Biography
Dr. Nikola Zivkovic was born on January 2nd, 1970. in Niš, Republic of Serbia. He finished elementary and high school in Belgrade.
He enrolled in undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade. In 1997, he graduated at the Department for Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade.
He defended his master's thesis entitled "Two-phase flow in the mill channel with shutters in order to implement plasma system for combustion stabilization on thermal power plant “Nikola Tesla” - A, 210 MW, in 2008, at the Department for Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade.
His doctoral dissertation entitled "Regenerative processes of removing of sulfur dioxide from flue gases - selection and determination of thermo-physical properties of new solvents and their mixtures and process modeling" was defended in 2015, at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade. Chemical engineering department.
In the period from 1998 to 1999, Nikola Živković was employed in "Intersilver" company, Zemun, as an engineer in the R&D department. From 1999, until today, Nikola Živković has been employed at the “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Laboratory for Thermal Engineering and Energy.
Publication
Research fields
- Application of plasma technology in energy sector,
- Two-phase flow numerical modeling, gas-solid particles system,
- Thermophysical characterization of organic solvents and their binary and ternary mixtures, for removal of sulfur oxides from flue gases of thermal power and industrial plants,
- Regenerative procedures for removal of sulfur dioxide from flue gases,
- Characterization of solid fuels. Ultimate and proximate analysis of solid fuels, coal and biomass. Determination of coal emission characteristics.
Projects
Project: Development and mastering of technology for obtaining high quality composite and carbon materials and oxide and non-oxide ceramics, C 3.15.36.0133. Period: 1997-2000, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
Project: Development of plasma technology for stabilization of combustion on thermal power plants utility boilers fired with low calorific powdered coal, ETR. 6.02.0147.B. Period: 2002-2004, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
Project: Implementation and verification of plasma technology for combustion stabilization in real conditions of utility boiler in TENT-A1, TR-6621B. Period: 2005-2007, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
Project: Development of an advanced burner plant for plasma stabilization of coal powder combustion, TR-17020. Period: 2008-2010, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
Project: Reduction of air pollution from thermal power plants of Public Enterprise “Electric Power Industry of Serbia”, III 42010. Period: 2011-2019, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
Project: Improving the quality and technology of combustion of domestic lignites in order to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions of pollutants from thermal power plants of Public Enterprise “Electric Power Industry of Serbia”, TR 33050. Period: 2011-2019, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia,
Research topic: Development of environmentally and energy friendly technologies for pyrolysis, gasification, destruction and melting of hazardous, non-hazardous waste, biomass and their mixtures in low-temperature plasma of water vapor and air, T1402108. Period: 2020-, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
Research topic: Increasing the energy efficiency of thermal power plant unit, technical subsystems of the unit, production processes and primary fuel energy savings and other measures in order to reduce air pollution from thermal power plants PE "Electric Power Industry of Serbia", T1402103. Period: 2020-, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
International scientific project: EU FP6 "RECOFUEL" in the period from June 2004 to June 2005 and June 2007 to June 2008.