The 23rd scientific and technical conference KOMEKO Environmentally Friendly Industry opened today. Live stream available at:
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The 23rd scientific and technical conference KOMEKO Environmentally Friendly Industry opened today. Live stream available at:
On 10-11.07.2023 representatives of KOMAG Institute – Dariusz Michalak, Ph.D. and Kamil Szewerda, Ph.D., took part in the opening meeting of the CoalHeritage (Conservation and promotion of the Coal Mining Heritage as EU's cultural legacy). Due to its more than 70-year tradition of creating solutions for mining, KOMAG Institute is one of the key partners in the project coordinated by CERTH - CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS.
We are pleased to announce that the International Scientific and Technical Congress Energy Security and Just Transition organised by KOMAG Institute in cooperation with the Polish Energy Storage Association, Silesian University of Technology and AGH University has been covered by the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. The congress will be held on 11-13 September this year at the PreZero Arena in Gliwice. The registration form is available at: https://kongres.komag.eu/
On 20-22 June, ITG Komag's Deputy Director for Development Bartosz Polnik took part in the 17th European Sustainable Energy Week - Europe's largest conference on renewable energy sources and their efficient use. The conference took place in Brussels and was attended by representatives of public authorities, energy agencies, industry associations, companies, civil society organisations and the media. The aim of the conference is to share and promote solutions to accelerate the transition to green and efficient energy.
On June 19th 2023, the representatives of ITG KOMAG met with the representatives of a Canadian company Hydrostor in order to discuss cooperation in the creation of energy storage facilities in decommissioned mines. Work on the Silesian Energy Storage System project started in 2021, and today's meeting is another step on the way to realising the project's objectives.
Representatives of the Laboratory of Material Engineering and Environment and Research Laboratory of KOMAG Institute took part in the 27th International Fair of Plastics and Rubber Processing PLASTPOL in Kielce. Among other things, these laboratories are involved in testing the safety of use of various types of products, including those intended for children or for contact with food.
PLASTPOL is one of Europe's largest trade fairs related to plastics. Organized by Kielce Fair, the event is not only an exhibition space, conferences and lectures, but also an opportunity to establish business relations.
Nearly 600 companies from 26 different countries participated in this year's edition.
Gold Medal at The 16th International Invention and Innovation Show INTARG 2023 was awarded to HEETII, an innovative electrical power supply system for machines, as well as mobile devices, whose creators are: Krzysztof Stankiewicz, Bartosz Polnik, Marcin Skóra, Marcin Kasprzak, Zbigniew Kaczmarczyk, Mirosław Wójcik, Dariusz Szymczak and Zbigniew Szkopek.
For more details, please visit the website of the Fair Organizers.
We are pleased to announce that the innovative solution of the KMG-EWS Self-Cleaning Water Nozzle, realized by ITG KOMAG and Elektron Company, has also won the Special Award of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. We encourage you to read a detailed description of the project.
We are happy to announce that the project by KOMAG Institute in cooperation with Elektron Company has been awarded the Silver Medal during this year's International Invention and Innovation Show INTARG, which took place on 24-25 May in Katowice. The KMG-EWS SELF-CLEANING WATER NOZZLE was created to reduce dust and prevent methane ignitions in mines. The nozzle is equipped with a self-cleaning system, which prevents clogging and is therefore safer than the solutions used so far. Other advantages include low water consumption, as well as high water droplet fragmentation. The creators of the project are: Director of ITG KOMAG Dariusz Prostański, Dominik Bałaga, Marek Kalita, Michał Siegmund, Michał Bidas, Andrzej Urbanek and Arkadiusz Waloszczyk. Congratulations!
The KOMAG-HR sprinkler system, developed at the KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology in cooperation with the Elektron Innovation and Implementation Company, is used to reduce dust generated into the workings during the mining of coal seams and to locally reduce the concentration of methane released from the rock mass. The system is designed for underground mine workings excavated by longwall technology, causing dust particles. The KOMAG-HR hybrid system solution is equipped with two integrated types of sprinkler subsystems located along the entire longwall workings:
- air-water (several batteries, every tenth section)
- sectoral (water nozzles under each section grouped into sectors).
The sprinkling streams generated by the air-water batteries are directed into the mining space of the shearer, thus reducing the dust carried in the flowing air.
On the other hand, water jets (which are part of the sector sprinkler) are directed toward the side wall, in order to locally reduce the concentration of methane escaping from the face of the wall during mining.
The system uses self-cleaning nozzles to protect against the ingress of contaminants and increase the reliability of operation. The installation and operation of each subsystem is independent and determined by the manner of exploitation. The system was awarded in the Innovative Product & Technology Expo Katowice competition in the Safety Improvement category. The solution is protected by the following patents:
Patent: PL224886 - Method and installation of air and water sprinkling in the longwall workings,
Patent: PL223893 - Self-cleaning two-factor sprinkler nozzle,
Patent: PL221151 - Two-factor sprinkler nozzle.
Inventions filed with the Polish Patent Office:
P.440991 - Method and installation for dust reduction and removal of local accumulations of methane in a longwall workings (authorized ITG KOMAG).
On April 25th, In Ulaanbaatar, the Polish-Mongolian Business Forum, organized by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency was held. The event was aimed at reviewing the market of both countries and analyzing the prospects for further cooperation. It was also an opportunity to strengthen relations between the countries. On the first day of the forum, a session of bilateral meetings with Mongolian organizations was held, as well as a seminar devoted to the possibilities of economic cooperation between the two countries. KOMAG Institute was represented by Dr. Eng. Jacek Korski and Dr. Eng. Dariusz Michalak.
On April 20th 2023, a meeting with representatives of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava was held at KOMAG Institute, concerning cooperation in the field of energy storage. In addition to project initiatives, we anticipate closer cooperation in the field of scientific exchange and organization of conferences.
On April 3rd-4th, 2023, the fifth Security Academy was held, the theme of which was "Because a human is the most important - employment problems in Polish mining industry. Education, support, safety". On the first day of the conference, a representative of KOMAG Institute, PhD Eng. Jacek Korski gave a speech on the employee crisis in Polish mining industry. Our representative drew attention to the need of creating a plan that would allow to maintain a high level of competence of new employees, and would also enable more effective use of their education.
We are pleased to inform that The JSW Group became a Partner of the upcoming 22nd Scientific and Technical Conference KOMEKO Environmentally Friendly Industry.
The conference will be held on March 27th-29th at KLIMCZOK hotel in Szczyrk.
On March 8th, at the Education and Rehabilitation Center in Gliwice, a charity performance of "Teatr za Jeden Uśmiech" was held in cooperation with KOMAG Institute.
On March 9th, another Institute Seminar took place, where MSc Piotr Hylla presented a report entitled "The concept of micro networks in the field of electricity management".
The report presents the results of analysis, which concerned the possibility of using micro networks in a complex structure supplying electricity to individual buildings of KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology. The analysis covered both technical and economic aspects of the proposed solutions.
The representatives of KOMAG Institute took part in the 20th Trade Fair for Safety, Occupational Health and Fire Safety as a part of cooperation with the Central Mining Rescue Station in Bytom.
Innovative training materials have been presented during the Fair. They included the usage of following technologies: virtual reality (VR), 360 panoramas and augmented reality (AR), which had been developed by the Laboratory of Modeling Methods and Ergonomics of the KOMAG Institute with the participation of the Central Mining Rescue Station in Bytom.
The materials were created using solutions developed within the Erasmus+ MOTIV-e project.
REGIONAL SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE OF SILESIA A REPLY TO THE SECOND LIFE OF MANY POST-MINING SITES
Discussion with Mr. Dariusz Prostański, Professor at KOMAG,
Director of the KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology.
Good morning, Professor Prostański, it’s time to come back to our discussion on energy warehouses, although let me tell you that several people whom I have had discussions with drew my attention to the fact that the interview with you was very interesting and above the ordinary, because it showed a completely new conception of the region transformation, keeping the distance to a description of energy storage technical aspects. Keeping this formula, can you please tell me how your conception is being developed? Where are you as regards a preparation of the KOMAG strategy and has anybody become interested in your ideas at all?
An interview with Mr. Dariusz Prostański, D.Sc. Eng. Prof. at KOMAG, Director of KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology
The Polish Energy Sector turns more and more into the green direction. The circum-mining subjects must register in this trend. What is the reaction of KOMAG to these changes?
I have never perceived KOMAG as a “circum-mining subject”, we have been an integral part of the mining sector for many years. To tell you more, to a big extent we have decided about an innovativeness of this branch of industry for more than 70 years and we want to be and I believe that we will be – because we have full competences for that – an active participant of the transformation under development. I can say so, because you are in the Institute which, to a big extent, its scientific-and-research transformation has already finished – in my opinion with a big success, and the strategy till the year 2050, which is being prepared by me at present and which I would announce in June, will precisely show our ambitions and competences in the transformation field of the energy sector as well as of the entire Silesia.
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