NIKITIN, Andrey A. 
Candidate of Science
Research interests

 Power engineering:

  • Scientific research is carried out in the field of thermodynamic and thermophysical processes

Features of the PhD program

All scientific research is applied in nature and finds customers among the business community, both in the Russian market segment and in international multinational corporations
List of the supervisor’s research projects (participation/supervision)
  • Project Manager, 219915, NIR-FUND, Comparative analysis of pharmaceutical refrigeration cabinets, Customer Carel RUS
  • Participant, 219899, R & D, Development of a mathematical model and an algorithm for calculating a split air conditioning system, Customer LG Electronics
  • Responsible executor, 220056, NIR-PRIK, Development of a method for calculating the cooling system, Customer of Littransservice LLC
  • Participant, 417019, NIR-PRIK, Development of a line of embedded air heat exchangers, Customer ITMO University
  • Participant, 420462, Research and development, Development of an integrated adaptive system for distributed regulation of indoor microclimate, Customer ITMO University
  • Participant, 617028, NIR-FUND, Resource-saving and environmentally safe technologies of hydrocarbon energy and low-temperature systems, Customer ITMO University
  • Responsible Executor, 615874, Research and Development Center, Optimization of heat and mass transfer processes and design solutions in life support systems, Customer ITMO University
List of potential thesis topics
  • Improving the energy efficiency of life support systems
  • Energy modeling of buildings and structures
  • Mutual integration of engineering systems
  • Optimization of building engineering systems management systems
  • Green construction
  • Improving the efficiency of heat pumps
Key publications
  1. Sulin A.B., Timofeevskiy A.L., Ryabova T.V., Nikitin A.A., Muraveinikov S.S., Arendateleva S.I. Energy performance analysis of the temperature control system of an object with a random principle of thermal perturbations // IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - 2020, Vol. 939, No. 1, pp. 012075
  2. Tsvetkov O.B., Laptev Y.A., Nikitin A.A., Mitropov V.V., Sharkov A.V., Rakhmanov Y.A. Energy and environment options of working fluid alternative for different refrigeration configurations // IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - 2020, Vol. 826, No. 1, pp. 012017 
  3. Tatarenko I.V., Mitropov V.V., Nikitin A.A. Mathematical model of compressor-condenser unit // IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - 2020, Vol. 826, No. 1, pp. 012005
  4. Sulin A.B., Ryabova T.N., Nikitin A.A. Feasibility demonstration of effective geometry local heat load radiator // AIP Conference Proceedings - 2020, Vol. 2285, pp. 030002
Supervisor’s specific requirements
  • Experience in publishing highly rated articles Q1/Q2
  • Experienced user of SimuLink, SimsCape, Ansys, EnergyPlus (at least one of the listed software packages)
  • Ability to use devices for monitoring energy and thermodynamic parameters, experience in processing measurement results
 
Code of the subject area of the PhD program
13.06.01 Electrical and heating engineering
Specialization: Refrigeration, cryogenic equipment, and life support systems