dr.ir. A.K. Pozarlik (Artur)

I am a Programme Director of the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) Energy & Process Technology and an associate professor in the Department of Thermal and Fluid Engineering. I am responsible for the research line on Energy Efficient Processes, focusing on multidisciplinary and inter-sectoral investigations toward the optimized use of renewable energy. I received my Ph.D. in December 2010 at the University of Twente on the work “Vibro-acoustical instabilities induced by combustion dynamics in gas turbine combustors”.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Carbonization
# Chilling
# Combustors
# Computational Fluid Dynamics
# Evaporation
# Gas Turbines
# Spray Drying

Physics & Astronomy

# Sprayers

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Thermal Engineering (TE)

I am involved in the research on the intensification of thermal processes via development of energy efficient novel power systems, engines, reactors and processes. The main focus is placed on multicomponent and multiphase flows, liquid atomization, droplets evaporation and drying, combustion, supercritical fluids, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. Renewable processes and transition to the future technologies are of prime interest.

Louwes, A. C. (2023). On the fast pyrolysis of torrefied woody biomass. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558914

Urbanowska, A., Niedzwiecki, Ł., Wnukowski, M., Aragón-Briceño, C. I., Kabsch-Korbutowicz, M., Baranowski, M., Czerep, M., Seruga, P., Pawlak-Kruczek, H. , Bramer, E. , Brem, G. , & Pozarlik, A. K. (2023). Recovery of chemical energy from retentates from cascade membrane filtration of hydrothermal carbonisation effluent. Energy Journal, 284, Article 128524. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128524

Pawlak-Kruczek, H., Urbanowska, A., Niedzwiecki, Ł., Czerep, M., Baranowski, M., Aragón-Briceño, C. I., Kabsch-Korbutowicz, M., Arora, A., Seruga, P., Wnukowski, M., Mularski, J. , Bramer, E. , Brem, G. , & Pozarlik, A. K. (2023). Hydrothermal Carbonisation as Treatment for Effective Moisture Removal from Digestate—Mechanical Dewatering, Flashing-Off, and Condensates’ Processing. Energies, 16(13), Article 5102. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16135102

Niedzwiecki, L. K., Moscicki, K. , Bijl, A. , Owczarek, P., Arora, A., Wnukowski, M., Aragón-Briceño, C. I., Vishwajeet, Pawlak-Kruczek, H. , Bramer, E. , Brem, G. , & Pozarlik, A. K. (2023). Influence of Hydrothermal Carbonization on Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Agricultural Biomass. Applied Sciences, 13(7), Article 4190. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13074190

Brentjes, A. (2023). Investigating charged water sprays through simulation and experiments. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555234

Venkatesh, V. (2022). Optimizing the design and process conditions for meat chilling with electrostatically charged sprays. [EngD Thesis, University of Twente]. University of Twente.

Jamil Ur Rahman, U. (2022). Towards a multizone vortex dryer for dairy sprays. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554725

Ochodek, T., Karampinis, E. , & Pozarlik, A. K. (2022). Contemporary Problems in Combustion—Fuels, Their Valorisation, Emissions, Flexibility and Auxiliary Systems. Energies, 15(5), Article 1646. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051646

Jamil Ur Rahman, U. , Pozarlik, A. K. , & Brem, G. (2022). Experimental analysis of spray drying in a process intensified counter flow dryer. Drying Technology, 40(15), 3128-3148. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2021.2004160

Brentjes, A., Jansen, B. , & Pozarlik, A. K. (2022). Spray characteristics of an air-assisted electrostatic atomiser. Journal of electrostatics, 115, Article 103654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2021.103654

Aragón-Briceño, C. I. , Pozarlik, A. K. , Bramer, E. , Brem, G., Wang, S., Wen, Y., Yang, W., Pawlak-Kruczek, H. , Niedzwiecki, L. K., Urbanowska, A., Mościcki, K., & Płoszczyca, M. (2022). Integration of hydrothermal carbonization treatment for water and energy recovery from organic fraction of municipal solid waste digestate. Renewable energy, 184, 577-591. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.11.106

van Beurden, E. , Pozarlik, A. K., Putra, B. A. , Brem, G., Bouten, T. W. F. M., Withag, J., & Axelsson, L-U. (2021). Improved CFD Predictions of Pyrolysis Oil Combustion Using Advanced Spray Measurements and Numerical Models. In Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition: Vol. 6: Ceramics and Ceramic Composites; Coal, Biomass, Hydrogen, and Alternative Fuels; Microturbines, Turbochargers, and Small Turbomachines (Vol. 6, pp. V006T03A006). Article GT2021-59206 (Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air; Vol. 6). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59206

Jamil Ur Rahman, U. , & Pozarlik, A. K. (2021). Numerical Study and Experimental Validation of Skim Milk Drying in a Process Intensified Counter Flow Spray Dryer. Energies, 14(16), Article 4974. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164974

Urbanowska, A., Kabsch-Korbutowicz, M., Aragon-Briceño, C., Wnukowski, M. , Pożarlik, A., Niedzwiecki, Ł., Baranowski, M., Czerep, M., Seruga, P., Pawlak-Kruczek, H. , Bramer, E. , & Brem, G. (2021). Cascade Membrane System for Separation of Water and Organics from Liquid By-Products of HTC of the Agricultural Digestate—Evaluation of Performance. Energies, 14(16), Article 4752. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164752

Brentjes, A. , Pozarlik, A. K. , & Brem, G. (2021). Estimating droplet charge in numerical simulations of charged sprays. Journal of electrostatics, 112, Article 103591. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2021.103591

Magdziarz, A., Mlonka-Mędrala, A., Sieradzka, M., Aragon-Briceño, C. , Pożarlik, A. , Bramer, E. A. , Brem, G., Niedzwiecki, Ł., & Pawlak-Kruczek, H. (2021). Multiphase analysis of hydrochars obtained by anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste organic fraction. Renewable energy, 175, 108-118. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.018

Jamil Ur Rahman, U. , Pozarlik, A. K., Tourneur, T., de Broqueville, A., De Wilde, J. , & Brem, G. (2021). Numerical Study toward Optimization of Spray Drying in a Novel Radial Multizone Dryer. Energies, 14(5), Article 1233. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051233

Aragón-Briceño, C. I. , Pozarlik, A. K. , Bramer, E. A. , Niedzwiecki, L., Pawlak-Kruczek, H. , & Brem, G. (2021). Hydrothermal carbonization of wet biomass from nitrogen and phosphorus approach: A review. Renewable energy, 171, 401-415. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.109

Jamil Ur Rahman, U., Diepeveen, H. , Pozarlik, A. K. , & Brem, G. (2020). Process Intensified Spray Drying of Milk in a Counter Flow Dryer: Experimental Investigation of Evaporation and Deposition Zones. In 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting AIChE. https://www.aiche.org/academy/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2020/proceeding/paper/83e-process-intensified-spray-drying-milk-counter-flow-dryer-experimental-investigation-evaporation

Putra, B. A. (2020). Redesign of a gas turbine combustor for optimum combustion of pyrolysis oil. [EngD Thesis, University of Twente]. University of Twente.

Nagasundaram, S. (2020). Designing an anaerobic digester with enhanced mixing. [EngD Thesis, University of Twente]. University of Twente.

Norouzi Firouz, H. (2020). Redesign of an anaerobic digester with optimum biogas output using CFD-ADM1 modelling. [EngD Thesis, University of Twente]. University of Twente.

Urbanowska, A., Aragon Briceño, C. I., Wnukowski, M., Kabsch-Korbutowicz, M. , Pozarlik, A. K., Baranowski, M. , Niedzwiecki, L. K., Seruga, P., Pawlak-Kruczek, H. , Bramer, E. A. , & Brem, G. (2020). Separation of water from liquid by-products of the agricultural digestate HTC. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering . CPOTE 2020

Aragon Briceño, C. I. , Pozarlik, A. K. , Bramer, E. A. , Brem, G., Wang, S., Yang, W., Pawlak-Kruczek, H. , Niedzwiecki, L. K., Moscicki, K., & Ploszczyca, M. (2020). Influence of the wet torrefaction treatment on the organic fraction of municipal solid waste digestate. In 6th International Conference on Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering (CPOTE2020): Book of abstracts AGH University of Science and Technology. https://www.s-conferences.eu/cpote2020/BookOfAbstracts/Abstract/109

Magdziarz, A., Mlonka-Mędrala, A., Sieradzka, M., Aragon-Briceño, C. , Pozarlik, A. , Bramer, E. , Brem, G. , Niedzwiecki, L. K., & Pawlak-Kruczek, H. (2020). Multiphase analysis of hydrochars from anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste organic fraction. In 6th International Conference on Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering (CPOTE2020): Book of Abstracts AGH University of Science and Technology. https://www.s-conferences.eu/cpote2020/BookOfAbstracts/Abstract/47

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I am teaching in the bachelor and master phase of the Mechanical Engineering and in the master phase of the Sustainable Energy Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Master

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

I am involved in various national and international projects in the fields of: combustion, drying, atomization, evaporation, renewable fuels, pyrolysis oil, biogas production, fluid-structure interaction, etc.

Below projects from the last 5 years:

Vortex Chamber II

Vortex Chamber Spray Dryer
BE2O

Pyrolysis oil combustion in gas turbine
Groen Gas
Vortex Chamber I
HiTAC
SCARLET PLUS
NeMo

Numerical investigation of multicomponent fuel combustion
Biomass gasification
Optimized SNG

1) My interview for Gas to Power Journal titled: Thermo-acoustic instability modelling boost turbine lifetimes, April 14, 2014, you can find here:

https://www.gastopowerjournal.com/technologyainnovation/item/3278-thermo-acoustic-instability-modelling-to-boost-turbine-lifetimes

2) Interview of my PhD student Joost Sallevelt titled: Liquid biofuels could power future gas turbines, May 27, 2014, in the same journal you can find here:

https://www.gastopowerjournal.com/technologyainnovation/item/3481-liquid-biofuels-could-power-future-gas-turbines

+31534892658

+31534892530 (if no answer)

a.k.pozarlik@utwente.nl

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Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room N246
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands

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Optimized SNG

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