TAČR Projects

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Grantor, program

  • Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
  • Program Epsilon 

https://www.tacr.cz/

Code of the project

TH83020002

Object of the project

  • The main aim of the project is to increase the use of environmentally neutral hydrogen in hydrogen mixtures in existing transportation and storage facilities used for natural gas.

Project period

  • 09/2023 – 06/2026

Receiver

  • Research and Testing Institut Plzen Ltd.

Co-receiver

  • University of West Bohemia
  • MATERIALOVY A METALURGICKY VYZKUM s.r.o.
  • Technische Universität Chemnitz
  • University of Modena a Reggio Emilia

Website

https://hoopla.vzuplzen.cz/

 

 

Grantor, program

  • Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
  • Program Environment for Life

https://www.tacr.cz/

Code of the project

SS06020165

Object of the project

  • The project aims to enable a safe increase in the proportion of ecologically neutral hydrogen in hydrogen-gas mixtures in facilities currently using natural gas, thereby reducing natural gas emissions. 

Project period

  • 04/2023 – 12/2025

Receiver

  • Research and Testing Institut Plzen Ltd.

Co-receiver

  • MATERIALOVY A METALURGICKY VYZKUM s.r.o.

Grantor, program

  • Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
  • Program Théta

https://www.tacr.cz/

Code of the project

TK05020025

Object of the project

  • The project aims to enable a safe increase in the proportion of ecologically neutral hydrogen in hydrogen-gas mixtures in facilities currently using natural gas, thereby reducing natural gas emissions. 

Project period

  • 02/2023 – 12/2025

Receiver

  • Research and Testing Institut Plzen Ltd.

Co-receiver

  • SVÚM a.s.
  • ČEZ a.s.
  • Plzeňská teplárenská, a.s.

Grantor, program

  • Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
  • TN-Program on the support of applied research, experimental development and innovation 

https://www.tacr.cz/

Code of the project

  • TN02000054 

Object of the project

  • R&D of vehicles and components in automotive and rail vehicle industry for both environmental friendliness and competitiveness, aiming at purpose-optimized vehicles for surface transport by • Electrification of vehicles and components • Digitization of research and of products in thermodynamic, aerodynamic, mechanical, electrical and control domains for vehicles, as Key Enabling Technologies, combining it with testing processes, IT tools for vehicle control linked to mobility systems and to those for autonomous driving and environmental friendliness of vehicles in the life cycle • Competitiveness of final products in world markets • HMI with impact of AI and vehicle-to-other subjects communications • Life Cycle Analysis, reflecting needed overlaps with social sciences.

Project period

  • 01/2023 – 12/2028

Receiver

  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering CTU in Prague

Co-receivers

  • Brano a.s.
  • Compo Tech PLUS, spol. s r. o.
  • DAKO-CZ, a.s.
  • Eaton Elektrotechnika s.r.o.
  • Garrett Motion Czech Republic s.r.o.
  • Ing. Ivo Herman, CSc.
  • KAR group, a.s.
  • PBS Turbo s.r.o.
  • Siemens Mobility, s.r.o.
  • ŠKODA AUTO a.s.
  • ŠKODA DIGITAL s.r.o.
  • ŠKODA ELECTRIC a.s.
  • ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s.
  • STROJÍRNA OSLAVANY, spol. s r.o.
  • SVOS, spol. s r.o.
  • TATRA TRUCKS a.s.
  • TATRAVAGÓNKA a.s.
  • Technická univerzita v Liberci / Fakulta strojní
  • TRIBOTEC, spol. s r.o.
  • TÜV SÜD Czech s.r.o.
  • Univerzita Karlova / Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta
  • Univerzita Pardubice / Dopravní fakulta Jana Pernera
  • VarioTec s.r.o.
  • VÚKV a.s.
  • Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava / Fakulta strojní
  • Vysoké učení technické v Brně / Fakulta strojního inženýrství
  • Výzkumný a zkušební ústav Plzeň s.r.o.
  • Západočeská univerzita v Plzni / Fakulta elektrotechnická
  • ZETOR TRACTORS a.

Grantor, program

  • Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
  • TK-Program on the support of applied research, experimental development and innovation THÉTA

Code of the project

Object of the project

  • Main goal of the SpoProTG project is development of certified technology and related software tool, which will enable increase in the reliability of operation and prolonging of the service life of radial plain bearings of large diameters ensuring the operation of turbosets.

Project period

  • 01/2022 – 12/2024

Receiver

  • Research and Testing Institute Plzen Ltd.

Co-receivers

  • University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
  • ČEZ, a.s.

Grantor, program

  • Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
  • TK-Program on the support of applied research, experimental development and innovation THÉTA

Code of the project

Object of the project

  • Main goal of the project SPT_NN je development of certified technology for evaluation of material properties of metal construction materials used on nuclear power plants, which are using results of small punch tests (SPT) and prediction via neural networks for cases when it´s not possible to evaluate with standard method or miniturized testing methods.

Project period

  • 01/2022 – 12/2024

Receiver

  • Material and Metallurgial research Ltd.

Co-receivers

  • Research and Testing Institute Plzen Ltd.
  • ČEZ, a.s.

Grantor, program

  • International Call M-ERA.NET2 Call 2020
  • The project is co-financed with the state support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the EPSILON Program

Code of the project

Object of the project

  • The basic goal of the ADVENTURE project is to strengthen the technology of coating by thermal spraying by introducing laser texturing technology (LST), which is a clean, flexible, reproducible, ecological and efficient technology for the preparation of the substrate.

Project period

  • 06/2021 – 05/2024

Receiver

  • University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Co-receivers

  • Research and Testing Institute Plzen Ltd.
  • Institute of Plasma Physics AV ČR, v. v. i.

Foreign Partners

  • Hochschule Mittweida

Grantor, program

  • International Call M-ERA.NET2 Call 2020
  • The project is co-financed with the state support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the EPSILON Program

Code of the project

Object of the project

  • The strategic goal of the project is to increase the international competitiveness of project participants in the field of additive and hot spray coating technologies and the application of new production processes to selected components.
  • The main technical goal of the project is the development of a 3D printed metal substrate coated with thermal spray (TS) technology in order to increase its resistance in a demanding environment, with a predictable response to dynamic and cyclic loading.

Project period

  • 06/2021 – 05/2024

Receiver

  • Research and Testing Institute Plzen Ltd.

Co-receivers

  • University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
  • Institute of Scientific Instruments AV ČR, v. v. i.

Foreign Partners

  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS
  • Politechnika Opolska

Grantor, program

  • The project is co-financed with the state support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Industry and Trade within the TREND Program

Code of the project

Object of the project

  • The main goal of the project is research and development for the purpose of significant innovations of thermostats of the company MAHLE Behr Holýšov s.r.o., which is a leading producer of thermostats for the automotive industry. The solution of the proposed project will enable the implementation of a thermostat with universal use in automotive with emphasis on the specific requirements of electromobility.

Project period

  • 01/2021 – 12/2023

Receiver

  • MAHLE Behr Holýšov s.r.o.

Co-receivers

  • Research and Testing Institute Plzen Ltd.

Grantor, program

  • The project is co-financed with the state support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Industry and Trade within the TREND Program

Code of the project

Object of the project

  • The aim of the project is to create a new generation of online monitoring of the transmission condition, including automated evaluation using artificial intelligence and verification of the functionality and reliability of the monitoring equipment.

Project period

  • 01/2021 – 12/2023

Receiver

  • Wikov MGI a.s.

Co-receivers

  • Research and Testing Institute Plzen Ltd.
  • University of Pardubice