THE ELECTRIC POWER LABORATORY OF THE WROCLAW POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2013
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: February 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT N.O.
SUBJECT The Electric Power Laboratory of the
Wroclaw Polytechnic Institute
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE DISTR. 15 Feb. 1954
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1. The Electric Power Laboratory of the Wroclaw Polytechnic Institute
(Zaklad Elektroenergetyki Politechniki WroclawskieJ - ZEPW) was under
the administration of the Polytechnic Institute and was subordinate
to the Ministry of Higher Education.
2. The laboratory was under the direction of Professor Jan KOZUCHOWSKI.
He was a clever, eloquent, and ambitious man who did everything on a
"grand scale". His ambitions were aimed not so much at research work
as at achieving a name for himself, and for this reason he wanted the
ZEPW to be subordinated to the Polish Academy of Science.
ZEPW was located, in Wroclaw at 53/55 Prusa Street,
where it occupied several rooms on the first floor. The building in
which ZEPW was housed was a large three-story brick building, about
100 m. across the front. .Lee Annex A.] Various offices and educa-
tional workshops belonging to differen departments of the Pol tech-
nic Institute were located in the Amp 1111ilal layout of the building in detail. 50X1
Prof. JELLONEK, and Prof. SZPARKOW , vice rec ors of the University,
and the offices of the telephone and telegraph department. ZEPW
rented in 1953 a large structure called the Hall for Heavy Industry,
which was on the grounds of the Industrial Fair for the Recovered
Territories. There were about 2,000 sq. m. of floor space in the
structure. The adaptation of this hall to suit the purposes of the
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institute was. already underway) It was 50X1
planned to transfer all laboratories from Prusa S reet to the new
hall with the exception of the Analyzer Laboratory. A steel tower,
about 250 m. ' high (constructed in 1948 for the Tnd-ustrial Fair)
was next to the hall; it was planned to use this tower to study
electrical disturbances caused by storms.
The Electric Power Laboratory consisted of the following labora-
tories and workshops which should be regarded as one organizational
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a. The High Tension Laboratory (Pracownia Wysokiego Napiecia)
which consisted of one room and had two or three employees
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this laboratory was only in the initial stages o
organization.
b. The Analyzer Laboratory (Pracownia Antalizatorowa) which was
under Eng. Andrzej LERGETP~ EAR and employed about eight dil.
engineers. The laboratory was located in two rooms. The
alternating current network analyzer was 50X1
installed in one room; several small analyzers were in the other
room and were used for educational purposes. The function of
the laboratory was the study of the electric grid.
c. The Thermal Laboratory (Pracownia Cieplna) which was under Eng.
RICHTER, and Had about three or four employees. It occupied
one large room equipped with essential instruments and carried
out studies in research on industrial boilers.
d. The Automatic Equipment Laboratory (Pracownia Automatyki) which
had two or three employees. The work in this la oratory was
limited to the study of automatic equipment for hydroelectric
power plants.
e. The Protection Devices Workshop (Pracownia Zabez ieeZen) which
was, engaged in studieson protection elays and the development
of mechanical switches for repeated automatic contacts for AC.
f. The Mechanical Worksho -(Warsztat Mechaniczny) which employed
10 t o 12 engineers. Ta wor shop was equipped with essential
tools for constructing the various parts for equipment needed
by the laboratories.
g. The Laboratory for the Prototypes of Electrical Measuring Devices
Pracownia Prototypow Aparatow Elektrycznych PPAE) which was
in Warsaw. This was the largest and most productive of all the
laboratories.
it was engaged in studying problems of the electric networks a -
ity .
the Analyzer Laboratory achieved certain positive results.
engaged mostly in the repair of old relays, switches, etc. Only
In general, the scientific work and research of the ZEPW was, with
the exception of the PPAE, not then properly organized. The most
active of the laboratories in Wroclaw were the Analyzer Laboratory
and the Thermal Laboratory. The Protection Devices Workshop was 50X1
In its budget allotment I ZEPW received a credit of
5,000,000 zloty to be used for the adaptation of the above-mentioned
hall, for laboratories, and for development. It was planned to
equip ZEPW with the following measuring instruments and devices:
a. A direct current analyzer.
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b. An analyzer with rotating generators for measuring the unstable
conditions of the electric power grid (analizator sieci z
thaszynami wirujacemi dia badan stanow n,ieustalonych).
.c. An electric analyzer for differential equations.
The realization of this plan, especially with respect to the equip-
ment mentioned in subparagraphs b and c, which were to be produced
by the PPAE. is do 1, will not be completed
before 50X1
There were no special security measures with respect to guarding the
building of ZEPW in Wroclaw. All work and research was accessible
to the students with the exception of certain special measurements
of the Polish electric power grid which were regarded as secret.
ANNEX:
A. Location of the Electric Power Laboratory of the Wroclaw Polytech-
nic Institute
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50X1 Location of the Electric Power Laboratory of the Wroclaw Polytechnic
Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, 53/55 Prusa Street
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