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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