Academics of the Department perform independent research projects within national competitions and their master's thesis and dissertations.

Research work is included in individual plans of all academic staff members.

Scientists of the Department of "Heat Power Engineering" received grants to finance scientific research by the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

- Research and development of modes of thermal operation of boiler units of small and medium capacity in order to improve energy efficiency (2013-2015);

- Development of briquetting technology from renewable organic materials and research of their combustion processes on boilers of small and medium capacity (2014-2016);

- Development of a set of measures to increase energy efficiency and reliability of operation of a wide class of high-temperature installations (2018-2020);

- Development of a set of measures to improve the reliability of high-temperature equipment by assessing the risks and permissible residual life, taking into account the thermophysical and strength properties of refractory lining materials (2020);

- Development of technology for the production of combined fuel briquettes from organic and industrial waste and the study of the processes of their energy-efficient combustion in hot water boilers (2022-2024).

The results of the research work of the staff of the department have been implemented at energy and industrial enterprises of the Republic of Kazakhstan, near and far abroad.

The teaching staff of the department annually participates in intra-university, republican competitions, exhibitions, scientific conferences.

Research Works by Department’s Academics Published in the Internet

- A Nikiforov, Е Prikhodko, А Kinzhibekova, Sh Nurkina. Modeling the influence of the characteristics of renewable organic materials on the energy performance of the boiler. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2021 Vol. 1032. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/1032/1/012035

- E. V. Prikhod’ko. Analysis of methods for heating the lining of high-temperature units. Refractories and Industrial Ceramics. Vol. 62, No. 4, November, 2021. P. 463-466. DOI 10.1007/s11148-021-00625-1

- H. I. Beloev, A. S. Nikiforov,  I. K. Iliev, E. V. Prihodko,  M. S. Kucherbayev. Modeling the thermal operation of a petroleum coke-calcining unit. Bulgarian Chemical Communications, Volume 53, Special Issue B (pp. 26-33) 2021. Р. 26-33.

- Sh Nurkina, А Kinzhibekova, Е Prikhodko. Research and analysis of characteristics of fuel from organic and industrial waste. «EUREKA: Physics and Engineering», Number 5, (2022), рр. 12-23

- N. Rustamov, O. Meirbekova, А. Kibishov, Sh. Babakhan, А. Berguzinov. Creation of a hybrid power plant operating on the basis of a gas turbine engine. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2/8 (116), 2022, Q3 (WoS). p. 29-37.

- A. Kozlovskiy, M. Zdorovets I. Kenzhina, A. Berguzinov, D. Tishkevich, T. Zubar, A. Trukhanov. The study of the applicability of ionizing radiation to increase the photocatalytic activity of TiO 2 thin films. J Nanostruct Chem 10, 331–346 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-020-00353-x.

- Nikiforov, A.S., Prikhodko, E.V., Kinjibekova, A.K., Karmanov A.E. Comprehensive Assessment of the Residual Life of Refractory Materials of High-Temperature Units. Refractories and Industrial Ceramics. Vol. 62, No. 6, November, 2022. DOI 10.1007/s11148-022-00688-8

Students’ Research Work

Students of the Department are actively involved in research activities and annually participate in intra-university and national conferences, exhibitions and competitions, publish research articles in conference proceedings. Students of the Department are regular prize-winners at national academic competitions in special subjects.