Department of Boilers, Combustion and Energy Processes

is part of the FACULTY of MECHANICAL and POWER ENGINEERING
at Wrocław University of Technology

There are about 20 researchers in the Department incl. 2 professors
The head of the Department is prof. Halina Pawlak–Kruczek

RESEARCH INTERESTS are presented below

Energy and fuels

Fuel processing: combustion, gasification, pyrolysis and torrefaction and drying of solid fuel including biomass:
Advanced power generation: zero emission technology CCS – and oxyfuel:
Renewable fuels (hydrogen production, solid biomass and liquid biomass) fossil fuels (hard coal and lignite)

Mechanical engineering

FC and CFB and stoker boilers, heat transfer

Renewable energy

Micro and mid power system applying of biofuels and solar sources

Bioenergy

Solid biomass: combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, torrefaction, biochar: liquid biofuels including by-products such as glycerol

Thermodynamics

Kinetics, equilibrium

Environmental energy

Low emission technology, flue gas cleaning, sustainable energy, utilization of wastes

Energy engineering

Process integration, process system engineering, energy efficiency, chemical looping combustion
CO2 capture, CO2 separation, absorption, advanced solvent system, novel solvents and dry sorbents

Modeling of power producing processes including combustion, fouling slagging, desulfurization

Projects and Research Conducted in Department — overview

Department's projects overwiev

Future Clean Energy Valley

future clean energy valley

Project conducted within National Center of Power Generation Technologies.

DRYLIG – Competitive Pre-Drying Technologies and Firing Concepts for Flexible and Efficient Lignite Utilization

Project conducted in cooperation with CPERI/CERTH (Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute /  Centre for Research & Technology Hellas).

WUT lignite pilot dryer

Dryer in pilot scale,  fluid-spouted bed  dryer,  output 150 kg/hr.

WUT lignite dryer in pilot scale 2

MODELING AND COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF POWER DEVICES

Research area: combustion technology in boilers, CFD simulations, modeling of power plant elements, energy systems modeling, analysis of the on-line measuring system data.

Latest research:

  • Deposits formation in large scale coal-fired boilers
  • implementation of deposition model into Ansys Fluent
  • Numerical Simulation of SNCR Process (chemical kinetics)
  • implementation of skeletal reaction mechanism into Ansys Fluent, comparison of skeletal with standard (global) mechanism in coal fired grate boiler
  • A validation of computational fluid dynamics temperature distribution prediction in a pulverized coal boiler with acoustic temperature measurement

project related to combustion process optizmiation in front fired boiler

CFD simulations results 01

Deposit thickness (mm) in two boilers

CFD simulations results 02

SNCR Mechanisms performance in CFD simulations

CFD simulations results 03

Temperature contours (⁰C).

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CORROSIVE BOILER FURNACE

corrosion deposits

Deposits on the side wall of the boiler after a month of alternative fuel co-firing

corrosion scanner

The prototype of scanner for study the induction wall thickness of boiler tubes

DRON WITH CAMERA TO INSPECT ON-LINE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY SURFACE ( DEPOSITS, WASTAGE ..)

dron for surface inspection

BURNER – RESULTS FROM PHYSISCAL AND NUMERICAL MODELLING

burners_pt1

burners_pt2

Condensation of Steam Contained in Flue Gas

condensation of steam pt1

condensation of steam pt2

See here for detailed list of laboratory equipment and research stands

See here to meet our staff

To achive more information please contact head of the Department:
prof. Halina-Pawlak Kruczek
room. 253;  build. A-4
e-mail: halina.kruczek@pwr.edu.pl
tel. +48 71 320 39 42