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Dimitrios T. Hountalas is affiliated with the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. Their research spans several areas within engineering, with a primary focus on topics related to emissions, performance, and efficiency in automotive and maritime transport sectors.

The main fields of study covered by Dimitrios T. Hountalas include:

  • Engineering

Their research delves into multiple subfields, notably:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

The topics frequently addressed in their publications involve:

  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies

Among their recent scholarly papers are:

  • "Review of Biofuel Effect on Emissions of Various Types of Marine Propulsion and Auxiliary Engines," 2023, published in Energies
  • "Comparative Assessment of the Impact of Water Addition either to the Intake Air or in Diesel Emulsion on the Performance and Emissions of a HDDI Diesel Engine," 2020, published in Journal of Energy Engineering
  • "Design of Container Ship Main Engine Waste Heat Recovery Supercritical CO2 Cycles, Optimum Cycle Selection through Thermo-Economic Optimization with Genetic Algorithm and Its Exergo-Economic and Exergo-Environmental Analysis," 2022, published in Energies

Dimitrios T. Hountalas frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Theodoros C. Zannis
  • Efthimios G. Pariotis
  • Theofanis Chountalas
  • Maria A. Founti
  • Athanasios G. Vallis

The primary publication venues for Dimitrios's work include:

  • Energies
  • Journal of Energy Engineering

Best Publications

  • Comparative performance and emissions study of a direct injection Diesel engine using blends of Diesel fuel with vegetable oils or bio-diesels of various origins

    C.D. Rakopoulos;K.A. Antonopoulos;D.C. Rakopoulos;D.T. Hountalas

  • Combustion and exhaust emission characteristics of a dual fuel compression ignition engine operated with pilot Diesel fuel and natural gas

    R.G Papagiannakis;D.T Hountalas

  • Emission characteristics of high speed, dual fuel, compression ignition engine operating in a wide range of natural gas/diesel fuel proportions

    R.G. Papagiannakis;C.D. Rakopoulos;D.T. Hountalas;D.C. Rakopoulos

  • Experimental investigation concerning the effect of natural gas percentage on performance and emissions of a DI dual fuel diesel engine

    R.G Papagiannakis;D.T Hountalas

  • Investigation of the performance and emissions of bus engine operating on butanol/diesel fuel blends

    D.C. Rakopoulos;C.D. Rakopoulos;D.T. Hountalas;E.C. Kakaras

  • Performance and emissions of bus engine using blends of diesel fuel with bio-diesel of sunflower or cottonseed oils derived from Greek feedstock

    C.D. Rakopoulos;D.C. Rakopoulos;D.T. Hountalas;E.G. Giakoumis

  • Effect of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) temperature for various EGR rates on heavy duty DI diesel engine performance and emissions

    D.T. Hountalas;G.C. Mavropoulos;K.B. Binder

  • Application of a multi-zone combustion model to investigate the NOx reduction potential of two-stroke marine diesel engines using EGR

    Spiridon I. Raptotasios;Nikolaos F. Sakellaridis;Roussos G. Papagiannakis;Dimitrios T. Hountalas

  • Theoretical study of the effects of pilot fuel quantity and its injection timing on the performance and emissions of a dual fuel diesel engine

    R.G. Papagiannakis;D.T. Hountalas;C.D. Rakopoulos

  • Multi-zone modeling of combustion and emissions formation in DI diesel engine operating on ethanol–diesel fuel blends

    C.D. Rakopoulos;K.A. Antonopoulos;D.C. Rakopoulos;D.T. Hountalas

  • Operational and Environmental Evaluation of Diesel Engines Burning Oxygen-Enriched Intake Air or Oxygen-Enriched Fuels: A Review

    C. D. Rakopoulos;D. T. Hountalas;T. C. Zannis;Y. A. Levendis

  • Thermodynamic analysis of a Rankine cycle applied on a diesel truck engine using steam and organic medium

    C.O. Katsanos;D.T. Hountalas;E.G. Pariotis

  • DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A 3-D MULTI-ZONE COMBUSTION MODEL FOR THE PREDICTION OF DI DIESEL ENGINES PERFORMANCE AND POLLUTANTS EMISSIONS

    C. D. Rakopoulos;D. T. Hountalas

  • A general purpose diagnostic technique for marine diesel engines – Application on the main propulsion and auxiliary diesel units of a marine vessel

    V.T. Lamaris;D.T. Hountalas

  • Prediction of marine diesel engine performance under fault conditions

    Dimitrios T Hountalas

  • Multi-Zone Combustion Modelling for the Prediction of Pollutants Emissions and Performance of DI Diesel Engines

    D. A. Kouremenos;C. D. Rakopoulos;D. T. Hountalas

  • Thermodynamic analysis of indirect injection diesel engines by two-zone modeling of combustion

    D. A. Kouremenos;C. D. Rakopoulos;D. Hountalas

  • Use of Water Emulsion and Intake Water Injection as NOx Reduction Techniques for Heavy Duty Diesel Engines

    D. T. Hountalas;G. C. Mavropoulos;T. C. Zannis;S. D. Mamalis

  • A fast algorithm for calculating the composition of diesel combustion products using 11 species chemical equilibrium scheme

    C.D. Rakopoulos;D.T. Hountalas;E.I. Tzanos;G.N. Taklis

  • Recovering Energy from the Diesel Engine Exhaust Using Mechanical and Electrical Turbocompounding

    D.T. Hountalas;C.O. Katsanos;V.T. Lamaris

Frequent Co-Authors

Constantine D. Rakopoulos
Constantine D. Rakopoulos National Technical University of Athens
Dimitrios C. Rakopoulos
Dimitrios C. Rakopoulos National Technical University of Athens
Evangelos G. Giakoumis
Evangelos G. Giakoumis National Technical University of Athens
Yiannis A. Levendis
Yiannis A. Levendis Northeastern University
Jesús Benajes
Jesús Benajes Universitat Politècnica de València

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