The main scientific direction of the department is heat transfer and hydrodynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces

It covers seven sub-directions: 1) internal swirled and vortex flows [3, 4, 8, 10 – 12]; 2) surface-vortex systems (dimples of various shapes) [4, 15]; 3) rotating channels and surfaces [2, 7]; 4) flows near convex and concave surfaces [13, 14]; 5) the centrifugal instability of Gertler and Taylor [7, 14]; 6) gas turbine nozzles and curvilinear channels with a three-dimensional flow and local vortex structures [1, 5]; 7) new vortex technologies of aerothermodynamics [6, 8, 9, 16 – 23]. For each of these directions generalizing monographs have been published.

Some of the new scientific results were obtained in the laboratories of the Universities of the cities Cardiff and Bat (Great Britain), Stuttgart (Germany), Universities of Utah State (Salt Lake City, USA), Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA) and New OrleansState (New Orleans, USA), US Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, USA) in carrying out joint international projects and individual grants.

23 monographs [1 – 23], 4 teaching aids for universities [24-27], 650 papers (about 100 in English) and 230 author’s certificates and patents of Ukraine and Russia were published on the main scientific direction of the department. The most important scientific publication is the fundamental 10-volume monograph “Heat transfer and fluid dynamics of flows in the fields of centrifugal forces” [1 – 9, 16], which is widely used in scientific research and design of many types of thermal power machines and plants.

The Department also conducts research in the following areas:

Computer simulation of thermogasdynamics of power plants: simulation of aerothermodynamics of boilers, heat transfer surfaces, film cooling systems of gas turbine blades, gas tracts of pulverized coal boilers: chemical kinetics of formation of harmful emissions into the atmosphere, calculation of velocity, temperature and concentration fields, calculation of emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere, optimization of fire space.

Combustion and gasification of solid and liquid fuels: combustion of biomass, lignite, peat, fuel mixtures (biomass-peat, biomass-brown coal), waste motor oil, water-coal fuel, gasification and pyrolysis of biomass, optical characteristics of coatings of combustion chambers and electric furnaces, the development of devices operating on the principle of multi-stage oxidant supply. The department has developed a biomass gasifier with a capacity of 20 kW, there are installations for burning biomass and mixed fuel.

Monographs and books published on the problem:

1. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 1: «Curvilinear flows» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU (publisher). -1996. -285 pp. (co-authors: Avramenko A.A, Shevchuk I.V).
2. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 2: «Rotating systems» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU. -1996. -282 pp. (co-authors: Avramenko A.A., Shevchuk I.V.).
3. «Heat transfer and dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 3: «Swirled flows» / / Kiev: ITTF of NASU. -2000. -476 pp. (co-authors: Shevchuk I.V, Avramenko A.A).
4. «Heat transfer and dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 5: «Heat transfer and thermal-hydraulic efficiency of vortex and swirling flows» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU (publisher). 2005. -499 pp. (co-authors: Borisov I.I., Shevtsov S.V.).
5. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces Volume 6: «Heat transfer and hydrodynamics of accelerated flow in flat curvilinear channels» // Kiev: “Naukova Dumka”(publisher). -2005. -499 pp.. (co-author: Kovalenko A.S).
6. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 7: «Vortex technologies of aerothermodynamics in power machine building» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU-2008. -292 pp.
7. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 8: «Fluid dynamics of rotational filters» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU. -2008. -427 pp. (co-author: Mochalin E.V.).
8. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 9: «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in cyclone cooling of gas turbine blades» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU. -2010. -317 pp. (co-authors: Romanov V.V., Borisov I.I., Dashevsky Yu.Ya., Severin S.D.).
9. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 10: «Perspective schemes of film cooling» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU. -2016. -230 pp. (co-authors: Borisov I.I, Dashevsky Yu.Ya., Reznik S.B.).
10. .«Heat transfer and fluid dynamics of swirled and vortex flows» // Kiev: «Naukova Dumka». (publisher)-2014. -188 sec. Donik TV, Pismenny D.N. (Editor-in-chief is the academician of of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine is Khalatov A.A.).
11. «Heat transfer, mass transfer and hydrodynamics of swirled flows in axisymmetric channels» // M: «Mashinostroenie» (publisher). -1982. -200 pp. (co-author: Shchukin V.K).
12. «Theory and practice of swirled flows» // Kiev: «Naukova Dumka» (publisher). -1989. -197 pp.
13. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics near surface dimples» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU (publisher).-2005. -140 pp. (Russian and English).
14. «Thermogasdynamics of complex flows around curvilinear surfaces» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU. -1999. -300 pp. (co-authors: Avramenko A.A., Shevchuk I.V., Kobzar S.G., Zheleznaya T.A.).
15. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics near surface dimples» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU (publisther). -2005. -140 pp. (Russian and English).
16. «Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in the fields of centrifugal forces». Volume 4: – «Technological processes and apparatuses» // Kiev: Izd. ITTF NASU. -2000. -211 sec. (co-authors: Avramenko A.A., Shevchuk I.V.).
17. «Compressor stations of the GTS of Ukraine: Concept of gas turbine drive modernization of gas-compressor units» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU (publisther). -2009. -72 sec. (co-authors: Kostenko D.A., Parafeynik V.P., Botsula A.L.).
18. «Energy gas turbine construction: the current state and development trends» // Kiev: ITTF of NASU (publisher). -2008. -74 pp. (co-authors: Paton B.E., Kostenko D.A., Pismenny A.S., Bileka B.D.).
19. «Advanced Combustion and Aerothermal Technologies» (English). Materials of the NATO Science Seminar. Kiev, the Ukraine // The Netherlands: «Springer» (publisher). -2007. 480 pp. (co-author-editor: Syred N., Great Britain).
20. «Development and introduction of ship GTE DP NVKG «Zorya» -«Mashproekt»/ Mykolaiv: the “Torubari OS”((publisher). -2010. -282 pp.. (co-authors: Romanov V.V., Khomenko A.I., Spitsin V.E., Chernov S.K., Koval V.A.).
21. «Provision of reliability indicators and of stationary use of GTE» // Kharkov: Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering of NASU (publisher). -2011. -318 pp. (co-authors: Koval V.V., Romanov V.V., Spitsin E.V., Khomenko A.I., Kovaleva E.A.).
22. «Scientific and applied problems of industrial gas turbine building» (collection of papers) // Vol. 1. Kharkiv: «Scientific Corporation of FED» (publisher). -2014. -680 pp. (edited by the academician of NASU Khalatov A.A.).
23. «Scientific and applied problems of industrial gas turbine construction «(collection of articles) // Vol. 2. Kharkiv: . “Scientific Corporation of FED”(publisher). -2014. -680 pp. (edited by the academician of NASU Khalatov A.A.).

Teaching aids for universities:

1. «Theory and technique of thermophysical experiment» (1 ed.) // M .: «Energoatomizdat». -1985. -356 pp. (co-authors: Gortyshov Yu.F., Dresvyannikov F.N., Idiatullin N.S., Kalmykov I.I., Shchukin V.K.).
2.  «Theory and technique of the thermophysical experiment» (2nd ed.) // M.: «Energoatomizdat» (publisher). -1993. -443 pp.. (co-authors: Gortyshov Yu.F., Dresvyannikov F.N., Idiatullin N.S., Kalmykov I.I., Shchukin V.K.).
3. 26.«Fundamentals of Scientific Research» // Kiev: Vishcha shkola (publisher). -1985. -190 pp. (co-author: Diky N.A.).
4. 27«Aircraft and power installations» // Kiev: Institute of the Air Force of Ukraine (publisher). -1988. -111 pp. (co-author: Gorbunov A.Yu.).