Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences

The Institute of Chemical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IICh PAN) in Gliwice is a research center with a long tradition, founded in 1958 on the initiative of one of the founders of Polish process engineering, Prof. Tadeusz Hobler. It conducts research on a wide range of topics related to modern gas and liquid separation techniques, biotechnology, nanomaterials, and chemical reactor engineering.

Areas
chemical engineering, environmental engineering and protection, chemical technology

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Gas purification system in a trickle bed bioreactor

The unit pays particular attention to environmental protection issues. Technologies for carbon dioxide capture and biogas enrichment using adsorption, membrane and hybrid methods are being developed here. Technology for purifying air of organic compounds through their biodegradation is also being developed. Experimental and theoretical work is also being carried out, focusing on the utilization of low-concentration methane from the air and the utilization of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides using panch, structural catalyst carriers, produced, for example, by 3D printing. In addition, research is being conducted on the production of various types of materials with a designed structure on a nano- and micrometric scale and specific catalytic and sorption properties.

The VAMOXID technology developed at the Institute (in cooperation with KATALIZATOR Sp. z o.o. from Krakow) is a response to the growing interest in the utilization of methane from mine ventilation air. The photo shows the testing of the non-catalytic combustion process of low-concentration methane-air mixtures in a thermal reversible reactor.
Photo: Janusz Malinowski / IICh PAN

At the Institute, research conducted in three teams and one laboratory is often carried out in cooperation with domestic and foreign centers. This results in patents, publications in high-impact scientific journals, and awards at domestic and foreign trade fairs. The unit’s employees are passionate individuals who collaborate with representatives of various disciplines and strive to apply the results of their research in practice.