Contents

Thermal Engineering

Vol. 73, No. 8, 2026

EDITORIAL NOTE

Special Issue Dedicated to the 35th Anniversary of ZAO NPVP Turbokon

O. O. Milman p. 597  abstract

NPVP TURBOKON TURNS 35

Estimating the Thermal Efficiency of High-Capacity Dry Mechanical Draft Cooling Towers in the Course of Their Operation at Power Plants

V. B. Perov, V. O. Miloserdov, E. S. Cherginets, V. S. Krylov, A. V. Ptakhin, S. N. Lenev, S. A. Zaitsev, and M. Sh. Mintsaev p. 602  abstract

An Analysis of the Technical and Economic Characteristics of Air Cooled Condensers for Steam Turbines as Part of Combined Cycle Plants

O. O. Milman, V. B. Perov, P. Yu. Potapov, A. V. Kalashnikov, and P. A. Anan’ev p. 611  abstract

Experimental Studies of Working Fluid Pulsation Reducing Methods to Decrease the Transfer of Vibration through Pipeline Compensators

A. V. Kiryukhin, O. O. Milman, L. E. Ukrainskii, O. R. Ganiev, L. N. Serezhkin, and E. A. Loshkareva p. 618  abstract

Results of the Two-Phase Turbine Tests at a Heating Boiler House

O. O. Milman, A. S. Goldin, B. A. Shifrin, V. B. Perov, S. M. Zemchenkov, A. V. Ptakhin, V. S. Krylov, A. A. Manukhin, and V. O. Miloserdov p. 629  abstract

The Use of Active Methods to Decrease the Transfer of Vibration, Vibration Forces, and Pressure Pulsations through Liquid-Filled Vibration-Isolating Pipeline Compensators

A. V. Ptakhin, L. N. Serezhkin, A. V. Kiryukhin, O. O. Milman, and E. A. Loshkareva p. 639  abstract

Experimental Determination of the Frequency Effect on the Dynamic Stiffness of Pipeline Compensators and Its Lowering Methods

A. V. Kiryukhin, O. O. Milman, A. V. Ptakhin, L. N. Serezhkin, and E. A. Loshkareva p. 652  abstract

Wall Temperature Measurement in Studying Refrigerant Vapor Condensation inside a Tube

O. O. Milman, A. Yu. Kartuesova, M. Sh. Mintsaev, and A. V. Ptakhin p. 664  abstract

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

New Technology for Oil-Free Startup and Flame Stabilization in the Boiler Furnace of TPP

Son-Guk Rim, Yong-Jun Kim, Tae-Son Yom, Jong-Chol Ri, and Kuk-Chol Son p. 672  abstract

DISTRICT HEATING COGENERATION AND HEAT NETWORKS

Development of a Hybrid CNN-BILSTM Model with Attention Mechanism for Predicting Thermal Load in District Heating Systems

Xuyang Cui, Yunzhe Zhang, Junlan Yang, Junda Zhu, Lifu Jia, and Jiahui Wang p. 682  abstract