Email: krzysztof.czajka@pwr.edu.pl

Unit: Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering » Department of Energy Conversion Engineering

M. Smoluchowskiego 21, 50-370 Wrocław
building A-4, room 302
phone +48 71 320 2324

Office hours (summer semester 2023/2024)

• Monday 13.15-15.00
• Tuesday 13.15-15.00

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Research fields

• kinetics of thermal processes;
• thermal analysis (TGA, DSC);
• pyrolysis, gasification and combustion of solid fuels;
• gasifiers and pyrolysis reactors;
• steam and gas turbines, compressors and fans;
• life cycle assessment.

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Recent papers

2022

• Hao l., Wang X., Krochmalny K., Niedźwiecki Ł., Czajka K., Pawlak-Kruczek H., Wu X., Liu X., Xiong Q., Assessments and analysis of lumped and detailed pyrolysis kinetics for biomass torrefaction with particle-scale modeling. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2022, vol. 166, 106619.
• Czajka K., Kawalec W., Król R., Sówka I., Modelling and calculation of raw material industry. Energies. 2022, vol. 15(14), 5035.

2021

• Czajka K., The impact of the thermal lag on the interpretation of cellulose pyrolysis. Energy. 2021, vol. 236, 121497.
• Czajka K., Gasification of coal by CO₂: The impact of the heat transfer limitation on the prgoress, reaction rate and kinetics of the process. Energies. 2021, vol. 14(17), 5569.

2020

• Krochmalny K., Niedźwiecki Ł., Pelińska-Olko E., Wnukowski M., Czajka K., Tkaczuk-Serafin M., Pawlak-Kruczek H., Determination of the marker for automation of torrefaction and slow pyrolysis processes - a case study of spherical wood particles. Renewable Energy. 2020, vol. 161, s. 350-360.
• Czajczyńska D., Czajka K., Krzyżyńska R., Jouhara H., Waste tyre pyrolysis - impact of the process and its products on the environment. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 2020, vol. 20, s. 1-31.

2019

• Czajka K., Modliński N., Kisiela-Czajka A., Naidoo R., Peta S., Nyangwa B., Volatile matter release from coal at different heating rates - experimental study and kinetic modelling. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 2019, vol. 139, s. 282-290.

2018

• Czajka K., Proximate analysis of coal by micro-TG method. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 2018, vol. 133, s. 82-90.

2017

• Pilatau A., Czajka K., Petraconi F. G., Medeiros H. S., Kisiela A., Evaluation criteria for the assessment of the influence of additives (AlCl3 and ZnCl2) on pyrolysis of sunflower oil cake. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 2017, vol. 8, nr 8, s. 2595-2607.
• Rybak W., Moroń W., Czajka K., Kisiela A., Ferens W., Jodkowski W., Andryjowicz C., Co-combustion of unburned carbon separated from lignite fly ash. Energy Procedia. 2017, vol. 120, s. 197-205.

2016

• Czajka K., Kisiela A., Moroń W., Ferens W., Rybak W., Pyrolysis of solid fuels: thermochemical behaviour, kinetics and compensation effect. Fuel Processing Technology. 2016, vol. 142, s. 42-53.
• Kisiela A., Czajka K., Moroń W., Rybak W., Andryjowicz C., Unburned carbon from lignite fly ash as an adsorbent for SO2 removal. Energy. 2016, vol. 116, pt. 3, s. 1454-1463.
• Moroń W., Ferens W., Czajka K., Explosion of different ranks coal dust in oxy-fuel atmosphere. Fuel Processing Technology. 2016, vol. 148, s. 388-394.
• Li J., Paul M.C., Czajka K., Studies of ignition of biomass particles in a down-fire reactor for improving co-firing performance. Energy & Fuels. 2016, vol. 30, nr 7, s. 5870-5877.

2014

• Xue G., Kwapińska M., Kwapiński W., Czajka K., Kennedy J., Leahy J.J., Impact of torrefaction on properties of Miscanthus × giganteus relevant to gasification. Fuel (Guildford). 2014, vol. 121, s. 189-197.
• Xue G., Kwapińska M., Horvat A., Kwapiński W., Rabou L.P.L.M., Dooley S., Czajka K., Leahy J.J.,Gasification of torrefied of Miscanthus × giganteus in an air-blown bubbling fluidized bed gasifier. Bioresource Technology. 2014, vol. 159, s. 397-403.

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