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Due to support of Norway grants (with contribution of 85% of project budget)
 and Polish government (with contribution of 15% of project budget) we were able to
combine efforts of four talented groups of consortium members.

CONSORTIUM MEMBERS

SUT

Silesian University of Technology is responsible for:

  • LAB, know-how,
  • building safe and reasonable infrastructure for fueling lab-scale engines,
  • preparation of the demonstration object for testing,
  • publication, experimental work and numerical modelling,
  • technology demonstration
  • sustainbility and profitablity assessment.

Wojciech Adamczyk

Principal Investigator Coordinating project execution, supporting laboratory work during engine retrofitting, developing software for data acquisition during lab-scale tests, supporting the demonstration stage, controlling data exchange process between project partners

Grzegorz Przybyła

WP2 and WP5 leader Involved with lab-scale test, retrofitting CI engine for ammonia injection, designing fuel line and fuel injection systems, engine calibration, engine performance tests for various operational conditions

Karolina Petela

WP4 leader Coordinating the assessment of sustainability and economic profitability of the technology, responsible for LCA, thermo-ecological and exergo-economic analyses

Andrzej Szlęk

Supporting numerical and experimental works during lab-scale tests and the demonstration stage, advising in the sustainability work package

Zbigniew Żmudka

Supporting the development of methodology for retrofitting the engine for ammonia combustion, testing engine at various operating conditions, supporting experimental work during all tests

Kacper Kuta

PhD student, developing application for monitoring engine operation conditions, developing procedure for data acquisition, analysing data collected during lab-scale tests

Łukasz Ziółkowski

Technical support while performing laboratory tests in WP2 and the field tests in WP5, maintenance of test stand and of the pilot system

Tomasz Wardzała

Technical support while performing laboratory tests in WP2 and the field tests in WP5, maintenance of test stand and of the pilot system

Grzegorz Peczkis

Experimental work according to damage tests for GDI pump used for ammonia transportation, investigation of the possibility of endurance prolongation for GDI pump, adaptation of the pump

Ebrahim Nadimi

PhD student, Investigating the internal parameters of dual fuel engine, testing engine operation conditions, calibrating the lab-scale engine in terms of performance and environmental impact

Mateusz Proniewicz

PhD student, Involved with WP4 activities, responsible for inventory analysis, model preparation for the purpose of exergy, exergoeconomic and TEC analyses, performing verification and validation of the models

CONSORTIUM MEMBERS

NTNU

Norwegian University of Science and Technology contributed by adding their knowledge in areas like:

  • fuel composition and characteristics,
  • emissions measurements (NOx, PM, CO, etc),
  • optical combustion chamber investigations,
  • CFD and SRM simulations,
  • research work.

David Emberson

Researcher, Work package 1 leader. Overseeing the design, development, commissioning and experimentation with the single cylinder compression ignition, direct injection engine, operating on liquid ammonia and diesel fuel, with the work conducted at Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU. David will co - supervise a PhD candidate working on this project.

Terese Løvås

Principal Investigator from Norwegian Partner side

Michał T. Lewandowski

Member of the Steering Committee, responsible for interconnections of experimental investigations in WP1 and numerical tasks in WP3. Co-developed project proposal and assists in Polish - Norwegian partners communication.

Corinna Netzer

Steering Committee member, proposal co - developer and consultant for numerical work.

Karl Oskar Pires Bjørgen

Responsible for experimental and numerical investigation of combustion analysis of the fuel using a small compression ignition engine. In team since March 2022.

Zhongye Xue

Responsible for experimental and numerical investigation of combustion analysis of the fuel using a small compression ignition engine. In team till September 2021.

CONSORTIUM MEMBERS

LOGE Polska Sp. z o.o.

LOGE Polska Sp. z o.o. will add their experience on modelling, simulations and optimization
of integrated engine systems and will help with:

  • software licences,
  • engine simulation consultancy,
  • research and development work; simulations/optimization,
  • bridging the gap between new research and applied engineering.

Michał Pasternak

Coordinates research activities conducted in WP3 and supports their implementation in the demonstration phase of the project in WP5.

Reddy Siddareddy

Performs research activities conducted in WP3.

CONSORTIUM MEMBERS

University of Agriculture in Krakow

University of Agriculture in Krakow will add their experience in dealing with agricultural vehicles:

  • agriculture vehicle for technology demonstration in real conditions,
  • testing (field testing),
  • in cooperation with AVANT and BCS possibility of extending technology demo for other applications,
  • influence and working stability of the NH3 fueled agricultural vehicle in real operating conditions.

Marcin Jewiarz

UAK Team Leader (dr inż. prof. UR)

Krzysztof Mudryk

Main Investigator (dr hab. inż. prof. UR)

Marek Wróbel

Main Investigator (dr hab. inż. prof. UR)

Jakub Styks

Technical Assistance (mgr inż.)

Adrian Knapczyk

Technical Assistance (mgr inż.)