Alexandros Panagiotopoulos |
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Postdoctoral Researcher |
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Address: National Technical University of Athens, |
Studies
-Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
-PhD Erasmus, Lancaster University
Professional Experience
-Participation in the design and construction of a small Pelton water turbine (150 KW) which has been installed for electricity production
-Conducted River flow measurements using CRES current meter equipment in two rivers in Greece
Research
-Doctoral Thesis : «Numerical simulation of the flow and interchange of energy, on impulse water turbines, along with further experimental examination and confirmation»
Scientific Publications
-Panagiotopoulos M., Panagiotopoulos A., ‘Design and construction of a 150kW Pelton turbine, using numerical optimization of the bucket design’, 4th Energy Week, Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE), Athens, 24-26 November 2010.
-Židonis A., Panagiotopoulos A., Aggidis, G., Anagnostopoulos, J., Papantonis D., ‘Parametric Optimisation of Two Pelton Turbine Runner Designs Using Computational Fluid Dynamics’, Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser B, 2014
-Benzon, D., Židonis, A., Panagiotopoulos, A., Aggidis, G. A., Anagnostopoulos, J. S., Papantonis D. E. (2014). ‘Impulse turbine injector design improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics’, ASME J. Fluids Eng. 2014
-Παναγιωτόπουλος Α., Αγγίδης Γ., Παπαντώνης Δ., Αναγνωστόπουλος Ι., ‘Πειραματική και αριθμητική διερεύνηση σχεδιασμού και λειτουργίας υδροστροβίλου Pelton’, 9ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο για τα Φαινόμενα Μηχανικής Ρευστών Αθήνα, 12-13 Δεκεμβρίου, 2014
-Panagiotopoulos A., Židonis A., Aggidis, G., Anagnostopoulos, J., Papantonis D., ‘Computational Fluid Dynamics Comparison on Pelton Turbines Using CFX, Fluent and Fast Lagrangian Solver Validated Against Initial Experimental Modelling’, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2013
-Benzon, D., Židonis, A., Panagiotopoulos, A., Aggidis, G. A., Anagnostopoulos, J. S., Papantonis D. E. (2014). ‘Numerical investigation of the spear valve configuration on the performance of Pelton and Turgo turbine injectors and runners’, ASME J. Fluids Eng. 2014
Technical Chamber of Greece. Hellenic Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers.