Petr Nikrityuk, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Transport Phenomena - Fluid dynamics/ mass and heat transfer Energy Energy and Heat Storage Reaction engineering and catalysis

About

Before taking his current position at the University of Alberta, Petr Nikrityuk was the head of the research group 'Interphase Phenomena' within the Center for Innovation Competence VIRTUHCON (Virtual High Temperature Conversion) at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg in the Department of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering. In 2016 and 2019 Petr was awarded the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award. In 2024 Petr was awarded the Jules Stachiewicz Medal from Chemical Institute of Canada for his contributions in the field of heat transfer, including design, research, manufacturing and teaching.

Research

• Numerical modelling and simulation of particulate flows taking into account the heat and mass transfer between particles and fluid (CFD+DEM): development of subgrid models for Euler-Lagrange modellingchemically reacting particles.
• CFD-based simulations of processes related to heat- and energy-storage systems and energy-conversion devices (fixed bed systems).
• Macroscale and microscale numerical modelling of phase change phenomena under the influence of convection: binary metal alloys and heat storage materials, the influence of turbulence on the heat and mass transfer during phase change, interface tracking algorithms.
• Benchmarking and experimental validation of numerical models referring to immersed boundary methods

Keywords: CFD, DEM, RANS, DNS, MHD, heat and mass transfer in multiphase flows, energy storage and conversion, gasification and combustion