Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory has been involved in the research projects listed below:

EU Projects supported by Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel:

• ROLLGAP SENSORS, Advanced Roll Gap Sensors for Enhanced Hot and Cold Rolling Processes, RFSR-CT-2009-00008, duration 01/07/2008 – 31/12/2011

• EWRCOOL, Effective work roll cooling, RFCS-CR-0415, duration 01/07/2004 31/12/2007
  
  
• OPTCOOLUB, New cooling techniques for enhanced roll bite lubrication during cold rolling of high strength steels and thin packaging steels, RFSR-CT-2006-00014, duration 01/07/2008-31/12/2009
  
  
• CHILLUB, Advanced method to improve work roll life time and surface quality of hot rolled strip by new coupled oil free lubrication and chilling RFSR-CT-2008-00012, duration 01/07/2006-31/12/2011

Research projects supported by the Czech Ministry of Industry :

• FI-IM/224, Research and Development of a New Electro Magnetic Gauge for Fluid Metal,
  2004 -2006
  
• FI-IM/036, Development of Shelf System 25 , 2005 – 2007
  
• FT-TA3/023, Optimization of Hydraulic Systems in Rolling Process , 2006 – 2009

Other research projects granted:

• US-CS Science and Technology Program, Advanced methods in experimental and inverse heat conduction, cooperation with the Drexel University in Philadelphia , 1994 -1996
  
  
• ERB CIPA-CT94-0117, Copernicus Programme, Computer aided process simulation of iron mushy state forging , 1995-1998
  
  
• Kontakt/Czech – Slovenian project ME266, Modelling and optimization for competitive continuous casting, 1998-1999
  
  
• Kontakt/ Czech – Slovenian project 2001/023, Modelling and optimisation in continuous casting, 2001-2003
  
  
• OC.P3.60, COST, Modelling and experimental study of phase changes within binary systems , 1998-2001
  
  
• OC 526.20 , COST APOMAT, Optimization of forcing characteristics of metal in mushy state, 2002-2004

Research projects supported by the Czech Science Foundation – GAČR:

• GA106/97/0328 – Experimental study of transport phenomena on moving surfaces at very high temperatures, 1997 – 1999
  
  
• GA106/01/0188 - Experimental study of material characteristics of steel forming in mushy state, 2001-2003
  
  
• GA106/01/0124 - Experimental study of Leidenfrost effect at the impact of water droplets on heat surface for application in metallurgy, 2002-2005
  
  
• GA106/06/0709 - Theory and experimental research of oxide layer removal by high pressure water jet, 2006-2008