Brief Biografy
Date of birth: 11. July.1977
Nationality: Bulgarian
Education and degree
1998-2002 B.D. Of Metallurgy engineering, UCTM-Sofia
2002-2004 M.D. of chemical engineering; Technology of the materials and materials science, UCTM-Sofia
2004-2007 PhD Student
Foreign languages English, Russian
Subject of the Thesis Study of ageing process in planar SOFC's
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. V. Kozhukharov
Scientific interest
1. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC's);
2. Ageing processes
3. Thermodynamics and kinetic of evaporation processes from steel materials
4. High temperature corrosion
5. Ionic conductors, electronic conductors and mixed conductors
6. Ion-conducting materials;
7. Metallography;
8. Spectroscopy of silicate materials;
9. Synthesis and characterization of hybrid materials;
10. Sol-Gel Technology;
Publications
Y. Ivanova, Y. Vueva, T. Gerganov, Ts. Petkova, M.H. Figueira Vaz Fernandes and I.M. Miranda Salvado "Structural investigation of sol-gel derived silicon oxycarbide multicomponent amorphous materials containing TiO2 and ZrO2" Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 46 (4) 2005 245-248
T. Gerganov; S. Raycheva; M. Machkova A. Tzvetanova; V. Kozhukharov, Metallic Interconnectors for p-SOFC, V-th national conf. of Chemistry; 29.09.-01.10. 2004 Sofia; Bulgaria (in Bulgarian)
V. Kozhukharov, T. Gerganov; M. Machkova A. Tzvetanova; Application of chromium steels for Interconnects in p-SOFC, V-th national conf. of Chemistry; 29.09.-01.10. 2004 Sofia; Bulgaria , (in Bulgarian)
V. Kozhukharov, S. Grigorov, N. Brashkova, T. Gerganov SOFC: Standards Requirements Proceed. Energy Forum 2005 , 8 -11 June 2005, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. 1. (2005) 337
T. Gerganov, S. Grigorov, S. Kozhukharov, V. Kozhukharov, SOFC: Processes and Characteristics of Ageing Behaviour Proceed. Energy Forum 2005 , 8 -11 June 2005, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. 1. (2005) 332
M. Machkova, T. Gerganov, V. Kozhukharov, S. Raicheva, A. Zvetanova On Some Possibilities for the Prediction of the Durability of Steel Interconnects in SOFC's Stacks 8-th International Frumkin -Symposium "KINETICS OF ELECTRODE PROCESSES", 18-22 October 2005, Moscow , Russia
Vladimir Kozhukharov, Todor Gerganov, Sergeri Grigorov, Performance of Planar Sofc's: SEM and EDX Investigation Jubilee Scientific Conference "60 Years Department of Inorganic Chemistry", 11 November 2005, UCTM, Sofia, Bulgaria ²²I.Ð.7 (2005), (in Bulgarian)
Vladimir Kozhukharov, Todor Gerganov, Sergei Grigorov and Stephan Kozhukharov, Effect of the Water Content in the Fuel on the Performance of Ni- Zirconia Cermet Anode, Proceed. Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum 2006, 3 July - 7 July 2006, Lucerne, Switzerland
Nikolay Velinov, Juncai Sun, Wenyuan Gao, Vladimir Kozhukharov and Todor Gerganov Characteristics of Perovskite- like La-Ni-M-O (M=Co, Cu) Materials for SOFC Application, Proceed. Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum 2006, 3 July - 7 July 2006, Lucerne, Switzerland
International activities - Education Programs
Specialization for 4 months, ERASMUS, University of Aveiro, Portugal Ceramics end Glass Engineering Department;
Summer school on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - from 5 to 10.September. 2004; Patras-Greece;
Won a grant for participation on JRC-IE 2005 Enlargement & Integration Workshop "Fuel Cell Testing aspects "28-29 November 2005, Petten;
3rd Real-SOFC Workshop on "Modelling and understanding degradation in SOFCs", Hertenstein-Weggis, Switzerland
Research Projects
Specialization for 4 months, ERASMUS, University of Aveiro, Portugal Ceramics end Glass Engineering Department;
Summer school on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - from 5 to 10.September. 2004; Patras-Greece;
6-th Frame Program Project IP FP6- 502612 "Realising Reliable, Durable, Energy Efficient and Cost Effective SOFC (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) Systems " REAL- SOFC
Project coordinator: Dr. Robert Steinberger-Wilckens- Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany
Local coordinator: Dr. V. Kozhukharov - UCTM - Sofia, Bulgaria
Partners: 27 project partners from 12 countries , (Period 02.2004 - 01.2008)
