prof. RNDr. Milan Malcho, CSc.

          Milan Malcho is a Head of the Department of Power Engineering of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Zilina. Previously he was at positions of Vice-Rector for Development and Deputy Head and Secretary of the Department of Thermal and Hydraulic Machines of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Zilina. He is a member of several scientific project teams

Education:

             He achieved RNDr in 1974 – Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences; PhD in 1983 from University of Transport, Slovakia; title of Assoc. Prof. in 1993, title of Professor in 2009 from the University of Žilina.

Research interests:

       thermodynamics, experimental methods, applied physics, low-temperature plasma, corona discharge in flowing air, energy machinery and equipment, physics, heat pipes, renewable energy, heat recovery from technological processes, heat transfer, gas flow visualization, numerical methods for solving gas flow.

 Membership

• Membership in the Scientific Board of the FME ŽU in Žilina
• Membership in the Scientific Board of the University of Žilina in Žilina
• Member of the SSTP Advisory Committee
• Member of the EKOFOND Advisory Committee
• Member of the SPP Hlavička Foundation Committee
• Member of the trade union commission in the study field of doctoral study 5.2.6 Energy machines and equipment, in the study program Energy machines and equipment - FME ŽU in Žilina
• Member of the trade union commission in the study field of doctoral study 5.2.6 Energy machines and equipment, in the study program Energy machines and equipment - FME TUKE in Košice
• member of the trade union commission in the field of study 5.2.5. Parts and mechanisms of machines, FME ŽU in Žilina

Publications

• Numerical simulation device for the transport of geothermal heat with forced circulation of media . In: Mathematical and Computer Modelling. - ISSN 0895-7177. - Vol. 57, Iss. 1-2, (2013), s. 111-125. [Lenhard Richard - Malcho Milan]

• Mathematical model for heat transfer limitations of heat pipe. In: Mathematical and Computer Modelling. - ISSN 0895-7177. - Vol. 57, Iss. 1-2, (2013), s. 126-136. [Nemec Patrik  - Čaja Alexander - Malcho Milan]

• Heat removal from bipolar transistor by loop heat pipe with nickel and copper porous structures. In: The scientific world journal. - ISSN 1537-744X. - Vol. 2014 (2014), art. no. 724740, [9] s. [Nemec Patrik - Smitka Martin  - Malcho Milan]

• Effect of the positions of directional tubing towards shaped heating surfaces on the value of local heat transfer coefficients. In: JP Journal of heat and mass transfer. - ISSN 0973-5763. - Vol. 12, no. 1 (2015), s. 15-30. [Černecký Jozef - Jandačka Jozef - Malcho Milan  - Koniar Ján  - Brodnianská Zuzana]

• A study of free convection around a system of horizontal tubes arranged above each other. In: JP Journal of heat and mass transfer. - ISSN 0973-5763. - Vol. 11, no. 1 (2015), s. 43-56. [Černecký Jozef  - Jandačka Jozef  - Malcho Milan - Koniar Dušan]

• The increase of silver grass ash melting temperature using additives. In: International journal of renewable energy research. - ISSN 1309-0127. - Vol. 5, no. 1 (2015), s. 258-265. [Jandačka Jozef  - Malcho Milan - Ochodek Tadeas  - Kolonicny Jan  - Holubčík Michal]

• Analysis of selected thermodynamic derivative properties of natural gas pipeline flow model. In: Manufacturing technology : journal for science, research and production. - ISSN 1213-2489. - Vol. 15, no. 5 (2015), s. 893-899. [Rajzinger Ján - Ridzoň František - Malcho Milan - Jandačka Jozef ]

• Correlations for heat transport by natural convection of cylindrical surfaces situated one above the other . In: Communications : scientific letters of the University of Žilina. - ISSN 1335-4205. - Vol. 17, no. 3 (2015), s. 4-11. [Malcho Milan - Jandačka Jozef - Ochodek Tadeas  - Kolonicny Jan]

• Operating activity visualization and thermal performance measurement of pulsating heat pipe. In: Defect and diffusion forum. - ISSN 1012-0386. - Vol. 369 (2016), s. 42-47. [Nemec Patrik - Kolková Zuzana  - Malcho Milan]

• Numerical simulation of heat transport from the electric arc furnace to the heat recovery system. In: Communications : scientific letters of the University of Žilina. - ISSN 1335-4205. - Vol. 18, no. 1A (2016), s. 115-121. [Malcho Milan - Jandačka Jozef - Lenhard Richard - Gavlas Stanislav - Ochodek Tadeas]