Andrzej Teodorczyk

Membership of professional bodies:

• The Committee on Thermodynamics and Combustion of The Polish Academy of Sciences - member;
• Combustion Section The Committee on Thermodynamics and Combustion of The Polish Academy of Sciences - chair;
• Polish Section of The Combustion Institute - chair;
• Journal Archivum Combustionis – editor;
• Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems - member of the Executive Board
• The Combustion Institute - member of the Program Committee;
• Society of Automotive Engineers - member;
• International Association for Hydrogen Safety – member of Scientific Committee;
• Polish Society of Combustion Engines - member

Research topics:

• Gaseous detonations
• Internal combustion engines;
• Matematical modeling of engine processes;

Teaching:

• Internal Combustion Engines
• Propulsion
• Combustion

Books and chapters:

1. Teodorczyk A., Lee J.H.S. and Knystautas R The Structure of Fast Turbulent Flames in Very Rough, Obstacle-Filled Channel, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol.23, 1990, pp. 735-741
2. Teodorczyk A., Lee J.H.S. and Knystautas R.: Photographic Studies of the Structure and Propagation Mechanisms of Quasi-Detonations in Rough Tube, Progress in  Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 133 (1991), pp.223-240
3. Teodorczyk A.: Deflagration to detonation transition, in book: Combustion Phenomena, J.Jarosinski & B.Veyssiere Eds. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 2009

Publications in refereed journals:

1. Rychter T., Teodorczyk A., Wójcicki S.: An Evaluation of Charge Stratification in the Main Chamber of the Lean Model Combustion System, Oxidation Communications 4 (1983), pp.97-112
2. Teodorczyk A.: Ignition of Liquid Fuel Droplet in a Hot, Stagnant, Oxidizing Atmosphere - Numerical Computations, Journal of Fire Sciences 2 (1984), pp. 400-414
3. Teodorczyk A., Karim G.A., Tawfig H.: Critical Mass Flow Gas Meters - The Role of Errors Due to the Presence of a Restriction Downstream, Trans. ASME, J.Energy Res.Techn. 110 (1988), pp.55-85
4. Teodorczyk A., Lee J.H.S. and Knystautas R.: Propagation Mechanism of Quasi-Detonations,  Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol.22, 1988, pp. 1723-1731
5. Teodorczyk A., Lee J.H.S. and Knystautas R The Structure of Fast Turbulent Flames in Very Rough, Obstacle-Filled Channel, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol.23, 1990, pp. 735-741
6.  Rychter T., Teodorczyk A., Stone C.R., Leonard H.J., Ladommatos N., Charlton S.J.: A Theoretical Study of a Variable Compression Ratio Turbocharged Diesel Engine, Proc.Inst.Mech. Engrs, Vol 206, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, pp.227-238, 1992
7. Teodorczyk A.: Computations of Thermodynamic Parameters of Combustion Products behind Overdriven Detonation Wave, Journal of Power Technologies 76 (1992)
8. Teodorczyk A., Wójcicki S.: The Combustion of a Liquid Fuel Droplet during Forced Convection, Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol. 12, pp.44-61, 1994
9. Teodorczyk A., Lee J.H.S.: Detonation Attenuation by Foams and Wire Meshes Lining the Walls, Shock Waves 4, No.4, 1995, pp.225-236
10. Teodorczyk A.: Fast Deflagrations and Detonations in Obstacle-Filled Channels, Journal of Power Technologies 79 (1995)
11. Teodorczyk A., Benoan F.: Interaction of Detonation with Inert Gas Zone, Shock Waves 6, No.4, 1996, pp.211-223
12. Woliński M., Teodorczyk A., Wolański P., Klemens R., Sichel M., Nettleton M.: Hybrid Detonations in Oats Dust Clouds in Methane-Air Mixtures, Combustion Science and Technology, Vol.120, pp.39-53, 1996
13. Thomas G.O., Teodorczyk A.: An Evaluation of New Procedures for Testing Explosion Arresters, Trans.Inst.Chem.Eng., Vol.76, Part B, November 1998, pp.277-285
14. Knystautas R., Lee J.H.S., Shepherd J.E., Teodorczyk A.: Flame Acceleration and Transition to Detonation in Benzene-Air Mixtures, Combustion and Flame 115 (1998), pp.424-436
15. 20.  Zhong S., Teodorczyk A., Deng X., Dang J.: Modeling and Simulation of Coal Dust Explosions,Journal de Physique IV, Vol.12 (2002), pp.Pr7:  11-17
16. Walenta Z.A., Teodorczyk A., Dąbkowski A., Witkowski W.: Direct Monte-Carlo simulation of a detonation wave in a narrow channel, containing flammable gas, Central European Journal of Energetic Materials, Vol.1, No 1, 2004
17. Mitrowski A., Teodorczyk A.: Detonation Initiation in H2-Air and CH4-Air Mixtures by Incident Shock Wave – One-Dimensional Numerical Simulation, Archivum Combustionis 25(2005), No.1-4, pp.85-104
18. Piela K., Teodorczyk A.: Numerical Simulation of Detonation with Adaptive Grid, Journal of Technical Physics, XLVII (2006), no 4, pp. 177–190
19. Szecówka L., Teodorczyk A.: Modeling of NOx Reduction in Natural Gas Reburning Process with Pressure Pulsations, Archivum Combustionis 27 (2007), pp.91-106
20. Teodorczyk A.: Scale effects on hydrogen-air fast deflagrations and detonations in small obstructed channels, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 21(2008), 147-163
21. Shibata Y., Kawakami T., Teodorczyk A.: Effects of Water Vapor and CO2 Addition on Combustion Characteristics for Lean Hydrocarbon-Aor Mixtures dunder Norma land Microgravity Conditions, Archivum Combustionis 28 (2008), no 3-4, pp.197-205
22. Sugiyama H., Kawakami T., Teodorczyk A.: Influence of Blend Fuels on Combustion Characteristics for Small Diesel Engine, Archivum Combustionis 28 (2008), no 3-4, pp.206-214
23. Teodorczyk A., Drobniak P., Dabkowski A.: Fast turbulent deflagration and DDT of hydrogen-air mixtures in small obstructed Channel, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 34(2009), 5887-5893
24. Venetsanos A.G., Teodorczyk, et al..: An Inter-comparison exercise on the capabilities of CFD models to predict the short and long term distribution and mixing of hydrogen in a garage, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 34(2009) 5912-5923
25. P.Jaworski, P.Priesching, A.Teodorczyk, W.Bandel: Validation of the Numerical Simulation of ISO-Octane Auto-Ignition Delay Time in Rapie Compression Machine with the use of ECFM-3Z (Extended Coherent Flame Model – 3 Zones) Combustion Model against Experimental Data, Archivum Combustionis, Vol.30 (2010), no.1-2, pp.1-14
26. W.Rudy, A.Dąbkowski, A.Teodorczyk: Investigation into the Ignitron Process of Hydrogen Jet in Air, Archiwum Combustionis 30 (2010), no.1-2, pp.37-52
27. D.Jasiński, Ł.Kapusta, P.Mazuro, M.Sutkowski, A.Teodorczyk: Determination of Hydrogen-Propane Condensation Curve, Archivum Combustionis 30 (2010), no.1-2, pp.53-62
28. D.Baraldi, A.Kotchourko, A.Lelyakin, J.Yanez, A.Gavrikov, A.Efimenko, F.Verbecke, D.Makarov, V.Molkov, A.Teodorczyk: An inter-comparison exercise on CFD model capabilities to simulate hydrogen deflagrations with pressure relief vents, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35 (2010), pp. 12381–12390
29. E.Reinecke, A.Teodorczyk, et al.: Integration of experimental facilities: A joint effort for establishing a common knowledge base in experimental work on hydrogen safety,  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 36 (2011), pp. 2700-2710
30. Jordan T., Teodorczyk A., et al.: Achievements of the EC network of excellence HySafe, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 36 (2011), pp. 2656-2665
31. A.G. Venetsanos, A. Teodorczyk, et al.: On the use of hydrogen in confined spaces: Results from the internal project InsHyde, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 36 (2011), pp. 2693-2699
32. Dziubanii K, Rudy W., Teodorczyk A.: The influence of nitrogen doping on self-ignition of hydrogen during high-pressure releaser into air – numerical investigation, Archivum Combustionis, Vol.33 (2013) no. 4
33. Porowski R., Teodorczyk A., Experimental study on DDT for hydrogen-methane-air mixtures in tube with obstacles, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 26(2013), pp.374-379
34. Rudy W., Kuznetsov M., Porowski R., Teodorczyk A., Grune J., Sempert K., Critical conditions of hydrogen-air detonation in partially confined geometry, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 34(2013), pp.1965-1972
35. Grabarczyk M., Porowski R., Teodorczyk A.: Flammability characteristics of butanol fuel blends at various initial temperatures, Archivum Combustionis, 34 (2014) no.1, pp.49-70
36. Kercheva B., Kapusta Ł.J., Teodorczyk A.: LES numerical study of n-hexane injection in a compression ignition engine, Archivum Combustionis, 34 (2014) no.2, pp.155-167
37. Rudy W., Dabkowski A., Teodorczyk A.: Experimental and numerical study on spontaneous ignition of hydrogen and hydrogen-methane jets in air, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014), pp.20388-20395
38. Teodorczyk A., Lee J.H.S. and Knystautas R.: Photographic Studies of the Structure and Propagation Mechanisms of Quasi-Detonations in Rough Tube, Progress in  Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 133 (1991), pp.223-240
39. Shepherd J.E., Teodorczyk A., Knystautas R., Lee J.H.E.: Shock Waves Produced by Reflected Detonations, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 134 (1991), pp.244-264
40. Rudy W., Porowski R., Teodorczyk A.: Propagation of hydrogen-air detonation in tube with obstacles, Journal of Power Technologies 91 (2011) no. 3
41. Jaworski P., Teodorczyk A.: Numerical investigation of stretch effect for n-heptane/air mixture combustion process in constant volume chamber with the use of gradient method combustion model in LES, Journal of Power Technologies 91 (2011) no. 3
42. Teodorczyk A., Porowski R.: Cellular Structure of Detonation Wave in Hydrogen-Methane-Air Mixtures, Journal of Power Technologies 91 (2011) no. 3
43. Jaworski P., Ćwikowski P., Teodorczyk A.: Influence of Breakup Models on Simulation Results of Mixture Formation and Combustion in Direct Injection Spark Ignition Engine, Archiwum Combustionis 31 (2011), no 1-2, pp.43-54
44. Kapusta Ł., Teodorczyk A.: Numerical Simulations of a Simultaneous Direct Injection of a Liquid and Gaseous Fuel into Constant Volume Chamber, Journal of Power Technologies 92 (2012) no.1
45. Kapusta Ł., Teodorczyk A.: Numerical Simulations of a Simultaneous Direct Injection of a Liquid and Gaseous Fuel into Constant Volume Chamber, Journal of Power Technologies 92 (2012) no.1
46. Jach A., Rudy W., Dąbkowski A., Teodorczyk A.: Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Self-ignition Process of Hydrogen Gas Release, Journal of KONES, Vol.20, no 3, 2013

International research projects:

• HYSAFE – Safety of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier, Network of Excellence, FP6 UE
• BEAUTY – Bio-Ethanol Engine for Advanced Urban Transport by Light Commercial Vehicle & Heavy Duty, Collaborative Project, FP7 UE
• DETHYD – Detonations in Partially Confined Layers of Hydrogen-air mixtures, FP7 UE within LACOMECO – Large Scale Experiments on Core Degradation, Melt Retention and Containment Behavior
• GENFUEL – Addressing Fundamental Challenges in the Design of new generation fuels" under the EU Marie Curie Actions Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (FP7)
• KNOCKY - Knock prevention and increase of reliability and efficiency of high power gaseous internal combustion engines, H2020

Supervision of doctoral fellows:

• Fawzi Benoan  – 1995
• Paweł Bocian – 2002
• Shengjun Zhong – 2003
• Osama Ghazal – 2004
• Marek Sutkowski – 2005
• Paweł Mazuro – 2006
• Mohamed Elhsnawi – 2006
• Adam Janiszewski – 2007
• Dariusz Klimkiewicz – 2007
• Ireneusz Noworol – 2010
• Rafał Porowski – 2013
• Wojciech Rudy – 2014
• Łukasz Kapusta – 2015

Organization activity:

• Head of Division of Aircraft Engines (2012 -  )
• Head of Faculty Doctorate Studies (1996 - )

• Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the conferences:

• • Baltic Combustion Meeting – Warszawa 2005
  • 6^th IEF Workshop on Optical Measurement Techniques - Warszawa 2007
  • 20^th International Symposium on Combustion Processes - Pułtusk 2007
  • 34^th International Symposium on Combustion – Warszawa 2012

Awards:

• Concurrent Professor of Northeastern University in Shenyang, China (2000-
• Fulbright Fellowship at California University of Technology (CALTECH)  (1994-1995)
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship at University of Kyoto (2004)
• Visiting Professor at McGill University in Montreal (1987-1988); Hosei University in Tokio (1991-1992); University of Wales in Aberystwyth (1993-1994); Michigan State University in Lansing (2011)