The third day of Energy Week
About 200 students took part in the third day of the Energy Week, which takes place as part of the celebrations of the European City of Science Katowice 2024. This time the participants visited the laboratories and walls of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering and the Centre of New Technologies of the Silesian University of Technology.
- As part of the Energy Week, participants took part in the Open Day of Laboratories of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. We were visited by about 200 pupils from four secondary schools. During the whole day, they had the opportunity to get acquainted with the latest technologies and interesting physical phenomena. They had the opportunity to see, among others, how the jet engine works or how shock waves are created. There were a lot of these events – explains Dr Eng. Krzysztof Rusin, curator of the Energy Week.
Pupils also had the opportunity to listen to lectures, including “Life cycle thinking in higher education” presented by Dr Eng. Szymon Sobka or “Hydrogen Energy”, which was presented by Dr Eng. Michał Jurczyk, curator of the Energy Week.
- I presented the participants with issues related to hydrogen energy, including how hydrogen is produced in the process of electrolysis and how it can be used in the energy and transport sectors. In the case of hydrogen we have the biggest problem with its storage and transmission, which is why I also told what technologies are used for this - Dr Eng. Michal Jurczyk.
The opportunity to walk along the corridors of our University buildings, observe the work of scientists, as well as learn about various devices, made a big impression on the youth. Scientists of the Silesian University of Technology tried to provide interesting information to students, but also to stimulate to discover new issues related to the topic of the Energy Week.
- We have prepared a workshop for young people "Zero-waste energy", during which we presented waste from professional energy, mainly from burning coal, with the possibility of using in concrete as a substitute for binder or aggregate, depending on the waste. We also raised the issue that waste can be an energy carrier – we can recover electricity and heat from it, depending on the needs – explains Dr Eng. Monika Czop, Prof. SUT.
There are other attractions for Energy Week ahead of us. The full schedule can be found at: link.
