Andrzej Górak

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Andrzej Górak

Andrzej Górak (born February 15, 1951 in Andrychów , Poland ) is a Polish process engineer and former holder of the chair for fluid process engineering at the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund .

Career

Andrzej Górak studied chemistry from 1968 at the Technical University of Łódź in Poland and graduated in 1973 as a graduate engineer ( mgr. Inc. ). After receiving his doctorate on the rectification of multi-substance mixtures in 1979 at the Institute for Process Engineering at the same university, he worked there as a senior engineer until 1988. This was followed by four years of industrial activity as a research assistant at Henkel KGaA in Düsseldorf. In 1991 Andrzej Górak qualified as a professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University and in the following year became professor at the chair for thermal process engineering at the University of Dortmund. In 1996 he took over the chair for thermal process engineering at the University of Essen . After four years, he returned to Dortmund in 2000 as a professor at the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Engineering. Since 2003 he has also been a professor at the Technical University of Łódź . After Górak had been Dean of the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Engineering since 2009 , he was elected Vice-Rector for Research by the Senate of the Technical University of Dortmund in April 2011 . He held this position until January 2014. In 2010 he was appointed by the Polish Minister of Science as a member of the Council of the National Research and Development Center for the next two years.

Górak's research focuses on the computer-aided simulation and experimental validation of integrated reaction and separation processes, such as reactive rectification and reactive absorption. He also researches hybrid separation processes and the purification of biotechnological products. Professor Górak is the editor of the journal Chemical Engineering And Processing: Process Intensification. On June 29, 2010 he was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services in the field of international understanding between Poland and Germany. In 2013 he was also awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland by the Polish President. In 2014 he was awarded the Emil Kirschbaum Medal for his outstanding achievements in the field of thermal separation processes, which is awarded by the Association of German Engineers and DECHEMA . Górak is also the editor of a series of three books (Distillation: Fundamentals and Principles, Distillation: Equipment and Processes, and Distillation: Operation and Applications) that provide the largest overview of the rectification thermal separation process ever published. On July 2, 2018, Professor Górak received the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia from the hand of the Minister of Finance on behalf of the Prime Minister. Górak was honored for his special commitment as a promoter of German-Polish relations.

Research priorities

Conventional separation processes

  • Rectification, absorption and extraction
  • Mass and heat transport in multi-component systems
  • Experimental determination of model parameters
  • Rigorous modeling and simulation of continuous and discontinuous processes

Reactive separation processes

  • Reactive rectification, reactive absorption and reactive extraction
  • Modeling, simulation and experimental studies
  • Process design and optimization

Membrane process

  • Pervaporation and vapor permeation
  • Nanofiltration and membrane reactors
  • Detailed modeling and simulation
  • Experimental determination of model parameters

Hybrid separation processes

  • Combination of conventional separation processes
  • Membrane-assisted separation processes
  • Modeling, simulation, optimization and experimental research

Process intensification

  • Investigation of reactive and hybrid separation processes
  • Combinations of membrane and reactive separation processes
  • Investigation of rotating mass transfer machines

Biological separation processes

  • Aqueous two-phase extraction of biomolecules
  • Application of ionic liquids in liquid-liquid extraction
  • Membrane adsorption of pharmaceuticals
  • Bio-alcohol production through organophilic membranes
  • Optimization of downstream processing

Honors

  • 2018: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2016: Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering ( acatech )
  • 2014: Emil Kirschbaum Medal
  • 2013: Cavalier Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his commitment to promoting German-Polish cooperation
  • 2012: The AIMs (Advanced Interactive Materials by Design) project received the Best Project Award 2012
  • 2010: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his services to international understanding between Poland and Germany
  • 1992: Friedrich Wilhelm Prize for the habilitation thesis at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen
  • 1983: Prize of the Scientific Secretary of the Polish Academy of Sciences for Technology Transfer
  • 1979: Award for doctoral thesis
  • 1974: Award for the best, practice-oriented diploma thesis in Poland

Book contributions

  • A. Górak, H. Schoenmakers: Distillation: Operation and applications , Academic Press, 2014
  • A. Górak, Z. Olujic: Distillation: Equipment and processes , Academic Press, 2014
  • A. Górak, E. Sorensen: Distillation: Fundamentals and principles , Academic Press, 2014
  • EY Kenig, A. Górak: Modeling of Reactive Distillation . In: Modeling of Process Intensification . (Ed.FJ Keil), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2007
  • J. Richter, A. Górak: EY Kenig: Reactive distillation . In: Integrated Reaction and Separation Operations . (Eds. H. Schmidt-Traub & A. Górak), Springer, Heidelberg, 2006
  • K. Hölemann, A. Górak: Absorption . In: Fluid process engineering. Basics, methodology, technology, practice . (Ed.R. Goedecke), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006
  • EY Kenig, A. Górak: Reactive Absorption . In: Integrated Chemical Processes . (Eds. K. Sundmacher, A. Kienle & A. Seidel-Morgenstern), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005
  • EY Kenig, A. Górak, H.-J. Bart: Reactive separations in fluid systems . In: Re-engineering the chemical processing plant . (Eds. A. Stankiewicz & J. Moulijn), Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 2003
  • A. Górak: Simulation of thermal separation processes for fluid multicomponent mixtures . In: process simulation . (Ed. H. Schuler), Verlag Chemie, Mannheim, 1995

Publications and patents

Andrzej Górak has produced over 450 publications and patents.

Other selected functions

  • Since 2010: DFG site spokesman SFB TR 63 InPrompt
  • Since 2000: European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Working Party on Distillation, Absorption and Extraction, Process Intensification
  • Since 1995: Editor of Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification
  • 2005–2010: ProcessNet , board member
  • 2005–2010: ProcessNet , Chairman of the Fluid Dynamics and Separation Technology Association
  • 2002–2008: ProcessNet , Fluid Process Engineering Committee, Chairman
  • 1995–2005: DECHEMA , Working Committee on Simulation and Process Synthesis , Chairman

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Minister of Finance presents the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to 18 citizens | The state portal Wir in NRW. July 2, 2018, accessed July 9, 2018 .
  2. ^ Website of the University of Dortmund, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrzej Górak , accessed September 17, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Górak, Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish process engineer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Andrychów