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Victor Diakov
Victor Diakov is a member of the Energy Forecasting and Modeling Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.
Senior Strategic Analyst
On staff since 2007
Phone number: 303-275-3049
E-mail: victor_diakov@nrel.gov
Analysis expertise
- Greenhouse gas emissions mitigation: oxycombustion, carbon capture and sequestration, gas delivery systems, geologic storage of carbon dioxide; turbulent heat and mass transfer
- Energy and power systems: hydrogen generation, fuel cells, oxygen generation in aircraft
- Natural gas utilization: gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel catalytic transformation
- Chemical reaction engineering: chemical reactor design and optimization, fixed-bed and membrane reactors, trickle-bed reactors
- Materials science: cross-linked polymers, metal-to-polymer complexes
- Business experience: acquisitions, antimonopoly regulations, commodities exchange, stock exchange
- Market analysis: consumer behavior and sales-price curves in competitive and emerging markets
Primary research interests
- Renewable energy carriers
- Hydrogen production and delivery pathways analysis and modeling
Education and background training
- Ph.D. in chemical engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 2002
- Specialist in international finance, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia, 1993
- Ph.D. in physics, Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russia, 1989
- B.S. and M.S. in applied physics and mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1985
Prior work experience
- Scientist, American Air Liquide, Newark, DE (2007)
- Greenhouse gas emissions mitigation; carbon capture and sequestration
- Oxycombustion, pilot plant tests at Clean Energy Development Facility, Alliance, OH
- University research at Notre Dame, Caltech, Purdue (1998-2006)
- combustion, catalysis, membrane reactors
- Analyst; Director of broker office operations, agrochemical company Avgust, Inc, Moscow, Russia (1993-1998)
- commodities and stock market analysis, market regulations
- Research Scientist, Institute of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka, (1990-1993)
- materials science, polymer networks
Selected publications
Varma, A., V. Diakov, and E. Shafirovich, 2005. Perspective Article "Heterogeneous Combustion: Recent Developments and New Opportunities for Chemical Engineers." AIChE Journal. 51. 2876-2884.
Diakov, V., and A. Varma, 2004. "Optimal Feed Distribution in a Packed-Bed Membrane Reactor: The Case of Methanol Oxidative Dehydrogenation." Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 43. 309-314.
Diakov, V.E., and A. Varma, 2002. "Reactant Distribution by Inert Membrane Enhances Packed-Bed Reactor Stability." Chem. Engng Sci.. 57. 1099-1105.
Personal interests/hobbies
Ski, soccer, kayak
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