Research

The Department conducts scientific work in the following priority areas:

1. Construction thermal physics of building enclosing structures. The discipline head: prof. V.G. Gagarin;
2. Energy saving and energy efficiency. The discipline head: prof. V.G. Gagarin;
3. Engineering equipment and systems for maintaining the microclimate of industrial buildings and structures. The discipline head: prof. V.I. Prokhorov;
4. Air conditioning and cold supply systems. The discipline head: prof. V.I. Prokhorov;
5. Gas supply systems. The discipline head: associate professor V.A. Zhila;
6. Theoretical foundations for improving microclimate systems in the building. The discipline head: associate professor O.D. Samarin;
7. Heat supply and boiler plants. The discipline heads: Associate Professor A.K. Aksyonov and A.S. Chulenev.

The leading scientific advisers of the Department are

• Vladimir G. Gagarin,
• Elena G. Malyavina,
• Andrey G. Rymarov,
• Oleg D. Samarin,
• Samvel V. Sargsyan,
• Vitaly I. Prokhorov,
• Viktor A. Zhila.

There is a Training Laboratory at the Department, which includes such test equipment as Heating and Heat Generation, Ventilation, Wind Tunnel, Pneumatic Conveying System and the MGSU-LG air conditioning training class. Moreover, the Department is equipped with "Heat Engineering," "Heat Supply and Gas Supply (MGSU-Baxi)," "Heat and Heat Supply Generators (MGSU-DeDietrich)" training laboratories.The main field of research activity:

1. Building thermal physics of enclosing structures of buildings.
2. Energy saving and energy efficiency.
3. Engineering equipment and systems to maintain the microclimate of industrial buildings and structures.
4. Air conditioning and cooling systems.
5. Gas supply system. Scientific advisor: Associate professor. V. A. Zhila.
6. Theoretical bases for improvement of the microclimate systems in the building.
7. Heat supply and boiler plants.

The results of the research work at the Department are used in lecture courses and practical training on the main disciplines:

• energy saving and energy efficiency of the engineering systems of residential, public and industrial buildings and structures
• improving the efficiency of transportation and combustion of all types of fuel in heat generating plants,
• improvement of environmental characteristics of the applied equipment, research and optimization solutions for centralization and decentralization of heat and power supply systems, hydraulic and thermal modes of heat networks
• improving the reliability of heat and gas supply networks
• engineering and economic optimization of the structure and technical characteristics of gas supply networks