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Project title: Energy recovery from waste and gas treatment(ENREGAT)
Registration number: LM2023056
Project duration: 2023–2026
Funding provider: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR
Project funding: The ENREGAT project (LM2023056) is supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports from targeted funding for large research infrastructures.
Project title: ENREGAT Infrastructure Modernisation
Registration number: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_015/0008195
Project duration: 2024 – 2026
Research focus: The aim of the project is to modernise the Large Research Infrastructure ENREGAT, which focuses on energy recovery from waste and waste gas cleaning. The modernization of the infrastructure will contribute to the development of its research capacities and technological equipment.
Funding provider: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic; Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme; Research Infrastructures I
Programme website: Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme
Project title: Innovative technology for cleaner Ostrava!!!
Registration number: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_021/0008588
Project duration: 2025 – 2028
Research focus: The project aims to build on and deepen long-term cooperation between research organisations (VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, University of Ostrava) and seven partners from the application sphere (DEKONTA, a.s., Nano4people, s.r.o., RANIDO, s.r.o., BENEKOVterm, s.r.o., Veolia Energie ČR, a.s., RPG Recycling, s.r.o., Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre, a.s.). The subject of the cooperation will be the two-way transfer of information, knowledge and know-how within joint research focused on current environmental topics initiated by the aforementioned industrial partners.
Beneficiary: VSB – Technical University Ostrava
Funding provider: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme; Cross-sectoral cooperation for ITI
Programme website: Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme
Project title: SMART Partnership for Modern Information
Registration number: T.052.04.0061
Project duration: 1. 12. 2025 – 30. 11. 2026
Research focus: The aim of the project is to establish professional partnership for information sharing between VSB – Technical University of Ostrava and WSB Academy. The project will make expert information accessible to students, academic staff and the general public through a joint electronic information compendium, educational events, conferences and accompanying videos.
Funding provider: Regionální sdružení územní spolupráce Těšínského Slezska
Programme: Interreg Czech Republic–Poland 2021–2027, Small Projects Fund in the Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion, Priority 4 – Cooperation between institutions and inhabitants
Project funding: The project is co-funded by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund under the Interreg Czech Republic–Poland 2021–2027 programme.
Programme website: Interreg Czech Republic–Poland
Project title: About air together
Registration number: T.052.04.0062
Project duration: 1. 4. 2026 – 31. 3. 2027
Research focus: The aim of the project is to develop cross-border cooperation in monitoring air quality in the Czech-Polish border region. Within the project, 20 sensors will be procured and installed, with their data made accessible online on a joint website. The project will also include educational and information activities and the publication of a Czech-Polish information brochure.
Beneficiary: VSB – Technical University Ostrava
Project partner: Instytut Technologii Paliw i Energii
Funding provider: Regional Association of Cieszyn Silesia, z. s.
Programme: Interreg Czech Republic–Poland 2021–2027, Small Projects Fund in the Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion, Priority 4 – Cooperation between institutions and inhabitants
Project funding: The project is co-funded by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund under the Interreg Czech Republic–Poland 2021–2027 programme.
Programme website: Interreg Czech Republic–Poland
Project title: Metal-organic framework (MOF) Profiling for Cutting-Edge Wastewater Treatment: Characterization and Performance Assessment
Registration number: LUC25056
Project duration: 1. 9. 2025 – 31. 10. 2027
Research focus: The aim of the project is the development of advanced bimetallic photocatalysts based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their application in photocatalytic wastewater treatment. The project focuses on the preparation, characterisation and optimisation of these materials, the verification of their efficiency in removing organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals and pesticides, and the design and testing of a novel photoreactor. The developed technologies will also be verified on real wastewater samples.
Beneficiary: VSB – Technical University Ostrava
Funding provider: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme: INTER-EXCELLENCE II; Sub-programme INTER-COST
Project funding: Project LUC25056 is supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports under the INTER-EXCELLENCE II programme, INTER-COST sub-programme.
Programme website: Programme INTER-EXCELLENCE II
Project title: Advanced valorisation of waste tyres into high-grade limonene and purified carbon black
Registration number: TN02000051/027
Project duration: 1/2026–12/2028
Research focus: The project focuses on developing advanced valorisation processes for waste tyres to obtain high-grade limonene and purified carbon black. The solution will contribute to more efficient material recovery of waste tyres and the development of circular economy technologies.
Main Recipient of the NCC Project: Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Main Principal Investigator of the Sub-project: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
Other Sub-project Participant: ORLEN Unipetrol RPA s.r.o.
Funding Provider: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Programme: National Competence Centres
Project Funding: This project is co-financed with state support from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic under the National Competence Centres Programme.
Programme Website: Program Národní centra kompetence
Project title: Integrated sensor monitoring of air quality
Registration number: SQ01010061
Project duration: 1. 1. 2025 – 31. 12. 2027
Research focus: The aim of the project is to create the openly accessible iSMOK web-based information system, which will link a specialised database of sensor-based air quality monitoring results with their comprehensible interpretation for the public and public administration. The solution will include the establishment of criteria for sensor integration, automated data checking and validation, online transmission, storage, analysis and visualisation via interactive maps and charts.
Main beneficiary: VSB – Technical University Ostrava
Other participants: Czech Hydrometeorological Institute; ENVItech Bohemia s.r.o
Funding provider: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Programme: Environment for Life Programme 2
Financování projektu: This project is funded with state support from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic under the Environment for Life Programme 2.
Project website: iSMOK
Programme website: Program Prostředí pro život 2
Project title: Innovative technology for eliminating ammonia emissions from waste air using photochemical oxidation
Registration number: CZ.01.01.01/01/22_002/0000762
Project duration: 1/2024–12/2026
Research focus: The aim of the project is the research, development and application of innovative technology for cleaning ammonia-contaminated exhaust air using advanced oxidation processes, followed by its pilot-scale testing. For these purposes, a pilot unit operating on the principle of a wet air scrubber with a photochemical oxidation stage will be developed and constructed.
Main beneficiary: DEKONTA, a.s.
Other project participant: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
Funding provider: Ministry of Industry and Trade
Programme: Operational Programme Technology and Applications for Competitiveness 2021–2027; Applications – Call I
Project funding: The project is co-funded by the European Union under the Operational Programme Technology and Applications for Competitiveness.
Programme website: Operational Programme Technology and Applications for Competitiveness
Název projektu: Circular technologies for the utilisation of automotive shredder residue (ASR)
Registration number: CZ.01.01.01/01/25_067/0009923
Project duration: 2026–2029
Research focus: The project focuses on the development and validation of modular technology for processing automotive shredder residue (ASR) to increase its material and energy recovery rates. The solution includes ASR composition analysis, the design of mechanical and physical separation processes, and the verification of methods for recovering secondary raw materials, particularly polymer and rubber fractions. The outcome will be a modular technology ready for industrial application.
Main Beneficiary: Recycling – kovové odpady a.s.
Other Project Participants: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava; MELKOV‑WH s.r.o.
Funding provider: Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
Programme: Operational Programme Technologies and Applications for Competitiveness – Application, Call IV. DEEP TECH
Project funding: This project is co-financed by the European Union under the Operational Programme Technologies and Applications for Competitiveness.
Programme Website: Operational Programme Technologies and Applications for Competitiveness
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