Publications
Download (PDF)Research focuses on computational modelling of physics problems and engineering systems, ranging from microscale phase-change phenomena to molten-salt reactor dynamics.
For non-first-author publications, the CRediT author statement is used to indicate my contribution. The three most important publications are highlighted.
Publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Comparison of analytical models for frequency response and linear stability of molten salt reactors
A coarse grid approach for single bubble boiling simulations with the volume of fluid method
Application of Modelica/TRANSFORM to system modeling of the molten salt reactor experiment
CRediT author statement: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing.
Comprehensive simulations of boiling with a resolved microlayer: Validation and sensitivity study
Interface tracking investigation of the sliding bubbles effects on heat transfer in the laminar regime
CRediT author statement: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision.
On the modelling of the transition between contact-line and microlayer evaporation regimes in nucleate boiling
Direct numerical simulation of evaporation and condensation with the geometric VOF method and a sharp-interface phase-change model
Piecewise linear interface-capturing volume-of-fluid method in axisymmetric cylindrical coordinates
Direct numerical simulation of phase change in the presence of non-condensable gases
Acropolis: Novel approach to single-pin depletion calculations using stochastic optimisation
Peer-reviewed books/monographs
Fundamental study on microlayer dynamics in nucleate boiling
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings
Impacts of internal heating on flow and temperature distribution in channels
Preprint available at arXiv:2507.08515.
Role of recirculation in reactivity loss in circulating-fuel reactors
On flow distribution and heat transfer in a graphite moderated molten salt reactor
CRediT author statement: Methodology, Software, Writing – Review & Editing.
Effect of temperature recirculation on frequency response and stability of molten salt reactors
On the impact of fuel velocity profile on the loss of delayed neutron precursors in the molten salt reactor experiment
CRediT author statement: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing.
Distributed-parameter linear stability analysis of a double-pass circulating-fuel reactor
Investigation of neutron transport approximations and homogenization methods for a small molten salt reactor
CRediT author statement: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing.
Computational study of force balance during nucleate boiling
Selected as a best paper.
Analysis of dynamics of microlayer formation and destruction in nucleate boiling
Marker gradient method: Sharp and robust algorithm for interfacial area density calculation
Sharp-interface phase-change model with the VOF method
Direct numerical simulation of molten salt bubble growth with PSI-BOIL
CRediT author statement: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing, Supervision.
Patents and licences
A method of operating a molten salt reactor
Contributions to conferences
Challenges in modelling and simulation of thermal molten salt reactor transients: Industrial perspective
Invited panel speaker for the Topical session on Challenges in Modelling and Simulation of Reactor Transients at the 2025 OECD/NEA WPRS Benchmarks Workshops, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Seaborg Technologies: Computational R&D perspective
Invited panel speaker for the Advancing Molten Salt Technology for the Next Generation of Nuclear Reactors panel at the 2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo, Orlando, FL, United States.
Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR) Power Barge: Progress & status
Invited speaker for the Regional Workshop on Reactor Physics, System Thermal Hydraulics and Safety of Small Modular Reactors for Near-term Deployment, Bandung, Indonesia (delivered online).
Machine-learning prediction of microscopic bubble-growth characteristics
Presented at ECCOMAS Congress 2022 — The 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Oslo, Norway.
CRediT author statement: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision.
Microscale heat transport measurement of three-phase boundary line using stacked MEMS heat flux sensor (in Japanese)
Presented at The 12th Symposium on Micro-Nano Science and Technology (online).
CRediT author statement: Conceptualization, Methodology.
New contact line region model for multi-scale analysis of nucleate boiling
Poster presentation at SWEP2 — Surface Wettability Effects on Phase Change Phenomena workshop, Mons, Belgium.
Application of calculation codes based on Monte Carlo method for benchmark experiments (in Czech)
Poster presentation of bachelor’s thesis at 16.\ Mikulášské setkání Mladé generace ČNS, Brno, Czech Republic. Selected as best bachelor’s thesis.