Department of Fundamentals of Engineering and Power Engineering
Main research directions
Research works at the Department of Fundamentals of Engineering and Power Engineering are carried out in many ways and relate to issues related to: systems and technologies based on renewable energy sources, automation of visualization and monitoring of production processes, food preservation technologies and methods enabling non-invasive assessment of the quality of preserved products.
The first direction of the scientific development of the staff of the department is research focused on development of technologies based on renewable energy sources . The conducted research works concern both new designs of devices aimed at improving the efficiency and exploitation tests of hybrid energy systems, including research aimed at developing innovative regulation algorithms enabling the minimization of operating costs. The department also conducts work on the processing technology and preparation of plant biomass for energy use, as well as research on the development of new measurement methods, including non-invasive methods based on image analysis.
The second leading direction of research carried out in the department is related to automation of production processes . The conducted research works concern innovative algorithms based, among others, on artificial intelligence and enabling the identification of the control object and the selection of PID controller settings in real time. The conducted research works also concern the diagnostics of control systems based on the PID algorithm.
The research profile of the chair is supplemented by issues related to food preservation technologies . The conducted works concern mainly technologies related to drying and rehydration of agricultural products. The work is devoted mainly to the study and modeling of the drying and rehydration process aimed at minimizing the energy expenditure of the process while maintaining the required product quality. The works are carried out with the use of modern mathematical devices, including those based on genetic algorithms. In order to optimize production processes, research is carried out on the implementation of technology for non-invasive monitoring of the course of these processes. The research work carried out in the department is also focused on the development and implementation of innovative, non-invasive technologies enabling the assessment of the quality of products based on vision and ultrasound techniques.
The result of the conducted research is development of many original technologies that have been implemented. The KPIiE team closely cooperates with business entities in the field of broadly understood energy and energy conservation. KPIiE employees also carry out many research and research and implementation projects with other research units both in Poland and abroad.
Head of the Department – dr hab. Inż. Paul Obstawski
phone: 22 59 346 18 (06)
e-mail: pawel_obstawski@sggw.edu.pl
Topics and scope of activities:
Technologies based on renewable energy sources
- Audit and energy performance of the building
- Advice on the dimensioning and design of solar heating systems and photovoltaic installations
- Research work related to compressor heat pumps and liquid solar collectors
- Research work related to technological heat recovery
- Research work related to the operation of the power plant, including wind and photovoltaic power plants
- Research work related to energy storage, analysis of needs and methods for the user
- Research work related to the analysis of the carbon footprint
- Research work on the thermal properties of biomass
Automation of production processes
- Designing control systems using PLC controllers (Siemens, General Electric, Fatek)
- Designing production process visualization systems based on HMI panels (Proface, Weintek)
- Designing SCADA data acquisition systems
- Designing IoT systems (e.g. for acquisition and aggregation of distributed measurement data) in LoRaWAN technology
- Diagnostics of PID control systems
- Monitoring of distributed systems
Development of new technological solutions related to food preservation
- Research work related to the rehydration process,
- Research work related to the drying process of vegetables, fruit and biomass
- Optimization of drying processes in terms of energy consumption
Development of new measurement techniques to optimize production processes and assess product quality
- Development of measurement methods
- Optimization of production processes
- Development and implementation of modern, non-invasive technologies for product quality monitoring
- Application of vision techniques in industry
- Development and implementation of technology for non-invasive monitoring of production processes
- Validation of industrial systems and production lines
- LCA analysis
Department staff:
 | Dr. Ind. Joanna Aleksiejuk-Gawron joanna_aleksiejuk_gawron@sggw.edu.pl Tel: 22 59 34 605 Building 19, room 9 | Scientific interests: renewable energy sources (RES), solar energy, designing solar heating and photovoltaic installations, modeling the dynamics of operation of RES technology devices, i.e. solar collectors, ground heat exchangers and photovoltaic modules, low-emission economy, local energy management |
 | Dr. Ind. Tomasz Bakoń tel: 22 593-46-26 Building 19, living room | Scientific interests: Metrology of electrical and non-electrical quantities, power electronics, quality of electricity, connection of renewable sources to the power system, control of converter systems, power grids |
 | dr hab. Inż. Simon Głowacki Tel. 22 59 34616 Building 19, room 20 | Scientific interests: application of computer science in agricultural engineering, modeling of the convection drying process of agricultural products, drying and quality of dried material, preparation of biomass for energy use |
 | dr hab. Inż. Eva Piotrowska Tel. 22 5934612 Building 19, room 18 | Scientific interests: Transient heat transfer studies, analysis of thermal oscillations, the course of resistance heating of copper rods, heat exchanger model |
 | dr hab. Inż. Radoslaw Winiczenko radoslaw_winiczenko@sggw.edu.pl Tel. +48 22 59 34 616 Building 19, room 21 | Scientific interests: Modeling of thermal processes using neural networks, finite element method, single and multi-criteria optimization using genetic algorithms, mechanical properties and microstructure of metals, friction welding. |
 | M.D. Weronika Tulej Tel. 22 59 34615 Building 19, room 19 | Scientific interests : application of computer science in agricultural engineering, modeling of the convective drying process of agricultural products, drying and quality of dried material, drying and preparation of biomass for energy use |