SED Group Selected Publications
Publications by year
2009
Conferences
- A. Ghobeity and A. Mitsos, "Optimal Use of Solar Thermal Energy for Combined Power Generation and Water Desalination," in DISTRES Conference, 2009.
2011
Journal/Articles
- A. Ghobeity, C.J Noone, C.N. Papanicolas, and A. Mitsos, “Optimal time-invariant operation of a power and water cogeneration solar-thermal plant”, Solar Energy, vol. 85, no. 9, pp. 2295-2320, 2011.
- A.V. McKnight, M. D. Georgiou, M. Seong, and J.G. Georgiadis, J.G., “Analysis and design of a multi-effect desalination system with thermal vapour compression and harvested heat addition”, Desalination and Water Treatment, vol. 31, pp. 339–346, 2011.
- C.J. Noone, A. Ghobeity, A.H Slocum, G. Tzamtzis, and A. Mitsos, “Site selection for hillside central receiver solar thermal plants”, Solar Energy, vol. 85, no. 5, pp. 839-848, 2011.
- A.H. Slocum, D.S. Codd, J. Buongiorno, C. Forsberg, T. McKrell, J.C. Nave, C.N. Papanicolas, A. Ghobeity, C.J. Noone, S. Passerini, F. Rojas, and A. Mitsos, “Concentrated solar power on demand”, Solar Energy, vol. 85, no. 7, pp. 1519-1529, 2011.
Conferences
- A. M. Bonanos, "Error analysis for concentrated solar collectors", in 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2011.
- A. Vozar-McKnight, A. M. Bonanos and J. G. Georgiadis, "Design and construction of a small scale four-effect distillation unit for thermal desalination", in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2011.
2012
Journal/ Article
- A.M. Bonanos, "Error analysis for concentrated solar collectors" Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 063125, 2012.
- A. Ghobeity, and A. Mitsos, ‘Optimal Design and Operation of a Solar Energy Receiver and Storage’, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 031005, 2012.
Conferences
- A. M. Bonanos, C. J. Noone and A. Mitsos, "Reduction in Spot Size via Off- Axis Static and Dynamic Heliostat Canting," in Proceedings of the ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, San Diego, USA, 2012.
Book
- C. N. Papanicolas and G. Tzamtzis, Solar Thermal Cogeneration of Electricity and Water, The Cyprus Institute, 2012.
2013
Journal Articles
- M.D. Georgiou, A.M. Bonanos, and J.G. Georgiadis, "Optical evaluation of heliostat mirrors using caustics", Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 5, no. 5, pp.053139, 2013.
Conferences
- M. D. Georgiou, A. M. Bonanos, J. G. Georgiadis, "Caustics as an Alternate of Ray Tracing to Evaluate Heliostat Mirrors", Conference Papers in Energy, vol. 2013, Article ID 395659.
- M. C. Georgiou, A. M. Bonanos, J. G. Georgiadis, "Evaluation of a Multiple-Effect Distillation Unit under Partial Load Operating Conditions", Conference Papers in Energy, vol. 2013, Article ID 395659.
Other scientific Reports
- Paltsev, Sergey, Frank O’Sullivan, Nathan Lee, Anna Agarwal, Mingda Li, Xuejing Li, and Nestor Fylaktos. 2013. ‘Natural Gas Monetization Pathways for Cyprus: Interim Report – Economics of Project Development Options’. Economics of Project Development Options. Cambridge, MA: MIT Energy Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://mitei.mit.edu/system/files/Cyprus_NG_Report.pdf.
2014
Journal / Articles
- N. Fylaktos, I. Mitra, G. Tzamtzis and C. N. Papanicolas, "Economic Analysis of an Electricity and Desalination Water Cogeneration Plant in Cyprus", Desalination and Water Treatment, pp. 2453-2470, 2014.
- E. V. Votyakov and A. M. Bonanos, "A perturbation model for stratified thermal energy storage tanks", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 75, pp. 218-223, 2014.
2015
Journal/Article
- Papanicolas, C., M. A. Lange, N. Fylaktos, A. Montenon, G. Kalouris, N. Fintikakis, M. Fintikaki, D. Kolokotsa, K. Tsirbas, C. Pavlou, K. Vasilakopoulou, M. Santamouris, “Design, Construction and Monitoring of a near-Zero Energy Laboratory Building in Cyprus”, Advances in Building Energy Research, vol. 9, p. 140, February 2015.
- E. V. Votyakov and A. M. Bonanos, "Algebraic model for thermocline thermal storage tank with filler materials", Solar Energy, vol. 122, p. 1154-1157, 2015.
- M. C. Georgiou, A.M. Bonanos, and J.G. Georgiadis, “Experimental evaluation of a multiple-effect distillation unit in low seawater flow conditions”, Desalination and Water Treatment, vol. 55, no.12, pp. 3267-3276, 2015.
Conferences
- C. N. Papanicolas, A. M. Bonanos, M. C. Georgiou, E. Guillen, N. Jarraud, C. Marakkos, A. Montenon, E. Stiliaris, E. Tsioli, G. Tzamtzis and E. V. Votyakov, "CSP cogeneration of electricity and desalinated water at the Pentakomo field facility" in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2015, Cape Town, South Africa, October 13-16, 2015. 2016, vol. 1734, p. 100008.
- M.C. Georgiou and A.M. Bonanos, “A transient model for forward and parallel feed MED”, European Desalination Society, Palermo, Italy, 2015.
2016
Journal/Article
- M.C. Georgiou and A.M. Bonanos, “A transient model for forward and parallel feed MED”, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 57, pp. 23119-23131, May 2016.
- A. M. Bonanos and E. V. Votyakov, "Sensitivity analysis for thermocline thermal storage tank design", Renewable Energy, vol. 99, pp. 764-771, December 2016.
- M. C. Georgiou, A.M. Bonanos, and J.G. Georgiadis, “Evaluation of a solar powered distillation unit as a mitigation to water scarcity and climate change in Cyprus”, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 57(5), 2325-2335, 2016.
Conferences
- A. Montenon, N. Fylatkos, F. Montagnino, F. Paredes, C. N. Papanicolas, "Concentrated Solar Power in the Built Environment", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2016, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 11-14, 2016. 2017, vol. 1850, p. 040006.
- A. Montenon and N. Fylaktos, "First Solar air-conditioning System in Cyprus supported by a Fresnel collector", in Proceedings of RESEE Conference, May 2016.
- C. Marakkos, E. Stiliaris, E. Guillen, A. Montenon and C. Papanicolas, "Temperature and Thermal Power Measurements for a Helical-Coil Steam Generator in a Thermal Storage Tank of Molten Solar Salt," in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2016, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 11-14, 2016. 2017, vol. 1850, p. 150003.
- 7. A. Montenon, F. Paredes, A Giacona, N. Fylaktos, S. Di Bono, C. Papanicolas, and F. Montagino, "Solar multi-generation in the Mediterranean area, the experience of the STS-Med project", in Proceedings of Eurosun, La Palma de Mallorca, Spain, October 2016.
- 8. A. M. Bonanos and C. N. Papanicolas, "The PROTEAS Facility Heliosts Field: Layout and Performance Prediction", in Proceedings of Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency, RESEE 2016, May 2016.
- E. V. Votyakov and C. N. Papanicolas, "Consistent Multiphysics simulation of a central tower CSP plant as applied to ISTORE", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2016, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 11-14, 2016. 2017, vol. 1850, p. 160027.
- A.M. Bonanos, M.C. Georgiou, E. Guillen and C.N. Papanicolas, “CSP+D: The case study at the PROTEAS facility”, in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2016, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 11-14, 2016. 2017, vol. 1850, p. 170001.
- M.C. Georgiou and A. M. Bonanos, "Characterization and dynamic performance of a small scale four effect distillation unit potenially coupled to a CSP plant", in Proceedings of Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency, RESEE 2016, May 2016.
2017
Journal/Articles
- A. Bonanos, "Physical modelling of thermocompressor for desalination applications", Desalination, vol. 412, pp. 13-19, June 2017.
- M. D. Georgiou, A. Bonanos and J. Georgiadis, "Experimental investigation of transitional natural convection in a cube using particle imaging velocimetry. Part I: Fluid flow and thermal fields", Journal of Heat Transfer, vol. 139, no. 1, p. 0012502, 2017.
- M. D. Georgiou, A. Bonanos and J. G. Georgiadis, "Experimental investigation of transitional natural convection in a cube using particle imaging velocimetry. Part II: Turbulence quantities and proper orthogonal decomposition", Journal of Heat Transfer, vol. 139, no. 1, p. 012503, 2017.
- N. Kampelis, K. Gobakis, V. Vagias, D. Kolokotsa, L. Standardi, D. Isidori, C. Cristalli, F.M. Montagnino, F. Paredes, P. Muratore, L. Venezia, M. Kyprianou Dracou, A. Montenon, A. Pyrgou, T. Karlessi, and M. Santamouris, "Evaluation of the performance gap in industrial, residential & tertiary near-zero energy buildings", Energy and Buildings, vol. 148, pp.58 – 73, 2017.
- J. M. Igreja, C. Marakkos, and J. M. Lemos, "Finite dimensional models of the hydraulic hammer effect and solar tower control", Journal of Process Control, vol. 65, pp. 78-83, May 2018.
Conferences
- A.M. Bonanos, M. Faka, D. Abate, S. Hermon and M.J. Blanco, “Optical characterization of heliostats using multiple 3D geometry characterization sensors”, in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, Santiago, Chile, September 26-29, 2017. 2018, vol. 2033, p. 040008.
- K. G. Stokos, E. Stiliaris, A.M. Bonanos, M.C. Georgiou, E. Guillen, A. Montenon and C.N. Papanicolas, "The Control System at Proteas", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, Santiago, Chile, September 26-29, 2017. 2018, vol. 2033, p. 210019.
- C. Corsi, M. Blanco, J. S. Kim, and J. Pye, "Point-Focus Multi-Receiver Fresnel-loop - Exploring Ways to Increase the Optical Efficiency of Solar Tower Systems", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, Santiago, Chile, September 26-29, 2017. 2018, vol. 2033, p. 170001.
- 9. J. P. Cardoso, A. Mutuberria, C. Marakkos, P. Schoettl, T. Osório, I. Les, "New functionalities for the Tonatiuh Ray-tracing Software", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, Santiago, Chile, September 26-29, 2017. 2018, vol. 2033, p. 210010.
- J. M. Igreja, C. Marakkos, and J. M. Lemos, "The hydraulic hammer effect in solar tower fluid circuit temperature controller", in IFAC-PapersOnline: Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress 2017, Toulouse, France, 2017, vol. 50, pp. 129-134.
- Y. Wang, D. Potter, C. Asselineau, C. Corsi, M. Wangner, M. Blanco, J. Kim, J. Pye, "Comparison of Optical Modelling Tools for Sunshape and Surface Slope Error", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, Santiago, Chile, September 26-29, 2017. 2018, vol. 2033, p. 210020.
- E. V. Votyakov, M. C. Georgiou, E. Guillen, E. Stilliaris, and C. N. Papanicolas, "Experimental Methodology to Calculate Thermal Losses of a Molten salt Cavity Receiver", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, Santiago, Chile, September 26-29, 2017. 2018, vol. 2033, p. 040041.
- J. P. Cardoso, T. Marcel, N. Jarraud, E. Dufour, C. N. Papanicolas, J. F. Mendes, J. Blanco-Galvez, "Towards an alignment of national research programmes and funding for CST technologies in Europe", in AIP Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, Santiago, Chile, September 26-29, 2017. 2018, vol. 2033, p. 120003.
2018
Journal/Articles
- G. Peña Balderrama, T. Alfstad, C. Taliotis, M.R. Hesamzadeh, M. Howells, "A Sketch of Bolivia’s Potential Low-Carbon Power System Configurations. The Case of Applying Carbon Taxation and Lowering Financing Costs", Energies vol. 11, pp. 2738, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.3390/en11102738)
- J. Blanco, M. Constantinou, C. Corsi, V. Grigoriev, K. Milidonis, C. Panagiotou, C. N. Papanicolas, J. Pye, E. Votyakov, "FluxTracer-A Ray Tracer Post-Processor to Assist in the Design and Optimization of Solar Concentrators and Receivers", Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, vol. 141, no. 2, pp. 021015, 2018.
Conferences
- M. Blanco, E. Votyakov, C. Christou, C. N. Papanicolas, C. Corsi, J. Pye, "FluxTraced - A 3D partitioning and radiant flux computer tool to analyse the optical behaviour of light collection and concentration subsystems using high performance computers", in Concentrated Solar Power: Proceedings of the ASME 2018 Sustainable Energy Conference, ASME 2018, Orlando, USA, June 24-28, 2018
- M. Blanco, M. Constantinou, C. Corsi, V. Grigoriev, K. Milidonis, C. F. Panagiotou, C. N. Papanicolas, J. Pye, E. Votyakov, "Analysis of the focal region of the heliostat field of the ASTRI reference plant with FluxTracer", submitted in SolarPaces 2018, Morocco, October 2018
- K.G. Stokos, M. C. Georgiou, C. Roussos, E. Stiliaris, C. N. Papanicolas, "Experimental Methodology for the Heat Losses Estimation in TES tanks", submitted in SolarPACES 2018, Morocco, October 2018
- A. C. Montenon, P. Tsekouras, C. Tzivanidis, M Bibron, C. N. Papanicolas, "Thermo-optical Modelling of the Linear Fresnel Collector at The Cyprus Institute", submitted in SolarPACES 2018, Morocco, October 2018
- C. Corsi, M. Blanco, J. Kim, J. Pye, “Upper Limits to the Annual Optical Efficiency of Solar Tower Systems”, ECOS 2018 – 31st International Conference, Guimaraes, Portugal.
- C. Corsi, M. Blanco, J. Kim, J. Pye, “Method to optimize the heliostat field layout of multi-tower and multi-tracking CST systems”, submitted in ASME 2018 Sustainable Energy Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, June 2018.
- A. C. Montenon and C. Papanicolas, “Theoretical study of a hybrid Fresnel collector to supply electricity and air-conditioning for buildings”, submitted in RESEE 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 2018
- D. R. Corbett, M. Blanco, A.M. Bonanos, M.C. Georgiou, C.N. Papanicolas, C. Roussos, E. Stiliaris, K. Stokos and E. Votyakov, "Object Oriented Modelling of the CSP-DSW Facility", submitted in SolarPACES 2018, Morocco, October 2018.
- K. G. Stokos, E. Stiliaris, M.C. Georgiou, C.C. Roussos and C.N. Papanicolas, "Architecture and Implementation of the Control System at PROTEAS", submitted in RESEE 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 2018.