Aktuálně řešené projekty

Current projects

1. Centre of Environmental Research: Waste management, circular economy and environmental security (CEVOOH)

• Project Number: SS02030008
• Funding Agency: TAČR, "Environment for Life 2" Program
• Contact Person: Vladimír Kočí
• Project Duration: 2021–2026
• Objective: The SUPRE Institute is primarily involved in leading Work Package 1.E: Industrial Waste, which aims to develop the interactive PruSym tool to support industrial symbiosis in the Czech Republic, as well as the ParaBat database. The goal of the PruSym platform is to provide information on the generation of waste and secondary raw materials produced in the Czech Republic, while modeling the environmental impacts of various scenarios for managing these materials—including transportation—and identifying new opportunities for industrial symbiosis. ParaBat is a database of technologies for effective recycling, reuse, and waste minimization for which European Commission Implementing Decisions (BAT Conclusions) are available. The database will enable the creation of benchmarks for subsequent technology comparisons and for determining whether a given improvement yields a real environmental benefit.
• Project Partners: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; Czech Environmental Information Agency; Charles University; Masaryk University; Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Brno University of Technology; VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava; T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, public research institution

2. National Center of Excellence for Polymer Materials and Technologies for the 21st Century (PolyEnvi21)

• Project Number: TN02000051
• Funding Body: TAČR Program to Support Applied Research, Experimental Development, and Innovation at National Centers of Competence
• Contact Persons: Kamila Sirotná and Vladimír Kočí
• Project Duration: 2023–2028
• Objective: The main objectives of PolyEnvi21 are to improve waste management, including positive impacts on national climate and other environmental goals; to improve the security of material supply and reduce dependence on materials imported from non-EU countries; to increase the competitiveness of businesses; and to reduce fossil fuel consumption.
• Project Partners: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; Tomas Bata University in Zlín; Plastics Cluster z. s.; Center for Organic Chemistry s.r.o.; VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava; I N O T E X spol. s r.o.; ORLEN UniCRE a.s.; Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem; NANOPROGRESS, z. s.; Palacký University in Olomouc; Brno University of Technology; Moravian-Silesian Automotive Cluster, z. s.; TERAMED, s.r.o.; ZODPA s.r.o.; ASIO TECH, Ltd.; SYNPO, Inc.; Ethanol Energy, Inc.; Continental Automotive Czech Republic, Ltd.; University of Pardubice; Simple Engineering, s.r.o.; Zlín Creative Cluster, z. s.; HELLA AUTOTECHNIK NOVA, s.r.o.; Association of the Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic, z. s.; Fortemix produkce s.r.o.; ORLEN Unipetrol RPA s.r.o.

3. The Use of Additive Manufacturing for Components of Advanced Nuclear Reactors (ADINA)

• Project Number: TS02030132
• Funding Body: TAČR THETA 2 Program
• Contact Person: Kamila Sirotná
• Project Duration: 2025–2031
• Objective: The project focuses on research and development in the field of metal 3D printing, where samples of AISI 310S, Inconel 617, and Inconel 625 alloys will be deposited for use in modern energy systems. The project aims to verify their suitability for fourth-generation nuclear reactor components in their post-printing state following post-processing (heat treatment, HIP, LSP). Long-term corrosion tests in supercritical water and high-temperature helium will be conducted as part of the project. Metallographic analysis and mechanical testing will be performed under specific conditions both before and after exposure to the corrosive environment. The project will also include a life cycle assessment (LCA) of manufacturing processes and a comparison of the results with conventional manufacturing methods.
• Principal Investigators: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; SVÚM a.s.; COMTES FHT a.s.; Řež Research Center s.r.o.; ÚJV Řež, a. s.

4. Decentralized Solutions for a Circular and Efficient Water Management – from Demonstration to the Market (DECIRE-WATER)

• Project Number: 101182154-2
• Funding Body: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CIRCBIO-02
• Contact Person: Hana Brunhoferová
• Project Duration: 2025–2028
• Objective: The DECIRE-WATER project focuses on the development and demonstration of innovative, decentralized, and circular solutions for water management and wastewater treatment that combine nature-based solutions (NBS) and technical approaches. The goal is to achieve a high level of technology readiness (TRL 7–8) in various climatic and socio-economic environments across Europe and South Africa and to ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable water recycling supported by advanced monitoring, digital tools, and the involvement of key stakeholders. The project contributes to addressing pressures on water resources associated with climate change, population growth, and urbanization. More information is available on the website.
• Project Partners: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (VŠCHT); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU); University of Innsbruck (UIBK); Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC); University of the Aegean (UA); Nelson Mandela University (NMU); Retencjapl (RPL); VDI/CDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (VDI); Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH; Ecol-Unicon spola z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia; Akut Umweltschutz Ingenieure Burkard und Partner mbB; City of Stuttgart; Sustainable Water Infrastructure Solutions GmbH; City Council of Granollers.

5. Recycled aluminium alloy coatings with chemically tailored electrochemical potential for safe protection of steel structures (ALCOAT)

• Project Number: 101112544
• Funding Body: EU RFCS-2022
• Contact persons: Vladimír Kočí and Martina Hájková
• Project duration: 2025–2029
• Objective: The objective of the project is to develop two new groups of aluminum alloy coatings for the protection of steel in demanding conditions, particularly in marine environments and the atmosphere. These coatings are intended to serve as a more sustainable and safer alternative to conventional zinc coatings, as they are expected to provide higher corrosion resistance, protect steel even in areas where the coating is damaged, reduce the risk of hydrogen embrittlement, and offer better material efficiency through the use of recycled aluminum waste.
• Project partners: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; RISE AB Sweden; Research and Testing Institute Plzeň s.r.o.; Tata Steel Nederland Technology BV; Fundació Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2); Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Michanimatonproigmenis Technologias AE (PYRO).

6. Environmentally sustainable cotton production for reducing carbon emissions (Sustain4Cotton)

7. The Life Cycle of New Energy Sources (LiNES)

• Project Number: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_020/0008508
• Funding Body: OP JAK
• Contact Persons: Tatiana Trecáková and Vladimír Kočí
• Project Duration: 2024–2028
• Objective: The LiNES (Lifecycle of New Energy Sources) project focuses on assessing the lifecycle of new energy sources (NES), such as batteries, photovoltaic systems, and wind power plants, including their environmental and socioeconomic impacts. The goal is to strengthen collaboration between research organizations and the applied sector and to support the effective transfer of research results into practice. The project covers key phases of the NES lifecycle—from the development of materials and technologies for energy storage through risk assessment to recycling and circular use. Emphasis is placed on impacts on the environment, human health, and resource efficiency. The project contributes to addressing challenges related to the decarbonization of the energy sector, the development of renewable energy sources, and the circular economy, and has high application potential for both industry and the public sector.
• Principal Investigators: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Brno University of Technology; ORGREZ, a.s.

8. Center for Critical Raw Materials in the Circular Economy

• Project Number: TQ28000005
• Funding Body: TAČR Sigma Program
• Contact Person: Vladimír Kočí
• Project Duration: 2026–2032
• Objective: The objective of the project is to develop new technologies and processes for extracting critical raw materials from both primary and secondary sources, to enhance their circularity, and thereby contribute to greater raw material self-sufficiency in the Czech Republic and to reducing dependence on imports.
• Principal Investigators: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Czech Geological Survey; Diamo, state-owned enterprise; Czech Environmental Information Agency; Asekol a.s.; Brno University of Technology; VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava; Severočeské doly a.s.; Material and Metallurgical Research s.r.o.; Tvar com, spol. s r.o.; Sedlecký kaolin a. s.; Association of Alternative Building Materials, z. s.

9. Repurposing, reuse and recycling of used lubricants and waste oils

• Project Number: TQ24000002
• Funding Body: M-ERA.NET
• Contact Person: Vladimír Kočí
• Project Duration: 2026–2030
• Project Partners: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; SINTEF, Norway; Norsk Spesialolje, Norway; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.

10. Valorisation of non-conventional water resources in urban and peri-urban context (RESET)

• Project Number: TQ21000003
• Funding Agency: Water4All / TA ČR
• Contact Person: Hana Brunhoferová
• Project Duration: 2026–2029
• Objective: The objective of the project is to assess and utilize unconventional water resources in urban and suburban environments to support circular water management, particularly through wastewater reuse, resource restoration, nature-based solutions, and the assessment of their environmental impacts.
• Project partners: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague; Rhineland-Palatinate University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU); University of Innsbruck (UIBK); Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM); University of Luxembourg; Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS).