Contents

Thermal Engineering


Vol. 72, No. 12, 2025


GENERAL ENERGY ISSUES

Gas Hydrate Energy Technologies: Problems and Achievements

P. A. Strizhak, S. V. Alekseenko, A. Yu. Manakov, E. R. Podgornaya, M. V. Shkola, and N. E. Shlegel’ p. 993  abstract


NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Simulation of Thermohydrodynamic Processes during an SBO Accident with the Externally Cooled Vessel of a VVER-I Integral Small Modular Reactor

M. M. Bedretdinov, O. E. Stepanov, N. V. Ivanova, and M. A. Bykov p. 1034  abstract

The Influence of Temperature Conditions at the Metallic Melt Layer Boundaries on the Heat Flux Focusing in a Stratified Molten Corium Pool during a Severe Accident in Nuclear Power Facilities

V. D. Loktionov, Ya. A. Gorbunova, and E. S. Mukhtarov p. 1042  abstract

Corrosion Product Generation Processes in the Circuits of Nuclear Power Facilities

B. A. Gusev, L. N. Moskvin, A. A. Efimov, S. V. Blinov, and A. N. Maksimova p. 1051  abstract


STEAM-TURBINE, GAS-TURBINE, AND COMBINED-CYCLE PLANTS AND THEIR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic Effects of Internal Structural Parameters in a Steam-Water Mixing Heater

Xuebing Zhu, Zhaoying Xu, Jiangtao Zhang, Deqing Liu, Haiyan Li, Jinlei Wang, and Bin Zheng p. 1061  abstract


HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, AND PROPERTIES OF WORKING FLUIDS AND MATERIALS

Simulation of R-245fa Vapor Condensation in an Inclined Tube Using the VOF Method in Conjugate Problem Statement

G. G. Yan’kov, V. I. Artemov, A. P. Zheleznov, O. O. Mil’man, and K. B. Minko p. 1073  abstract

Experimental Study of Salt Melt Heat Transfer in a Vertical Round Channel in Transition and Turbulent Flow Regimes

A. G. Khizhnyak, S. V. Khomyakov, I. S. Belousov, and N. A. Solov’ev p. 1090  abstract

Use of Micro- and Nanocoating in the Evaporator to Enhance Heat Transfer in a Thermosiphon

N. S. Ivanov, Yu. A. Kuzma-Kichta, and M. M. Alyautdinova p. 1101  abstract

An Analysis of the Key Serviceability and Efficiency Conditions of Loop Heat Pipes

M. A. Chernysheva and Yu. F. Maydanik p. 1108  abstract


STEAM BOILERS, POWER FUEL, BURNERS, AND AUXILIARY BOILER EQUIPMENT

The Use of Torrefaction in Superheated Steam Medium to Obtain Biochar from Potato Peel

R. L. Is’emin, D. V. Klimov, O. Yu. Milovanov, A. V. Mikhalev, S. N. Kuz’min, and K. I. Milovanov p. 1118  abstract


RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND HYDROPOWER

The Influence of Perovskite Layer Thickness on the Solar Cell Energy Conversion Efficiency

A. Z. Agoev, A. M. Karmokov, E. N. Kozyrev, O. A. Molokanov, and R. Yu. Karmokova p. 1125  abstract


Erratum

Erratum to: Study of Heating and Evaporation of Rotating Graphene Nanofluid under the Influence of Solar Radiation

K. T. Chan, A. S. Dmitriev, I. A. Mikhailova, and P. G. Makarov p. 1130  abstract