Kalikmanov, V.
Current
- Visiting scientist, Geo-engineering Section, Department of Geosciences, TU Delft
- Senior Researcher, Twister BV, Rijswijk, NL
Research areas
- nucleation phenomena
- non-equilibrium gas-liquid separation technology
- statistical thermodynamics
- theory of complex fluids
- chemical physics
Teaching
Lecture courses:
- Statistical thermodynamics of fluids (TU Eindhoven, University of Utrecht, Wageningen University)
- Nucleation (TU Eindhoven)
- Statistical mechanics (Theoretical Physics III) (TU Delft)
- Introduction to statistical physics (Winter school "Physical Chemistry", Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium)
Collaboration
- TU Eindhoven, Departments of Applied Physics and Mechanical Engineering
- University of Cologne, Institute of Physical Chemistry
- Ohio State University, Department of Chemical Engineering
- Missouri University of Science and Technology, Physics Department
- Eurotechnica, Hamburg
- TU Berlin
Research Topics
Nucleation phenomena
- Nucleation theory beyond capillarity approximation in single-component systems and binary mixtures
- Line tension effect in heterogeneous nucleation
- Stationary Diffusion Flux model for coupled nucleation and growth processes
- Effective-medium approach to multi-component nucleation
Non-equilibrium gas-liquid separation technology
- Design of a novel gas-liquid supersonic separator "Twister" for water and condensate removal from natural gas
- Validation of efficiency of water removal from lean natural gas in "Twister" separator: tests at GasUnie/Kema (Groningen)
Statistical thermodynamics of fluids
- Algebraic Perturbation Theory of polar non-polarizable fluids with strong dipole coupling: dielectric constant
- Soft depletion in binary fluids
- Density functional theory for binary mixtures: surface tension
- Interfacial tension of water-hydrocarbon mixtures at elevated pressures: theory and experiment
Chemical physics
- Hydrophobic coatings to prevent hydrate and ice adhesion in pipelines: role of long-range London-van der Waals dispersion forces
- Phase diagram of intercalation compounds in the presence of elastic interactions
- Analysis of voltage-discharge behavior in lithium-ion batteries aimed at developing high voltage-low molecular weight systems: mean-field lattice-gas model and Monte Carlo simulations
Complex fluids
- Statistical thermodynamic theory of surface tension and aggregation in ferrofluids
- Properties of suspensions of high-Tc superconducting particles (superdiamagnetic fluids)
- Phase equilibrium in binary and ternary polymer mixtures: simulated annealing
Synergistic Activities
Books
- V.I. Kalikmanov, Statistical physics of fluids. Basic concepts and applications (Springer Verlag, Berlin 2001)
- V.I. Kalikmanov, Nucleation theory (Springer Verlag, Dordrecht 2013)
Co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) of the National Science Foundation collaborative research project: "Fundamental studies of water - hydrocarbon condensation in supersonic flow": Ohio State University (USA) - Missouri University of Science and Technology (USA) - Twister BV (Netherlands) (NSF Grant 1033439), (2010 - present)
Book reviewer for: Cambridge University Press
Reviewer for: Physical Review E, Journal of Chemical Physics, Physica A, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Europhysics Letters, Journal of Physical Chemistry
List of publications
Key publications
- Binary nucleation beyond capillarity approximation
- Mean-field kinetic nucleation theory
- Efficient approach to nucleation and growth dynamics: Stationary diffusion flux model
- Argon nucleation: Bringing together theory, simulations, and experiment
- Generalized Kelvin equation and pseudospinodal in nucleation theory
- Theory of Anomalous Critical-Cluster Content in High-Pressure Binary Nucleation
- New Developments in Nucleation Theory and Their Impact on Natural Gas Separation
- Soft depletion in binary fluids
- Statistical thermodynamics of ferrofluids
- On the properties of fluids with dispersed superconducting particles
- Algebraic perturbation theory for polar fluids. A model for dielectric constant
- The perturbation approach to the statistical theory of surface tension: new analytical results
- Semiphenomenological effective-medium theory of multicomponent nucleation
- Role of elasticity forces in thermodynamics of intercalation compounds: Self-consistent mean-field theory and Monte Carlo simulations
- On mist formation in natural gas
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Vitaly Kalikmanov
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