Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Profile
n Specialized courses within the Bachelor’s
programme – Hydraulic Processes, Principles
of Process Technologies, Process
Equipment, Ecology of Industry, Experimental
Methods and Instruments, Principles
of Process Engineering, Production
and Waste, Design and Operation
of Chemical Equipment, Environmental
Management, Process Simulation;
n Specialized courses within the Master’s
programme – Mass Transfer Processes,
Heat Transfer Processes, Hydraulic
Processes, Experimental Methods, Construction
of Process Equipment, Energy
and Emissions, Design of Process and
Power Systems, Systems Engineering,
Safety Engineering, Mechanical Processes,
Implementation of Investment Plans,
Project Management, CFD Modelling,
Application of FEM, CAD modelling of
Heat Transfer Equipment, Troubleshooting,
Implementation of Investment Plans,
Waste Treatment and Recycling;
n Doctoral degree programmes offers
a wide range of research activities with
emphasis on practical applications.
Research Areas
... in cooperation with Division of Power,
Process and Environmental Engineering
of NETME Centre
n Energy Systems an Process Simulations
(efficient utilization of fossil, renewable
and secondary fuels in the field of
municipal and industrial energy production);
n Heat Transfer Systems and Equipment
(thermal-hydraulic solutions of heat
transfer process and power equipment
and systems);
n Thermal Processes and Gas Cleaning
(problems related to the combustion of
gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and liquid
waste, and on the alternative fuels
utilization);
n Computational Fluid Dynamics
– specialized in complex applications
from chemical, processing and power
industries, involving chemical reactions
and heat transfer (fired heaters, boilers,
reactors), and in efficient approach to
troubleshooting and virtual prototyping;
n Structural Analysis
(equipment design, optimization of construction
and equipment service life).
Special Laboratories and Equipment
n Burner testing facility up to 2 MW for
gas and liquid fuels – fully equipped
with measuring instrumentation, semiautomatic
control and data acquisition
system;
n Unit for thermal and catalytic treatment
of off-gases containing volatile organic
compounds and CO – compact unit
consisting of combustion chamber
placed in helical heat exchanger, extendable
by a catalytic packed bed;
n Unit for combined cleaning of off-gases
and flue gases by filtration, adsorption
and selective catalytic reduction – enables
testing of novel cleaning technologies
and materials directly in industrial
plants;
n Unit for two-stage absorption cleaning of
flue gases – enables testing and research
of various absorption mechanisms, various
emissions and operating conditions;
n Prototype unit 1–3 MW for energy
utilization of various types of biomass
– enables operation testing of various
types of biomass fuels and offers
an industry-standard practical heat
generation unit;
n Software W2E – developed for simulation
of waste-to-energy systems, energy systems,
industrial processes etc. Complemented
with software for optimization.
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