Current projects

Effective utilization of plastic waste in the automotive industry

Project coordinator at TUL: Ing. Jiří Habr, Ph.D.

Project registration number: SS07020411

Project duration: 01. 04. 2024 - 30. 06. 2026

 

The project will be focused on the efficient and ecological recycling of plastic waste from car wrecks. These end-of-life elements will be transformed into a new polymer material that will meet the requirements for re-use in the automotive industry. As part of technological recycling, the waste material will be chemically modified and additivized so that this recycling process is sustainable in the long term period without a significant decrease in the properties of the plastic matrix. A considerable volume of plastic waste, will be reprocessed in a circular way and will not only result in a significant reduce of consumption the materials from fossil sources, but will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions arising during its production and have an overall positive impact on the environment.

Increasing the service life of turbine blades, overspeed devices and control parts through the synergy effect of micropulse nitriding and laser hardening

Project coordinator at TUL: doc. Ing. Jaromír Moravec, Ph.D.

Project registration number: TK04020148

Project duration: 01. 01. 2022 - 31. 12. 2025

 

1. Creation the special multilayers with specific properties on the austenitic steels. Optimalization under the laboratory conditions (high-temp. fatigue tests, erosion and cavitation wear), application as turbine components. 2. Creation a turbine blade prototype with increased entering edge resistance and its testing in a real environment. 3. Creation the special multilayers with specific properties on martensitic steels. Optimalization under the laboratory cond. (high temp. tribology and low-cycle fatigue tests), with subsequent application as overspeed devices and control elements. 4. Creation the special multilayers with specific properties on carbon steels. Optimalization under the laboratory conditions (tribology, fatigue, etc.), followed by the application as gears in compressors.