
KEY SCIENTIST LMPS
Alexandr Nikolaevich Pavlenko

Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Low-Temperature Thermophysics

Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences

Member of the Research Council of the ICHMT, editor of the international encyclopedia THERMOPEDIA
CONTACT INFORMATION

Date of birth
30 ноября 1959 г.

E-mail:
pav@itp.nsc.ru
Education experience
graduated Department of Physics, Novosibirsk State University. Specialty “Physics”
Candidate’s Thesis “Crisis of heat transfer at non-stationary heat release and dynamics of boiling modes change in the large volume of cryogenic liquid”
Doctoral Thesis “Transfer processes at boiling and evaporation”
Academic status of Senior Researcher
Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
Professional path
Trainee-researcher
Junior researcher
Researcher
Senior researcher
Head of scientific-research Laboratory
Research interests

Hydrodynamics and heat and mass transfer processes in multiphase systems. Nonsteady heat transfer at phase transformations. Transfer processes and crisis phenomena at boiling and evaporation. Dynamics of boiling modes change.

Flow and decomposition of liquid films at intense evaporation and boiling, including nonsteady laws of heat release.

Heat and mass transfer in cryogenic systems. Cryogenic distillation. Hydrodynamic and mass transfer processes in separation columns with regular packing. Intensification of heat and mass transfer in compact plate fin heat exchangers and on the structured surfaces.
The main scientific results

developed the theory of boiling crisis in nonstationary heat generation, experimentally and theoretically investigated the mechanisms of the development of self-sustaining evaporation front in metastable liquids and the dynamics of change of boiling regimes

for the first time the regularities of heat transfer and development of crisis phenomena in the falling wave liquid films at nonstationary heat release was investigated; methods of heat transfer enhancement during evaporation and boiling in falling films of liquids and their mixtures using microstructured surfaces were developed

developed scientific bases of processes of heat and mass transfer in distillation using structured packing serving as a base for the creation of new modern efficient energy and cryogenic technologies
Professional Memberships

Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS, since 2019)

Member of the Research Council of the International Committee for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT, since 2009)

Member of Bureau of the National Committee for Heat and Mass Transfer (NCHMT RAS, since 2007)

United Research Council for Mechanics and Power Engineering SB RAS (since 2008)

Member of the Scientific Council of ITP SB RAS, Dissertation Council at ITP SB RAS (Institute of Thermophysics)

Expert of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Fund “SKOLKOVO”
National and International Roles
Editorial Involvement

Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
2000-2014
Editorial Board Member
2014-2018
Co-Editor-in-Chief
2018-present
Editor-in-Chief

High Temperature
2008–presentн.в.
Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer
2019-present
Editor-in-Chief

Heat Processes in Engineering
2008-present
Editor-in-Chief
Funding
Since 1995 Prof. A. Pavlenko has led research for over $14M in research grants from government and industry sources. In terms of application main practical achievements of A.N. Pavlenko are bound with the simulation of hydrodynamic and mass transfer processes in the cryogenic packed columns, development of the methods increasing mixture separation efficiency, investigation of heat transfer intensification methods in compact plate and fin heat exchangers. For successful and fruitful cooperation with the largest company of cryogenic machine building he was awarded with four certificates of honor (“Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.” USA, 2002, 2009).
A.N. Pavlenko is a Scientific Coordinator of the Integration projects of SB RAS, the Supervisor of a number of grants of the Russian Science Foundation, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the “Human Capital Foundation”, working also in cooperation with foreign scientists (Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer, RWTH Aachen University (Germany, 2003-2005); Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU, China, 2025-present); School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin (China, 2013-2018); National Engineering Research Centre of Distillation Technology, Tianjin (China, 2013-2018); Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin (China, 2013-2018); Institute of Chemical Engineering, Sofia (Bulgaria, 2019-2020), executing officer for the project of the Federal Goal-Oriented Program (FGP) of the Ministry of Education and Science of RF; under his supervision a significant part of research works are being carried out in accordance with the contract with “Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.” (USA, 1992-2021), “BASF SE” (Germany, 2011-2013).
Other Service and Leadership Roles

The scientific adviser of 12 post graduates at IT SB RAS

Under the his supervision 10 candidate (PhD) and two doctoral (D.S) dissertations were protected (scientific advisor), prepared to defend four candidate and two doctoral dissertations; more than 35 bachelor’s and master’s works of NSU and NSTU students were defended under his leadership

During past fifteen years (since 2011) annually develops and delivers the lectures for the students of the Department of non-equilibrium processes at Novosibirsk State University (NSU) within the course “Modern Problems of Thermophysics”

Lecture on the modern methods of heat and mass transfer enhancement during boiling, evaporation and distillation for students in the School of Energy and Power Engineering of the Xi’an Jiaotong University (2013, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China)

Lectures on the modern methods of intensification of heat transfer during boiling and evaporation for students in the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the Tianjin University (2014, 2017, 2025, Tianjin University (TJU), Tianjin, China)
Pavlenko A.N.’s experience in managing and implementing international and domestic scientific projects over the past 5 years
Awards and honours
The Laureate of prize of academician S.S. Kutateladze (Presidium of SB RAS)
The diploma of the Winner as the best head of the scientific Department of ITP SB RAS
Honorary diploma of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 Certificates Of Recognition (“Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.”, USA)
Gratitude of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Honorary diploma of the Presidium of SB RAS
Certificate Of Recognition (“Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.”, USA)
Honorary diploma of the mayoralty of Novosibirsk
Honored veteran of SB RAS
Awarded of the mayoralty of Novosibirsk “For work on behalf of the city”
Certificate of honour of the Governor of the Novosibirsk region
Honorary diploma of the Presidium of SB RAS
Honorary diploma of the Governor of the Novosibirsk region
International A.V. Lykov Award
Awarded of the mayoralty of Novosibirsk “For work on behalf of the city”
Jubilee medal “300 years of the Russian Academy of Sciences”
More than 10 Honorary Certificates of Recognition (Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition as Invited Speaker) for Plenary lectures and Invited talks at major international thermophysical conferences ISHT 2016, IWTFSE 2019, ICENSS 2023, ISHT2024, ISTFD 2025, etc.
Selected publications
Articles

Calculating model for critical heat flux and dynamical characteristics of film boiling regime development at transient heat generation on nonisothermal surfaces in cryogenic liquids
Pavlenko A.N., Starodubtseva I.P., Chekhovich V.Yu.
Cryogenics, 1992, Vol. 32, P. 241-244. Q1. IF –1.196.

Investigations of the marangoni effect on the regular structures in heated wavy liquid films
Lel V.V., Kellerman A., Dietze G., Kneer R., Pavlenko A.N.
Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 44 , No. 2 , 2008, P.341- 354. Q1. IF – 2.195.

Investigation of flow parameters and efficiency of mixture separation on a structured packing
Pavlenko А.N., Zhukov V.E., Pecherkin N.I., Chekhovich V.Yu., Volodin O.A., Shilkin A., Grossmann C.
AIChE J. – 2014. – Vol. 60, Issue 2. – P. 690–705. Q1. IF – 2.836.

Observation of boiling heat transfer and crisis phenomena in falling water film at transient heating
Surtaev A.S., Pavlenko A.N.
Intern. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. –2014. – Vol. 74, N. 7. – P. 342–352. Q1. IF – 3.458.

Heat transfer and critical heat flux at evaporation and boiling in refrigerant mixture films falling down the tube with structured surfaces
Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N., Volodin O.A.
Intern. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2015. – Vol. 90. – P. 149–158. Q1. IF – 3.458.

Heat transfer during quenching of high temperature surface by the falling cryogenic liquid film
Starodubtseva I.P., Pavlenko A.N., Surtaev A.S.
Intern. Journal of Thermal Sciences. – 2017. – Vol. 114. No. 4. – P. 196–204. Q1. IF – 3.615.

Hydrodynamics in falling liquid films on surfaces with complex geometry
Pavlenko A.N., Volodin O.A., Surtaev A.S.
Applied Thermal Engineering. – 2017. Vol. 114. – P. 1265–1274. Q1. IF – 3.356.

Numerical simulation of heat transfer and determination of critical heat fluxes at nonsteady heat generation in falling wavy liquid films
Chernyavskii A.N., Pavlenko A.N.
Intern. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2017. – Vol. 105. – P. 648–654. Q1. IF – 3.458.

Heat transfer and crisis phenomena at pool boiling of liquid nitrogen on the surfaces with capillary-porous coatings
Surtaev A.S., Pavlenko A.N., Kuznetsov D.V., Kalita V.I., Komlev D.I., Ivannikov A.Yu., Radyuk A.A.
Intern. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2017. Vol. 108. – P. 146–155. Q1. IF – 3.458.

Heat transfer and critical phenomena during evaporation and boiling in a thin horizontal liquid layer at low pressures
Zhukov V.I., Pavlenko A.N.
Intern. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2017. – Vol. 117, February 2018. – P. 978–990. Q1. IF – 3.458.

Structured capillary-porous coatings for enhancement of heat transfer at pool boiling
Surtaev A.S., Kuznetsov D.V., Serdyukov V.S., Pavlenko A.N., Kalita V.I., Komlev D., Ivannikov A., Radyuk A.
Applied Thermal Engineering. – 2018. – Vol. 133. – P. 532–542. Q1. IF – 3.356.

An experimental study of vapor bubbles dynamics at water and ethanol pool boiling at low and high heat fluxes
Surtaev A.S., Serdyukov V.S., Zhou J., Pavlenko A.N., Tumanov V.
Intern. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2018. – Vol. 126. – P. 297–311. Q1. IF – 3.458.

Efficiency of Mixtures by Distillation using Structured Noncircular Packings
Pavlenko A.N., Pecherkin N.I., Zhukov V.I., Nazarov A.D., Meski G., Houghton P. Separation
Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification (CEP). – 2018. – Vol. 133. – P. 211–220 . Q1. IF – 3.083.

The effect of pressure on heat transfer at evaporation/boiling in a thin horizontal liquid layer on a microstructured surface produced by 3D laser printing
Zhukov V.I., Pavlenko A.N.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2020.

Surface microstructures for boiling and evaporation enhancement in falling films of low-viscosity fluids
Volodin O.A., Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N., Zubkov N.N.
Intern. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2020. Vol. 155. 10 p. Science Direct

Overview of methods to control the liquid distribution in distillation columns with structured packing: Improving separation efficiency
Pavlenko A.N., Pecherkin N.I., Zhukov V.E, Meski G.A., Houghton P.A.
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020.

On the Physics of the Development of Boiling Crisis Phenomena
Pavlenko A.N.
Thermal Engineering, 2020, Vol. 67, No. 11, pp. 853–859.

Efficiency of mixture separation in distillation columns with various structured packings under conditions of dynamically controlled irrigation
Pavlenko A.N., Zhukov V.E., Pecherkin N.I., Slesareva E.Yu., Nazarov A.D., Li X., Sui X.
Chemical Engineering Transactions. 2018. Vol. 69. 6 P.

Experiments and modeling on cryogenic quenching enhancement by the structured capillary-porous coatings of surface
Starodubtseva I.P., Kuznetsov D.V., Pavlenko A.N.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2021. – Vol. 176. – P.121388

Heat transfer enhancement experiments in R21 falling film over a bundle of MAO-coated horizontal tubes
Pecherkin N.I., Volodin O.A., Pavlenko A.N., Kataev A.I., Mironova I.B.
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2021. – Vol. 129. – 105743

Heat and mass transfer advances for energy conservation and pollution control in a renewable and sustainable energy transition
Ma T., Chen Y., Pavlenko A.N., Wang Q.
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. – 2021. – Vol. 145. – 111087. – 3 p.

Heat Transfer Enhancement at Boiling and Evaporation of Liquids on Modified Surfaces—A Review
Volodin O.A., Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N.
High Temperature. – 2021. – Vol. 59, – No. 2. – P. 248–276. WoS Q4, Scopus Q2, IF 1.094

Dynamics of Liquid Nitrogen in a Closed Vessel in the Presence of Helium Pressurization Gas
Trushlyakov V.I., Pavlenko A.N., Zhukov V.E., Urbansky V.A., Sukhorukova E.Yu., Mezentseva N.N.
Journal of Engineering Thermophysics. – 2022. – Vol. 31, N. 2. – Р. 210-222.

Effect of Contact Angle on Spreading of Refrigerant Mixture over the Vertical Cylinder
Sakhnov A.Yu., Volodin O.A., Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2023. – Vol. 215, N. 2. – 124484. (WoS Q1, Scopus Q1).

Experimental Assessment of Enhanced 2×3 Semi-Closed Microstructure Tube Bundle as an Alternative in Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Moharana S., Das M.K., Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N., Volodin O.A.
Applied Thermal Engineering. – 2023. – Vol. 232, N. 2. – 120966. (WoS Q1, Scopus Q1).

Effect of shape and thermal conductivity of microstructured capillary-porous coatings on heat transfer during evaporation and boiling in thin horizontal liquid layers
Zhukov V.I., Shvetsov D.A., Pavlenko A.N.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2024. – Vol. 232. – P. 125937.

Evaporation of an R114 / R21 falling liquid film: Experimental studies and modelling
Antonov D.V., Volodin O.A., Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N., Sazhin S.S.
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. – 2024. – Vol. 151. – P. 107211.

Heat transfer enhancement of different ribbing pitched semi-closed microstructure tube bundles fabricated by deformational cutting method
Das M.K., Moharana S., Laskar N., Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N., Volodin O.A.
International Journal of Thermofluids. – 2024. – Vol. 22. – P. 100695.

Heat transfer during boiling in a thin layer of dielectric liquid HFE–7100 on capillary-porous coatings
Shvetsov D.A., Pavlenko A.N., Nazarov A.D., Mikhailov A.V., Zhukov V.I.
High Temperature. – Vol. 62, N. 6. – 21 p.

Heat transfer enhancement in falling liquid films on an array of horizontal tubes with plasma spray porous coating
Pecherkin N.I., Volodin O.A., Das M.K., Pavlenko A.N., Kataev A.I., Mironova I.B.
Applied Thermal Engineering. – 2025. – Vol. 263. – 125288.

Heat transfer enhancement during boiling in horizontal layers of HFE-7100 on 2D modulated capillary-porous coatings
Shvetsov D.A., Zhukov V.I., Pavlenko A.N.
Applied Thermal Engineering. – 2025. – Vol. 263. – 125344.

Enhanced boiling and evaporation of dielectric fluids on modified surfaces for immersion cooling of electronic components–a review
Volodin O.A., Shvetsov D.A., Serdyukov V.S., Zhukov V.I., Pavlenko A.N.
Applied Thermal Engineering. – 2025. – Vol. 277. – 127088.

Bubble growth in composite water/fuel droplets: effect on timing of their puffing/micro-explosion
Chernov A.A., Antonov D.V., Pavlenko A.N., Bar-Kohany T., Strizhak P.A., Sazhin S.S.
Fuel. – 2025. – Vol. 392. – 134696.

Heat transfer and crisis phenomena at the film flows of freon mixture over vertical structured surfaces
Pecherkin N.I., Pavlenko A.N., Volodin О.A.
Heat Transfer Engineering. – 2016. – Vol. 37, No. 3–4. – P. 257– 268. Q1. IF – 1.235.
Books
Pavlenko A.N., Pecherkin N.I., Volodin O.A. Heat transfer and crisis phenomena in flowing liquid films during evaporation and boiling // Book: Novosibirsk: Publishing House of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Novosibirsk. – 2016. – 196 p.
Patents
1. Pavlenko A.N., Serov A.F., Nazarov A.D., Pecherkin N.I., Zhukov V.E., Myskiv N.B., Volodin O.A. Countercurrent column with a dynamically controlled liquid distributor // Patent for invention No. 2631701 with a priority of invention dated August 22, 2016.
2. Nikiforov A.A., Pavlenko A.N., Kuprikov M.Yu., Pecherkin N.I., Kataev A.I., Volodin O.A., Mironova I.B. Heat-transfer wall of a heat exchanger and a method for forming a coating for intensifying heat transfer on the heat-transfer wall of a heat exchanger // Patent RU 2793671. Application: 2021113255, 06.05.2021. Application publication date: 07.11.2022. FISP Bulletin No. 31. Patent publication date: 04.04.2023. – Bulletin No. 10.







