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Dr Alexander Malakhov
Alexander was born in Kurchatov town, Russian Federation. He holds an Engineer-Physicist degree from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. He previously worked for I.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE), Obninsk, Russia where he had the position of research-engineer in laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of physical-chemical processes in nuclear safety. He joined HySA Infrastructure Center in September 2018 as a PhD student and has defended PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2022. His main responsibility is CFD modelling of hydrogen release and distribution in confined environment and passive autocatalytic recombination processes for hydrogen safety.
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Qualifications
PhD in Engineering with Chemical Engineering, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 2022.
Engineer-Physicist, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Obninsk, Russia, 2013.
Recent Publications
• Malakhov, A.A., Avdeenkov, A.V., Du Toit, M.H. and Bessarabov, D.G., (2022). Study of the efficiency of a PAR Pt catalyst and CFD verification of detailed mechanism of H2/O2 oxidation. NURETH-19, Conference proceedings. 6 March 2022. (ISBN 978-9-07-697126-1)• Kozhukhova, A.E., du Preez, S.P., Malakhov, A.A., Bessarabov, D.G. (2021). A Thermally Conductive Pt/AAO Catalyst for Hydrogen Passive Autocatalytic Recombination. Catalysts, 11(4), 491. (https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11040491)
• Malakhov, A.A., du Toit, M.H., Du Preez, S.P., Avdeenkov, A.V. and Bessarabov, D.G., (2020). Temperature profile mapping over a catalytic unit of a hydrogen passive autocatalytic recombiner: an experimental and computational fluid dynamics study. Energy & Fuels, 34(9), pp.11637–11649. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01582)
• Malakhov, A.A., Avdeenkov, A.V., Du Toit, M.H. and Bessarabov, D.G., (2020). CFD simulation and experimental study of a hydrogen leak in a semi-closed space with the purpose of risk mitigation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(15), pp.9231–9240. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.01.035)
• Avdeenkov, A.V., Sergeev, V.V., Stepanov, A.V., Malakhov, A.A., Koshmanov, D.Y., Soloviev, S.L., Bessarabov, D.G. (2018). Math hydrogen catalytic recombiner: Engineering model for dynamic full-scale calculations. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(52), 23523–23537. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.10.212)