Ing. Helena Sovová, CSc.

Ing. Helena Sovová, CSc.

Email
sovova@icpf.cas.cz

Phone
+420 220 390 234

Fax
+420 220 920 661

Location
Rozvojova 135
165 02 Prague 6
Czech Republic

Research Topics

supercritical fluid extraction of natural products, enzymatic reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide, mathematical modelling and scale-up of both processes, flow pattern in supercritical extractors, solubility of natural products in supercritical fluids

 

Qualification

1975 Ph.D. thesis (CSc.), Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals (ICPF), Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

1970 Master degree (Ing.), Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

 

Positions and Advanced Study

Since 1987 Senior Scientist, Department of Separation Processes, ICPF ASCR, Prague. Research in applications of supercritical fluids

1982-1987 Senior Scientist, Department of Separation Processes, ICPF ASCR, Prague. Research in hydrodynamics and mass transfer in countercurrent liquid-liquid extractors

1977 Four-month stay at Chemical Engineering Department, University of Toronto, Canada

1975-1982 Research Assistant, Laboratory of liquid-liquid extraction, ICPF ASCR, Prague

 

Teaching

University course „Properties and application of supercritical fluids“

Participation in summer intensive courses on high pressure technology within Socrates/Erasmus programmes

 

Activities

2002 Member of the EFCE Working Party High Pressure Technology

1995 Member of the Int. Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids

 

Language Skills

Czech – native speaker
English – fluent
Russian – fluent
German – active

Papers published during last 4 years