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The Laboratory of Process Systems Design and Implementation (PSDI) performs excellent world-class research and offers technological services to industry and other public and private entities. PSDI carries out research for the design and integration of renewable energy systems and devices for energy production and storage incorporating energy management strategies for autonomous and interconnected hybrid microgrids of renewable energy sources. Main research areas are materials & processes for electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies, such as fuel cells and electrolyzers, electrochemical conversion of electricity into fuels and chemicals, and Li-ion batteries. This is also supported by integrated infrastructure for renewable hydrogen production. On the energy management technologies, the scheduling and interaction for optimal energy demand-supply, the design, optimization and control of microgrid topologies and sizing is investigated, targeting an optimal exploitation of renewable sources and exploration of optimal energy storage options using methods supported by mathematical models and advanced control methodologies. Based on the digital twinning concept works on developing powerful tools for the digital representation of microgrid and complex chemical processes by using high-fidelity models and simulation platforms as well as real-time bi-directional data exchange with the real twin. Data logged by industrial process monitoring are used to train Deep Learning algorithms and create robust models for complex problems.
The main research of PSDI focus in Hybrid Energy Systems Design, distributed power generation for autonomy from conventional power sources, H2 production processes, fuel cell technologies for clean energy production, electrochemical reactors, alternative energy storage technologies, modeling, optimization, advanced automatic control and operation monitoring of complex process systems, development of generic computational tools for process and materials optimization and design, addressing the challenge of complex computations during optimization, extended in the implementation in pilot scale-studies. Implementation of Digital twins in design, control, forecasting, fault diagnosis, expansion planning, and policy-making. This focus has been extended in recent years in the implementation in pilot scale-studies of the design results attained by these tools.
Development of materials for energy production and storage, physicochemical/electrochemical characterization of components PEM fuel cells for power generation, electrolysis systems for hydrogen and other fuels/chemicals production and high energy density Li-ion batteries.
The computational focus of the group is extended further with tools for process and materials optimization and design, addressing the challenge of complex computations during optimization. The integration of all the above is implemented by design, optimization construction of large-scale pilot units in order to test and upscale new and alternative technological solutions for H2 production and energy storage.
KOH.051016, 011230, 051017
KOH.011251, KOH.051068
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2023
Surfaces, 6, 493–508
2023
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 328, 124293
2023
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(99), 39463
2023
Energies, 16, 4086
2023
Catalysts, 13, 596
2023
Catalysts, 13, 504
2023
Journal of CO2 Utilization, 70, 102425
2023
Catalysts, 13, 275
2023
Surfaces, 6, 493–508
2023
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 328, 124293
2023
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(99), 39463
2023
Energies, 16, 4086
2023
Catalysts, 13, 596
2023
Catalysts, 13, 504
2023
Journal of CO2 Utilization, 70, 102425
2023
Catalysts, 13, 275
2023
Membranes 13 (1), 20
2023
Nanomaterials, 13(2), 299
MINOAN – Smart Sustainable
Energy Conversion and Management
GREEN – Geo-Resources, Energy
& Environmental Management
GrEnEA – Green Energy
& Environmental Applications
LIM – Laboratory
of Inorganic Materials
ARTEMIS – Advanced Renewable
Technologies for Energy & Materials
Integrated Systems
NRRE – Natural Resources
& Renewable Energies
PSDI – Laboratory of Process
Systems Design and Implementation
LPRE – Laboratory of Polymer
Reaction Engineering
NICE – Novel materIals
for Clean Energy Applications
LEFH – Laboratory of Environmental
Fuels/Biofuels and Hydrocarbons
HydPro – Hydroprocessing
BCPL – Biological Computation
& Process Laboratory
LEET – Laboratory of Environmental & Energy Transition technologies
(GrEnEA, Green & Minoan Groups)