Publications

Balakin, Boris V., Mattias Stava, and Anna Kosinska. “Photothermal convection of a magnetic nanofluid in a direct absorption solar collector.” Solar Energy 239 (2022): 33-39.

Braut, Marthe, et al. “Experimental investigation of erosion due to nanofluids.” Wear (2022): 204378

Struchalin, P. G., et al. “Performance of a tubular direct absorption solar collector with a carbon-based nanofluid.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 179 (2021): 121717.

Popsueva, Victoria, et al. “Field study on the thermal performance of vacuum tube solar collectors in the climate conditions of Western Norway.” Energies 14.10 (2021): 2745.

Kuzmenkov, D. M., et al. “Solar steam generation in fine dispersions of graphite particles.” Renewable Energy 161 (2020): 265-277.

P. G. Struchalin, H. Thon, D. M. Kuzmenkov, K. V. Kutsenko, P. Kozinski, B. V. Balakin. Solar steam generation enabled by iron oxide nanoparticles: Prototype experiments and theoretical model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Vol. 158, 2020, 119987

R. Bårdsgård, D. M. Kuzmenkov, P. Kozinski, B. V. Balakin. Eulerian CFD model of direct absorption solar collector with nanofluid. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 12, 033701 (2020).

A. Kosinska, B. V. Balakin, P. Kosinski. Theoretical analysis of erosion in elbows due to flows with nano- and micro-size particles. Powder Technology, Vol. 364, 2020, 484-493.

G. Cheng, X. Wang, X. Liu, Y. He, B. V. Balakin. Enhanced interfacial solar steam generation with composite reduced graphene oxide membrane. Solar Energy, Vol. 194, 2019, 415-430.

M. Lucas, P. Kosinski, and B. V. Balakin. Eulerian-Eulerian model for photothermal energy conversion in nanofluids. AIP Conference Proceedings 2116, 030011, 2019

D. M. Kuzmenkov, K. V. Kutsenko, M. I. Delov, D. G. Karelova, and B. V. Balakin. Numerical studies of boiling in nanofluids exposed to thermal radiation. AIP Conference Proceedings 2116, 030005, 2019

B.V. Balakin, O.V. Zhdaneev, A. Kosinska, K.V. Kutsenko. Direct absorption solar collector with magnetic nanofluid: CFD model and parametric analysis. Renewable Energy, 136, 23-32, 2019. 

A. Kosinska, B.V. Balakin. Numerical analysis of erosion due to nanoparticles in a pipe elbow. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1133, 012045, 2018

B.V. Balakin, K.V. Kutsenko. Magnetic enhancement of photothermal heating in ferrofluids. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1133, 2018.

E.T. Ulset, P. Kosinski, Yu. Zabednova, O.V. Zhdaneev, P.G. Struchalin, B.V. Balakin. Photothermal boiling in aqueous nanofluids, Nano Energy, 50, 339-346, 2018.

E.T. Ulset, P. Kosinski, B.V. Balakin. Solar steam in an aqueous carbon black nanofluid. Applied Thermal Engineering, 137, 62-65, 2018.

T. Ulset. Utilizing Solar Vapour Energy by Use of Nanouids in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector. Master thesis at the University of Bergen, 2018. EddaThesShort

V. Asokan, D.N. Madsen, P. Kosinski, V. Myrseth. Transformation of carbon black into carbon nano-beads and nano tubes: the effect of catalysts. New carbon materials, 30, 19-29, 2015.