BORDE, IRENE

Born: 1930, Latvia
Ph.D.: 1963 Kiev Inst. of Technology; Prof. 1989.

Research Interests: Thermodynamics. Measurements of thermodynamic properties. Vapor-liquid equilibrium in nonideal systems. Energy conversion and advanced cycle and system analysis of heat and power systems. Heat and mass transfer in drying processes. Formation of drops and bubbles. Flotation processes.

Research Projects: Search for alternative working fluids free of CFCs for the energy industry. Experimental measurements and evaluation of thermophysical properties in order to generate pertinent thermodynamic data relating to new working fluids for energy systems. Application of the most up-to-date theoretical and semi-theoretical relationships for data analysis. Creation of predictive capability regarding thermodynamic and transport properties of working fluids for absorption heat pumps and other energy systems. Advanced cycles analysis: development of theoretical models for calculation of performances of heat pumps with different selected working fluids. Heat and mass transfer: theoretical and experimental investigation of heat and mass transfer in drying and humidification of air flow through different solid and liquid desiccant systems. Microbubble generation.

Recent Publications

• Daltrophe, N.C., Jelinek, M. and Borde I . Heat and mass transfer in a two-phase flow of a binary solution and gas. In 10th Int. Heat Transfer Conf. , ICHEME Taylor & Francis Publ., General Papers, 3:299­304, 1994.
• Daltrophe, N.C., Jelinek, M. and Borde I. Heat and mass transfer in a jet ejector for absorption systems. ASME, International Absorption Heat Pump Conf., AES 31:327­332, 1994.
• Levi-Hevroni, D., Levy, A. and Borde I. Mathematical modeling of drying of liquid solid slurries in a steady state, one dimensional flow. Drying Technology-Intern. J. 13:1187­1201, 1995.
• Borde, I., Jelinek, M. and Daltrophe, N.C. Absorption system based on refrigerant R134a. Intern. J. of Refrigeration 18:387­394, 1995.
• Borde, I., Jelinek, M. and Daltrophe, N.C. Working substances for absorption heat pumps based on R32. In Proc. of 19th Intern. Congress on Refrigeration, 4a:80­87, 1995.
• Borde, I., Jelinek, M. and Daltrophe, N.C. Working fluids for absorption refrigeration systems based on R-124. International Journal of Refrigeration V. 20, #4, pp. 256-266, 1997.
• Borde, I., Dukhovny, M. Elperin, T. Heat and Mass Transfer in Moving Vibrofluidized Bed. The International Journal of Storing, Handling and Processing Powder, Vol. 8, #4, 1997,. pp. 311-314.
• Borde, I., M. Jelinek, Thermodynamic properties of organic working fluids for absorption heat pumps. Proceedings of the 16th European Seminar on Applied Thermodynamics, Abbaye des Premontre's, Pont-a-Mousson, France, June 1997, pp. 193-198.
• Vaisman, M., T. Elperin and Borde, I. Micro Bubbles Generator for Water Treatment by Flotation. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Energy and the Environment. Efficient Utilization of Energy and Water Resources. Limassol, Cyprus, October 1997, Volume II, pp. 332-338.
• Levy, A., David J. Mason, D. Levi-Hevroni, Borde, I. Drying of wet solid particles in a steady-state one-dimensional flow, Powder Technology 95 (1998) pp. 15-23.

Key words: Thermodynamics, thermophysical properties, working fluids, heat and mass transfer.

Phone: 7­6477074
Fax: 7­6472813
Email: borde@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Date: 28 May 1998