Kęstutis Zakarauskas

Laboratory of Combustion Processes (13)
Position:
Senior research associate
Room number:
105-LK
Phone number:
+37037401830

Publications

Scientific article

2024

Yousef S., Eimontas J. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Stasiulaitienė I., Jančauskas A. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI]. Steam‑oxygen gasification of surgical mask waste in an updraft fixed bed gasifier system and its life-cycle assessment In: Waste and biomass valorization. Dordrecht: Springer, 2024, Vol. 15, p. 5235-5248. ISSN 1877-265X.
Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Vorotinskienė L. [LEI], Bašinskas M. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Maziukienė M. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Buidovas P. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI]. Application of TiH2 dehydrogenation for vapour layer formation under boiling crisis conditions In: Applied Thermal Engineering. Oxford: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 247, 122935, p. 1-17. ISSN 1359-4311.
Paulauskas R. [LEI], Praspaliauskas M. [LEI], Ambrazevičius I. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Lemanas E. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI]. Performance of Corn Cob Combustion in a Low-Temperature Fluidized Bed In: Energies. Basel: MDPI, 2024, Vol. 17, Iss. 9, 2196, p. 1-16. ISSN 1996-1073.
Bykov E. [LEI], Jančauskas A. [LEI], Paulauskas R. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI]. Plasma assisted combustion of different biogas mixtures in low swirl burner In: Fuel. London: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 368, 131602, p. 1-10. ISSN 0016-2361.
Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI], Bašinskas M. [LEI], Vorotinskienė L. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Kiminaitė I. [LEI], Maziukienė M. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Makarevičius V. [LEI]. Magnesium Hydride: Investigating Its Capability to Maintain Stable Vapor Film In: Energies. Basel: MDPI, 2024, Vol. 17. Iss. 3, 661, p. 1-12. ISSN 1996-1073.
Yousef S., Eimontas J. [LEI], Stasiulaitienė I., Zakarauskas K. [LEI]. Recovery of energy and carbon fibre from wind turbine blades waste (carbon fibre/unsaturated polyester resin) using pyrolysis process and its life-cycle assessment In: Environmental Research . San Diego: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 245, 118016, p. 14. ISSN 0013-9351.
Jančauskas A. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI], Buinevičius K.. Experimental investigation of sorted municipal solid wastes producer gas composition in an updraft fixed bed gasifier In: Energy. Oxford: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 289, 130063, p. 1-11. ISSN 0360-5442, eISSN 1873-6785.
Yousef S., Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI]. Plasma steam gasification of surgical mask waste for hydrogen-rich syngas production In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy . Kidlington: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 49, Part A, p. 1375-1386. ISSN 0360-3199.

2023

Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Snapkauskienė V. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Praspaliauskas M. [LEI]. Biomass gasification to syngas in thermal water vapor arc discharge plasma In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery . Heidelberg: Springer, 2023, Vol. 13, p. 16373-16384. ISSN 2190-6815.

Conference paper

2024

Jančauskas A. [LEI], Bykov E. [LEI], Paulauskas R. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Vorotinskienė L. [LEI]. Spectral analysis of alternative low-carbon fuel combustion in plasma-assisted burner In: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers (INFUB-14. Algarve: 2024, p. 20-BURN:2. ISBN 978-989-35683-0-9.
Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Fendt S., Bastek S., Spliethoff H.. Gasification of plastic waste to syngas in thermal CO2 plasma In: 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Rhodes, Greece, 19 - 22 June 2024 (Online Proceedings). Rhodes: 2024, Room I, Session XVII Waste-to-Energy & Energy from Waste, p. 1-2..
Eimontas J. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI]. The exploration of catalytic pyrolysis of discarded fishing nets aiming to recover energy-based products In: 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Rhodes, Greece, 19 - 22 June 2024 (Online Proceedings). Rhodes: 2024, Room I, Session XVII Waste-to-Energy & Energy from Waste, p. 1-2..
Paulauskas R. [LEI], Ambrazevičius I. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Praspaliauskas M. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI]. Experimental investigation on fluidized bed combustion of smashed corn cob at 650-700 ◦c temperatures In: LOW -Carbon Combustion 3rd Edition, 25-26 April 2024, Nancy, France. Nancy: LRGP CNRS-University of Lorraine, and the French and British sections of the Combustion Institute, 2024, p. 18-19..

2023

Paulauskas R. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI]. Oxygen enriched combustion of low calorific gas in a 200 kw burner In: 15th International Conference on Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment (Clean Air 2023) June 25, 2023 - June 29, 2023. Instituto Superior Técnico, 2023, p. 1-5..
Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI], Vorotinskienė L. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI]. Thermal analysis of magnesium hydride In: Book of Abstracts SMS /NanoMed /Sensors/EGF 2023 Joint Conferences 25 - 27 October 2023. Albufeira: Setcor, 2023, p. 104-104..
Eimontas J. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Jančauskas A. [LEI], Vorotinskienė L. [LEI]. The investigation of catalytic Decomposition of waste fishing nets For energy products recovery In: 19th international symposium on waste management, resource recovery and sustainable landfilling / 9-13 october 2023. Sardinia: 2023, p. 1-10. ISSN 2282-0027 ISBN 9788862650335.
Striūgas N. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI]. H2 Rich Syngas Production by Catalytic Gasification of End of Life Face Masks In: Book of Abstracts 18th conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, September 24-29 2023. Zagreb: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, 2023, p. 710-710. ISSN 2706-3690 (digital proceedings).
Kiminaitė I. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI]. Plastic Waste Conversion to Solid Carbon Through Carbonisation – the Impact of Chemical Pre-Treatment Conditions In: Book of Abstracts 18th conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, September 24-29 2023. Zagreb: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, 2023, p. 705-705. ISSN 2706-3690 (digital proceedings).
Eimontas J. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Jančauskas A. [LEI], Vorotinskienė L. [LEI]. Catalytical seaweed pyrolysis over ZSM-5 and Y-Type catalysts under the different temperature for the gathered products analysis In: 10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management (CHANIA 2023). Chania: 2023, p. 1-2..

International projects

Nordic Energy Research Programme (NERP)

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The increasing consumerism leads to rising amounts of plastic waste, and it is estimated that 6.3 billion tons of this waste were generated globally up to 2018. Plastic waste is a higMore

Interreg

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Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases with a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 34 on a timespan of 100 years, according to IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report. The concenMore

COST

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​SMARTCATS COST Action aims to set-up a Europe-wide network of leading academic and research institutions and key industries to promote the use of smart energy carriers on a large scaMore

Projects in Lithuania

EU Structural Funds

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2014–2020 ES fondų investicijų ženklas

UAB „AXIS Tech“ AXIS Tech, together with its partner Lithuanian Energy Institute, are implementing the project "AXIS Tech R&D activities for the development of innovative solutions More

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2014–2020 ES fondų investicijų ženklas

UAB Enerstena together with its partner Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) is implementing the project "Multifunctional Biomass Energy TechnolMore

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Lietuvos energetikos institutas įgyvendina projektą „Kompetencijos centro MTEP veiklų vykdymas, sukuriant ir išbandant inovatyvų dujinių biodegalų gamybos prototipą“ Nr. 01.2.2-CPMore

Research Council of Lithuania projects

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Economical and efficient energy consumption, its impact reduction for environmental is not only the goal of national energy strategy but also one of the most important challenges in eMore

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Lietuvos energetikos institutas įgyvendina projektą „Inovatyvios biometano gamybos technologijos sukūrimas taikant katalitinės termocheminės konversijos metodą“ Nr. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-0More