Viktor Vasilyevich Dilman, also spelled Dil'man (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Дильман, born March 11, 1926, in Proskurov (now Khmel’nitskiy),
Ukrainian SSR
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,
Soviet Union
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) is a Russian scientist performing research for USPolyResearch. He is best known for his work in chemical engineering and hydrodynamics including the approximate methods for solving nonlinear
differential equations of mass, heat, and momentum transfer;
mathematical modeling of chemical reactor processes
and
catalytic distillation;
heat, mass, and momentum transfer in turbulent flow;
fluid dynamics in granular beds; surface convection (Marangoni instability),
absorption,
and molecular convection.
Biography
Dilman received MS in
cryogenic engineering Cryogenic engineering is a sub stream of mechanical engineering dealing with cryogenics, and related very low temperature processes such as air liquefaction, cryogenic engines (for rocket propulsion), cryosurgery. Generally, temperatures below col ...
from the
Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering (1947), PhD in chemical engineering from the
All-Union Research Institute of Oxygen Engineering (Moscow, 1953), and DSc in chemical engineering from the
Institute of Nitrogen Industry and Organic Synthesis Products (Moscow, 1968). His major job track record includes head of
ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the chemical formula, formula . A Binary compounds of hydrogen, stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinctive pu ...
synthesis laboratory at the Institute of Nitrogen Industry and Organic Synthesis Products (1965 to 1988); lead researcher at the
Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry,
Russian Academy of Sciences
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(1988 to present); professor at the
Moscow Physicotechnical Institute
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(1981 to present); senior researcher (2005 to present) at USPolyResearch.
Major scientific achievements
Dilman developed several approximate methods for solving complicated mass, heat, and momentum transfer problems;
proposed a wave model for describing the longitudinal dispersion in turbulent flow;
identified the conditions at which the Marangoni effect can occur;
showed that the diffusion evaporation mode in unsteady
evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the Interface (chemistry), surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. A high concentration of the evaporating substance in the surrounding gas significantly slows down evapora ...
of liquid into gas may lose its stability if the molecular weight of the evaporating liquid is smaller than that of the gas in contact with this liquid.
The total number of published papers and books is more than 300. Currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Theor. Found. Chem. Eng.
References
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1926 births
Living people
Soviet chemical engineers
Soviet physicists