MINOAN

MINOAN –
Smart Sustainable Energy Conversion & Management

MINOAN – Smart Sustainable Energy Conversion & Management

Mission

Partnerships with public and private stakeholders, to develop research and innovation projects related to smart and sustainable energy, ranging from the side of power production down to power consumption, including its distribution level and storage. Circular economy aspects are taken into consideration, aiming at the energy transition of the power, heating and cooling sector, with emphasis on the design and development of new technologies to address the need for a holistic transformation of the current energy portfolio, mainly investigating and promoting the synergy of innovative as well of currently available mature technologies, in an integrated operational way, accounting their requirement for smartification and sustainability.

Research focus

New innovative technologies for energy production and storage with low or near-zero environmental footprint.
Modeling and optimization of advanced energy systems and networks for electricity & cooling / heating production.
Smart cities and neighborhood networks with a positive energy balance and a low environmental footprint.
Development of circular economy applications including life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle cost (LCC) and social life cycle acceptance (sLCA).

Main scientific directions

Modeling of Energy Systems using One-Dimensional Process Models and Computational Fluid Dynamics Models. Design, development and optimization of energy resource systems and processes, using reliable computational methods. This Direction is divided into two subgroups, the first of which deals with the development and implementation of One-Dimensional Dynamic Process Models using computational packages such as Dymola, APROS and Aspen, while the second one with the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models and algorithms, house-built, on the basis of commercial platforms as ANSYSTM. Their range of applications extends to:
1. technologies related to the decarbonisation of processes based on fossil fuels, ranging from small (pilot) to large (industrial) scale,
2. CO₂ capture and storage systems,
3. technologies for the production and distribution of electricity and thermal energy, based on RES, ranging from building level up to the level of low and medium voltage network, as well as to the level of smart communities and cities, and, finally,
4. to energy units that utilize biomass, waste and/or upgraded fuels.
Modeling of energy storage systems. Dimensioning, optimization and simulation of heating, cooling, and electricity storage systems operation through the development of dynamic models in specialized computer process simulation packages (Aspen Plus Dynamic, Dymola, APROS). For the development of the models, the libraries of the computer packages are enriched with house-built subroutines/modelers.
Smart grids, smart cities and smart energy management of microgrids. Expertise in software solutions is being developed in the context of “smart cities”. Our team has been involved in a number of smart cities research projects and has published numerous scientific articles on energy management both at a city and building level, load forecasting and RES generation, peak load management, feasibility of local energy communities, as well as micro-grids studied as a building block for the evolution of “smart grids”, employing modern and innovative computational methods (load flow analysis, state estimation, predictive control), in most of the cases using house developed open source tools (eg Python, Modelica).
Energy Transition to Islands. Participation in a series of projects aimed at implementing innovative or well-established energy transition solutions in geographical islands. These solutions are based on renewable energy sources, storage, building renovation, energy management, e-mobility, etc.
Technical and regulatory issues of propulsion engines in marine applications.

Projects & Activities

LEET, PSDI

LEILAC2

KOH.051016, 011230, 051017

LEET

BIOTHEROS

KOH.051074, KOH.051073

LEET

REEFLEX

KOH.051063, 031072 021247

LEET

Thumbs Up

KOH.051060

LEET

HAlMAN

KOH.051058

LEET

FLEXIndustries

KOH.051043, 021182

Personnel

LEET

Alevizos Petros

Scientific Personnel

, Mathematician

LEET

Anagnostopoulou Elissavet

Administrative & Technical Staff

, Business Administration, MSc

LEET

Andritsakis Eleftherios

Scientific Personnel

, Mechanical Engineer

LEET

Antonoudis Sotirios Efstathios

Scientific Personnel

, Environmental Engineer, MSc

LEET

Antypa Despina

Scientific Personnel

, Chemical Engineer, MSc

LEET

Apostolopoulos Vasilios

Scientific Personnel

, Civil Engineer

LEET

Atsonios Konstantinos

Collaborating Researcher PhD

, Civil Engineer, PhD

LEET

Bellos Evaggelos

Collaborating Researcher PhD

, Mechanical Engineer, PhD

LEET

Chairopoulos Nikolaos Charalampos

Scientific Personnel

, Mechanical Engineer, MSc

LEET

Chatzigeorgiou Helen

Scientific Personnel

, Mechanical Engineer, MSc

LEET

Dimitrakellis Panagiotis

Collaborating Researcher PhD

, Chemical Engineer, PhD

LEET

Dogas George

Scientific Personnel

, PhD, Physicist

LEET

Drosatos Panagiotis

Collaborating Researcher PhD

, Mechanical Engineer, PhD

LEET

Fotopoulou Maria

Scientific Personnel

, Electrical Engineer

LEET

Giourka Paraskevi

Collaborating Researcher PhD

, Civil Engineer, PhD

LEET

Iakovidis Giannis

Scientific Personnel

, Mathematician, MSc

LEET

Iliadis Petros

Scientific Personnel

, Mechanical Engineer, MSc

LEET

Itskos Grigorios

Collaborating Researcher PhD

, Chemist, PhD

LEET

Kagkalos Theodosios

Scientific Personnel

, Economist

LEET

Kakanis Ilias

Collaborating Researcher PhD

, PhD, Production & Management Engineer

Publications

Rakopoulos C., Rakopoulos D., Kyritsis D., Andritsakis E., Mavropoulos G.

Exergy evaluation of equivalence ratio, compression ratio and residual gas effects in variable compression ratio spark-ignition engine using quasi-dimensional combustion modeling

2022

Energy Volume 2441 April 2022 Article number 123080, ISSN 03605442

Zisopoulos G., Detsios N., Atsonios K., Nikolopoulos N., Grammelis P.

Process Analysis and Design Considerations of a Low Carbon Methanol Synthesis Plant from Lignite/Waste Gasification

2022

Fuels, 2022, 3, pp. 245-274

Anca-Couce A., von Berg L., Pongratz G., Scharler R., Hochenauer Ch., Geusebroek M., Kuipers J., Vilela C., Kraia T., Panopoulos K., Funcia I., Dieguez-Alonso A.

Assessment of measurement methods to characterize the producer gas from biomass gasification with steam in a fluidized bed

2022

Biomass and Bioenergy Open Access Volume 16, 3 August 2022, Article number 106527, ISSN 09619534

Apostolopoulos V., Apostolopoulos V., Giourka P., Martinopoulos G., Angelakoglou K., Kourtzanidis K., Nikolopoulos N.

Smart readiness indicator evaluation and cost estimation of smart retrofitting scenarios – A comparative case-study in European residential buildings

2022

Sustainable Cities and Society Open Access Volume 8, 2July 2022, Article number 103921, ISSN 22106707

Rotas R., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N., Tomboulides A., Kosmatopoulos E.,

Dynamic Simulation and Performance Enhancement Analysis of a Renewable Driven Trigeneration System

2022

Energies Open Access Volume 15, Issue 10 May-2 2022, Article number 3688, ISSN 19961073

Papatsounis A., Botsaris P., Lymperopoulos K., Rotas R., Kanellia Z., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N.

Operation assessment of a hybrid solar-biomass energy system with absorption refrigeration scenarios

2022

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 700 -7172022, ISSN 15567036

Zannis T., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Vallis A.

Achievement of NO Emission-Free Operation of a HSDI Diesel Engine Using Nitrogen Enrichment of Intake Air and Implications on Performance and Soot Emissions

2022

Journal of Energy Engineering Volume 148, Issue 31 June 2022, Article number 04022015, ISSN 07339402

Zannis T., Katsanis J., Christopoulos G., Yfantis E., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Rakopoulos C., Vallis A.

Marine Exhaust Gas Treatment Systems for Compliance with the IMO 2020 Global Sulfur Cap and Tier III NOx Limits: A Review

2022

Energie Open AccessVolume 15, Issue 10May-2 2022 Article number 3638, ISSN 19961073

Rakopoulos C., Rakopoulos D., Kyritsis D., Andritsakis E., Mavropoulos G.

Exergy evaluation of equivalence ratio, compression ratio and residual gas effects in variable compression ratio spark-ignition engine using quasi-dimensional combustion modeling

2022

Energy Volume 2441 April 2022 Article number 123080, ISSN 03605442

Zisopoulos G., Detsios N., Atsonios K., Nikolopoulos N., Grammelis P.

Process Analysis and Design Considerations of a Low Carbon Methanol Synthesis Plant from Lignite/Waste Gasification

2022

Fuels, 2022, 3, pp. 245-274

Anca-Couce A., von Berg L., Pongratz G., Scharler R., Hochenauer Ch., Geusebroek M., Kuipers J., Vilela C., Kraia T., Panopoulos K., Funcia I., Dieguez-Alonso A.

Assessment of measurement methods to characterize the producer gas from biomass gasification with steam in a fluidized bed

2022

Biomass and Bioenergy Open Access Volume 16, 3 August 2022, Article number 106527, ISSN 09619534

Apostolopoulos V., Apostolopoulos V., Giourka P., Martinopoulos G., Angelakoglou K., Kourtzanidis K., Nikolopoulos N.

Smart readiness indicator evaluation and cost estimation of smart retrofitting scenarios – A comparative case-study in European residential buildings

2022

Sustainable Cities and Society Open Access Volume 8, 2July 2022, Article number 103921, ISSN 22106707

Rotas R., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N., Tomboulides A., Kosmatopoulos E.,

Dynamic Simulation and Performance Enhancement Analysis of a Renewable Driven Trigeneration System

2022

Energies Open Access Volume 15, Issue 10 May-2 2022, Article number 3688, ISSN 19961073

Papatsounis A., Botsaris P., Lymperopoulos K., Rotas R., Kanellia Z., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N.

Operation assessment of a hybrid solar-biomass energy system with absorption refrigeration scenarios

2022

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 700 -7172022, ISSN 15567036

Zannis T., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Vallis A.

Achievement of NO Emission-Free Operation of a HSDI Diesel Engine Using Nitrogen Enrichment of Intake Air and Implications on Performance and Soot Emissions

2022

Journal of Energy Engineering Volume 148, Issue 31 June 2022, Article number 04022015, ISSN 07339402

Zannis T., Katsanis J., Christopoulos G., Yfantis E., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Rakopoulos C., Vallis A.

Marine Exhaust Gas Treatment Systems for Compliance with the IMO 2020 Global Sulfur Cap and Tier III NOx Limits: A Review

2022

Energie Open AccessVolume 15, Issue 10May-2 2022 Article number 3638, ISSN 19961073

Chapaloglou S., Nesiadis A., Atsonios K., Nikolopoulos N., Grammelis P., Carrera A., Camara O.

Microgrid energy management strategies assessment through coupled thermal-electric considerations

2021

Energy Conversion and Management, 228, 113711

Nikolopoulos A., Samlis C., Zeneli M., Nikolopoulos N., Karellas S., Grammelis P.

Introducing an Artificial Neural Network Energy Minimization Multi-Scale drag scheme for fluidized particles

2021

Chemical Engineering Science, 229, 116013

MINOAN

MINOAN – Smart Sustainable Energy Conversion & Management

MINOAN – Smart Sustainable Energy Conversion & Management

Mission

Research focus

Main scientific directions

Projects & Activities

LEILAC2

BIOTHEROS

REEFLEX

Thumbs Up

HAlMAN

FLEXIndustries

Personnel

Alevizos Petros

Anagnostopoulou Elissavet

Andritsakis Eleftherios

Antonoudis Sotirios Efstathios

Antypa Despina

Apostolopoulos Vasilios

Atsonios Konstantinos

Bellos Evaggelos

Chairopoulos Nikolaos Charalampos

Chatzigeorgiou Helen

Dimitrakellis Panagiotis

Dogas George

Drosatos Panagiotis

Fotopoulou Maria

Giourka Paraskevi

Iakovidis Giannis

Iliadis Petros

Itskos Grigorios

Kagkalos Theodosios

Kakanis Ilias

Publications

Rakopoulos C., Rakopoulos D., Kyritsis D., Andritsakis E., Mavropoulos G.

Exergy evaluation of equivalence ratio, compression ratio and residual gas effects in variable compression ratio spark-ignition engine using quasi-dimensional combustion modeling

Zisopoulos G., Detsios N., Atsonios K., Nikolopoulos N., Grammelis P.

Process Analysis and Design Considerations of a Low Carbon Methanol Synthesis Plant from Lignite/Waste Gasification

Anca-Couce A., von Berg L., Pongratz G., Scharler R., Hochenauer Ch., Geusebroek M., Kuipers J., Vilela C., Kraia T., Panopoulos K., Funcia I., Dieguez-Alonso A.

Assessment of measurement methods to characterize the producer gas from biomass gasification with steam in a fluidized bed

Apostolopoulos V., Apostolopoulos V., Giourka P., Martinopoulos G., Angelakoglou K., Kourtzanidis K., Nikolopoulos N.

Smart readiness indicator evaluation and cost estimation of smart retrofitting scenarios – A comparative case-study in European residential buildings

Rotas R., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N., Tomboulides A., Kosmatopoulos E.,

Dynamic Simulation and Performance Enhancement Analysis of a Renewable Driven Trigeneration System

Papatsounis A., Botsaris P., Lymperopoulos K., Rotas R., Kanellia Z., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N.

Operation assessment of a hybrid solar-biomass energy system with absorption refrigeration scenarios

Zannis T., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Vallis A.

Achievement of NO Emission-Free Operation of a HSDI Diesel Engine Using Nitrogen Enrichment of Intake Air and Implications on Performance and Soot Emissions

Zannis T., Katsanis J., Christopoulos G., Yfantis E., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Rakopoulos C., Vallis A.

Marine Exhaust Gas Treatment Systems for Compliance with the IMO 2020 Global Sulfur Cap and Tier III NOx Limits: A Review

Rakopoulos C., Rakopoulos D., Kyritsis D., Andritsakis E., Mavropoulos G.

Exergy evaluation of equivalence ratio, compression ratio and residual gas effects in variable compression ratio spark-ignition engine using quasi-dimensional combustion modeling

Zisopoulos G., Detsios N., Atsonios K., Nikolopoulos N., Grammelis P.

Process Analysis and Design Considerations of a Low Carbon Methanol Synthesis Plant from Lignite/Waste Gasification

Anca-Couce A., von Berg L., Pongratz G., Scharler R., Hochenauer Ch., Geusebroek M., Kuipers J., Vilela C., Kraia T., Panopoulos K., Funcia I., Dieguez-Alonso A.

Assessment of measurement methods to characterize the producer gas from biomass gasification with steam in a fluidized bed

Apostolopoulos V., Apostolopoulos V., Giourka P., Martinopoulos G., Angelakoglou K., Kourtzanidis K., Nikolopoulos N.

Smart readiness indicator evaluation and cost estimation of smart retrofitting scenarios – A comparative case-study in European residential buildings

Rotas R., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N., Tomboulides A., Kosmatopoulos E.,

Dynamic Simulation and Performance Enhancement Analysis of a Renewable Driven Trigeneration System

Papatsounis A., Botsaris P., Lymperopoulos K., Rotas R., Kanellia Z., Iliadis P., Nikolopoulos N.

Operation assessment of a hybrid solar-biomass energy system with absorption refrigeration scenarios

Zannis T., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Vallis A.

Achievement of NO Emission-Free Operation of a HSDI Diesel Engine Using Nitrogen Enrichment of Intake Air and Implications on Performance and Soot Emissions

Zannis T., Katsanis J., Christopoulos G., Yfantis E., Papagiannakis R., Pariotis E., Rakopoulos D., Rakopoulos C., Vallis A.

Marine Exhaust Gas Treatment Systems for Compliance with the IMO 2020 Global Sulfur Cap and Tier III NOx Limits: A Review

Chapaloglou S., Nesiadis A., Atsonios K., Nikolopoulos N., Grammelis P., Carrera A., Camara O.

Microgrid energy management strategies assessment through coupled thermal-electric considerations

Nikolopoulos A., Samlis C., Zeneli M., Nikolopoulos N., Karellas S., Grammelis P.

Introducing an Artificial Neural Network Energy Minimization Multi-Scale drag scheme for fluidized particles

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