Victor Petrov

Associate Research Scientist

Contact

(734) 763-4626

Location

2934 Cooley Building

Primary Website

Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow Laboratory

Education

Institute of Engineering Physics (IIF) and Moscow State Industrial University, Russia

Ph.D. Engineering (Systems Analysis) ’08

Title of the dissertation: “Methodology and algorithm framework development to support the systematic analysis of hydrodynamic processes and forecasting of characteristics for submersible centrifugal pumps”

Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Moscow, Russia

MSc Investigation and modelling of explosions and fires ’04

MSc Nuc Engr ’03

Research Interests

Dr. Petrov’s research focus area is experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), with main focus on nuclear power plant applications. His current main activities are: a) validation and further development of CFD models for subcooled boiling and b) multiphysics modeling of CRUD deposition on reactor fuel rods. Both activities are carried out within the DOE/CASL (Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors) project.

Publications

  • Diaz J., Kim T., Petrov V., Manera A. “X-ray and gamma-ray tomographic imaging of fuel relocation inside sodium fast reactor test assemblies during severe accidents”. Journal of Nuclear Materials . 01/2021; 543
  • Che, S., Breitenmoser, D., Infimovskiy, Y., Y., Manera, A., Petrov, V. “CFD Simulation of Two-Phase Flows in Helical Coils”. Frontiers in Energy Research. 03/2020; 8: 65
  • Ding Zhang, Julie M van der Hoop, Petrov, V., Julie Rocho‐Levine, Michael J Moore, K Alex Shorter “Simulated and experimental estimates of hydrodynamic drag from bio‐logging tags”. Marine Mammal Science. 01/2020; 36(1): 136-157
  • Breitenmoser D., Manera A., Prasser H.-M., Adams R., Petrov V. “High-resolution high-speed void fraction measurements in helically coiled tubes using X-ray radiography (Accepted)”. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 01/2020
  • Wang, M., Manera, A., Petrov, V., Qiu, S., Su, G.H. “Passive decay heat removal system design for the integral inherent safety light water reactor (I2S-LWR)”. Annals of Nuclear Energy . 08/2019
  • Qin, S., Krohn, B., Petrov, V., Manera, A. “Velocity and Scalar Fields of a Turbulent Buoyant Jet in the Self-Similar Region”. Nuclear Technology. 04/2019; 206(2): 307-321
  • Salko, R.K., Pointer, W.D., Delchini, M.O., Gurecky, W.L., Clarno, K.T., Salttery, S.R., Petrov, V., Manera, A. “Implementation of a Spacer Grid Rod Thermal-Hydraulic Reconstruction (ROTHCON) Capability into the Thermal-Hydraulic Subchannel Code CTF”. Nuclear Technology. 04/2019; 205:1697-1706
  • Adams, R., Diaz, J., Petrov, V., Manera, A. “Development and testing of a high resolution fan-beam gamma tomography system with a modular detector array”. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A . 01/2019; 942
  • Julie M van der Hoop, Andreas Fahlman, K Alex Shorter, Joaquin Gabaldon, Julie Rocho-Levine, Victor Petrov, Michael J Moore “Swimming energy economy in bottlenose dolphins under variable drag loading”. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12/2018; 5
  • Krohn, B., Qin, S., Downing, J., Petrov, V., Manera, A. “An Experimental Study of Local Self-Similarity in the Mixing Transition of a Turbulent Free Jet”. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 10/2018; 193: 171-184
  • Qin, S., Krohn, B., Downing, J., Petrov, V., Manera, A. “High-Resolution Velocity Field Measurements of Turbulent Round Free Jets in Uniform Environments”. Nuclear Technology. 06/2018; 205: 212-225
  • Wang M., Manera A., Petrov V., Qiu S., Tian W., Su G.H. “Numerical Study of Integral Inherently Safe Light Water Reactor in Case of Inadvertent DHR Operation Based on the Multiscale Method”. Nuclear Technology. 04/2018; 203: 194-214
  • Krohn B., Manera A., Petrov V. “A novel method to create high density stratification with matching refractive index for optical flow investigations”. Experiments in Fluids. 04/2018; 59(4)
  • Lai, J., Petrov, V., Foster, J. “Understanding plasma-liquid interface instabilities using particle image velocimetry and shadowgraphy imaging methods”. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Sciences. 08/2017
  • Petrov, V., Nunez, D., Downing, J., Dave, A., Manera, A. “High resolution experiments on velocity and concentration fluctuations in a jet flow”. Nucl. Eng. Des.. 02/2017; Vol. 312: 361-374
  • Zhao, T. Z., Behm, K., Dong, C. F., Davoine, X., Kalmykov, S. Y., Petrov, V., Chvykov, V., Cummings, P., Hou, B., Maksimchuk, A., Nees, J. A., Yanovsky, V., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. “High-Flux Femtosecond X-Ray Emission from Controlled Generation of Annular Electron Beams in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator”. Phys. Rev. Lett.. 08/2016; Vol. 117(Issue 9): pp. 094801
  • Petrov, V., Kendrick, B., Walter, D., Manera, A., Secker, J. “Prediction of CRUD deposition on PWR fuel using a state-of-the-art CFD-based multi-physics computational tool”. Nucl. Eng. Des. . 04/2016; Vol. 299: 95-104
  • Petrov, V., Badillo, A. “Polynomial chaos expansion for uncertainty quantification of centrifugal pump characteristics”. Bulletin of the Institute of Engineering Physics. 2016; Vol. 1: 66-71
  • Walter, D., Petrov, V., Kendrick, B., Manera, A., Collins, B., Downar, T. “Proof-of-principle of High-Fidelity Coupled CRUD Deposition and Cycle Depletion Simulation”. Annals of Nuclear Energy . 2015; 85: pp. 1152-1166
  • J. M. van der Hoop, A. Fahlman, T. Hurst, J. Rocho-Levine, K. A. Shorter, V. Petrov, M. J. Moore “Bottlenose dolphins modify behavior to reduce metabolic effect of tag attachment”. Journal of Experimental Biology . 2014; 217.23: 4229-4236
  • Petrov, V., Aksenov, V. E. “Influence of pump impeller dimension uncertainties on pump performance curve”. Journal – Bulletin of the Institute of Engineering Physics. 2014; Vol. 4: 19-28
  • Drzewiecki, T., Asher, I., Grunloh, T., Petrov, V., Fidkowski, K., Manera, A., Downar, T. “Parameter Sensitivity Study of Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Models in CFD”. Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows . 2012; Vol. 4(4): pp. 411-426 
  • Kim, T., Petrov, V., Manera, A., Lo, S. “Analysis of Void Fraction Distribution and Departure from Nucleate Boiling in Single Subchannel and Bundle Geometries using Subchannel, System, and Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes”. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations . 2012; Vol. 2012: 20
  • Petrov, V., Manera, A. “Effect of pump-induced cold-leg swirls on the flow field in the RPV of the EPRTM: CFD investigations and comparison with experimental results”. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2011; 241(5): 1478-1485
  • Petrov, V. “Computational model of fluid dynamic processes in submersible centrifugal Pump”. Journal – Bulletin of the Institute of Engineering Physics. 2011; Vol. 2: 20-27
  • Lokhansky, Y., Petrov, V., Sheypak, A. “Studying the roughness influence on the working characteristics of the centrifugal stage of an immersion pump”. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Education . 2009; 
  • Novoselskiy, O., Petrov, V., Skibin, A., et al. “Applications of CFD for examination of hydraulic characteristics of pipelines of Nuclear Power Plants”. Thermal Engineering (Teploenergetika). 2006