Andrei Kolesnikov

Background

About Andrei Kolesnikov

Research projects • Heat and mass transfer modelling and simulation in metal hydride storage reactors • Plasma dissociation of zircon, ultrafine alumina plasma synthesis, tetrafluoroethylene plasma synthesis, silicon tetrafluoride conversion into ultrafine silica in plasma reactor. • Development of mathematical models for particulate materials processing. 3- Dimensional modelling and CFD simulation of two-phase turbulent flows with dense loading, chemical reactions, formation of nanoparticles. • Development of radiation transfer models in multi-component electric arc • Design of plasma reactors for nanoparticles synthesis. Experimental and theoretical work in the field of plasmachemical synthesis of ultrafine ceramic powders. • Development of new plasmatron - reactor (raw material treatment in the zone of the electrical discharge) where magnetic and acoustic fields were used for process control. • Development of plasma torches operated on hydrogen, nitrogen, natural gas and their mixtures (power 30-300 kW) for oxides plasma spraying, surface treatment, nanopowders plasma synthesis (oxides, carbides, nitrides). • Development of mathematical models of DC plasma reactors for production of ultrafine powders. Investigation of aerodynamics of the three-jet plasma reactor. • Ultrafine powders application for hardening of the electrochemical coatings and modification of alloys. • Investigation of liquid metal jet atomization in electric discharge for production of ceramic powders. • Modelling and simulation of nanopowders synthesis in high temperature reactors • Control of batch jig operation and optimization of processing cycle. • Membranes modelling and simulations. • Hydrometallurgical minerals processing (leaching, jigging) • Pyrometallurgical minerals processing (CFD simulations of heat and mass transfer in DC and submerged arc furnaces) • CFD modeling and simulations of new moving bed type reverberatory furnace • Heap leaching modelling and simulation with COMSOL CFD software • Discrete Element Modeling of heat transfer in a shaft furnace • CFD simulation of laser cladding process Programming and simulations skills • Programming in C/C++, FORTRAN, Visual Basic, JAVA, MATLAB/Simulink, SCILAB/XCOS. • CFD tools: STAR-CCM+, COMSOL, ANSYS FLUENT, OpenFOAM, MFIX, Rocky DEM. • CAD tools: SolidWorks, Solid Edge. • Process simulators: HYSYS, UNISIM, CHEMCAD, Pro/II, Aspen Plus, DWSIM, COCO. • Complex system modeling (system dynamics, discrete events and agent-based modeling): ANYLOGIC, SIMIO.