N. M. ZHAVORONKOV'S WORK IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

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• Publication Date: July 28, 1954
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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PUBLISHED Bimonthly periodical
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PUBLISHED Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHED Feb 1y51;
LANGUAGE Ruasian
N. N. Zt?AVORONY.OV' S WORK
IN CHEMICAL TECHNO--LOGY AND CHEbIICi+Lr'P;GIN~'ERING
N. M. Zhavoronkov was elected Corresponding D;ember oC the Acade:gy of
Sciences USSR, in the speciality of chemical technology, at a meeting of the
Department of Chemical Sciences of the Acade:;,y held on 19-20 October 195j.
Zhavoronkov is an expert in the i'ield of chemical technology. iiis
principal investigations dealt with the processes of the production of hydro-
gen, the purification of gases, ti:e production of synthetic ammonia, and the
processes of the separation of mixtures of liquids by the methods of adsorption,
rectification, molecular distillation, and chemical interaction. Zhavoronkov
carried out a number of scientific investigations pertaining to the problem of
the purification of hydrogen and of the hydrogen-nitroger. mixture (for the syn-
thesis oi' ammonia] from carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The results of his
investigations on the lurification of converted gas from carbon monoxide by
means of ammonical solutions of cuprous salts gave been applied practically at
plants and by planning organizations ;which do the designing for industrial
plants],
Zhavoron'rov's work on the solubility of carbon dioxide in ;rater and its
absorption by water is being applied industrially and is also of theoretical
value. A number of his investigations on the aerohydrodynamics of the scrubber
process deal with one of the important problems involved in the design of
chemical equipment used for absorption, rectification, and other separation
processes. fiotwithstanding tt;e extensive application of scrubber equipment
and the long experience in its use by the Industz?y, tiie scrubber process in
general and particularly the aerohydrodynamic aspects of the operation of
scrubbers t:nd not been investigated in great detail until recently. Zhavoron-
kov's work contributed considerably to an improved knowledge of this field:
he was the first USSR investigator to conduct systematic and many-sided re-
search on the aerolrydrodynamics of the scrubber process. Zhavoronkov's work
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SUBJECT Scientific - Chemistry. ch~mtr-.~i t,,,....._,___ INFORMATION 1954
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established the general relationships governing the movement of gates through
dry and sprayed scrubber fillings and pertaining to the hydraulic resistance of
scrubber fiilinge and of finel
resulted in the development oP m~hodsafor theedetermination ofvtheiunusedscapac_
ity of industrial installations in general and of catalytic reactors (literally
thenefficiencratuses") in particular. They also indicated ways far improving
Y ~f the equipment in question.
In addition, Zhavoronkov carried out an extensive investigation in which
the method of emolecularadistillationrwereiestablishedeparation oP mixtures by
methods and equipment 1'or the separation of mixtures by hi also developed
tion and designed a new, highly efficient horizontal apparatasain whichtthea
outcesses of absorption, rectification, and chemical interaction can be carried
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