This year international prize “Global Energy” went to Russian and Ukrainian academy members, the president of the Kurchatov Institute announced.
      
      Boris Paton, a Ukrainian laureate, made enormous contribution to many aspects of power engineering. Paton’s work on pipe welding provided reliable power supply for millions of people. Dr. Paton is the author of over 1500 patents, acknowledged in many countries of the world.
      
      Alexander Leontiev, a Russian laureate, is a famous thermal physicist, who invented “Leontiev’s pipe” – two coaxial pipes, filled with gas, which moves with dramatically different speeds in each pipe, thus creating temperature difference. This invention is perfect for cooling-heating units. Leontiev has also worked in the field of turbulent heat-transfer enhancement, and gas turbulence
      
      Source: Science News