VALENTIN FAINBERG

Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications

Date and birth place: 20.12.1934, Leningrad, Russia

Date of the immigration: 25.11.91

Family status: married + 2

phone: 972-4-833992

Office: POB 4811 Haifa 31047, Israel

phone: 972-4-8356702

fax: 972-4-8356242

e-mail: merghvf@tx.technion.ac.il

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ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Dr. Sc. Degree Academy of Sciences, Estonia, 1974.

Associated Professor The Highest Academic Commission of the USSR, 1968

Ph.D. North-Western Polytechnic Institute, Leningrad, 1964.

Engineer Diploma Polytechnic Institute, Tallinn, 1956

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1964-1991 Leningrad Institute for Economical Engineering.

Lectures on Chemical Engineering.

Supervision of Doctors' and M. Sc. theses.

Two books on the history of chemistry, papers.

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

1998-present Haifa Municipality, Deputy Mayor of Haifa

1992-1998 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Scientist on a special contract.

Fuel research laboratoty - organization and management. Research in fuel science and technology. Investigation of petroleum, gas, oil shale, and shale oil processing, building materials..

Major projects included development of methods for the production of energy by means of integrated processing of oil shale; petroleum processing; environmental problems; methods of production of bitumens, medicines; waste polymer processing, etc.

1961-1991 Leningrad Academy of Management, Russia:

1986-1991 Leading Scientist

1985 Professor

1975-1984 Senior Scientist

1967-1974 Associate Professor

1964-1966 Assistant

1961-1964 Doctorate

Teaching in chemical engineering. Research on oil shale and shale oil technology: production of coke, plasticizers, protective coatings, polymers. Investigation of the composition of fuels. Research on corrosion protection.

Research on polar properties of complex systems.

1960-1961 Lenneftekhim Institute (Institute of petrochemical processes), Leningrad, Russia, senior engineer.

Designing equipment for petroleum refineries.

1956-1960 Oil shale plant "Kiviter", Estonia, engineer

Designing equipment for oil shale processing plants.

MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH:

Chemical and energy engineering. Petroleum, gas, and oil shale science and technology. Waste processing.

LANGUAGES:

Russian, English, Hebrew, French, German

PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS: 10 Patents, 72 Publications, including 4 books.

CONSULTING:

1968-1990 "Kiviter" oil shale plant, Estonia. Consulting on engineering problems.

1974-1991 "Slantsy" chemical plant, Russia. Consulting on petroleum and shale oil processing.

1978-1991 Institute Of Civil Engineering, Leningrad. Consulting on methods of corrosion protection.

1978-1991 Institute of Petrochemical Processing, Leningrad. Consulting on engineering problems.

1991-1998 PAMA - Energy Research Development, Ltd., Israel. Consulting on oil shale processing.

1997-1998 Ministry of the Industry and Trade, Israel. Consultant.

BUSINESS ACTIVITY:

1988-1993 “Contract Ltd. Co.”, (Leningrad – St. Petersburg). President. A company for the production and marketing of building materials.

LITERATURE ACTIVITY:

1992 - present Union of the Israel Writers, member

1986 - present Union of Theater Artists of the Soviet Union (Russia), member

1985 - present Writers Union, Russia, member

1988-1991 Association of the Dramatists of Petersburg, president

1994 - present Israeli literature Journal “22”, editor board, member

1969-2002 20 plays are presented in 130 theaters in the USSR, Germany, Poland, USA, etc. Four books are published.

ZIONIST ACTIVITY:

1978-1991 A book on the Soviet censure; clandestine theater plays on Jewish history.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:

UN Symposium on Oil Shales, Tallinn, 1968. The paper: "Methods of Shale Oil Selective Extraction".

MEMBERSHIP: Russian Chemical Society

PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

1997 - present Adviser of the Minister of Industry and Trade, Israel

1992 – present "Energy Resources Int." Journal, USA , Member of Editorial Board

1995 – present "Oil Shale" Journal, Estonia, Member of Editorial Board

1995 - present "Israeli Repatriate Scientist" Internet Journal, Editor

1996 – present Israel Association of Immigrant Scientists, Vice-President

1978 – 1989 Academic Council of the Leningrad - Technical University, member

1979 - 1991 Academic Council of the Institute Of Civil Engineering, Leningrad, member

AWARDS

1994 "Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award".

1994 Mitchell-Soref Award"

1998 “International Man of the Year”, Cambridge Biographic Center, England.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

1966-1990 Institute of Economic Engineering, Leningrad. About 45 graduate students (M.Sc.)

1995-1999 Technion. Judith Gersten, Ph.D.

LIST OF PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFICAL AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

A. ORIGINAL PAPERS

1. Fainberg, V. Characteristics of the Hydrodynamic Regime of Oil Shale Vertical Retort; Oil Shales, No. 1, 27-32, (1961).

2. Zelenin, N. and Fainberg, V. Methods of the Shale Oil Separation by Selective Solvents; In the book Chemistry and Technology of Oil Shales and Oil Shale Products, Nedra Publishers, Leningrad, 12, pp. 264-277. (1963).

3. Zelenin, N.; Shaltyko, G.; Chernysheva, K.; Tatarkina, G.; Fainberg, V., Yankovskaya, T. Light Shale Oil as an Antiseptic. In the book Chemistry and Technology of Oil Shales and Oil Shale Products, Nedra Publishers, Leningrad, 12, pp. 277-284. (1963).

4. Zelenin, N.; Chernysheva, K.; Tatarkina, G.; Fainberg, V., Yankovskaya, T. Selective Extraction as a Method of Shale Oil Refining; In the book Chemistry and Technology of Oil Shales and Oil Shale Products, Nedra Publishers, Leningrad, 13, pp. 312-318. (1964).

5. Fainberg, V and Zelenin, N.; Methods of Increasing Electrode Coke Yield from the Shale Oil; In the book Chemistry and Technology of Oil Shales and Oil Shale Products, Nedra Publishers, Leningrad, 89-98. (1968).

6. Ksido, L; Fainberg, V.; Ratsep, A. and Tsvetaeva, E. Shale Oil Products as Softeners for Rubber Regeneration; Oil Shales, No. 3, pp. 14-19, (1968).

7. Ksido, L; Fainberg, V.; Ratsep, A. and Tsvetaeva, E. The Production and Properties of Shale Oil Softeners for Rubber Regeneration; Oil Shales, No. 5, pp. 13-17, (1969).

8. Fainberg, V. Separation of the Shale Oil Heavy Fraction by Selective Solvents; in the book Technology and Economics of the Chemical Industry, Leningrad University Publishers, Leningrad, pp. 18-21. (1971)

9. Fainberg, V; Ksido, L.; Bovicheva, A. and Zhirnova, N. Use of Shale Oil Plasticizers in the Production of Rubber Items; Oil Shales, No. 5, pp. 24-29 (1971).

10. Fainberg, V. The Composition of High Boiling Fractions of Baltic Shale Oil; Chemistry of Solid Fuel, No. 2, pp. 76-81. (1972).

11. Ksido, L. and Fainberg, V. Investigations of the Polar Properties of Shale Oil Components; Chemistry of Solid Fuel, No. 3, pp. 145-147. (1972).

12. Lalazarova, A.; Bogdanov, V. and Fainberg, V. Use of Shale Oil Products in Anticorrosion Epoxy-Compositions; in the book Designing and Mounting of Sanitary Technical Systems, Stroitelstvo Publishers, Leningrad, v. 34, pp. 126-133, (1973.).

13. Fainberg, V. Investigation of the Composition of Shale Oil High-Boiling Fractions; Oil Shales, No. 2, pp. 17-22. (1974)

14. Zelenin, N.; Fainberg, V.; Gureev, A., and Bogeruk, L. Shale Oil Phenols Antioxidants for Motor Fuels; Oil Shales, No. 4, pp. 29-32, (1974).

15. Fainberg, V and Ksido, L. Method for Determination of Dipole Moments of Molecular Complexes; Journal of Phys. Chem., No. 4, pp. 997-998 (1974).

16. Zelenin, N.; Nikitin, E. and Fainberg, V. Shale Oil as Material for the Production of the Polyfunctional Additives to Oil and Fuels; Chemistry and Technology of Oils and Fuels, 1976, No. 6, pp. 33-35.

17. Fainberg, V . Antoshina, G. and Ksido, L. Shale Oil PTP Plasticizers for Rubber Regeneration; Oil Shales, No. 4, pp. 23-26 (1976).

18. Fainberg, V. Investigations of Polar Properties of Oxygen-Containing Molecules of Shale Oil and H-Bonds Between Them; in the book Investigations in the Chemistry and Technology of the Fuels Processing Products, Leningrad, LTI Publishers, pp. 15-22. (1982)

19. Fainberg, V. Methods for Solvent Extraction of Shale Oil; in the book Investigations in the Chemistry and Technology of the Fuels Processing Products, Leningrad, LTI Publishers, pp. 6-14. (1982).

20. Fainberg, V. Shale Oil as a Prime Matter for Chemical Industry; in the book Investigations in the Chemistry and Technology of the Fuels Processing Products, Leningrad, LTI Publishers, pp. 31-36. (1982).

21. Bogdanov, V. and Fainberg, V. Phosphor-containing Oligomers; in the book Chemistry and Technology of Oligomers, Leningrad, LTI Publishers, pp. 52-57 (1984).

22. Fainberg, V. Shale Oil As A Source Of Chemicals. in the book Investigations of the Chemistry and Technology of Fuels Processing Products, LTI Publishers, Leningrad, pp. 131-37. (1986)

23. Tishina, E.; Churshukov, E.; Englin, A.; Nikitin, E., Vasilyev, V.; Ivleva, O.; Maiko, L. and Fainberg, V. Anticorrosion Proofing Materials from Shale Oil; Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, No. 11, pp. 15-17 (1989).

24. Pokonova. Yu. and Fainberg, V. The Production of Carbon Materials from Shale Oil; Fuel Science and Technology International (U.S.A.), v. 7, , pp. 951-967 (1989).

25. Pokonova, Yu. and Fainberg, V. The Production of Carbon Adsorbents from Shale Oil Phenols, Fuel Science and Technology International (U.S.A.), v. 8, No. 1, pp. 27-38 (1990).

26. Podorozhansky, M.; Fainberg, V.; Laichter, S., & Hetsroni G. Cryoscopic Analysis of the Shale Oil. Oil Shale Journal, No. 10/4, 307-313. (1993).

27. Fainberg V.; Podorozhansky, M. ; Laichter, S.; & Hetsroni, G. Oxygen and Nitrogen Compounds of Israeli Shale Oil. Fuel Science & Technology International, No. 12/4, pp. 581-593. (1994).

28. Fainberg, V; Hetsroni, G. & Leichter, S. Ichthyol Production from Israeli Shale Oil. Oil Shale Journal., 1995., 12/1, 39-45.

29. Fainberg, V.; Ishai, I.; Hetsroni, G. & Laichter, S. High-Sulfurized Shale Oil as a Prime Matter for Bitumen Production. Oil Shale Journal., 1995., 12/4, 305-316.

30. Fainberg, V. & Hetsroni, G. Oil Shale as an Energy Source in Israel. Energy Sources (USA), 18/1, 95-105. (1996).

31. Fainberg, V.; Podorozhansky, M.; Hetsroni, G.; Klachouck, H. & Brauch, R. Changes In The Composition And Properties Of The Vacuum Residues As A Result Of Visbreaking. Fuel Science & Technology International (USA), 14(6), 839-866. (1996)

32. Fainberg, V.; Klachouck, H.; Hetsroni, G.; Brauch, R. Correlations between properties of various feedstocks and products of visbreaking. Fuel Science & Technology International (USA), 14(6), 753-765. (1996).

33. Fainberg, V.; Hetsroni, G. Research and development in oil shale combustion and processing in Israel. Oil Shale, 13/2, 87-100. (1996).

34. Ishai, I.; Fainberg, V.; Hetsroni. Shale Oil Bitumen - Production And Suitability As Paving Asphalt. Road & Transport Research, 12/4, 305-316. (1996).

35. Fainberg, V.; Hetsroni G; Feiglin, T.; Schwartz, A. High-Sulfur shale oil as a component of rubber stock. Oil Shale Journal, 14/2, p. 133-142. (1997).

36. Fainberg, V.; Garbar, A; Hetsroni, G. Secondary pyrolysis of the products of the thermal destruction of high sulfur oil shale. Energy & Fuels, USA, 11, 915-919, 1997.

37. Fainberg, V.; Garbar, A; Hetsroni, G. Thermal transformations of sulfur compounds during secondary pyrolysis of the oil shale retorting products. Erdoel & Kohle Erdgas Petrochemie, 331-333, July-August, 1997.

38. Fainberg, V., Garbar, A.; Hetsroni, G. Integrated processing of oil shales into energy and chemicals using combined cycle technology. Energy Sources, USA, 11, 915-919. (1997).

39. Fainberg, V.; Garbar, A., Gersten, J.; Hetsroni G., and Yu. Shindler. Utilization of waste polymers through one-stage low-temperature pyrolysis with oil shale. Fuel (London). 1999. Volume : 78, 8, pp. 987-990.

40. E.Zuslina, V. K. Zhuravlev, M. Arshidinov, T. Korovchenko, S. Kreslina, M. A. Ginzburg, F. H., Habibullin, V. Fainberg, C. Gutierrez Blanco. Intensification of the gas purification processes from sulphur anhydride by an electrical field. Bulletin of KSNU (Kazakh State National University), Natural Science series, 2, Almaty 1998.

41. V. Fainberg, Yu. Shindler, M. Ginzburg, F. H. Habibullin, E.Zuslina, M. Arshidinov, T. Korovchenko, S. Kreslina. Intensification processes dust catching by electrocoagulation aersols. Vestnik KSNU (Kazakh State National University), Chemistry series, 5 (17), Almaty 1999.

42. Fainberg, V.; Gersten, J.; Hetsroni G., and Yu. Shindler. "Kinetic study of the thermal decomposition of polypropylene, oil shale and their mixture.” Fuel, London, July 2000.

B. BOOKS

1. Zelenin, N., Chernysheva, K. and Fainberg, V. Chemistry and Technology of Shale Tar; Khimia Publishers, Leningrad, (1968). Chapters 2, 3, 5, 6 (60% of the book). American edition of the same book: Published by USA Department of the Interior, Washington, 437 pp. (1976).

2. Fainberg, V. Explosives. Znanie Publishers, Moscow, 192 pp. (1977).

3. Fainberg, V. Justus Liebig; Znanie Publishers, Moscow. 145 pp. (1980).

4. Pokonova, Yu. and Fainberg, V. Oil Shale and Shale Oil Chemistry ("Slantsekhimia"); VINITI Publishers, Moscow, 319 pp. (1985).

5. Fainberg, V. Investigations and Processing of Oil Shales in the World; . TSNIITENeftekhim Publishers, Moscow, 93 pp. (1967).

6. Fainberg, V. Problems and Perspectives of Oil Shale Technology in Various Countries; TSNIITENeftekhim Publishers, Moscow, 52 pp. (1981).

C. PATENTS

1. Fainberg, V.; Pyrin, N., and Rooks, I. Retort for Oil Shale Processing, USSR Certificate No. 132761, 1960.

2. Fainberg, V. Vertical Kiln for Fuel Retorting, USSR Certificate No. 150963, 1962.

3. Shaltyko, G.; Chernysheva, K.; Fainberg, V., Tatarkina, G.; Yankovskaya, T. Method for Fractionating of Shale Oils, USSR Certificate No. 151748, 1968.

4. Zelenin, N.; Fainberg, V. and Ksido, L. Method for Alkyl Resorcinols Extraction from Shale Oils, USSR Certificate No. 386901, 1972.

5. Bogdanov, V.; Fainberg, V.; Lalazarova, A. and Bykova, L. Epoxy Composition, USSR Certificate No. 384385, 1973.

6. Antoshina, Z.; Galkina, A.; Pavlova, V.; Fainberg, V.; Ksido, L.; Zelenin, N.; Kolhir, K.; Vainaste, I.; Zvereva, N.; Ioonas, R.. Method for the Rubber Regeneration, USSR Certificate No. 484226, 1975.

7. Bogdanov, V.; Ksido, L. and Fainberg, V. Anticorrosion Coating, USSR Certificate No. 540478, 1976.

8. Bogdanov, V.; Ksido, L.; Sakson, O.; Fainberg, V. Epoxy Composition, USSR Certificate No. 576766, 1977.

9. Bogdanov, V.; Ksido, L.; Sakson, O.; Fainberg, V. and Foshin, O. Polymer-Concrete Mixture, USSR Certificate No. 687034, 1978.

10. Bogdanov, V.; Ksido, L.; Sakson, O.; Chernenko, V.; Zholudev, V.; Bochkovski, L.; Fainberg, V. and Radzevich, V. Polymer-Concrete Mixture, USSR Certificate No. 798071, 1981.

D. ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS SUBMITTED TO PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Fainberg, V. Investigations of the Green River Oil Shale; in the book Oil Shales. Geochemistry and Lithology, Valgus Publishers, Tallinn, 1975.

2. Fainberg, V.& Hetsroni, G. Oil shale combustion and processing in Israel. Congress of Scientists of Estonia. August 1996. p. 242.

3. Belkin, S.; Stankevich, V., and Fainberg, V. Organic waste pyrocatalytic processing. The 28-th Annual Meeting of Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences, June 16-17, 1997,. p. 35. University Haifa.

4. Stankevich, V., Fainberg, V., Levy, J.; Dimitrov, V.; Belilovsky L. and Belkin, S. Improved incineration for waste disposal. The 28-th Annual Meeting of Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences, June 16-17, 1997,. p. 155. University Haifa.

5. Gersten, J.; Fainberg, V.; Garbar, A., and Hetsroni G. Utilization of waste rubber and plastics. The 28-th Annual Meeting of Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences, June 16-17, 1997, p. 48. University Haifa.

6. Fainberg, V.; Garbar, A., Gersten, J., and Hetsroni G. Integrated processing of oil shales. Conference on oil shale processing, Dimona, Israel, February 19, 1998.

7. Fainberg, V.; Garbar, A., Shindler, and Hetsroni G. Combined processing of polymers and oil shales. Conference on oil shale processing, Dimona, Israel, February 19, 1998.

8. Fainberg, V.; Garbar, A., Gersten, J.; Hetsroni G., and Yu. Shindler. Processing of waste polymers with solid fuels. Proc. of the 27-th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering, May 1997, Haifa, Technion, 231-234. (1997.).

9. L. Tartakovski, Y. Aleinikov, V. Fainberg, A. Garbar, M. Gutman, G. Hetsroni, Y. Shindler, and Y. Zvirin. General conception of a gas engine for a hybrid vehicle, operating on methanol dissociation products.. Proc. of the 27-th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering, May 1997, Haifa, Technion, 231-234. (1997.).

10. L. Tartakovski, Y. Aleinikov, V. Fainberg, A. Garbar, M. Gutman, G. Hetsroni, Y. Shindler, and Y. Zvirin. Hybrid Propulsion System Based on an ICE Fueled by Methanol Dissociation Products - General Concept. 31-st ISATA Conf., Duesseldorf, Germany, June 1998.

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