Senior Thermal Technologist at ATK Space, USA
dkhrustalev@aol.com

Dr. Khrustalev is the author of more than 70 journal and conference publications and 5 US patents related to thermal system architecture, hardware development, and modeling of thermal control systems and cooling two-phase devices with capillary structures used in electronics, aerospace and other applications.

Education:

Ph. D. from Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, Minsk, Belarus, 1984

Professional Experience:

• 2004–current: Sr. Thermal Technologist at ATK Space
• 1997-2004 Principal Engineer and Advisor at Thermacore/ Modine Manufacturing Company
• 1992-1997 Visiting Scientist/Assistant Professor at Wright State University and The University of Connecticut
• 1978-1992 Sr. Research Scientist at HMTI

Areas of expertise (based on developed and modeled systems):

• Conventional, miniaturized, and hybrid Loop Heat Pipes (ammonia, propylene, ethane, operating from 170 K to 370 K)
• Cryogenic Loop Heat Pipes (nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen LHPs operating from 20 K to 140 K)
• High-Power (multi-kW) Thermal-Bus Loop Thermosyphon systems
• Mechanically-pumped two-phase systems
• High-Power (multi-kW) Hybrid LHP systems
• Axially-grooved heat pipes and Variable Conductance Heat Pipes
• Systems combining phase change materials and heat pipes
• Solar energy collectors using heat pipes
• Transient Sinda-Fluint modeling of two-phase capillary-driven and mechanically-pumped systems with multiple components