Paweł Ziemiański

Paweł P. Ziemiański

Research interest:

+ High-pressure gas adsorption on clay minerals and clay-bearing sedimentary rocks
(fundamental researches on the adsorption mechanisms and unconventional natural gas deposits, carbon dioxide sequestration, and underground hydrogen storage)

Education:

2021: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Earth Sciences (Institute of Geological Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences)
Thesis title: The mechanism of methane adsorption on clay minerals
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. (D.Sc) Arkadiusz Derkowski

2011-2016: MSc in Chemical Engineering (AGH University of Sciences and Technology)

Professional career:

Jan 2017 - till now: Research Assistant (Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Research on the high-pressure gas adsorption on clay minerals and clay-bearing rocks

Feb 2015 -Dec 2016: Laboratory Technician (Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Setting up the high-pressure gas adsorption laboratory:
- Testing of high-pressure gas adsorption analyzer, reporting and communication with manufacturer
- Improvement of the experimental data quality
- Adaptation of the laboratory to the safety requirements (explosive gases)

Grants:

National Science Center PRELUDIUM 13 ( 2017/25/N/ST10/02034): " The mechanism of methane adsorption on clay minerals under geological condition" 2018-2021

Publications:

Kałahurska K., Ziemiański P.P., Roth W.J., Gil B. (2021) From Colloidal Dispersions of Zeolite Monolayers to Effective Solid Catalysts in Transformations of Bulky Organic Molecules: Role of Freeze-Drying and Dialysis. Molecules 26(7):2076.

Ziemiański, P.P., Derkowski, A., Szczerba, M., Guggenheim, S., (2021). Smectite Crystallite Swelling Under High Pressure of Methane. J. Phys. Chem. C 125, 7598–7610.

Ziemiański, P.P., Derkowski, A., Szczurowski, J., Kozieł, M., (2020) The structural versus textural control on the methane sorption capacity of clay minerals. Int. J. Coal Geol. 224, 103483. doi:10.1016/j.coal.2020.103483

Topór T., Derkowski A., Ziemiański P., Szczurowski J., McCarty D.K. (2017) The effect of organic matter maturation and porosity evolution on methane storage potential in the Baltic Basin (Poland) shale-gas reservoir, International Journal of Coal Geology, 180 p. 46–56. doi:10.1016/j.coal.2017.07.005

 Topór T., Derkowski A., Ziemiański P., Marynowski L., McCarty D.K. (2017) Multi-variable constraints of gas exploration potential in the Lower Silurian shale of the Baltic Basin (Poland), International Journal of Coal Geology, 179 p. 45–59. doi:10.1016/j.coal.2017.05.001

Ziemiański P., Kałahurska K., Samojeden B. (2017) Selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH₃ on mixed alumina – iron (III) oxide pillared montmorillonite “Cheto” Arizona, modified with Hexamminecobalt (III) chloride. Adsorption Science and Technology, 35 (9-10) p. 825-533. doi:10.1177/0263617 417710141

Ziemiański P., Bałys M., Szczurowski J. (2017) Nadkrytyczne izotermy adsorpcji metanu na mikroporowatych węglach aktywnych/Supercritical methane adsorption isotherms on microporous activated carbon, Przemysł Chemiczny, 96 (4) p. 880–883. doi:10.15199/62.2017.4.30

Conference Abstracts:

Ziemiański, P.P., Derkowski, A., Guggenheim, S., Szczerba, M. (2020) Swelling of smectites under high-pressure dry methane, The 57^th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Virtual, hosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Ziemianski, P.P., Derkowski, A., Szczerba M (2019) High‐pressure adsorption of methane on clay minerals – texture versus structure, EUROCLAY 2019, Paris, Book of Abstracts, p. 678

Ziemianski, P.P., Derkowski, A., Szczerba M. (2018) High-pressure methane adsorption on Cs-montmorillonite: experiments and Monte Carlo modelling, 9th Mid-European Clay Conference, Zagreb, Book of Abstracts, p. 114.

Ziemianski, P.P., Derkowski, A., Szczerba M. (2018) High-pressure methane adsorption on montmorillonite: experiments and Monte Carlo simulations, 55th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Urbana-Champaign, Book of Abstracts, p. 267.

Ziemiański P., Kałahurska K., Samojeden B. (2016) Selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH₃ on mixed alumina – iron (III) oxide pillared montmorillonite “Cheto” Arizona, modified with hexamminecobalt (III); Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Interfacial Phenomena and Their Technological Applications, Lviv, Book of Abstracts, p. 201.

 Ziemiański P., Topór T., Derkowski A. (2016) Estimation of shales methane reservoirs capacities with differentiation on adsorbed and free CH₄ in porous system, 12th International Conference on the Fundamentals of Adsorption, Friedrichshafen, Book of Abstracts,. p. 351.