FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION

Department of Thermotehnics, Hydro- and Pneumotechnics

1. Short history:

 The department was established at the beginning of 1967 and members-founders were lecturers in the field of thermotehnics (formerly working in the Department of Internal-combustion engines) and lecturers in the field of hydraulics (formerly working at the Department of Mashines and Mechanisms Theory and Hydraulics). The newly – established academic unit was named Department of Thermotechnics and Hydraulics and its first head was Professor Ph.D. Dimitar Spasov Velev, a lecturer of thermotechnics. The department was headed by him till 1985. Professor Velev is a prominent specialist in the field of heat insulators. The next head of the department was the associate-professor Gancho Varbanov Gouzgulov (now professor). He headed the department from 1985 to 1988, as well as from 1993 the department was administrated by the associate-professor Ph.D. Ivan Christov Kozuharov. Since January 2000 the head of the department has been the associate-professor Ph.D. Petar Rousev Petrov. In 1999 the academic unit was Pneumotechnics renamed Department of Thermotehnics, Hydro- and Pneumotechnics. The department has at its disposal two separate buildings – a Centre for Thermotehnics and Centre for Hydropneumatics with two mechanical workshops, lecture halls and educational – research laboratories.

3. Educational and Teachino Activites:

 The department is responsible for the education of the students of speciality 8.1.4 – Hydraulic and Pneumatic Technics. The department has at its disposal four lecture halls and laboratories of: Industrial thermotechnics; Heating, refrigerating and ventilation systems; Fluid mechanics; Hydro- and pneumatic settings in motion.

 The department staff conducts students’ aducation on the following disciplines: Thermotechnics; Thermotehnics and thermal energetics; Thermel processes; Hydraulic machines and pneumatics; Hydraulic and pneumatics processes; Settings in motion in technics; Agricultural hydraulic and pneumatic machines; Turbopumps; compressor and fans; Volumetric hydro- pneumatic mashines; Water pumps; Hydraulics settings in motion; Pump stations and tubing fittings; Gas-dynamics; Hydro-pneumatic transport and specific pumps; Pneumating settings in motion and pneumatic automation; pneumohydraulic mashinesand setting in motion.