Jacek Szymczyk

Division: Rational Use of Energy, room 407a, email: jacek.szymczyk@pw.edu.pl

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Membership and functions in scientific and technical organizations, associations, publishing houses, editorial teams, program and scientific councils

Member of SEP Organisation on the Faculty,
Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Young Workers,
Member of the Council of the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering,
Representative of the Warsaw University of Technology in the Commission No. 47 Pumps and Water Turbines at the Polish Committee for Standardization.

Fields of scientific and research works

Analysis and improvement of energy efficiency of industrial installations - steam, water, fan and compressed air.
Pumps, pump systems and fans - selection, design, optimization, control, energy efficiency,
Compressors and compressed air installations - selection, optimization, controlled, energy efficiency,
Selection and diagnostics of drives for pumps and fans,
Power engineering - improvement of the conditions of supplying buildings with electricity, energy efficiency,
Thermal energy - diagnostics and energy efficiency of boilers, steam generators and drainage systems,
Water preparation for thermal energy and industry.

Teaching

Subject Supervisor

Bachelor course

Fizyka inżynierska – NW104
Podstawy Efektywności Energetycznej - NS729
Thermal Power Stations - ANS510

Master course

Układy Cieplne Siłowni - NS580
Energy Efficiency - ANS500

Participation in subjects

Bachelor course

Elektrotechnika I – NW113
Elektronika II – NK316
Laboratorium ZLE I – NS524
Laboratorium ZLE II – NS525
Energooszczędne Układy Pompowe - NS735
Electronics II - ANK316
Chemistry of water – ANS510
Power Engineering Machines and Systems II - ANS525

Master course

Engineering Project - ANK382

Titles of theses and projects

Below is a list of issues in the area of pumps and pumping systems, fans, compressed air as well as steam generation and transmission proposed as master's or engineering theses, as well as for analyzes as part of transitional works. Detailed definition of the scope and topic takes place after an interview with the Student.

Energy efficiency

Analysis of selected following industrial systems:
- pumping and water,
- heating or thermal,

- compressed air,
- fan

in terms of their optimization and/or increasing energy efficiency.

Modeling and analysis of selected thermal, hydraulic and/or compressed air installations for operation in standard and extreme conditions or investigations for the possibility of energy storage.

Pumps, pumping systems, fans

Mathematical description of complete pump performance characteristics;
Pump serial or parallel operation and/or untypical operation conditions;
Pump design, flow and strength calculations of pumps using CFD tools;
Numerical calculations of liquid flow through centrifugal pump impellers and the impact of the number and/or shape of blades on anti-cavitation properties, efficiency and forces;
Testing the durability and reliability of the pump system based on the Barringer curve;
Determination of EEI or MEI energy consumption indicators for pumps of the appropriate type;
Flow calculations in the sealing gaps of rotor machines;
Selection of pumps and/or fans for installation, determination of restrictions;
Assessment of the impact of harmonics on energy losses in the pump supply system using a frequency converter.
Optimization of fan operation.

Calculation of series work of the pump system - study of the reverse flow, regulation range, energy consumption, limitations;
Operation analysis of pumps with liquids other than water and verification based on known relationships;
Mathematical description of the efficiency hill - determination and verification based on model tests;

Compressors

Analysis of the opportunities of using the compressors’ waste heat;
Optimization of compressor system operation - optimal settings, working time.

Impact of compressed air leaks and temperature on energy consumption in typical industrial installations and determination of the costs of their minimization;
Dynamics of loading and unloading the tank/installation of compressed air system under scheduled and emergency conditions;
Examination of the impact of the intake air temperature and pressure value on the energy consumption of the screw compressors;
Energy storage using compressed air systems;
Calculation model of compressed air leaks through narrow gaps;
Calculation model for the operation of many compressors for industrial installations.

Major publications

Self-evaluation manual on energy consumption for small and medium-sized enterprises, KAPE 2020;
G. Rarata G., Szymczyk J., Wolański P.: “Experiments on the upper explosion limits of gaseous alkanes-oxygen mixtures at elevated conditions of T and p in a spherical vessel”, Journal of KONES Powertrain and Transport, vol. 16, no 2, Warsaw 2009;
Jędral W., Karaśkiewicz K., Szymczyk J.: „Badanie charakterystyk zupełnych pomp wirowych”, materiały konferencyjne Problemy Badawcze Energetyki Cieplnej, Warszawa 2011;
Szymczyk J.: „System energetyczny – odbiorca energii w obliczu jej niedoborów”, Służby Utrzymania Ruchu 7/2010, str. 10-14;
Szymczyk J.: „Energochłonność sprężania powietrza atmosferycznego”, Energia dla Biznesu 6/2010;
Szymczyk J.: „Czy potrzebna jest efektywność energetyczna”, Służby Utrzymania Ruchu, 7/2010, str. 21-23;
Szymczyk Jacek: Ogrzewanie i przygotowanie ciepłej wody użytkowej w rewitalizowanym budynku, w: Rewitalizacja budynków użyteczności publicznej według kryteriów zrównoważonego rozwoju / Węglarz Arkadiusz ( red. ), 2014, CBI Pro-Akademia, ISBN 978-83-63704-17-9, ss. 185-194;
Bielecki Sławomir, Palimąka Tadeusz, Skoczkowski Tadeusz, Szymczyk Jacek [i in.] :Metody wzrostu efektywności energetycznej w małych i średnich przedsiębiorstwach, w: Polityka Energetyczna / Energy Policy Journal, Polska Akademia Nauk - Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energia, vol. 17, nr 1, 2014, ss. 27-40;
Jędral Waldemar, Karaśkiewicz Krzysztof, Szymczyk Jacek: BADANIE NIEUSTALONYCH STANÓW PRACY I CHARAKTERYSTYK ZUPEŁNYCH POMP WIROWYCH, w: Instal, Ośrodek Informacji "Technika instalacyjna w budownictwie", vol. 345, nr 11, 2013, ss. 21-24;
Jędral Waldemar, Karaśkiewicz Krzysztof, Szymczyk Jacek: Charakterystyki zupełne pomp wirowych oraz sposób ich przybliżonego wyznaczania, w: Pompy, Pompownie, Zakład Projektowo-Badawczy i Produkcyjny CEDOS, nr 2, 2013, ss. 28-31;
Jędral Waldemar, Karaśkiewicz Krzysztof, Szymczyk Jacek: Pump transients and complete pump performance characteristics, w: Journal of Power Technologies, Politechnika Warszawska Instytut Techniki Cieplnej, nr 3 (94), 2014, ss. 196-201;
Szymczyk Jacek, Olszewski Paweł : Flameless cobustion - state of art, w: Archivum Combustionis, The Thermodynamics and Combustion Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, vol. 36, nr 1, 2016, ss. 13-36;
Szymczyk Jacek, Szymczyk Jan, Karaśkiewicz Krzysztof: Współpraca pomp z napędami przekształtnikowymi i z silnikami indukcyjnymi klatkowymi, w: Rynek Energii, KAPRINT, nr 4, 2014, ss. 90-94;
Szymczyk Jacek, Karaśkiewicz Krzysztof: Zastosowanie charakterystyk pompowych do pracy jako PAT, w: Instal, Ośrodek Informacji "Technika instalacyjna w budownictwie", nr 12 (368), 2015, ss. 46-49.

Major projects

Completed 3-year research grant - Research and application of complete centrifugal pump characteristics to increase their reliability and energy efficiency in liquid transport, especially in energy, year of submitting the report 2013, research project No. N N513 331038;
Participation in the audit of the exhaust system of power boilers for the needs of Orlen S.A. in Płock in cooperation with the Institute of Applied Research;
Participation in the audit of fuel pump drives for the needs of Orlen S.A. in Płock in cooperation with the Institute of Applied Research.

Expertises

A several energy audits commissioned by Energomix, 2015-2016;
Energy consumption analysis of the steam installation and compressed air system for Stomil Poznań S.A. at comisioned by Modus;
Technical opinion on patent claims made by a ventilator device for use in window rebate, May 2016;
Two technical opinions commissioned by the Ziehl-Abegg form regarding infringement of patent claims by the VS-450 impeller and the fan assembly installed in the ventilation unit, 2012.

Major awards and other distinctions

Winner of the Golden Chalk competition in the years:

2011 (2nd prize),
2012 (2nd prize),
2014 (1st prize).

Achievements in staff training

Supervisor of 42 prac bachelor and master theses.

Others

Reviewer of articles of the PBEC 2019 conference.