doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kaplan, CSc.
E-mail:   kaplan@fme.vutbr.cz 
Dept.:   Institute of Automotive Engineering
Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Position:   Associate Professor
Room:   A1/0727

Education and academic qualification

  • 1974, Ing., The Moscow State Technical University - MAMI, SU, branch Combustion Engines
  • 1979, CSc., Faculty of mechanical engineering, BUT Brno, branch Transport and Handling Engineering
  • 2002, Doc., University of Defence Brno, branch Transport and Handling Engineering

Career overview

  • 1974-1975, compulsory military service
  • 1975-1976, technical worker, PIKAZ
  • 1977-1979, CSc., doctoral study, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
  • 1980-2002, assistant professor, Institute of Transport Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
  • 2003-to date, associate professor, Institute of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology

Pedagogic activities

  • Theory of Internal Combustion Engines (QTS)
  • Gearing Devices of Motor Vehicles (QRU)
  • Alternative drives (QAP)
  • Road traffic and environment (QDZ)
  • Engines and drives (EPO)
  • Diploma Project I (M2335) (QDD)
  • Year Project - Motor Vehicles (QR1)

Scientific activities

  • 1980 - to date, Study of ways and means to make use of thermodynamic cycles with regeneration end external supply of heat
  • 1985 - to date, Study of adverse effect of road traffics on environment
  • 1986 - to date, Study of ways and means to make use of alternative traffic, especially super light vehicle powered by a renewably energy
  • 1994 - to date, Building a laboratory of alternative transport and alternative sources of energy
  • 1995 Project FRVŠ 350715 Road traffic and environment
  • 1997 Project VUT FU 370025: Application of the Stirling thermodynamic cycles with renewable resources of energy
  • 2001 Human Powered Vehicle, FRVŠ F1 0007
  • 2001 Road traffic and environment, FRVŠ F1 0008
  • 2002 HPV II, FRVŠ 1711/2002
  • 2003 - 2005 Micro CHP Plant Based On External Heat Supply Engine, GAČR 101/03/0299
  • 2006 - 2008 Real Cycles of External Heat Supply Engines, GAČR 101/06/0402

University activities

  • 2000 - to date, Building a laboratory of alternative transport and alternative sources of energy Institute of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
  • 2003 - to date, Supervisor of PhD students in doctoral study programme "Design and Process Engineering"
  • 2004 - to date, Head of Department of Motor Vehicles and Tractors, Institute of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
  • 2006 - to date, Member of Subject Council* for doctoral study programme "Design and Process Engineering"

Non-University activities

  • 1999-to date, the chairman of the board of directors Quoad vitam, o.p.s.

Projects

  • 1995 Road Traffic and Environment, FRVŠ 350715/1995
  • 2001 Human Powered Vehicle, FRVŠ 0007/2001
  • 2001 Road Traffic and Environment, FRVŠ 0008/2001
  • 2002 HPV II, FRVŠ 1711/2002
  • 2003 - 2005 Micro CHP Plant Based On External Heat Supply Engine, GAČR 101/03/0299
  • 2006 - to date Real Cycles of External Heat Supply Engines, GAČR 101/06/0402

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within ISI Web of Knowledge

3

Sum of other citations (without self-citations)

15

Supervised courses:

Publications:

  • NOVOTNÝ, P.; PÍŠTĚK, V.; KAPLAN, Z.:
    Virtual Design of Stirling Engine Combustion Chamber,
    Recent Advances in Mechatronics, pp.317-323, ISBN 978-3-642-05021-3, (2009), Springer-Verlag
    conference paper
    akce: Mechatronics 2009, Luhačovice, 18.11.2009-20.11.2009
  • KAPLAN, Z.; ŽÁČEK, P.:
    Road Transport and Enviroment,
    Advances in Automotive Engineering, Volume I, pp.149-156, ISBN 978-80-7399-496-9, (2008), Tribun EU
    book chapter
  • KAPLAN, Z.; PÍŠTĚK, V.; KOPECKÝ, P.:
    To a Design of Stirling Engine,
    Advances in Automotive Engineering, Volume II, pp.41-48, ISBN 978-80-7399-497-6, (2008), Tribun EU
    book chapter
  • KAPLAN, Z.; PÍŠTĚK, V.; KOPECKÝ, P.:
    Computational methods applied for designing Stirling engine,
    Acta Mechanica Slovaca, Vol.11, (2007), No.4-D/2007, pp.319-326, ISSN 1335-2393
    journal article - other
  • KAPLAN, Z., PÍŠTĚK, V., NOVOTNÝ, P.:
    Stirling Cycle and Renewable Sources of Energy,
    Sborník z konference HYDROTURBO 2006, pp.25-34, (2006)
    conference paper
    akce: Hydroturbo 2006, Vyhne, 18.09.2006-21.09.2006

List of publications at Portal BUT

Abstracts of most important papers:

  • NOVOTNÝ, P.; PÍŠTĚK, V.; KAPLAN, Z.:
    Virtual Design of Stirling Engine Combustion Chamber,
    Recent Advances in Mechatronics, pp.317-323, ISBN 978-3-642-05021-3, (2009), Springer-Verlag
    conference paper
    akce: Mechatronics 2009, Luhačovice, 18.11.2009-20.11.2009
    The paper deals with the designing of a combustion chamber of the Stirling engine using the CFD approach. Virtual prototypes enabled to optimize the parameters in the combustion chamber, to increase efficiency of the energy conversion, and to decrease emissions. The presented results help to increase the Stirling engine efficiency together with a significant time decrease of development process.
  • KAPLAN, Z.; ŽÁČEK, P.:
    Road Transport and Enviroment,
    Advances in Automotive Engineering, Volume I, pp.149-156, ISBN 978-80-7399-496-9, (2008), Tribun EU
    book chapter
    Survival of a human being and maintaining of higher life-forms on the Earth are conditional on a slowdown and preventing of the environment degradation. Transport and road automobile transport in particular, is one of the thorniest environmental problems. The public has not been objectively and adequately informed and thus it has no reasons to change its behaviour. The paper is intended to provoke thoughts and call for an active support of sustainable transport principles.
  • KAPLAN, Z.; PÍŠTĚK, V.; KOPECKÝ, P.:
    To a Design of Stirling Engine,
    Advances in Automotive Engineering, Volume II, pp.41-48, ISBN 978-80-7399-497-6, (2008), Tribun EU
    book chapter
    Complicated actions take place inside a modern Stirling engine, which may, to a large extent, influence its efficiency and capacity. In order to ensure sufficient capacity of the Stirling engine that is crucial for its utilization, its size has to be properly designed and functional parameters have to be optional. The paper explains in brief the principle of some computational methods and presents examples and results achieved.
  • KAPLAN, Z.; PÍŠTĚK, V.; KOPECKÝ, P.:
    Computational methods applied for designing Stirling engine,
    Acta Mechanica Slovaca, Vol.11, (2007), No.4-D/2007, pp.319-326, ISSN 1335-2393
    journal article - other
    The paper evocates computational methods applied for designing Stirling engine.
  • KAPLAN, Z., PÍŠTĚK, V., NOVOTNÝ, P.:
    Stirling Cycle and Renewable Sources of Energy,
    Sborník z konference HYDROTURBO 2006, pp.25-34, (2006)
    conference paper
    akce: Hydroturbo 2006, Vyhne, 18.09.2006-21.09.2006
    The paper reports on the ongoing activities of the Institute of Transport Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology in the area of practical use of the Stirling thermo-dynamic cycle with heat re-generation and utilizing renewable sources of energy.