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On Professor Jan Szargut’s 80th birthday
Energy 29 (2004) 187–190 www.elsevier.com/locate/energy
On Professor Jan Szargut’s 80th birthday
Professor Jan Szargut, an Associate Editor of ENERGY, was born on September 9th, 1923, in Lwow, being the son of a family tracing their origin from poor Galician villages. His youth he spent in Lwow, where he attended both primary and secondary school, getting his GCE in 1941. In 1942 he started his studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Lwow, which at the time of German occupation functioned under the name Technische Fachkurse. In 1946 he came to Gliwice, continuing his studies at the Technical University of Silesia. In 1948 he took his finals with honors and was employed as senior assistant. In the years 1951–1954 he attended PhD studies under the guidance of Professor Stanisław Oche duszko, and in 1955 he took his doctor’s degree with his dissertation on “Balance equations resulting from the 1st and 2nd thermodynamic principles”. In 1957 he took over the Chair of Thermal Engineer0360-5442/$ - see front matter 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2003.10.008
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ing. In the years 1960–1962 he acted as Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Technical University of Silesia. From 1971 to 1993 Professor Szargut was the director of the Institute of Thermal Technology. In 1976 he was elected member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1984–1985 he stayed at the University of New Brunswick in Canada, where he prepared his monograph on exergy analysis, published in English. The first years of his scientific activities were devoted to the theory of energy balances of chemical processes and the theory of the reference states of chemical enthalpy and exergy; it was he who introduced the concept of the enthalpy of devaluation, a generalization of lower heating value. At the beginning of the 1950’s, Professor Szargut started as one of the first scientists in the world to deal with the exergy analysis of thermal processes. He developed a method for calculating the chemical exergy, dealt with exergy analysis of typical thermal processes, and the economic and ecological application of exergy. He also gave rise to the analysis of cumulative exergy consumption and cumulative exergy losses. He introduced the concept of thermo-ecological cost and thermo-ecological economy, based upon the requirement of minimization of the depletion of non-renewable natural resources. Two monographs concerning this subject matter were published, viz. “Exergy” (in Polish /with R. Petela as co-author, ed. WNT 1965), in 1968 translated into Russsian, and “Exergy Analysis of Thermal, Chemical and Metallurgical Processes” (co-authors: D.R. Morris, F.R. Steward, ed. Hemisphere, USA, 1986). In the 1950’s Professor Szargut also began to work on the application of the least squares adjustment method in reconciliation of substance and energy balances in chemical processes, as well as in calculations of thermodynamic tables and the determination of the coefficients of empirical equations. In 1984 he edited the monograph “Least Squares Adjustment Method in Thermal Engineering” (in Polish; ed. Ossolineum, co-authors: Z. Kolenda, T. Styrylska, J. Norwisz, K. Kurpisz, J. Skorek, E. Majza). Many of Professor Szargut’s endeavours were devoted to the establishment of the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics. Concerning this subject matter he published the following books: “Thermodynamics” (1971), “Theory of Thermal Processes” (1973), “Applied Thermodynamics” (1991) and “Exercises in Applied Thermodynamics” (1979), all of them in Polish. His engagement in theoretical fundamental of thermal engineering has always in evident. He also published several books on this topic, namely: “Thermal Engineering in Metallurgy” (1971, in Polish), “Ausgewa¨ hlte Probleme der industriellen Energiewirtschaft”, (1976, Springer Verlag, co-author: A. Zie bik), “Thermodynamic and Economic Analysis in Industrial Thermal Engineering” (1983, in Polish). Professor Szargut is generally considered to be the creator of the Polish school of thermal engineering. A considerable scientific contribution by Prof. Szargut are mathematical modeling and experimental investigations on heat transfer in metallurgical processes. He dealt with the mathematical modeling of heat transfer by radiation in the chambers of metallurgical furnaces, the preheating of the charge, the solidification of ingots and the heat transfer in recuperators and regenerators. He developed the application of the Monte Carlo method in calculations of heat transfer, analyzed the physical correctness of finite difference equations and stimulated experimental investigations of convection in regenerators and Field elements and radiation in furnace chambers. Two books concerning this subject were published, viz. “Numerical Methods in Thermal Calculations of Industrial Furnaces” (1974, in Polish) and “Numerical Modeling of Temperature Fields” (1995, in Polish; co-authors: R. Białecki, A. Fic, K. Kurpisz, A. Nowak, Z. Rudnicki, J. Skorek).).
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Since 1991 Professor Jan Szargut has been a member of the Scientific Committees of ECOS (International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems) and in 1993 he was the main chairman of the International Conference ENSEC “Energy Systems and Ecology”. For his merits in this line he received the ASME honorary award. In 1993 he retired, not giving up, however, his scientific activities. He even published several books, viz. “Industrial Waste Energy” (1993, in Polish, co-authors: A. Zie bik, J. Kozioł, K. Kurpisz, E. Majza), “Rationalization of the Consumption of Energy in Industrial Plants” (1994, in Polish: co-authors: A. Zie bik, J. Kozioł, R. Janiczek, K. Kurpisz, T. Chmielniak, R. Wilk), “Fundamentals of Energy Management” (1995, in Polish: co-author: A. Zie bik). A summing up of his scientific researches is the book “Fundamentals of Thermal Engineering” (1998) published in Polish together with A. Zie bik. In the 90’s of the former century Professor Szargut focused his interest on the application of exergy in ecological analysis and the thermodynamic analysis of gas and combined gas-and-steam power stations and combined heat and power plants. Altogether he published about 300 articles, 20 books and 12 handbooks for students. At conferences he presented about 130 papers. Under his guidance 28 PhD theses were prepared; 15 of his PhD students are now professors. At present he is the chairman of the editors’ board of the periodical “Archiwum Energetyki” and a member of the editorial board of “Energy – the International Journal”, and honorary editor of the “International Journal of Thermodynamics”. For many years Professor Szargut has cooperated closely with industry, particularly metallurgy. Many PhD theses prepared under his guidance dealt with scientific problems in metallurgy. He initiated the construction of recuperators, convection chambers for preliminary preheating of the charge in several Polish ironworks. Professor Szargut is a honorary doctor of the Silesian University of Technology and the Cze stochowa University of Technology. He was awarded numerous honorary state distinctions and rewards. For all his graduates he will always be an example of straightforwardness and solidity. His extraordinary attitude to scientific activities is the fact that for his 80th birthday he prepared a computer manuscript of a new book devoted to exergy analysis. Jerzy BANASZEK Ryszard BIAŁECKI Victor BRODIANSKI Monica COSTEA ´ SKI Roman DOMAN Michael FEIDT Christos A. FRANGOPOULOS Wolfgang FRATZCHER Richard GAGGIOLI Władysław GAJEWSKI ¨ GU ¨S Yalcin GO Masaru ISHIDA Rudolf JESCHAR
Jarosław MIKIELEWICZ Mike MORAN David R. MORRIS Andrzej NOWAK Władysław NOWAK Stefan POSTRZEDNIK Bjo¨ rn QVALE Ricardo RIVERO Zbigniew RUDNICKI Dominick SAMA Enrico SCIUBBA ´ Jan SKŁADZIEN Janusz SKOREK
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Zygmunt KOLENDA Edward KOSTOWSKI Joachim KOZIOŁ Janusz LEWANDOWSKI Noam LIOR Kazimierz MACZEK Jacek MARECKI
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Teresa STYRYLSKA Janusz TERPIŁOWSKI George TSATSARONIS Antonio VALERO Ryszard WILK Jacek Z˙ ELKOWSKI Andrzej ZIE BIK (editor) A. Zie bik, E-mail address: [email protected]
doi:10.1016/j.energy.2003.10.008
On Professor Jan Szargut’s 80th birthday
Professor Jan Szargut, an Associate Editor of ENERGY, was born on September 9th, 1923, in Lwow, being the son of a family tracing their origin from poor Galician villages. His youth he spent in Lwow, where he attended both primary and secondary school, getting his GCE in 1941. In 1942 he started his studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Lwow, which at the time of German occupation functioned under the name Technische Fachkurse. In 1946 he came to Gliwice, continuing his studies at the Technical University of Silesia. In 1948 he took his finals with honors and was employed as senior assistant. In the years 1951–1954 he attended PhD studies under the guidance of Professor Stanisław Oche duszko, and in 1955 he took his doctor’s degree with his dissertation on “Balance equations resulting from the 1st and 2nd thermodynamic principles”. In 1957 he took over the Chair of Thermal Engineer0360-5442/$ - see front matter 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2003.10.008
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ing. In the years 1960–1962 he acted as Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Technical University of Silesia. From 1971 to 1993 Professor Szargut was the director of the Institute of Thermal Technology. In 1976 he was elected member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1984–1985 he stayed at the University of New Brunswick in Canada, where he prepared his monograph on exergy analysis, published in English. The first years of his scientific activities were devoted to the theory of energy balances of chemical processes and the theory of the reference states of chemical enthalpy and exergy; it was he who introduced the concept of the enthalpy of devaluation, a generalization of lower heating value. At the beginning of the 1950’s, Professor Szargut started as one of the first scientists in the world to deal with the exergy analysis of thermal processes. He developed a method for calculating the chemical exergy, dealt with exergy analysis of typical thermal processes, and the economic and ecological application of exergy. He also gave rise to the analysis of cumulative exergy consumption and cumulative exergy losses. He introduced the concept of thermo-ecological cost and thermo-ecological economy, based upon the requirement of minimization of the depletion of non-renewable natural resources. Two monographs concerning this subject matter were published, viz. “Exergy” (in Polish /with R. Petela as co-author, ed. WNT 1965), in 1968 translated into Russsian, and “Exergy Analysis of Thermal, Chemical and Metallurgical Processes” (co-authors: D.R. Morris, F.R. Steward, ed. Hemisphere, USA, 1986). In the 1950’s Professor Szargut also began to work on the application of the least squares adjustment method in reconciliation of substance and energy balances in chemical processes, as well as in calculations of thermodynamic tables and the determination of the coefficients of empirical equations. In 1984 he edited the monograph “Least Squares Adjustment Method in Thermal Engineering” (in Polish; ed. Ossolineum, co-authors: Z. Kolenda, T. Styrylska, J. Norwisz, K. Kurpisz, J. Skorek, E. Majza). Many of Professor Szargut’s endeavours were devoted to the establishment of the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics. Concerning this subject matter he published the following books: “Thermodynamics” (1971), “Theory of Thermal Processes” (1973), “Applied Thermodynamics” (1991) and “Exercises in Applied Thermodynamics” (1979), all of them in Polish. His engagement in theoretical fundamental of thermal engineering has always in evident. He also published several books on this topic, namely: “Thermal Engineering in Metallurgy” (1971, in Polish), “Ausgewa¨ hlte Probleme der industriellen Energiewirtschaft”, (1976, Springer Verlag, co-author: A. Zie bik), “Thermodynamic and Economic Analysis in Industrial Thermal Engineering” (1983, in Polish). Professor Szargut is generally considered to be the creator of the Polish school of thermal engineering. A considerable scientific contribution by Prof. Szargut are mathematical modeling and experimental investigations on heat transfer in metallurgical processes. He dealt with the mathematical modeling of heat transfer by radiation in the chambers of metallurgical furnaces, the preheating of the charge, the solidification of ingots and the heat transfer in recuperators and regenerators. He developed the application of the Monte Carlo method in calculations of heat transfer, analyzed the physical correctness of finite difference equations and stimulated experimental investigations of convection in regenerators and Field elements and radiation in furnace chambers. Two books concerning this subject were published, viz. “Numerical Methods in Thermal Calculations of Industrial Furnaces” (1974, in Polish) and “Numerical Modeling of Temperature Fields” (1995, in Polish; co-authors: R. Białecki, A. Fic, K. Kurpisz, A. Nowak, Z. Rudnicki, J. Skorek).).
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Since 1991 Professor Jan Szargut has been a member of the Scientific Committees of ECOS (International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems) and in 1993 he was the main chairman of the International Conference ENSEC “Energy Systems and Ecology”. For his merits in this line he received the ASME honorary award. In 1993 he retired, not giving up, however, his scientific activities. He even published several books, viz. “Industrial Waste Energy” (1993, in Polish, co-authors: A. Zie bik, J. Kozioł, K. Kurpisz, E. Majza), “Rationalization of the Consumption of Energy in Industrial Plants” (1994, in Polish: co-authors: A. Zie bik, J. Kozioł, R. Janiczek, K. Kurpisz, T. Chmielniak, R. Wilk), “Fundamentals of Energy Management” (1995, in Polish: co-author: A. Zie bik). A summing up of his scientific researches is the book “Fundamentals of Thermal Engineering” (1998) published in Polish together with A. Zie bik. In the 90’s of the former century Professor Szargut focused his interest on the application of exergy in ecological analysis and the thermodynamic analysis of gas and combined gas-and-steam power stations and combined heat and power plants. Altogether he published about 300 articles, 20 books and 12 handbooks for students. At conferences he presented about 130 papers. Under his guidance 28 PhD theses were prepared; 15 of his PhD students are now professors. At present he is the chairman of the editors’ board of the periodical “Archiwum Energetyki” and a member of the editorial board of “Energy – the International Journal”, and honorary editor of the “International Journal of Thermodynamics”. For many years Professor Szargut has cooperated closely with industry, particularly metallurgy. Many PhD theses prepared under his guidance dealt with scientific problems in metallurgy. He initiated the construction of recuperators, convection chambers for preliminary preheating of the charge in several Polish ironworks. Professor Szargut is a honorary doctor of the Silesian University of Technology and the Cze stochowa University of Technology. He was awarded numerous honorary state distinctions and rewards. For all his graduates he will always be an example of straightforwardness and solidity. His extraordinary attitude to scientific activities is the fact that for his 80th birthday he prepared a computer manuscript of a new book devoted to exergy analysis. Jerzy BANASZEK Ryszard BIAŁECKI Victor BRODIANSKI Monica COSTEA ´ SKI Roman DOMAN Michael FEIDT Christos A. FRANGOPOULOS Wolfgang FRATZCHER Richard GAGGIOLI Władysław GAJEWSKI ¨ GU ¨S Yalcin GO Masaru ISHIDA Rudolf JESCHAR
Jarosław MIKIELEWICZ Mike MORAN David R. MORRIS Andrzej NOWAK Władysław NOWAK Stefan POSTRZEDNIK Bjo¨ rn QVALE Ricardo RIVERO Zbigniew RUDNICKI Dominick SAMA Enrico SCIUBBA ´ Jan SKŁADZIEN Janusz SKOREK
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Zygmunt KOLENDA Edward KOSTOWSKI Joachim KOZIOŁ Janusz LEWANDOWSKI Noam LIOR Kazimierz MACZEK Jacek MARECKI
A. Zie bik / Energy 29 (2004) 187–190
Teresa STYRYLSKA Janusz TERPIŁOWSKI George TSATSARONIS Antonio VALERO Ryszard WILK Jacek Z˙ ELKOWSKI Andrzej ZIE BIK (editor) A. Zie bik, E-mail address: [email protected]
doi:10.1016/j.energy.2003.10.008