Dr. George PAPADAKIS, Associate Professor

· Scientific coordinator of 21 projects (since 1997): 13 international projects funded by the European Union, 3 bilateral and 7 national projects.

· Citations, (excluding auto-citations) more than 570, h index >16.

· Awarded the title "CIGR Fellow" at the ASAE annual international meeting/CIGR XVth world congress, 28-31 July 2002, Chicago, Illinois USA.

· Reviewer of many papers in Journals and International Conferences.

· Invited speaker in international conferences and workshops.

· Member of Scientific Committees in many International Conferences and chair person of many technical sessions and round tables.

· Member of the editorial board of the the Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications, http://www.ashdin.com/journals/jfrea/jfrea.aspx

· Past member of the editorial board of the CIGR journal (http://www.cigrjournal.org).

· Past member of the editorial board of the Balkan Agricultural Engineering Review

· Chairman of the international conference “AgEnergy’99, Energy and Agriculture towards the Third Millennium”, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, 2-5 June 1999.

· Chairman of the “International conference on agricultural engineering & industry exhibition, AgEng2008”, Hersonissos Crete, 23-25 June 2008.

· Past chairman and member of the council of the Hellenic Society of Agricultural Engineers and the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng).

· Past member of the Council of EurAgEng, www.eurageng.net.

· Member of ASABE, (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers), www.asabe.org.

· Past chair person of Special Interest Group of EurAgEng, “Energy Systems and Rural Electricity”.

· Past member of the Board of Section IV CIGR, “Rural Electricity and Other Energy Sources”, (CIGR: Committee International on Agricultural Engineering), www.cigr.org.

· Member of the “European Desalination Society”, www.edsco.com.

· Cooperation with international organizations (indicative)

ADEME (the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management), France; Bavarian Centre for Applied Energy Research (ZAE) – Munich, Germany; Berlin Technical University, Germany; CEA, France; CEMAGREF (Montpellier), France; CNRS, France; CIEMAT, Spain; Fraunhofer Institute, Germany; Loughborough University, UK; Liege University, Belgium; Munich Technical University, Germany; Technological Institute of the Canary Islands (ITC) - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Twente University, The Netherlands; University College London, UK; Universita degli studi di Genova, Italy, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, China Agricultural University, Beijing China, Indian Institute of Technology, India, FAO, UNESCO.

RESEARCH

Research involvement and interests are focused on the utilisation of renewable energy (RE) sources and related technologies with particular attention to the development and application of RE technologies to supply power in rural and remote areas. Also involved in research in the field of energy efficiency and agricultural engineering.

Between 1986 and 1996 has participated as main researcher in 7 international projects funded by the European Union and 7 national projects.

Since 1997 has been scientific co-ordinator of 21 projects, (13 international multi-partner projects funded by the European Union, 3 bilateral and 7 national projects).

The overall budget managed by himself for AUA (since 1997) has exceeded 3.550.000 EURO of which 75% were European Union funds and the rest 25% national funds, all from competitive projects. The overall budget of the multi partners’ projects he has been coordinating since 1997 has exceeded 15.000.000 EURO.

Past projects (since 1997)

· 1997-2000. Project funded by the European Union: Development and application of a water pumping system for remote areas consisted of photovoltaic modules with inverters integrated onto the modules and a new type of an asynchronous pump motor. Coordinator. DG XII - DG XVII, ΙNCO-COPERNICUS, France, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria.

· 1998-2001. Project funded by the European Union: Solar-thermally driven desalination system with corrosion-free collectors and 24-hours per day storage. DG ΧΙΙ, JOULE IIΙ, Germany (coordinator), Spain.

· 1999-2001. Project funded by the European Union: Development of an autonomous solar thermally driven distillation system. Coordinator. DG XII, CRAFT, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany.

· 1999-2001. Project funded by the Greek Ministry of Development. Development of a seawater desalination system utilising the waste heat of the autonomous electricity stations of the Aegean islands. Coordinator. Bilateral RTD cooperation between Greece and Germany.

· 2001-2002. Project funded by the Greek Ministry of Development. Experimental investigation of a small reverse osmosis desalination system powered by photovoltaics and wind turbine. Coordinator. Bilateral RTD cooperation between Greece and Romania.

· 2002-2004. Project funded by the Greek Ministry of Development. Application of neural networks to sizing hybrid renewable energy systems. Coordinator. Bilateral RTD cooperation between Greece and Hungary.

· 2003-2006. Project funded by the European Union: Alternative fuels for industrial gas turbines. Directorate Research, France (coordinator), Portugal, Spain, Italy, UK, Sweden.

· 2003-2006. Project funded by the European Union: PV enlargement.
Directorate General for Energy and Transport, Germany (coordinator), Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania.

· 2004-2007. Project funded by the Greek Ministry of Education: Experimental investigation of the use of non-esterified (crude) vegetable oils in internal combustion engines. Coordinator.

· 2003-2008. Project funded by the European Union: Autonomous desalination system concepts for sea water and brackish water in rural areas with renewable energies – potentials, technologies, field experience, socio-technical and socio-economic impacts, (ADIRA). Coordinator. MEDA-WATER program. Germany, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Jordan, Turkey.

· 2007-2008. Project funded by the Greek Ministry of Development: Development of a renewable energy polygeneration system to produce electricity, drinkable water and hydrogen. Tropical S.A. (coordinator Greece), France, Czech Republic.

· 2006-2009. Project funded by the European Union: Pellets Atlas: Development and promotion of a transparent European Pellets Market – Creation of a European real-time Pellets Atlas. Program ALTENER-Intelligent Energy. Germany (coordinator), Austria, UK, France, Estonia, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Holland, Denmark.

· 2006-2010. Project funded by the European Union: Hybrid renewable energy systems for supplying services in rural settlements of Mediterranean partner countries. Coordinator. Programme INCO, Directorate Research. Germany, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt.

On going projects

· 2010-2013. Project funded by the European Union: Bioregions. Program ALTENER-Intelligent Energy. Germany (coordinator), Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Holland, Denmark.

· 2011-2013. Project funded by the Greek general secretariat for research (Πρόγραμμα ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ): Development and testing of a two stage organic Rankine Cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination. Coordinator. Partners TEMAK S.A., ENERGEIAKI ELLADOS, University of Patras, National Technical University.

Research group – Supervision of PhDs

The research group he coordinates at AUA includes: 4 post-doc researchers, 4 PhD students in total 8 researchers.

PhDs:

· Essam Sh. Mohamed, “Reverse osmosis desalination with renewable energy technologies”, (completed November 2009).

· Bertrand Tchanche Fankam, “Solar Rankine cycle system for power generation”, (completed November 2010).

· Loukia Geronikolou, “Distributed energy generation for maximizing renewable energy penetration and sustainable development”.

· Athanassios Balafoutis, “Use of vegetable oils as fuels in internal combustion engines”.

· George Kyriakarakos, “Polygeneration of electricity, hydrogen and fresh water through desalination from hybrid renewable energy systems”.

· John Vallios, “Development of an expert system for the design and evaluation of a biomass energy plants”.

PUBLICATIONS (since 1997)

In total more than 125 publications allocated to more than 52 papers in refereed journals and books, 58 papers in international and national conference proceedings and several other publications (workshops, reports etc.).

Selected papers in refereed International Journals and Books (since 1997)

1. Rozakis S., Soldatos P.G., Papadakis G., Kyritsis S., Papantonis D. Evaluation of an integrated renewable energy system for electricity generation in rural areas. Energy Policy, 1997, Vol 25/3, 337-347.

2. Kittas C., Boulard T., Papadakis G. Natural ventilation of a greenhouse with ridge and side openings. Sensitivity to temperature and wind effects. Transactions of the ASAE, 1997, Vol 40, No 2, 415-425.

3. Boulard T., Papadakis G., Kittas C., Mermier M. Air flow and associated sensible heat exchanges in a naturally ventilated greenhouse. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 1997, 88, 111-119.

4. Bojic M., Trifunovic N., Papadakis G., Kyritsis S. Numerical simulation, technical and economic evaluation of an air-to-earth heat exchanger coupled to a building. Energy the International Journal, 1997, Vol 22/12, 1151-1158.

5. Boulard T., Kittas C., Papadakis G., Mermier M. Pressure field and air flow at the opening of a naturally ventilated greenhouse. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 1998, 71, 93-102.

6. Papadakis G., Manolakos D., Kyritsis S. Solar radiation transmissivity of a single span greenhouse through measurements on scale models. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 1998, 71, 331-338.

7. Natsis A., Papadakis G., Pitsilis J. The influence of soil texture, soil water and sharpness of the mouldboard plough on energy consumption, effective field capacity and tillage quality. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 1999, 72, 171-176.

8. Bojic Μ., Papadakis G., Kyritsis S. Energy from a two-pipe, earth-to-air heat exchanger. Energy the International Journal, 1999, Vol 24-6, 519-523.

9. Papadakis G., Briassoulis D., Scarascia G., Vox G., Feuilloley P. Stoffers J.A. Radiometric and thermal properties and testing methods for greenhouse covering materials. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 2000, 77(1), 7-38, (review paper).

10. Manolakos D., Papadakis G., Papantonis G., Kyritsis S. A simulation-optimisation programme for designing hybrid energy systems for supplying electricity and fresh water through desalination to remote areas. Application: the Mersini village, Donoussa island, Aegean sea, Greece. Energy, 2001, 26, 679-704.

11. Papadakis G., Tsamis P., Kyritsis S. An experimental investigation of the influence of plants to solar control of buildings. Energy and Buildings, Vol. 33(8), 2001 : 831-836.

12. Kallivroussis L., Natsis A., Papadakis G. The energy balance of the sunflower crop as a source for bio-diesel production in Greece. Biosystems Engineering, Vol. 81(3), 2002: 347-354.

13. Natsis A., Papadakis G., Pitsilis I. Experimental investigation of the influence of the foreploughshare and the disk coulter on the tillage quality and the tractor fuel consumption. CIGR Electronic Journal, Vol IV, 2002.

14. Manolakos D., Papadakis G., Papantonis D., Kyritsis S. A stand-alone photovoltaic power system for remote villages using pumped water energy storage. Energy 29, 2004: 57-69.

15. Essam Sh. Mohamed, G. Papadakis. Design, simulation and economic analysis of a stand alone reverse osmosis desalination unit powered by wind turbines and photovoltaics. Desalination 164, 2004 : 87-97.

16. Essam Sh. Mohamed, G. Papadakis, E. Mathioulakis, V. Belessiotis. The effect of hydraulic energy recovery in a small sea water reverse osmosis desalination system, an experimental and economic evaluation. Desalination, 184, 2005 : 241-246

17. D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis, Essam Sh. Mohamed, S. Kyritsis, K. Bouzianas. Design of an autonomous low-temperature solar Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination. Desalination 183, 2005, 73–80.

18. Manolakos D., Kyritsis S., Papadakis G., Karagiannis J., Soldatos P. Cost Analysis of an Autonomous Low-Temperature Solar Rankine Cycle System for Reverse Osmosis Desalination. WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, Issue 2, Vol. 1, November 2005, ISSN: 1790-5079 205

19. Essam Sh. Mohamed, G. Papadakis, E. Mathioulakis and V. Belessiotis. An experimental comparative study of the technical and economic performance of a small reverse osmosis desalination system equipped with a hydraulic energy recovery unit. Desalination 194, 2006: 239-250.

20. Manolakos D, Papadakis G, Kyritsis S, Bouzianas K. Experimental evaluation of an autonomous low temperature solar Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination. Desalination 203, 2007 : 366-374.

21. Papadakis G., Mohamed Sh. E., Manolakos D. Small autonomous RO desalination systems powered by renewable energies. Technological advances and economics. Proceedings of the “ΝΑΤΟ Advanced Research Workshop on solar desalination for the 21^st century”, Hammamet (Tunisia) February 22^nd-26^th, 2006, Springer, 2007, pp. 293-304.

22. Voulgaraki S.I. and Papadakis G. Simulation of a greenhouse solar heating system with seasonal storage in Greece. ACTA HORTICULTURAE 2007, 801, 757-764

23. 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 Desalination, Volume 221, Issues 1-3, 1 March 2008, p. 17-22.

24. D. Manolakos, Essam Sh. Mohamed, I. Karagiannis, G. Papadakis. Technical and economic comparison between PV-RO system and RO-Solar Rankine system. Case study: Thirassia Island. Desalination Volume 221, Issues 1-3, 1 March 2008, p. 37-46.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. Ioannis Vallios, Theocharis Tsoutsos, George Papadakis. Design of biomass district heating systems. Biomass & Bioenergy, Volume 33, Issue 4, April 2009, Pages 659-678.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. B.F. Tchanche, G. Papadakis, Gr. Lambrinos and A. Frangoudakis. Fluid selection for a low-temperature solar organic Rankine cycle. Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 29, Issues 11-12, August 2009, Pages 2468-2476.

33. Michael Papapetrou, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Dimitris Manolakos, George Papadakis, Vicente J. Subiela, and Baltasar Peñate. Operating RE/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

34. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis. Design of a two stage solar 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.

35. 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, Applied Energy, Volume 87, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 1295-1306

36. 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

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. Simulation and economic analysis of a CPV/Thermal system coupled with an organic Rankine cycle for increased power generation. Solar Energy, Vol. 85, Issue 2, February 2011, pp 308-324.

39. B.F. Tchanche, Gr. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis and G. Papadakis. Low-grade heat conversion into power using organic Rankine cycles – A review of various applications. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15, 2011, 3963– 3979.

40. G. Kyriakarakos, A. Dounis, S. Rozakis, K.G. Arvanitis, G. 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.

41. 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, Special Issue on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, Accepted, Forthcoming 2011.

42. A. Balafoutis, S. Fountas, A. Natsis, and G. Papadakis. Performance and emissions of sunflower, rapeseed and cottonseed oils as fuels in an agricultural tractor engine. ISRN Renewable Energy, Accepted, Forthcoming, 2011.

Selected International Conference Proceedings (since 1997)

1. Papadakis G., Kyritsis S. The renewable energy sources and the socio-economic development of remote islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. 20^th International Conference of the IVth section of the CIGR on “Rural Electrification and Rational Use of Energy in Agriculture”, April, 21-25/1997 Agadir, Morocco, Proceedings Section 4, pp 26-1, 26-6. The paper was also published in the Moroccan Journal, Hommes Terre & Eaux Vol. 27(104), 1997 pp 91-96.

2. Papadakis G., Briassoulis D. Radiative properties and testing methods of greenhouse covering materials. International Congress for Plastics in Agriculture, CIPA 97 Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 9-14, 1997 Proceedings pp. 259-268.

3. Papadakis G., Manolakos D., Papantonis D., Kyritsis S. A stand alone photovoltaic power system for remote villages using pumped water energy storage. XIIIth International Congress on Agricultural Engineering, Rabat, Morocco, 2-6 February 1998, Proceedings, Vol. 4, pp 165-178.

4. Kallivroussis L., Manolakos D., Papadakis G. Technical and economic evaluation of PV water pumping systems based on a DC-driven positive displacement pump. 2^nd world conference and exhibition on photovoltaic solar energy conversion, Vienna, 6-10 July 1998, Proceedings, vol. 3, pp 3186-3189.

5. Kittas C., Papadakis G., Giaglaras P. Heat and mass transfer processes in the greenhouse ecosystem. International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Oslo, August 24-27 1998. Papers published in CD-ROM.

6. Granados E., Hypont N., Izard J.L., Marco J., Papadakis G., Ronco L. Plants: Their application to improve summer thermal comfort in buildings. “Energy and Agriculture towards the Third Millennium”, Athens, Greece, June 2-5, 1999. Proceedings, Vol 2, pp 888-895.

7. Kittas C., Papadakis G., Bartzanas Th., Giaglaras P. Renewable energy sources and energy saving in Meditarranean greenhouses. “Energy and Agriculture towards the Third Millennium”, Athens, Greece, June 2-5, 1999. Proceedings, Vol. 2, pp 919-926.

8. Papadakis G., Maliderou E., Betzios G., Hendrik Mueller-Holst. Potential for exploitation of the reject heat from the autonomous diesel stations of the Greek islands for desalinating sea water. “The XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000”, Tsukuba, Japan, 28 Nov.- 1 Dec. 2000. Papers published in CD-ROM.

9. Natsis A., Papadakis G., Pitsilis I. Experimental investigation of the influence of the foreploughshare and the disk coulter on the tillage quality and the tractor fuel consumption. “The XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000”, Tsukuba, Japan, 28 Nov.- 1 Dec. 2000. Papers published in CD-ROM.

10. Predescu M., Craciunescu A., Kallivroussis L., Papadakis G. Design and testing of a photovoltaic water pumping system equipped with a low starting current induction motor and a dedicated DC-AC inverter. “PV in Europe”, Rome 7-11 October 2002. Proceedings in CD-ROM, (paper no V5.42).

11. Essam Sh. Mohamet, Papadakis G. Design, simulation and economic analysis of a stand alone reverse osmosis desalination unit powered by wind turbines and photovoltaics. “2^nd European PV-Hybrid and Mini-Grid Conference”, Kassel, Germany, 225-26 September 2003. Proceedings pp 288-293.

12. Essam Sh. Mohamet, Papadakis G. TRNSYS dynamic simulation of a stand alone hybrid wind-PV system powering a reverse osmosis desalination unit with hydraulic energy recovery. “2^nd European PV-Hybrid and Mini-Grid Conference”, Kassel, Germany, 225-26 September 2003. Proceedings pp 437-442.

13. Geronikolou L., Danalatos N.G., Archontoulis S. Kalavriotou P., Papadakis G. An experimental study of sunflower oil production in Greece to be used as an alternative fuel. “2^nd world conference and technology exhibition on biomass for energy, industry and climate protection” Rome, Italy, 10-14 May 2004. Proceedings pp 612-61.

14. Essam Sh. Mohamet, Papadakis G. A TRNSYS dynamic simulation model for a stand alone photovoltaic system powering directly (without batteries) a reverse osmosis desalination unit with energy recovery. Proceedings, “19^th European photovoltaic solar energy conference and exhibition”, Paris, France, 7-11 June 2004 pp 3343-3347.

15. Athanasios Natsis, Stamatios Christopoulos, George Papadakis. The interaction between natural environment and agricultural machines. Proceedings of the international conference of agricultural engineering “CIGR 2006”, Bonn, Germany, 3-7 September 2006.

16. A. Balafoutis, D. Melas, A. Natsis, A. Papagiannopolulou, G. Papadakis. Experimental investigation of the use of sunflower crude oil as fuel in a compression ignition engine. Proceedings of the international conference of agricultural engineering “CIGR 2006”, Bonn, Germany, 3-7 September 2006.

17. George Kyriakarakos, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Stylianos Rozakis, George Papadakis. Creation of a multi criteria environmental economic model to assist the design of autonomous renewable energy polygeneration systems. “The Great Wall World Renewable Energy Forum and Exhibition”, Beijing, China, 23-27 October 2006, Proceedings in CD-ROM, paper no 182.

18. George Papadakis, Demetra Petouni. Hybrid renewable energy systems for electricity supply in rural and remote areas: a review of system concepts, case studies and commercially available systems. “The Great Wall World Renewable Energy Forum and Exhibition”, Beijing, China, 23-27 October 2006, Proceedings in CD-ROM, paper no 62.

19. L. Geronikolou, S. Rozakis, M. Z. Despotovic, G. Papadakis, S. Kyritsis. Model development and application for determining optimum integration of RES in target regions. “First International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE)” Skiathos island, Greece, June 24 to 28, 2007.

20. 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. 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain, Proceedings in CD-ROM, Paper code 5CO.8.2, pp 3348-3352.

21. 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.

22. 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 387.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. B. F. Tchanche, G. Papadakis, G. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis. Optimal evaporating temperature for working fluids in Rankine heat engines. 4^th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, Sharjah-UAE, 19-23 April 2009.

27. B. F. Tchanche, G. Papadakis, G. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis. Exergy anlysis of a low-temperature solar thermal power system based on exergy-topological models. 4^th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, Sharjah-UAE, 19-23 April 2009.

28. 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.

29. G. Papadakis, Essam Sh.Mohamed, G. Kyriakarakos, Abdel-Wahab S. Kassem. Hybrid renewable energy systems for the supply of services in rural settlements of meditarranean partner countries. The HYRESS project – the case study of the hybrid system in Egypt. 24th European photovoltaic conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg Germany, proceedings in CD-ROM

Updated July 2011