International Refereed Journals and Book Chapters

  1. Karavas C. -S., Arvanitis K. G., Kyriakarakos, G., Piromalis, D. D., & Papadakis G.
    “A novel autonomous PV powered desalination system based on a DC microgrid concept incorporating short-term energy storage.”
    Solar Energy 2018 , 159, pp. 947-961
  2. Christos-Spyridon Karavas, Konstantinos Arvanitis, George Papadakis.
    “A Game Theoretic Approach to Multi-Agent Decentralized Energy Management of Autonomous Polygeneration Microgrids.”
    Energies 2017, 10, 1756; doi:10.3390/en10111756.
  3. G. Kosmadakis, G. Mousmoulis, D. Manolakos, I. Anagnostopoulos, G. Papadakis, D. Papantonis.
    “Development of open-drive scroll expander for an organic Rankine cycle engine and first test results.”
    Energy Procedia 129, 2017, pp. 371-378.
  4. Karavas C.-S. and Papadakis G.
    “Renewable energy driven small-scale sea water reverse osmosis desalination systems: A survey.”
    J. Fundam. Renew. Energy Appl. 2017, 7:3, e115, (editorial article), DOI: 10.4172/2090-4541.1000e115.
  5. Erika Ntavou, George Kosmadakis, Dimitris Manolakos, George Papadakis, Dimitris Papantonis.
    “Experimental testing of a small-scale two stage Organic Rankine Cycle engine operating at low temperature.”
    Energy 2017, vol 141, pp 869-879
  6. Evangelos Dimitriou, Panagiotis Boutikos, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Slawomir Koziel, George Papadakis.
    “Theoretical performance prediction of a reverse osmosis desalination membrane element under variable operating conditions.”
    Desalination, 2017, 419, pp. 70–78.
  7. G. Kyriakarakos, A.I. Dounis, K.G. Arvanitis, G. Papadakis.
    “Design of a Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Variable-Load Energy Management System for Autonomous PV-Reverse Osmosis Desalination Systems: A Simulation Survey.”
    Applied Energy, 2017, 187, pp. 575-584.
  8. P. Kofinas, A.I. Dounis, Essam Sh. Mohamed, G. Papadakis.
    “Adaptive neuro-fuzzy model for renewable energy powered desalination plant.”
    Desalination and water treatment, 2017, 65, pp.67-78.
  9. Markou, G., Brulé, M., Balafoutis, A., Kornaros, M., Georgakakis, D., Papadakis, G.
    “Biogas production from energy crops in northern Greece: economics of electricity generation associated with heat recovery in a greenhouse.”
    Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2017, 19(4), pp. 1147-1167.
  10. Kosmadakis, G., Landelle, A., Lazova, M., Manolakos, D., Kaya, A., Huisseune, H., Karavas, C.-S., Tauveron, N., Revellin, R., Haberschill, P., De Paepe, M., Papadakis, G.
    “Experimental testing of a low-temperature organic Rankine cycle (ORC) engine coupled with concentrating PV/thermal collectors: Laboratory and field tests.”
    Energy, Vol. 117, 15 Dec 2016, Pages 222-236.
  11. Ntavou, E., Kosmadakis, G., Manolakos, D., Papadakis, G., Papantonis, D.
    “Experimental evaluation of a multi-skid reverse osmosis unit operating at fluctuating power input.”
    Desalination, 2016, 398, pp. 77-86.
  12. George Kosmadakis, Dimitris Manolakos and George Papadakis.
    “Developments on Small-Scale Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Systems.”
    J. Fundam. Renew. Energy Appl. 2016, 6:4, e109, (editorial article), DOI: 10.4172/2090-4541.1000e109.
  13. Markou, G., Brulé, M., Balafoutis, A., Kornaros, M., Georgakakis, D., Papadakis, G.
    “Biogas production from energy crops in northern Greece: economics of electricity generation associated with heat recovery in a greenhouse.”
    Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 29 November 2016, Pages 1-21
  14. George Kosmadakis, Dimitris Manolakos, George Papadakis.
    “Experimental investigation of a low-temperature organic Rankine cycle (ORC) engine under variable heat input operating at both subcritical and supercritical conditions.”
    Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016, 92, pp. 1-7
  15. Ioannis Vallios, Theocharis Tsoutsos, George Papadakis.
    “Αn applied methodology for assessment of the sustainability of biomass district heating systems.”
    International Journal of Sustainable Energy 2016, 35 (3), pp. 267-294
  16. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis.
    “An investigation of design concepts and control strategies of a double-stage expansion solar organic Rankine cycle.”
    International Journal of Sustainable Energy 2015, 34 (7), pp. 446-467
  17. Karavas, C.-S., Kyriakarakos, G., Arvanitis, K.G., Papadakis, G.
    “A multi-agent decentralized energy management system based on distributed intelligence for the design and control of autonomous polygeneration microgrids.”
    Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 103, pp. 166-179
  18. G. Kyriakarakos, D. D. Piromalis, K. G. Arvanitis, A. I. Dounis, G. Papadakis.
    “On Battery-Less Autonomous Polygeneration Microgrids: Investigation of the Combined Hybrid Capacitors / Hydrogen Alternative.”
    Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 91, pp. 405-415
  19. P. Kofinas, A. I. Dounis, G. Papadakis, M.N. Assimakopoulos.
    “An Intelligent MPPT Controller based on Direct Neural Control for Partially Shaded PV System.”
    Energy and Buildings, 2015, 90, pp. 51-64.
  20. Anastasios I. Dounis, P. Kofinas, G. Papadakis, C. Alafodimos.
    “A Direct Adaptive Neural Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltaic System.”
    Solar Energy, 2015, 115, pp. 145-165.
  21. Evangelos Dimitriou, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Christos Karavas and George Papadakis.
    “Experimental comparison of the performance of two reverse osmosis desalination units equipped with energy recovery devices.”
    Desalination and Water Treatment, 2015, 115, pp. 145-165.
  22. George Kosmadakis, Dimitris Manolakos, Erika Ntavou, George Papadakis.
    “Multiple Reverse Osmosis sub-units supplied by unsteady power sources for seawater desalination.”
    Desalination and Water Treatment, 2015, 53 (12), pp. 3170-3178.
  23. Evangelos Dimitriou, Essam Sh. Mohamed, George Kyriakarakos, George Papadakis.
    “Experimental investigation of the performance of a reverse osmosis desalination unit under full and part load operation.”
    Desalination and Water Treatment, 2015, 53 (12), pp. 3170-3178.
  24. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis.
    “An investigation of design concepts and control strategies of a double-stage expansion solar organic Rankine cycle.”
    International Journal of Sustainable Energy 2015, 34 (7), pp. 446-467
  25. Essam Sh. Mohamed, George Papadakis.
    “Advances of renewable energy powered desalination. In, Handbook of Clean Energy Systems, Jinyue
    Yan (Editor). 2015. John Wiley & Sons, 2015
  26. George Kyriakarakos, George Papadakis.
    “Polygeneration microgrids for residential applications. In, Handbook of Clean Energy Systems,”
    Jinyue Yan (Editor). 2015. John Wiley & Sons, 2015
  27. Bertrand F. Tchanche, M. Pétrissans, G. Papadakis.
    “Heat resources and organic Rankine cycle machines.”
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 39, November 2014, Pages 1185–1199
  28. Α.T. Balafoutis, E. Papageorgiou, Z. Dikopoulou, S. Fountas, G. Papadakis.
    “Sunflower oil fuel for diesel engines: Experimental investigation and optimum engine setting evaluation using Multi-Criteria Decision Making approach.”
    International Journal of Green Energy 2014, 11 (6), pp. 642-673
  29. C. Li, G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, E. Stefanakos, G. Papadakis and Y. Goswami.
    “Performance investigation of concentrating solar collectors coupled with a transcritical organic Rankine cycle for power and seawater desalination co-generation.”
    Desalination 2013, 318, pp. 107-117.
  30. G. Kyriakarakos, D.D. Piromalis, A.I. Dounis, K.G. Arvanitis, G. Papadakis.
    “Intelligent demand side energy management system for autonomous polygeneration microgrids.”
    Applied Energy 2013, 103, pp. 39-51.
  31. G. Kyriakarakos, A. Dounis, K.G. Arvanitis, G. Papadakis.
    “A Fuzzy Cognitive Maps – Petri Nets Energy Management System for Autonomous Polygeneration Microgrids.”
    Applied Soft Computing Journal, 2012, 12 (12) , pp. 3785-3797.
  32. Kyriakarakos, G., Dounis, A.I., Arvanitis, K.G., Papadakis, G.
    “A fuzzy logic energy management system for polygeneration microgrids.”
    Renewable Energy, 41, 2012 : 315-327.
  33. A. Balafoutis, S. Fountas, A. Natsis, and G. Papadakis.
    “Performance and emissions of sunflower, rapeseed and cotton seed oils as fuels in an agricultural tractor engine.”
    ISRN Renewable Energy, Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 531510, 12 pages, doi:10.5402/2011/531510.
  34. B.F. Tchanche, Gr. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis, G. Papadakis.
    “Low-grade heat conversion into power using organic Rankine cycles – A review of various applications.”
    Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 3963– 3979.
  35. George Kyriakarakos, Anastasios Dounis, Stelios Rozakis, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, George Papadakis. “Polygeneration microgrids: A viable solution in remote areas for supplying power, potable water and hydrogen as transportation fuel.”
    Applied Energy, Vol. 88, Issue 12, December 2011: 4517 – 4526.
  36. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis. “Simulation and economic analysis of a CPV/Thermal system coupled with an organic Rankine cycle for increased power generation.”
    Solar Energy, Volume 85, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 308-324.
  37. D.D. Bochtis, C.G. Sørensen, P. Busato, I.A. Hameed, E. Rodias, O. Green, G. Papadakis
    “Tramline establishment in controlled traffic farming based on operational machinery cost.”
    Biosystems Engineering, Volume 107, Issue 3, November 2010, Pages 221-231.
  38. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis.
    “Parametric theoretical study of a two-stage solar organic Rankine cycle for RO desalination.”
    Renewable Energy, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 989-996.
  39. B.F. Tchanche, Gr. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis and G. Papadakis.
    “Exergy analysis of micro-organic Rankine power cycles for a small scale solar driven reverse osmosis desalination system.”
    Applied Energy 2010, 87 (4), pp. 1295–1306.
  40. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis.
    “Design of a two stage Organic Rankine Cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination supplied from a steady thermal source.”
    Desalination, Volume 250, Issue 1, 1 January 2010, Pages 323-328.
  41. D. Manolakos, G. Kosmadakis, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis.
    “Identification of Behaviour and Evaluation of Performance of Small Scale, Low Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle Process coupled with RO Desalination Unit.”
    Energy, Volume 34, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 767-774.
  42. Tchanche Fankam Bertrand, George Papadakis, Gregory Lambrinos and Antonios Frangoudakis.
    “Fluid selection for a low-temperature solar organic Rankine cycle.”
    Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 29, Issues 11-12, August 2009, Pages 2468-2476.
  43. Ioannis Vallios, Theocharis Tsoutsos, George Papadakis.
    “Design of biomass district heating systems.”
    Biomass & Bioenergy, Volume 33, Issue 4, April 2009, Pages 659-678.
  44. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis.
    “Simulation of an autonomous, two stages solar organic Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination.”
    Desalination and Water Treatment 1 (2009) 114–127.
  45. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis.
    “Comparative thermodynamic study of refrigerants for a two stages organic Rankine cycle for RO desalination.”
    Desalination, 243, 2009 p. 74–94.
  46. Michael Papapetrou, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Dimitris Manolakos, George Papadakis, Vicente J. Subiela, and Baltasar Peñate.
    “Operating Renewable Energy/Desalination Units, (Chapter 10 pp 247-272). In, Seawater Desalination. Conventional and Renewable Energy Processes. Series: Green Energy and Technology.”
    Cipollina, Andrea; Micale, Giorgio; Rizzuti, Lucio (Eds.). 2009, XIV, 306 p. 135 illus., Hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-642-01149-8.
  47. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis.
    “Economic assessment of a two-stage solar organic Rankine cycle for reverse osmosis desalination.”
    Renewable Energy, Volume 34, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 1579-1586.
  48. D. Manolakos, G. Kosmadakis, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis.
    “On site experimental evaluation of a low temperature solar organic Rankine cycle for RO desalination.”
    Solar Energy, Volume 83, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 646-656.
  49. A. Papayiannopoulou, G. Parissopoulos, G. Papadakis, G. Kladis, C. Sakkas.
    “Winter Cereals Production with No-Tillage and Conventional Methods in Central Greece.”
    Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Volume 32, Issue 4 October 2008, pages 597 – 609.
  50. D. Manolakos, Essam Sh. Mohamed, I. Karagiannis, G. Papadakis.
    “Technical and economic comparison between PV-RO system and RO-Solar Rankine system. Case study: Thirasia Island.”
    Desalination Volume 221, Issues 1-3, 1 March 2008, p. 37-46.
  51. Essam Sh. Mohamed, G. Papadakis, E. Mathioulakis, V. Belessiotis.
    “A direct coupled photovoltaic seawater reverse osmosis desalination system toward battery based systems—a technical and economical experimental comparative study.”
    Desalination, Volume 221, Issues 1-3, 1 March 2008, p. 17-22.

International Conferences Proceedings

International Conferences Proceedings

  1. Christos Spyridon Karavas and George Papadakis.
    “Integration of renewable energy technologies in the community of the Agricultural University of Athens.”
    33rd European Photovoltaic Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25-29 Sep 2017. Proceedings under publication.
  2. Christos – Spyridon Karavas, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, George Kyriakarakos, Dimitrios D. Piromalis, and George Papadakis.
    “PV powered reverse osmosis desalination system operating at variable pressure conditions and controlled by a multi- agent decentralized energy management system.”
    33rd European Photovoltaic Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25-29 Sep 2017. Proceedings under publication.
  3. Christos – Spyridon Karavas, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Evangelos Dimitriou, and George Papadakis.
    “Direct driven of a small scale sea water reverse osmosis desalination unit powered by PV: case study in Aegean Island, Greece.”
    European Desalination Society conference, “Desalination for Clean Water and Energy, Cooperation around the World”, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 8-12th 2017.
  4. Evangelos Dimitriou, Panagiotis Boutikos, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Slawomir Koziel and George Papadakis. “Theoretical modeling and verification of reverse osmosis membrane element under variable operating conditions.”
    European Desalination Society conference, “Desalination for Clean Water and Energy, Cooperation around the World”, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 8-12th 2017.
  5. George Papadakis, Christos – Spyridon Karavas, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Evangelos Dimitriou, Dimitrios Pyromalis and George Kyriakarakos.
    “An innovative renewable energy driven reverse osmosis desalination system with short term energy storage employing computational intelligence.”
    EDS conference “Desalination for the Environment” 22-26 May 2016, Rome, Italy.
  6. Evangelos Dimitriou, Panagiotis Boutikos, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Slawomir Koziel and George Papadakis. “Theoretical development of a reverse osmosis desalination membrane element operating in full and part load conditions.”
    Presented at EDS conference “Desalination for the Environment” 22-26 May 2016, Rome, Italy.
  7. Ntavou E., Kosmadakis G., Manolakos D., Papadakis G.
    “Experimental investigation of a small-scale two stage ORC engine operating at low temperature.”
    Presented at the 3rd International seminar on ORC power systems, Brussels, October 12-14, 2015. Paper No 87.
  8. Kosmadakis G., Manolakos D., Papadakis G.
    “Experimental testing of a small-scale supercritical ORC engine at low-temperature and variable operating conditions.”
    Presented at the 3rd International seminar on ORC power systems, Brussels, October 12-14, 2015. Paper No 126.
  9. Erika Ntavou, George Kosmadakis, Dimitris Manolakos, George Papadakis, Dimitris Papantonis. “Experimental investigation of a multi-skid RO unit, powered by a small-scale ORC engine.”
    Presented at the International Desalination Society (IDA) World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, San Diego California, USA, August 30 – September 4, 2015. IDAWC REF: 15WC-51748.
  10. Evangelos Dimitriou, George Kyriakarakos, Essam Shaban Mohamed, Christos Karavas, Dimitris Piromalis, Anastasios Dounis, Konstantinos Arvanitis, George Papadakis.
    “Smart renewable energy driven Reverse Osmosis desalination employing computational intelligence.”
    Presented at the International Desalination Society (IDA) World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, San Diego California, USA, August 30 – September 4, 2015. IDAWC REF: 15WC-51777.
  11. Giorgos Markou, Mathieu Brulé, Athanasios Balafoutis, Dimitris Georgakakis and George Papadakis. “Energy-crops-based biogas plants in Greece: Economical comparison of maize and sweet sorghum silages used as feedstock.”
    Proceedings, 22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition”, Vienna, Austria, 1-4 June 2015.
  12. Evangelos Dimitriou, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Christos Karavas, George Papadakis.
    “Experimental investigation of an autonomous renewable energy driven reverse osmosis desalination system with a hydraulic energy storage.”
    Presented at the European Desalination Society conference, “EuroMed 2015, Desalination for clean water and energy”, Palermo, Italy, 10-14 May 2015. Paper No 140.
  13. E. Dimitriou, C. Karavas, E. Sh. Mohamed, G. Kyriakarakos, D. Piromalis, A. Dounis, K. Arvanitis, G. Papadakis.
    “A test bench for the optimization of autonomous renewable energy driven reverse osmosis desalination units.”
    Presented at the European Desalination Society conference, “EuroMed 2015, Desalination for clean water and energy”, Palermo, Italy, 10-14 May 2015. Paper No 141.
  14. G. Zaragoza, O. Ceberio, P.A. Davies, G. Papadakis, R. Schwantes, E. Tzen.
    “Renewable energy desalination: status of technology development, research and commercialization.”
    Presented at the European Desalination Society conference, “EuroMed 2015, Desalination for clean water and energy”, Palermo, Italy, 10-14 May 2015. Paper No 154.
  15. G. Kosmadakis, O. Olsson, E. Davou, J. Bystrom, G. Papadakis.
    “Design and implementation of a hybrid low-concentration PV/thermal system including a bottoming supercritical ORC engine. “29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition”,
    Amsterdam, Holland, 22-26 September 2014.
  16. Ntavou E, Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Papadakis G.
    “Experimental investigation of a multi-skid Reverse Osmosis (RO) unit, operating at a wide load range, powered by a small-scale Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) engine.”
    Proceedings of EDS2014 Int. Conference and Exhibition on Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy, Limassol, Cyprus, 11–15 May 2014.
  17. Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Ntavou E, Papadakis G.
    “Multiple Reverse Osmosis sub-units supplied by unsteady power sources for seawater desalination.”
    Proceedings of EDS2014 Int. Conference and Exhibition on Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy, Limassol, Cyprus, 11–15 May 2014.
  18. Evangelos Dimitriou, Essam Sh. Mohamed, George Papadakis.
    “Experimental comparison of the performance of two reverse osmosis desalination units equipped with energy recovery devices.”
    Proceedings of the International Conference & Exhibition on Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy, Limassol, Cyprus, 11-15 May 2014.
  19. George Kyriakarakos, Evangelos Dimitriou, Christos Karavas, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Dimitrios D. Piromalis, Anastasios I. Dounis, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, George Papadakis.
    “Direct driven (battery-less) photovoltaic/wind turbine reverse osmosis desalination system employing computational intelligence techniques.”
    7th International Conference on PV-Hybrids and Mini-Grids, Bad Hersfeld, Germany, April 2014.
  20. Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Ntavou E, Papadakis G.
    “Integrated system based on CPV/T collectors and a low temperature supercritical ORC engine.”
    Poster presentation at the Industrial Technologies 2014 Int. Conference (IndTech2014), Athens, Greece, 9-11 April 2014, (http://www.industrialtechnologies2014.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Industrial_tech_2014_POSTERS1.pdf).
  21. Ntavou E, Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Papadakis G.
    “Design and implementation of a two-stage organic Rankine cycle, operating under variable heat input.”
    Poster presentation at the Industrial Technologies 2014 Int. Conference (IndTech2014), Athens, Greece, 9-11 April 2014, (http://www.industrialtechnologies2014.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Industrial_tech_2014_POSTERS1.pdf).
  22. Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Bouzianas K, Papadakis G.
    “Heat recovery in low-concentration PV/thermal units using a low-temperature supercritical organic Rankine cycle for improved system performance.”
    Oral presentation at the 2nd Int. Seminar on ORC Power Systems (ASME-ORC2013), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 7-8 October 2013 (http://www.asme-orc2013.nl/program/day/1).
  23. Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Ntavou E, Papadakis G.
    “Implementation of a two-stage organic Rankine cycle using scroll expanders operating under variable heat input.”
    Poster presentation at the 2nd Int. Seminar on ORC Power Systems (ORC2013), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 7-8 October 2013 (http://www.asme-orc2013.nl/program/show_slot/14).
  24. Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Papadakis G.
    “Low-concentration PV/T combined with a low temperature supercritical organic Rankine engine for increased power production by exploiting PV waste heat.”
    Proceedings of EU PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition 2013 (EU PVSEC 2013), Paris, France, 30 September-4 October 2013.
  25. E. Dimitriou, E. Sh. Mohamed, G. Kyriakarakos, G. Papadakis.
    “Experimental investigation of the performance of a reverse osmosis desalination unit operating under full and part load conditions.”
    Proceedings of the International Conference WIN4Life, Tinos Island, Greece, 19-21 September 2013.
  26. Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Papadakis G.
    “Investigation of Multiple Reverse Osmosis Sub-Units Coupled to a Small-Scale Solar Subcritical Organic Rankine Cycle Engine.”
    Proceedings of the International Conference WIN4Life, Tinos Island, Greece, 19-21 September 2013.
  27. Kosmadakis G, Manolakos D, Papadakis G.
    “Investigating the double-stage expansion in a solar ORC.”
    Presented at the 1st International Seminar on ORC Power Systems (ORC2011), Delft, The Netherlands, 22-23 September 2011.
  28. Balafoutis A., E. Papageorgiou, Z. Dikopoulou, S. Fountas, A. Natsis, G.Papadakis.
    “Application of Expert Systems to determine optimal biofuel type-engine tuning.”
    Proceedings of 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Berlin, Germany, 6-10 June 2011.
  29. G. Papadakis, E.S. Mohamed, G. Kyriakarakos, A.-W.S. Kassem.
    “Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for the Supply of Services in rural Settlements of Mediterranean Partner Countries. The HYRESS Project – The Case Study of the Hybrid System – Microgrid in Egypt.”
    5th European PV-Hybrid and Mini-Grid Conference. 29 -30 April 2010, Tarragona, Spain.
  30. B. F. Tchanche, S. Quoilin, S. Declaye, G. Papadakis & V. Lemort.
    “Economic Optimization of Small Scale Organic Rankine Cycles.”
    23rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010, 3 pp 379-388.
  31. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis and K. Bouzianas.
    “Design of an autonomous, two stages solar organic Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination.”
    International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics, Skiathos Island, Greece, 2010
  32. Athanasios Balafoutis, Fausto Freire, George Papadakis.
    “Life Cycle Assessment of Sunflower oil produced in Greece and used as fuel in tractor diesel engines.”
    Proceedings of the European Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Clermont-Ferrand, France, September 2010.
  33. Tchanche, B.F., Quoilin, S., Declaye, S., Papadakis, G., Lemort, V.
    “Economic feasibility study of a small scale organic rankine cycle system in waste heat recovery application.”
    ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA2010, Istanbul Turkey, vol. 1, pp. 249-256
  34. G. Papadakis, Essam Sh.Mohamed, G. Kyriakarakos, Abdel-Wahab S. Kassem.
    “Hybrid renewable energy systems for the supply of services in rural settlements of Mediterranean partner countries. The HYRESS project – the case study of the hybrid system in Egypt.”
    Proceedings of the 24th European photovoltaic conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg Germany, proceedings in CD-ROM 2009.
  35. Tchanche, B.F., Mohamed, E.Sh., Papadakis, G. Solar energy: A solution to energy poverty in Africa?”
    29th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2009, ISES 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa 11-14 October 2009, Proceedings Vol. 2, 2009, pp 1672-1681.
  36. A. Balafoutis, L. Geronikolou, A. Natsis, G. Papadakis.
    “Injection Timing and Injector Protrusion tuning in a diesel engine of an agricultural tractor for optimization of the use of sunflower oil based fuels using a multi-criterion model.”
    Proceedings of the 17th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany, June 2009.
  37. B. F. Tchanche, G. Papadakis, G. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis.
    “Exergy analysis of a low-temperature solar thermal power system based on exergy-topological models.”
    4th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, Sharjah-UAE, 19-23 April 2009.
  38. B. F. Tchanche, G. Papadakis, G. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis.
    “Optimal evaporating temperature for working fluids in Rankine heat engines.”
    4th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, Sharjah-UAE, 19-23 April 2009.
  39. Athanasios Balafoutis, Athanasios Natsis, Dimitris Lois, George Papadakis.
    “Injection Timing Impact on Agricultural Tractor Engine Performance Using Sunflower Oil Blends with Diesel as Fuel.”
    International Conference and Exhibition Renewable Energy 2008, October 13-17, BEXCO&Nurimaru, Busan, Korea.
  40. George Kyriakarakos, Essam Mohamed, George Papadakis.
    “Experimental Operation and Evaluation of a Hybrid Renewable Energy Polygeneration Microgrid.”
    International Conference and Exhibition Renewable Energy 2008, October 13-17, BEXCO&Nurimaru, Busan, Korea.
  41. G. Kyriakarakos, E.S. Mohamed, G. Papadakis.
    “A Pilot Microgrid that Uses Potable Water and Hydrogen Both as End-User Products and Medium to Long Term Energy Storage.”
    Proceedings MEDPOWER2008, “6th Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion”, 2-5 November 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece, Proceedings in CD-ROM, paper code MED08/232.
  42. Tchanche Fankam Bertrand, G. Papadakis, Gregory Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis.
    “Effects of refrigeration on low-temperature solar organic Rankine cycles.”
    Proceedings of the EUROSUN 2008 conference, 7 to 10 October 2008, Lisbon – Portugal. Proceedings in CD-ROM, paper No 388.
  43. Tchanche Fankam Bertrand, G. Papadakis, Gregory Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis.
    “Criteria for working fluids selection in low-temperature solar organic Rankine cycles.”
    Proceedings of the EUROSUN 2008 conference, 7 to 10 October 2008, Lisbon – Portugal. Proceedings in CD-ROM, paper No 387.
  44. Papadakis G., Mohamed E.S., Kyriakarakos G., Kassem A.-W.S., Linares A., Ovidio L., Bard J., Panahandeh B., Outzourhit A., El Khazen A., Janssen R., Kyritsis E., Kyritsis S.,
    “Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for the Supply of Services in Rural Settlements of Mediterranean Partner Countries. The HYRESS Project.”
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Theses

PhD Theses

  1. “Renewable Energy Autonomous PolygenerationSmartgrids Optimized With Soft Computing Techniques”
    George Kyriakarakos, 2013
  2. “Vegetable oil Use as fuel in Internal Combustion Engines”
    Athanasios Balafoutis, 2012
  3. “Application of renewable energy systems for sea water desalination by reverse osmosis”
    Essam Sh. Mohamed, 2010
  4. “Low-grade heat conversion into power using small scale organic Rankine cycles”
    B. F. Tchanche, 2010
  5. “Design and experimental evaluation of an autonomous RO desalination system with solar ORC”
    Dimitrios Manolakos, 2006

MSc Theses

  1. Eleni Paletsou, title,“Experimental assessment of the performance of three different grid connected photovoltaic systems in Greece”, June 2009
  2. Konstantinos Markopoulos, title, “Application of software tools for identifying optimum combination of renewable energy technologies for satisfying the energy needs of the island of Kythnos, Greece”, April 2009
  3. Irini Photiou, title, “An assessment of the measured actual grid fed annual energy of two wind parks, one in continental Greece at Sidirokastro and one in Syros island and comparison with the corresponding calculated values through the Wasp software”, April 2011
  4. Stamatia Voulgaraki, title, “Analysis of the biomass energy market in EU–27: Electricity, and heat”, February 2011
  5. John Passisis, title, “Seawater desalination with wind energy- A review”, May 2012
  6. Konstantinos Kondoudakis, title, “Design manufacturing and testing of a sol-air collector”, September 2012
  7. Georgia Antonopoulou, title, “Investigation of the energy consumption of a selected house in Greece and evaluation of its potential for energy saving and application of renewable energy technologies”, February 2013
  8. Evangelos Dimitriou, title, “Experimental investigation of a reverse osmosis desalination unit under variable operation conditions”, February 2013
  9. Ekaterini Michalopoulou, title, “Experimental investigation of the influence of temperature on the storage capacity of hydrogen of a metal hydride tank”, February 2013
  10. Spyros Chantzios, title, “Investigation of the incorporation of renewable energy technologies in autonomous weak grids”, May 2013
  11. Efthimios Rodias, title, “Energy balance of selected biomass crops and residues for energy production”, October 2013
  12. Maria Makri, title, “Investigation of potential applications of small wind generators and the corresponding market potential”, July 2014
  13. Spyros Anagnostopoulos, title, “Experimental and theoretical assessment of the performance of two grid connected photovoltaic systems in Athens: a thin film type micro-amorphous silicon and a typical mono-crystalline silicon one”, July 2014

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