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University of Patras
Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics (UPLAT)
The Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics (LAT) belongs to the Energy, Aeronautics and Environment Section of the Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department of the University of Patras. The laboratory is responsible for teaching at undergraduate and graduate level a number of courses including thermodynamics, heat transfer, combustion, transport phenomena, turbulence, propulsion and multi-phase flows.
Research activities include experimental, computational and combined investigation approaches and are centred on thermofluids, turbulence, combustion, aerodynamics and multiphase flows, with applications in energy, environment, aeronautics and biotechnology.
LAT has established partnerships within European Academic and Research Associations aiming to advance scientific knowledge and technology. Currently, LAT is a member of the European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (ERCOFTAC), the European Aeronautics Science Network Association (EASN), the Environmentally Compatible Air Transport System International Association (ECATS) and the Greek Section of the Combustion Institute. It is also accredited to carry out tests under the terms of ISO/IEC 17025.
Status: Energy, Aeronautics and Environmental Division of the Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department of the University of Patras
R&D Expertise: Thermofluids, Multiphase Flows, Turbulent Flows, Thermodynamics, Spray Dynamics
Infrastructure-Equipment: Convective heat transfer apparatus, Confined test sections for spray velocity and size measurements, Jet and plume facilities. 3D PIV, LDA and PDPA for spray velocity and size measurements, Thermal camera and advanced thermometry, Heat flux metering, OpenFoam
Research Team
- Th. Panidis, Professor (Project Coordinator)
- K. Perrakis, Lecturer
- Dr. A. Giannadakis, Researcher
- Dr. A. Romeos, Researcher
Laboratory of Electromechanical Energy Conversion
The Laboratory of Electromechanical Energy Conversion (LEMEC-UP), being a part of the Electrical Power Systems Division, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, was founded in 1974 and is fully functional since 1975. From 2010 it is managed by Professor
Dr.-Eng. Emmanuel Tatakis. Its main objective is focused, but not limited, to the education and research of the following scientific areas: 1) Electrical Machines 2) Power Electronics (Devices, Converters and Applications 3) Electrical Motor Drive Systems 4) Industrial Electronics 5) Energy Conversion.
LEMEC-UP people comprise four permanent teaching staff members, three of which are active (Dr.-Eng. Emmanuel Tatakis, Dr.-Eng. Joya Kappatou, Dr.-Eng. Epameinondas Mitronikas) and one Emeritus Professor (Dr.-Eng. Athanasios Safacas), as well as a technician (K. Petrou). In addition, twelve (12) PhD Students are working towards their PhD dissertation at LEMEC-UP at the time.
A large number of research areas is covered by LEMEC-UP, such as 1) Study of Electrical Machines transient phenomena, 2) Electromechanical systems simulation 3) Design and development of motor drive and control systems for electric motors 4) Investigation of the Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles propulsion system 5) Modeling and Simulation of Power Semiconductor devices and high frequency passive elements 6) Design and development of electronic drivers for power semiconductor devices triggering 7) Analysis and design of power electronics converters for space applications and aircrafts 8) Behavioral analysis, design and construction of electronic power converters 9) Analysis and design of PFC converters and active filters 10) Investigation of power losses in high frequency transformers and inductors 11) Investigation of Photovoltaic, Wind energy and storage systems 12) Investigation of All-Electric-Ship power system.
Status: Electrical Power Systems Division, of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras
R&D Expertise: Electrical Machines, Power Electronics (Devices, Converters and Applications), Electrical Motor Drive Systems, Industrial Electronics, Energy Conversion
Infrastructure-Equipment: Heavy electro-mechanical machinery, AC/DC power supply, automation, safety devices, rotating and electronic power converters, programmable logic controllers (PLC), SCADA system. Electronic loads, LCR meters, oscilloscopes, power analyzers, spectrum analyzers, pulse generators, digital recorders, inductive and capacitive loads, tachometers microprocessor support equipment, circuit emulation systems.
Research Team
- Tatakis, Professor (WP3 Leader)
- Mitronikas, Ass. Professor
Xi’an Jiaotong University
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering (XJTU)
The State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering belongs to the School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. XJTU members show expertise in Spray Dynamics, Multiphase Flow, Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences, Laser and Optics (ranked as 1st Innovation Research Group of National Natural Science Foundation of China).
Status: School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
R&D Expertise: Spray Dynamics, Multiphase Flow, Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences, Laser and Optics (ranked as 1st Innovation Research Group of National Natural Science Foundation of China)
Infrastructure-Equipment: High Speed CCD Camera, PDPA, Openfoam, Rapid Temperature Measurement (magnetron sputtering coating technology), Open Circuit Cooling Flash Spray Configuration, In-house developed Spray Nozzles.
Research Team
- Chen Bin, Professor (Project Coordinator from the Chinese side)
- Zhou Zhifu, Professor
Meazon S.A.
Founded in 2013, Meazon set out with a single goal – to bring the benefits of the emerging Internet of Things to the energy efficiency sector. A few years later, we have built a comprehensive portfolio of energy management solutions, with world-class team of software, firmware and hardware engineers, partnering with a wide range of domestic and international ESCOs, systems integrators, energy utilities, service providers, buildings and industrial companies. Today Meazon has its headquarters in Greece and recently started an office in US. Meazon founders: George Koronias: Former Vodafone Greece & Albania CEO, one of the most successful managers in Greece & European Mobile Telco business, Stelios Koutroubinas: Former head of Atmel (Nasdaq & Silicon Valley company) R&D center in Greece, John Gionas: Former Ericsson Southeast Europe executive and business director.
Meazon designs, markets and produces in scale energy smart cyber meters & controllers with build in intelligence, innovatively miniaturized, wireless and of open architecture, in combination with powerful energy data aggregation gateways, open to 3rd party IoT workflow automation scenarios creation and finally a cloud based real time energy monitoring service, residing on Microsoft Azure cloud, providing scalability, security and efficiency. Furthermore 3rd party analytics experts and energy efficiency professionals have the option to develop their own big data analytics visualizations using Meazon energy management solution, based on its integration with Microsoft’s Power BI.
Status: Start-Up Enterprise (2013)
R&D Expertise: Smart cyber meters & controllers with build in intelligence, IoT workflow automation scenarios creation, Cloud based real time energy monitoring (Awarded Winner by the US Department of Energy in the Energy Sub-meter Challenge-2017)
Infrastructure – Equipment: NB-IoT data aggregation gateways, Energy sub-meters and controllers, Microsoft Azure cloud-based energy analytics platform
Research Team
- Koutroubinas, CEO (WP2 Leader)
- Gionas, CCO
- Balios, Hardware Engineer
- Betsos, Software Engineer