Director of research at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA).
Affiliation: Division of Fundamental Research (DRF)
Institute of Matter and Radiation (IRAMIS)
Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics (SPEC)
Group of physical systems out of equilibrium, hydrodynamics, energy, and complexity (SPHYNX).
Service de Physique de l’État Condensé
CEA Paris-Saclay
Office 227, bldg. 772, Orme des Merisiers
91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
France
Phone: +33 1 69 08 94 88
E-mail : vadim.nikolayev(at)cea.fr
Main topics of research
- Physics of the heat transfer processes involving phase change (see the theoretical and experimental theses on boiling physics of my former Ph.D. students)
- Pulsating Heat Pipes (see a web page on them; an experimental thesis on the film behavior in PHP; a theoretical thesis on the film modeling)
- Wetting, dynamics of the triple contact line
- Magnetic gravity compensation
- Fluids in the vicinity of the liquid-gas critical point
- Natural condensation (see also my page at the OPUR web site)
News
2024 Internship on “Experimental study of Taylor bubbles” (co-supervised by C. Tecchio and me, under way)
2024 PhD position “Taylor bubbles: experiments and modeling” (position is filled)
2024 PhD position “Direct Numerical Simulation of boiling of binary mixtures with TrioCFD” (position is filled)
2024 Postdoctoral position on boiling experiment co-supervised by C. Tecchio and me (position is filled)
Co-authored by me 2023 article was selected as the Editor’s suggestion of Phys. Rev. Fluids
Physics of the heat transfer processes involving phase change (see the theoretical and experimental theses on boiling physics of my former Ph.D. students)
CV
Dr. Vadim Nikolayev graduated from the Radio-Physics Department of Kiev University (Ukraine, ex-USSR at the time) in 1985 and received his Ph.D. degree in Physics in 1989 from the same university. He was a staff researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Kiev in 1988-1999. He took visiting positions in France and USA (SPEC/CEA/Saclay, 1995-1996, DRFMC/CEA/Grenoble 1997-1998 and Physics Department of the University of New Orleans, USA, 1998-1999). Since 1999 he works as a staff researcher at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), at the Low Temperature Systems Department (DSBT) until 2013 and in the Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics (SPEC) since 2013.
As a member of the Team of supercritical fluids for environment, materials and space (ESEME) created jointly by CEA, CNRS and ESPCI (1999-2013), he was based at several laboratories: DSBT at Grenoble (1999-2000), ICMCB/CNRS at Bordeaux (2000-2004), PMMH/ESPCI at Paris (2004-2013).
He has defended his habilitation thesis in 2005. He is currently based at SPEC/IRAMIS/CEA/Saclay. He was a member of the scientific committee of the French-German program COMPERE (2012-2016) that deals with the behavior of cryogenic liquid fuel in the reservoirs of space vehicles.
He served as a co-chairman of the International Symposium on Oscillating/Pulsating Heat Pipes, Daejeon, Korea, September 25-28, 2019.
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of a special issue of Applied Thermal Engineering “Innovations in Pulsating Heat Pipes”
Member of the scientific council GDR 2799 (virtual research entity managed by CNRS) “Fundamental and applied microgravity”.
Member of the LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Facility Definition Team of ESA.
Recent publications of V. S. Nikolayev by topic
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Last change: Sep 2, 2024.
Pulsating heat pipes
Physics and modeling of liquid films in pulsating heat pipes,
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2023 vol. 8(8), 084002.
Paper is the Editor’s suggestion of Phys. Rev. Fluids
Liquid film model for pulsating heat pipes,
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S., Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Heat Transfer Fluid Mech. Thermodynamics (HEFAT-ATE 2022), 2022, 612 – 617.
Experimental analysis and transient numerical simulation of a large diameter pulsating heat pipe in microgravity conditions,
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S., Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2022 vol. 187, 122532.
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S.Experimental validation of a pulsating heat pipe transient model during the start-up in micro-gravity environment, Proc. Joint 20th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 14th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2021.
A model of stable functioning of the single branch pulsating heat pipe,
Nikolayev, V. S. & Fourcade, F. N. ,Proc. Joint 20th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 14th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2021.
Liquid film dynamics during meniscus oscillation,
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S., Proc. Joint 20th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 14th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2021.
Liquid film dynamics with immobile contact line during meniscus oscillation,
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S., J. Fluid Mech., 2021 vol. 923, A4.
Physical principles and state-of-the-art of modeling of the pulsating heat pipe: A review,
Nikolayev, V. S., Appl. Therm. Eng., 2021 vol. 195, 117111.
Paper is the Editor’s choice of Appl. Therm. Eng.
Impact of bubble nucleation on the functioning of the pulsating heat pipe: numerical simulation study,
Nikolayev, V. S. & Nekrashevych, I., Proc. Int. Symp. Oscillating/Pulsating Heat Pipes (ISOPHP), 2019.
Comparison of experiments and simulations on large diameter PHP in microgravity environment,
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S., Proc. Int. Symp. Oscillating/Pulsating Heat Pipes (ISOPHP), 2019.
Preliminary multiparametric validation of a numerical model for the pulsating heat pipe transient simulation,
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S., Proc. 37th UIT Heat Transfer Conference, 2019.
Pulsating Heat Pipe Simulations: Impact of PHP Orientation,
Nekrashevych, I. & Nikolayev, V. S., Microgravity Sci. Technol., 2019 vol. 31(3), 241 – 248.
Vapor thermodynamics and fluid merit for pulsating heat pipe,
Nikolayev, V. S. & Nekrashevych, I., Proc. 19th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 13th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2018.
3D reconstruction of dynamic liquid film shape by optical grid deflection method,
Fourgeaud, L., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J., Gully, P. & Nikolayev, V. S. , Eur. Phys. J. E, 2018 vol. 41 (1), 5.
Pulsating Heat Pipes: Experimental Analysis, Design and Applications,
Marengo, M. & Nikolayev, V. in: Encyclopedia of Two-Phase Heat Transfer and Flow IV, Thome, J. R. (ed.), ISBN: 978-981-3234-36-9, vol. 1, Modeling of Two-Phase Flows and Heat Transfer, World Scientific, 2018, pp. 1 – 62.
Pulsating Heat Pipes: Basics of Functioning and Numerical Modeling,
Nikolayev, V. & Marengo, M. in: Encyclopedia of Two-Phase Heat Transfer and Flow IV, Thome, J. R. (ed.), ISBN: 978-981-3234-36-9, vol. 1, Modeling of Two-Phase Flows and Heat Transfer, World Scientific, 2018, pp. 63 – 139.
In situ investigation of liquid films in pulsating heat pipe,
Fourgeaud, L., Nikolayev, V. S., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J. & Gully, P. Appl. Therm. Eng., 2017, vol. 126, 1023 – 1028.
Effect of tube heat conduction on the pulsating heat pipe start-up,
Nekrashevych, I. & Nikolayev, V. S. Appl. Therm. Eng., 2017 vol. 117, 24 – 29; Reprinted in Appl. Therm. Eng., 2017, vol. 126, 1077 – 1082.
Evaporation-driven dewetting of a liquid film,
Fourgeaud, L., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J., Gully, P. & Nikolayev, V. S. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2016, vol. 1, 041901.
Effect of tube heat conduction on the single branch pulsating heat pipe start-up,
Nikolayev, V. S. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2016 vol. 95, 477 – 487.
Evaluation of the vapor thermodynamic state in PHP,
Gully, P., Bonnet, F., Nikolayev, V. S., Luchier, N. & Tran, T. Q., Heat Pipe Science and Technology, 2014 vol. 5(1-4), 369 – 376.
Oscillating menisci and liquid films at evaporation/condensation,
Nikolayev, V. S. & Sundararaj, S., Heat Pipe Science and Technology, 2014 vol. 5(1-4), 59 – 67.
Oscillatory instability of the gas-liquid meniscus in a capillary under the imposed temperature difference,
Nikolayev, V. S. ,Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2013 vol. 64, 313 – 321.
Development and test of a cryogenic pulsating heat pipe and a pre-cooling system,
Bonnet, F., Gully, Ph. & Nikolayev, V. , AIP Conf. Proc., 2012 vol. 1434 (1), 607-614.
Comment on “Flow and heat transfer of liquid plug and neighboring vapor slugs in a pulsating heat pipe” by Yuan, Qu, & Ma,
Nikolayev, V.S., Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2011 Vol. 54 (9-10), pp. 2226 – 2227.
A Dynamic Film Model of the Pulsating Heat Pipe,
Nikolayev, V.S., J. Heat Transfer, ASME, 2011 Vol. 133 (8), 081504.
Thermally induced two-phase oscillating flow inside a capillary tube, >
Das, S.P., Nikolayev, V.S., Lefevre, F., Pottier, B., Khandekar, S. & Bonjour, J., Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2010 Vol. 53 (19-20), pp. 3905 – 3913.