Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Profile
n Energy and Processing devices
(Bachelor’s degree);
n Power Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Fluid Engineering
(Master’s degree);
n Design and Process Engineering
(doctoral degree).
Research Areas
... in cooperation with Division of Power,
Process and Environmental Engineering
of NETME Centre
n Experimental assessment of solid fuels
– moisture content, calorific/heating
value, flash point, auto ignition temperature
of deposited or suspended dust, ash
content, characteristic temperatures of
ash, volatile combustible components in
solid fuels;
n Testing of biofuels and waste for energy
production – incineration, gasification;
n Testing of small-scale steam engines and
turbines;
n Analysis of gaseous products of combustion;
n Size and concentration measurement
of fine particles ranging from 8 nm to
2,000 μm;
n Flow, mixing, atomisation, dispersion,
and agglomeration of two and
more-phase fluid systems;
n Investigation and diagnostics of atomisation
nozzles for industrial applications;
n Aerosol transport and deposition;
n Clean space assessment;
n Surface temperature measurement using
contact and/or non-contact methods
– thermal imaging, pyrometers, thermocouples
(for temperatures up to 1,600°C);
n Multi-phase fluid flow modelling
(liquid-gas, solid particles-gas);
n Production of on-line control systems
based on numerical models of solidification
and cooling down processes;
n Numerical modelling of technological
processes in steel metallurgy
(continuous casting, cooling down
process during rolling etc.);
n Thermodynamic cycles of heat pumps,
refrigeration and air conditioning units
and other devices;
n Mapping of traffic related air pollution;
n Indoor environment of transport vehicles
including thermal load;
n Thermodynamic design of heat engines
with external heat source;
n Research on absorption refrigeration
cycles;
n Unsteady fluid flow solution, water hammer
solution, pressure wave propagation
solution;
n Wall wettability investigation;
n Research of cavitation in the hydraulic
systems;
n Mathematical model of fluid flow in the
pipe junction;
n High pressure hydraulic research.
Special Facilities and Equipment
n CFD software Fluent,Star-CD;
n Heavy hydraulic laboratory for testing
hydraulic machines;
n Laboratory of hydro-dynamics and
heat transfer;
n Laboratory of tribology and fuel;
Other Activities
n Professional courses on hydrodynamics
and design of hydraulic machines.
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