I. PERSONAL DETAILS
- Name:
Meerovich Victor
- Date and of birth:
May 4, 1947, Irkutsk, USSR
- Date of immigration:
September, 1990
- Address and telephone number at work:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Physics
Department, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel,
972-8-6472458
- Address and telephone number at home:
Moria 32/6, Beer-Sheva, 84307, Israel,
972-8-6281979
E-mail: victorm@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
II. EDUCATION
- M. Sc. (Physics) 1965-70: Novosibirsk State University, Physics Department, USSR.
Title of thesis: "Design of a Large Spark Wire Chamber ".
Advisor: Academician L.M. Barkov.
- Ph. D. , 1987: All-Union Research Electrotechnical Institute, Moscow, USSR.
Title of thesis: "Development of calculation methods of current limiting reactors with
superconducting shields”
Advisor: Prof. Yu. N. Vershinin.
III. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(a) Employment
1998 – present: Senior Researcher, grade A (corresponding to Associate Professor), Department.
of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1992 - 1998: Research Associate, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1988 - 90: Senior Research Associate, Dept. of New Control Superconducting Systems, Siberian
Electrical Engineering Institute, Novosibirsk, USSR.
1976 - 88: Research Associate, Dept. of Cryogenic Power Apparatus, Siberian Electrical
Engineering Institute, Novosibirsk, USSR.
1970 -76: Research Engineer, then Research Associate, Dept. of Electric Breakdown, Siberian
Electrical Engineering Institute, Novosibirsk.
(e) Courses Taught at Ben-Gurion University, Israel (1996-present)
- General Physics (Physics I: Mechanics, Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism,
Physics III: Modern Physics).
V. RESEARCH INTERESTS AND FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
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Applied superconductivity, application of superconductors in electric power equipment
Design of various magnetic systems, specifically, superconducting magnetic systems
Electromagnetic and thermal processes in power apparatus and electric machines
Measurement and calculation of electromagnetic parameters
Modeling and experimental investigation of electrotechnical devices
Eddy currents and AC losses in electromagnetic shields
V. RESEARCH GRANTS:
from the Israeli Ministry of Science (1992-95 and 1994-96); Ministry of Infrastructure of
Israel (2000-2003 and 2001-2004), Ministries of Science of Israel and Hungary (joint
Israeli-Hungary researcher exchange programs) (1996-1998 and 1999-2000); G.I.F.
(Germany-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development) (1997-1999);
National Israeli Science Foundation (National Academy of Israel) (1997-2000); BGUVaTaT (1998, 2000, and 2001).
VI. RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
(a) Books
1.
V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich,
AC Losses in Bulk High Temperature Superconductors
Invited chapter for the book “Studies of High –Temperature Superconductors”, vol. 32, Ed. A.
Narlikar, 2000, Nova Science Publisher, Inc., New York, pp. 79-124.
(b) Refereed articles in scientific journals
1. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, S. Goren, G. Jung, J. Bock, S. Gauss,
AC Losses in BSCCO Cylinders Operating in Inductive Current Limiter,
IEEE Trans. on Appl. Supercond. 9, 1361-1364 (1999).
2.
I. Vajda, A. Szalay, N. Gobl, V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky,
Requirements for the Industrial Application of Superconducting Rotating Electrical Machines,
IEEE Trans. on Appl. Supercond. 9, 1225-1228 (1999).
3.
V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky, S. Goren, G. Jung,
AC Losses in High-Temperature Superconductor BSCCO Hollow Cylinders with Induced Current,
Physica C319, 238-248 (1999).
4.
M. Sinder, V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky, I. Vajda,
Penetration of Magnetic Field into High-Temperature Superconductors,
IEEE Trans. on Appl. Supercond. 9, 4661-4665 (1999).
5. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, S. Goren, G. Jung, J. Bock, S. Gauss,
Performance of Inductive Fault Current Limiter Employing BSCCO
Superconducting Cylinders,
IEEE Trans. on Appl. Supercond. 9, 4666-4676 (1999).
6. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, M. Gladstein, Y. Yuzhelevski, S. Goren, G. Jung,
An Experimental Study of Heating due to the AC Loss in a BSCCO Cylinder,
Physica C336, 102-106 (2000).
7. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, S. Semperger, I. Vajda,
High temperature Short Circuit Current Limiting Devices
Electrotehnika, 10, 364-367 (2000).
8. M. Sinder, J. Pelleg, V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky
RF Heating of the Conductor Film on Silicon Substrate for Thin Film Formation
Materials Science & Engineering A302, 31-36 (2001).
9. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, S. Goren, I. Vajda,
AC Loss Problem in High-Tc Bulk Superconductors
Physica C354, 260-264 (2001).
10. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, S. Goren, I. Vajda,
Study of the Quenching Conditions in Superconducting Current Limiters
IEEE Trans. on Appl. Supercond. 11, 2110-2113 (2001).
11. I. Vajda, S. Semperger, T. Porjesz, A. Szalay, V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky, W. Gawalek,
Three Phase Inductive HTS Fault Current Limiter for the Protection of a 12 kVA Synchronous
Generator
IEEE Trans. on Appl. Supercond. 11, 2515-2518 (2001).
12. V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky, M. Gladstein, S. Shtutina,
Quench Development in Thin Inhomogeneous HTS Film on Sapphire Substrate,
Physica C366, 291-298 (2002).
13. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, M. Gladstein, I. Vajda,
Behavior of an Inhomogeneous HTS Film in the Regime of a Resistive Current Limiter
Physica C, (2002) in print.
14. I. Vajda, Z. Kohari, T. Porjesz, L. Benko, V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky, W. Gawalek,
Operation Characteristics of Energy Storage HTS Flywheels Considering of Time Dependent
Processes
Physica C, (2002) in print.
15. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, I. Vajda,
Self-oscillations in Electrical Circuit with High Temperature Superconductors
Journal of JSAEM, (2002) in print.
(c) Refereed articles in conference proceedings
1. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, I. Vajda, T. Porjesz, A. Szalay,
Operation of an HTS Fault Current limiter in an Asymmetric Three Phase System
In Applied Superconductivity 99, Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 167, Ed. X. Obradors, F. Sandiumenge, and J.
Fontcuberta, IOP Publishing Ltd, 963-966, 2000.
2. V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, M. Gladstein,
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Heating of Bulk HTSC Samples due to AC Losses,
In Applied Superconductivity 99, Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 167, Ed. X. Obradors, F. Sandiumenge, and J.
Fontcuberta, IOP Publishing Ltd, 743-746, 2000.
3. V. Meerovich, V. Sokolovsky, G. Jung, S. Goren,
Quenching in BSCCO Hollow Cylinders Employed in an Inductive Fault Current Limiter,
In Applied Superconductivity 99, Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 167, Ed. X. Obradors, F. Sandiumenge, and J.
Fontcuberta, IOP Publishing Ltd, 955-958, 2000.
4.
S. Semperger, I. Varosi, I. Vajda, T. Porjesz, V. Sokolovsky, V. Meerovich, A. Szalay,
HTS Fault Current Limiters: Device Modeling and Network Simulation
Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics vol. 16, “Applied Electromagnetics and
Computational Technology II”, Eds. H. Tsuboi and I. Vajda, IOS Press, 171-182 (2000).