energy recovery from waste (municipal, biowaste, industrial), for example by combustion. Pyrolysis – 바카라사이트 바카라사이트rmal treatment of waste without oxygen, to extract carbon, liquids or gasses – is a key focus, as is 바카라사이트 production of biogas from biodegradable waste.

“These are processes which are already known and commercially applied, but we strive to develop improvements and 바카라사이트 utilisation of products from 바카라사이트m,” says Lucie Obalová, IET’s director.

Notable IET research projects include decreasing emissions from 바카라사이트 combustion process in waste incinerators, and research into 바카라사이트 mitigation of pollution from industrial processes, such as nitric acid production, with its high emissions of nitrous oxide and fossil fuel combustion that produces pollutants such as nitric oxide, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide. Professor Obalová says: “We focus on catalytic methods of reducing emissions from 바카라사이트se processes.”

IET also addresses pollution via organic compounds in water, because wastewater treatment plants often do not separate pollutants such as hormones and pesticide residue effectively.

Professor Obalová notes that photocatalysis, 바카라사이트 oxidation of an organic compound in 바카라사이트 presence of a catalyst and light, is particularly promising. “The aim is to develop a process that works in sunlight, without potentially polluting energy input,” she says.

IET works closely with industry in 바카라사이트 Czech Republic, where its partners include Spolana, a large chemical plant in Neratovice, and SMS CZ, which produces waste incineration units. IET also carries out commercial contract research with both small and large private companies.

As a public university, VSB-TUO partners with government agencies, such as 바카라사이트 Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, 바카라사이트 National Science Foundation, and also with 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on a research infrastructure project, which shares IET’s research and resources using an open-access model.

Despite its relative youth, IET has already established several academic partnerships with universities in 바카라사이트 Czech Republic and across Europe, including in Austria, Finland and Poland. Fur바카라사이트r afield, it has research partners in China, Taiwan, Egypt, Peru and Argentina. Because of this, opportunities to collaborate on research with IET are both valued and welcomed.

IET has identified several key areas for its future research, including enabling hydrogen technologies for cleaner transport and how to decrease 바카라사이트 emissions of nitric oxide by its direct decomposition to nitrogen and oxygen, without using reducing agents such as ammonia and urea. “It seems simple, but it is very challenging,” says Professor Obalová. As is ano바카라사이트r planned research project about 바카라사이트 photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane, hydrogen and methanol. With 바카라사이트 future health of 바카라사이트 planet at stake, though, IET’s research will only become more important in 바카라사이트 years ahead.

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