The Facility has been established on the 1st of October 2024, by merging two already existing facilities of the Institute – Turbines and Compressors and Flow Machines Diagnostics and Automation Facilities – into one.
The area of interest of the newly created facility includes:
Monitoring the functionality of compressors
We are developing a real-time detection system, which would allow the examination of working conditions of a machine, and spot instabilities in centrifugal compressors. We are focusing mainly on easily obtainable pressure signal. We are using advanced analysis and data decomposition techniques, such as Discrete Wavelet Transform, Empirical Mode Decomposition and Singular Spectrum Analysis. Our work has led to the creation of patented monitoring system for flow machines. The potential of our system has been verified by experiments and numerical simulations. It enables the detection of shifts in real time and maintenance. We are open to implement our system as a collaboration with the industry and as a further test of its operational abilities.
Anti-pump systems
We designed an industry-ready prototype of anti-pump system. The pumping process is an instability that can occur when the mass flow rate appears around the optimal point of work. The pumping process, even brief, can lead to permanent damage to the machine and create a serious safety hazard for the personnel managing it. Our solution gives an option to quickly react to the local instabilities of the flow, that precede pumping process. The algorithm is based on a single point of pressure monitoring. This solution is cheap and reliable. It can be easily implemented to an already existing machine.
Designing turbines, compressors and ventilators
Over 20 years of experience with designing turbines, compressors and ventilators makes us an ideal partner for projects centered around the modernization of existing machines or creating new ones. Our experience in research and innovation also includes designing new, unconventional and innovative constructions, used in ORC and distributed energy systems. The facility can perform all of the work assigned to a given project, from the concept, through design and creating the flow system within, until the performance tests stage. We are able to perform 3D numerical calculations of the flow, using ANSYS CFX and Fluent software and the construction’s geometry, provided by our clients.
New energy technologies
Considering the growing popularity of the deeptech projects, we take special interest in collaborations on new flow and energy technologies. We are supporting innovative projects with mentorship, technical background and industry contacts. We have a lot of positive experiences with our cooperation with technological start-ups, and we offer them our ability to adapt for the exact needs of their project.
Theoretical and experimental research on unconventional bearing systems of flow machines:
- dynamic gas-fired bearings and their use in construction machinery, incorporating MEMS technology.
- hydrodynamic bearings of special geometry
- active magnetic bearings
- aerodynamic foil bearings for flow machines constructed using “oil-free” technology
- bearings lubricated by low-boiling agents, used in working turbine sets incorporating ORC installations.
Theoretical analyses, diagnostics of vibrations and design of the dynamics of rotating systems of flow machines and devices, with complex analysis of their compatibility with current norms and industry standards
Diagnostics of vibrations in machines, using a model.
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Future plans for the scientific development of this facility are centered around the continuation of work in the fields listed above, as well as the gradual expansion of our area of interest, especially for the process of testing the theoretical findings on physical objects. It is closely connected to our purse to obtain new industry contractors, who will invest in our laboratory tested, cutting edge technologies. The faculty is very proud of the collaborations we have already secured, and we put much effort into expanding our contacts. We have worked with prestigious foreign corporations: ONERA, Airbus Helicopters and Pankl Turbosystems, among others.
The scholarly achievements of the faculty’s employees are closely associated with the large quantity of scientific papers published by us, in various languages and both domestic and foreign publications, and the utilization of scholarships that have been granted to us, often due to our productive cooperation with the industry.
Each scholarship we receive is used to fund a new research station, incorporating the newest technologies in the field of machine construction and exploitation. These stations are used by the teachers as well as the students, to perform a variety of tests, studies and experiments
The faculty owns specialized equipment and research stations, designed and constructed on site. Our precision and reliability granted us the trust of many associates, which not only promotes our scientific pursues, but also supports us financially, ensuring further growth.
Members of the FMD&E:
dr hab. inż. Jakub Łagodziński - kierownik Zakładu
dr hab inż. Grzegorz Liśkiewicz, prof. uczelni
mgr inż. Sylwester Więckowski
Bohdan Pawłowski