Vladimir Yeliferyevich Nakoryakov (1935—2018) was the academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the USSR State Prize Laureate, the expert in Nobel Committee for physics and chemistry, a Soviet and Russian scientist. During 1986—1997 he was the director of the Thermal Physics Institution in the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was also the head of the departments in NSTU and NSU.
He made a huge contribution to the theory of physical and technical bases of energy technologies, such as hydrodynamics and heat exchange in gas-liquid flow, wave dynamics in two-phase systems, non-stationary processes in multiphase systems, convective heat transfer in porous media, as well as combustion and heat and mass transfer. Later Nakoryakov got interested in theory and practice of fuel cells and hydrogen generators. Nakoryakov laid down the foundation for the theory of absorptive heat pump, elaborated a number of directions of ecologically clean power engineering and energy-efficient technologies.