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    • Andrius Tamošiūnas

    Plasma Processing Laboratory (15)
    Position:
    Chief research associate
    ORCID:
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-4043
    Room number:
    204-AK
    Phone number:
    +37037401999
    Email:
    Andrius.Tamosiunas@lei.lt

    Publications

    Book or monograph chapter

    2025

    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI]. Plasma technology for reforming of hydrocarbons In: Energy From Plasma Production and Storage. London: Elsevier, 2025, Chapter 4, p. 89-110. ISBN 978-0-443-26584-6, eISBN 978-0-443-26585-3.

    2024

    Snapkauskienė V. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI]. Banana peel thermochemical conversion In: Banana Peels Valorazition. Elsevier, 2024, Chapter 11, p. 289-325. ISBN 978-0-323-95937-7.
    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI]. Biofuels production by biomass gasification In: Advances in Biofuels Production, Optimization and Applications. Kidlington: Elsevier, 2024, Chapter 3, p. 39-62. ISBN 978-0-323-95076-3, eISBN 978-0-323-95077-0.

    2022

    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI]. Recent progress in thermal plasma gasification of liquid and solid wastes In: Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies. Chennai: Elsevier, 2022, Chapter 4, p. 155-196. ISBN 978-0-12-823532-4.
    Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Khiari B., Jeguirim M.. Chapter ten – Biofuels production: Biogas, biodiesel and bioethanol from tomato wastes In: Tomato Processing by-Products . Kidlington: Elsevier, 2022, Chapter 10, p. 333-370. ISBN 9780128228661, eISBN 9780128228678.

    2019

    Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Jeguirim M.. 6 – Char gasification In: Char and Carbon Materials Derived from Biomass. Netherlands: Elsevier, 2019, p. 187-228. ISBN 978-0-12-814893-8.

    Scientific article

    2025

    Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Milieška M. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Fendt S., Bastek S., Spliethoff H.. Plasma Gasification of Medical Plastic Waste to Syngas in a Greenhouse Gas (CO2) Environment In: Sustainability. Basel: MDPI, 2025, Vol. 17, Iss. 5, 2040, p. 1-15. ISSN 2071-1050.

    2024

    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Snapkauskienė V. [LEI]. Bituminous Soil Remediation in the Thermal Plasma Environment In: Sustainability. Basel: MDPI, 2024, Vol. 16, Iss. 11, 4855, p. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050.
    Aikas M. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Snapkauskienė V. [LEI]. Thermal arc air plasma application for biomass (wood pellets) gasifcation In: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. New York: Springer, 2024, Vol. 26, p. 31-43. ISSN 1618-954X.
    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.
    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI]. Thermal plasma potential to remediate soil contaminated with diesel In: Environmental Research. San Diego: Elsevier, 2023, Vol. 229, 115976, p. 1-12. ISSN 0013-9351, eISSN 1096-0953.

    2022

    Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI]. Waste glycerol gasification to syngas in pure DC water vapor arc plasma In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy . Oxford: Elsevier, 2022, Vol. 47, Iss. 24, p. 12219-12230. Scopus. ISSN 0360-3199, eISSN 1879-3487.

    2020

    Striūgas N. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Marcinauskas L. [LEI], Paulauskas R. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI]. A sustainable approach for plasma reforming of tail biogas for onsite syngas production during lean combustion operation In: Energy Conversion and Management. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, Vol. 209, 112617, p. 1-11. ISSN 0196-8904.
    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Tučkutė S. [LEI], Snapkauskienė V. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI]. Treatment of diesel-contaminated soil using thermal water vapor arc plasma In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Heidelberg: Springer, 2020, Vol. 27, p. 43-54. ISSN 0944-1344, eISSN 1614-7499.
    Jeguirim M., Goddard M.-L., Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Berrich-Betouche E., Azzaz A. A., Praspaliauskas M. [LEI], Jellali S.. Olive mill wastewater: From a pollutant to green fuels, agricultural water source and bio-fertilizer. Biofuel production In: Renewable Energy. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, Vol. 149, p. 716-724. ISSN 0960-1481.

    Conference paper

    2024

    Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Fendt S., Bastek S., Spliethoff H.. Energy Recovery from Plastic Waste to Synthesis Gas in Thermal CO2/Water Vapor Plasma In: Book of Abstracts 19th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), Rome, September 8-12, 2024. Zagreb: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, 2024, SDEWES2024.0019, p. 256-256. ISSN 2706-3690 (digital proceedings).
    Mildažienė V., Ragelienė L., Naučienė Z., Žūkienė R., Degutytė-Fomins L., Jankaitytė E., Petrulis M., Marcinauskas K. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Koga K., Shiratani M.. Treatment of Lactuca sativa seeds with non-thermal plasma and plasma activated water stimulates germination, seedling growth and activates biochemical processes In: Supplement: Mining biochemistry for human health and well‐being, 48th FEBS Congress, 29 June–3 July 2024, Milano, Italy. Cambridge: FEBS press, 2024, Vol. 14, Iss. S2, P-09-017, p. 149-149. ISSN 2211-5463.
    Marcinauskas L. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Ragelienė L., Minelgaitė G., Jankaitytė E., Uscila R. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Mildažienė V.. Application of gliding arc discharge plasma for the creation of plasma activated water In: 50th EPS Conference on Contr. Fusion and Plasma Phys, 8-12 July 2024. Salamanca: European Physical Society, 2024, Vol. 48A, 01.401, p. 1-4. ISBN 111-22-33333-44-5.
    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Eimontas J. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Žaltauskaitė J., Sujetovienė G., Dikšaitytė A., Tamošiūnas A. [LEI]. Remediation of diesel-polluted soil by the combined thermal desorption and thermal plasma methods In: Abstracts E-Book 3rd International Conference on Green Energy and Environmental Technology (GEET-24), Lisbon, 29-31 July 2024. Lisbon: 2024, Pag. 008, p. 8-8. ISBN 978-84-09-63050-9.
    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..
    Striūgas N. [LEI], Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI]. Sustainable glass production with hybrid plasma-assisted combustion technology In: 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Rhodes, Greece, 19 - 22 June 2024 (Online Proceedings). Rhodes: 2024, Room I, Session XXI Energy from waste, p. 1-2..
    Striūgas N. [LEI], Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Paulauskas R. [LEI]. Plasma-assisted combustion for energy intense industry 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. 61-61..

    2023

    Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Aikas M. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI]. Experiences of syngas from various feedstocks using electro-chemical conversion – plasma gasification In: Conference Proceedings 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Gas Technology 15-16 May 2023. Berlin: Renewable Energy Technology International AB, 2023, p. 23-26. ISBN 978-91-981149-8-0.

    2022

    Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Aikas S. [LEI], Uscila R. [LEI], Snapkauskienė V. [LEI]. Biomass Gasification to Synthesis Gas in Thermal ARC Air Plasma Environment In: Book of abstracts 17th Conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems November 6-10 2022 Paphos, Cyprus. Zagreb: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, 2022, p. 556-556. ISSN 2706-3690.
    Aikas M. [LEI], Tamošiūnas A. [LEI], Gimžauskaitė D. [LEI]. Determination of the plasma-forming gas type influence on electrical and thermal characteristics of the plasma torch In: CYSENI 2022: 18th international conference of young scientists on energy and natural sciences issues, 24-27 May 2022, Kaunas, Lithuania. Kaunas: Lithuanian Energy Institute, 2022, p. 294-297. ISSN 2783-6339.

    International projects

    Horizon Europe

    1
    A groundbreaking Route via Green Methanol Towards High-Efficiency Local Energy Supply (ResMe2E)
    https://doi.org/10.3030/101172988
    Ongoing
    01.09.2024 - 31.08.2027

    The ResMe2E project aims to revolutionize small-scale green energy production by developing systems for generating green methanol from biogenic residues and converting this synthetic More

    2
    Sustainable Glass Industry with Fuel-Flexible Technology (GIFFT) [LEI coordinated]
    https://www.gifft-europe.eu/
    Ongoing
    01.10.2023 - 30.09.2027

    Europe is the world leader in glass making, a highly energy-intensive industry that emits high amounts of CO2. The past century has seen improvements in the production process, but thMore

    Horizon 2020

    1
    Twinning for Promoting Excellence, Ability and Knowledge to develop advanced waste gasification Solutions (TWIN-PEAKS) [LEI coordinated]
    https://www.twinpeaks-h2020.eu/
    Completed
    01.10.2020 - 30.09.2023

    Twinning for Promoting Excellence, Ability and Knowledge to develop advanced waste gasification Solutions (TWIN-PEAKS). The Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) and Vytautas Magnus UnMore

    Nordic Energy Research Programme (NERP)

    1
    Nordic Energy Research logo thumbnail image
    Establishment of Nordic-Baltic PhD and researcher mobility network in the field of the bioenergy
    https://www.nordicenergy.org/project/establishment-of-nordic-baltic-phd-and-researcher-mobility-network-in-the-field-of-the-bioenergy/
    Completed
    01.11.2020 - 30.10.2024

    Establishment of Nordic-Baltic PhD and researcher mobility network in the field of the bioenergy (REMONET-Bioenergy) NERP (Nordic Energy Programme). Period of project implementatiMore

    Interreg

    1
    Coastal Biogas logo
    COASTAL Biogas – Cluster On Anaerobic digestion, environmental Services and NuTrients removAL
    https://www.coastal-biogas.eu/
    Completed
    01.07.2018 - 30.06.2021

    The COASTAL Biogas project objective is to provide solutions based on anaerobic digestion of cast seaweed to coastal regions to tackle eutrophication, contribute to the transition to More

    2
    Dissemination and fostering of plasma based technological innovation for environment in BSR (PlasTEP)
    http://www.plastep.eu
    Completed
    2010 - 2013

    The pollution control is a transnational request of all countries and a strategic aim of the European Union. This is also reflected in the increasing tightening of the exhaust emissioMore

    COST

    1
    COST actions logo
    Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications (TD1208)
    http://www.cost-plasma-liquids.eu/
    Completed
    11.04.2013 - 10.04.2017

    Plasmas generated in liquids and gas discharges interacting with liquids are today hot topic greatly interesting plasma physicists and plasma chemists due to the broad field of potentMore

    2
    COST actions logo
    Utilisation of Biomass for Sustainable Fuels & Chemicals (UBIOCHEM) (CM0903)
    http://ubiochem.org
    Completed
    19.11.2009 - 18.11.2013

    The main objective of the Action is to generate a synergistic approach for utilisation of biomass for sustainable fuels & chemicals through cooperation between scientists from difMore

    Projects in Lithuania

    EU Structural Funds

    1
    2014–2020 ES fondų investicijų ženklas
    Laboratorinio pastato, esančio Breslaujos g. 3, Kaunas, modernizavimas, siekiant mažinti suvartojamos energijos sąnaudas
    Completed
    11.01.2021 - 31.05.2023

    Lietuvos energetikos institutas (LEI) siekia įgyvendinti turimos infrastruktūros modernizavimo (pastato atnaujinimo) projektą, kuriuo siekiama padidinti energijos vartojimo efektyMore

    2
    2014–2020 ES fondų investicijų ženklas
    Renovation of the building at Breslaujos g. 3, Kaunas, to increase energy efficiency
    Completed
    21.10.2020 - 04.10.2024

    Lietuvos energetikos institutas (LEI) siekia įgyvendinti turimos infrastruktūros modernizavimo (pastato atnaujinimo) projektą, kuriuo siekiama padidinti energijos vartojimo efekMore

    3
    2014-2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds Investments in Lithuania logo
    Carrying out the R&D activities of the competence center, creating and testing an innovative prototype for the production of gaseous biofuels
    Completed
    02.05.2020 - 30.04.2023

    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

    1
    Lietuvos mokslo taryba
    Application of plasma and aeroponic technologies for increasing plant biomass gain and yield of biologically active compounds – AEROPLASMA (S-MIP-23-8)
    Ongoing
    01.05.2023 - 30.04.2025

    The ultimate need for the development of the innovative agricultural technologies is driven by the challenges to feed a growing world population in asustainable way. In this respect, More

    2
    2014-2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds Investments in Lithuania logo
    Development of innovative biomethane production technology using the catalytic thermochemical conversion method
    Completed
    20.12.2017 - 31.12.2021

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