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

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.

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.

Publikacje w bazie DONA

Selected papers
1	Article 2024 Krzysztof Czajka, Krystian Krochmalny, Anna Kisiela-Czajka, Michał Ostrycharczyk, Michał Czerep, Monika Tkaczuk, Marcin Baranowski, Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, Kamila Jóźwiak, Oksana M Holovko-Kamoshenkova, Oleksii Provalov, Mykola Cherniavskyi, Investigating the potential of a waste-derived additive for enhancing coal combustion efficiency and environmental sustainability in a circular economy. Energy. 2024, vol. 295, art. 131035, s. 1-15. ISSN: 0360-5442; 1873-6785 Resources:DOIURLSFX
2	Proceeding paper 2023 Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, Krzysztof Czajka, Krystian Krochmalny, Anna Kisiela-Czajka, Michał Ostrycharczyk, Michał Czerep, Monika Tkaczuk, Marcin Baranowski, Kamila Jóźwiak, Effect of calcium-based activating additives on combustion behaviour of coals. W: Clearwater Clean Energy Conference 2022 : 46th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy,Clearwater, Florida, USA 1-4 August 2022. Vol. 1 of 2 / ed. Barbara A. Sakkestad. Louisa: Coal Technologies Associates, [2023]. s. 353-359. ISBN: 978-1-7138-5242-1; 978-1-7138-6258-1 Resources:DOIURL
3	Article 2022 Hao Luo, Xiaobao Wang, Krystian Krochmalny, Krzysztof Czajka, Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, Xiaoqin Wu, Qingang Xiong, Assessments and analysis of lumped and detailed pyrolysis kinetics for biomass torrefaction with particle-scale modeling. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2022, vol. 166, art. 106619, s. 1-11. ISSN: 0961-9534; 1873-2909 Resources:DOIURLSFX
4	Monographs and other books editing 2022 Krzysztof Czajka, Witold Kawalec, Robert Król, Izabela Sówka, Modelling and calculation of raw material industry. Basel: MDPI, 2022. VIII, 250 s. ISBN: 978-3-0365-5212-5; 978-3-0365-5211-8 Resources:DOIURL
5	Proceeding paper 2021 Kamila Jóźwiak, Krzysztof Czajka, Recovery of sulfur dioxide from flue gas for sulphuric acid production. W: VI International Scientific Conference,Winter Session:Industry 4.0 : proceedings , 08-11 December 2021, Borovets, Bulgaria. Vol. 2, Technological basis of "Industry 4.0" dominant technologies in “Industry 4.0”. [B.m. : International Scientific Conference Industry 4.0, 2021]. s. 236-237. Resources:URL
6	Article 2021 Krzysztof Ewertowski, Krzysztof Czajka, Dynamic mesh adaption in shockwaves simulations. MTM Machines, Technologies, Materials. 2021, vol. 15, nr 8, s. 306-308. ISSN: 1313-0226; 1314-507X Resources:URLSFX
7	Article 2021 Krzysztof Czajka, Gasification of coal by CO2: the impact of the heat transfer limitation on the progress, reaction rate and kinetics of the process. Energies. 2021, vol. 14, nr 17, art. 5569, s. 1-22. ISSN: 1996-1073 Resources:DOIURLSFX
8	Article 2021 Krzysztof Czajka, The impact of the thermal lag on the interpretation of cellulose pyrolysis. Energy. 2021, vol. 236, art. 121497, s. 1-13. ISSN: 0360-5442; 1873-6785 Resources:DOIURLSFX
9	Article 2020 Krystian Krochmalny, Ewa Pelińska-Olko, Mateusz Wnukowski, Krzysztof Czajka, Monika Tkaczuk, Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, 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. ISSN: 0960-1481; 1879-0682 Resources:DOIURLSFX
10	Article 2020 Dina Czajczyńska, Krzysztof Czajka, Renata Krzyżyńska, Hussam Jouhara, Waste tyre pyrolysis - impact of the process and its products on the environment. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 2020, vol. 20, art. 100690, s. 1-31. ISSN: 2451-9049 Resources:DOISFX

Papers in DONA database