The Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations belongs to the Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy of Poznań University of Technology.
The institute is divided into two sections:
- Heating, Air Conditioning and Air Protection
Head
Prof. dr hab. Eng. Tomasz Mróz
tel. +48 61 665 2438
tomasz.mroz@put.poznan.pl - Water Supply and Bioeconomy
Head
Prof. dr hab. Eng. Piotr Oleśkowicz-Popiel
tel. +48 61 665 2438
piotr.oleskowicz-popiel@put.poznan.pl)
Teaching
The staff delivers the lectures, seminars, laboratory exercises, and conducts diploma theses for students of bachelor, and master studies in the field of environmental engineering, and others.
The high teaching level is confirmed by the certificate obtained for the field of environmental engineering from the Accreditation Commission of Technical Universities (KAUT) – the European quality certificate EUR-ACE Label (European Accredited Engineer).
EUR-ACE Bachelor (download certificate for first-cycle studies)
EUR-ACE Master (download certificate for second-cycle studies)
Research
The institute conducts scientific research in the field of environmental engineering, especially in the following areas:
- Formation and control of indoor environment in buildings, e.g.:
- Air pollution measurements and simulations
- Architectural, material, user behaviour, and control systems impact on indoor environment
- Air conditioning of clean rooms
- Heat flow in buildings, e.g.:
- Formation and control of indoor environment in buildings
- Modeling of steady and unsteady heat flow in construction element of buildings
- Heat and mass transfer in heating systems
- Efficiency of energy using in microclimate formation systems
- Modelling of energy-saving heating and cooling systems, and sources
- Modeling and optimization of air conditioning and district heating systems
- Energy auditing and ratings of buildings
- Fluid and heat flow, e.g.:
- Measurements and computational simulations of air flows in ventilation and air conditioning systems
- Measurements and computational simulations of liquid in piping installations
- Reliability and uncertainty analysis in hydraulic design
- Thermal and hydraulic testing/certifying of building equipment
- Water purification technology, e.g.:
- Physical and chemical characteristics of catalytic coatings of deposits removing magnese from groundwater
- Removing organic compounds from water with biologically active carbon filters (BAF)
- Technological research
- Disinfection and water safety
- Water supply networks – solving tasks related to safety, and optimization of operational activities in water supply systems, intellingent water supply networks, and searching for new areas of use of integrated GIS systems, and hydraulic models of water supply networks
- Wastewater treatment technology – covering modern urban wastewater treatment technologies and wastewater treatment from various industries, e.g.:
- Effective removal of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from urban sewage
- Intensification of wastewater treatment processes using MBBR moving bed technology
- Purification of concentrated sewage, including sludge liquids, using modern processes such as anammox or granulated activated sludge
- Industrial wastewater treatment, including from the food and cosmetics industries
- Removal of hazardous contaminants from sewage – emerging concern – such as pharmaceuticals or surfactants
- Sewers systems, e.g.:
- Modeling of rainwater outflow from urban catchments under unsteady flow conditions
- Testing the quality of rainwater, methods of its management and treatment methods for drinking or technological purposes
- Examination of biochemical transformation processes occurring in gravity and pressure sewage systems
- Trenchless technologies for the construction and renovation of sewage pipes