Witold Kwapinski
The University of Limerick, Ireland 01.2011 – present
SENIOR LECTURER / COURSE DIRECTOR Chemical and Biochemical Engineering B.Eng.(Hons)
Faculty of Science, Department of Chemical and Environmental Science
· Currently supervise a few PhD students (5 others successfully completed their thesis), oversees work of Post Docs from overseas who came to work under his supervision.
· Leader of six modules for under and postgraduate students.
· Supervise Final Year Projects and number of international students who came on practice into his laboratories.
· Lead a research on biomass/biowaste thermo-chemical conversions.
The University of Limerick, Ireland 07.2007 – 12.2010
SENIOR RESEARCHER Fellow / Faculty of Science, Department of Chemical and Environmental Science
· Design and optimisation of fluidise bed process of biomass to syngas production.
· Thermal treatment of biomaterial and develop porous structure of biochar and its applications.
· Thermal biomass decomposition: pyrolysis, gasification, combustion.
· Bio-oil and volatile upgrading.
· Second generation biofuels and biorefining.
The University of Manchester, U.K. 2006 – 07.2007
Marie Curie EXPERIENCED RESEARCHER Fellowship / Centre for Process Integration, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
· Dynamic model and transient analysis of industrial utility plant.
· Design and optimisation of process utility systems.
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany 2001 – 2006
RESEARCH ASSISTANT / Department of Thermal Process Engineering
· Heat and mass transfer during adsorption in packed bed at different operational conditions.
· Formulated and solved a numerically two-dimensional heterogeneous non-isothermal model.
· Planning, design, controlling and conducting of chemical engineering processes (adsorption, fluidization, granulation, coating) experiments and apparatus.
· Investigated reaction network of catalytic ethane oxidation.
· Determination of detailed kinetic laws for selected catalysts and catalytically active membranes.
· Supervised and successfully accomplished projects involving different universities and industrial partners.
The Technical University of Lodz, Poland 1995 – 2001
ASSISSTANT / Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering
· Vast teaching experience in area of chemical and process engineering.
· Membrane techniques, membrane preparations, liquid extraction processes.
· Developing experiments form laboratory to prototype evaluation.
· Theoretical and experimental conduct of extraction and separation of phenol and heavy metal ions from aqueous streams to aid the recovery process.
· Industrial project for developing infrared flowmeters device.
· Co-coordinator in research framework of sustainable development carried out by a group of specialists within the TEMPUS (IB_JEP-13301-98).
· Heat and mass transfer during adsorption in packed bed at different operational conditions.
· Formulated and solved a numerically two-dimensional heterogeneous non-isothermal model.
Additional Links
Christel, W,Bruun, S,Magid, J,Kwapinski, W,Jensen, LS (2016) ‘ Pig slurry acidification, separation technology and thermal conversion affect phosphorus availability in soil amended with the derived solid fractions, chars or ashes ‘. Plant And Soil , 401 :93-107.
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Taupe, NC,Lynch, D,Wnetrzak, R,Kwapinska, M,Kwapinski, W,Leahy, JJ (2016) ‘ Updraft gasification of poultry litter at farm-scale – A case study ‘. Waste Management , 50 :324-333.