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36
Citations
4085
World Ranking
8811
National Ranking
75

Overview

Nikos Nikolopoulos is affiliated with the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, building and construction, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as computational mechanics. The breadth of research spans several main topics including building energy and comfort optimization, integrated energy systems optimization, phase change materials research, adsorption and cooling systems, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, thermodynamic and exergetic analyses of power and cooling systems, and sustainable building design and assessment.

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications across various academic venues, with frequent appearances in the journal Energies, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Energy Storage, Fuel, and Sustainability.

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Computational Mechanics

  • Energies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • Fuel
  • Sustainability

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nikos Nikolopoulos cover a range of topics related to energy systems, sustainable building assessment, fuel technologies, and electrical engineering, including:

  • Biomass Availability in Europe as an Alternative Fuel for Full Conversion of Lignite Power Plants: A Critical Review, 2020, Energies
  • Αn integrated life cycle assessment and life cycle costing approach towards sustainable building renovation via a dynamic online tool, 2023, Applied Energy
  • Smart readiness indicator evaluation and cost estimation of smart retrofitting scenarios - A comparative case-study in European residential buildings, 2022, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Numerical investigation of heavy fuel oil droplet breakup enhancement with water emulsions, 2020, Fuel
  • Solid State Transformers: A Critical Review of Projects with Relevant Prototypes and Demonstrators, 2023, Electronics

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Petros Iliadis, Konstantinos Atsonios, Myrto Zeneli, Komninos Angelakoglou, and Dimitrios Rakopoulos, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research.

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of water droplets detached from porous surfaces of relevance to PEM fuel cells.

    A. Theodorakakos;T. Ous;M. Gavaises;J.M. Nouri

  • A numerical investigation of the evaporation process of a liquid droplet impinging onto a hot substrate

    N. Nikolopoulos;A. Theodorakakos;G. Bergeles

  • Smart energy management algorithm for load smoothing and peak shaving based on load forecasting of an island’s power system

    Spyridon Chapaloglou;Athanasios Nesiadis;Petros Iliadis;Konstantinos Atsonios

  • A numerical investigation of central binary collision of droplets

    N. Nikolopoulos;K.-S. Nikas;K.-S. Nikas;G. Bergeles

  • Numerical investigation of the oxy-fuel combustion in large scale boilers adopting the ECO-Scrub technology

    Nikos Nikolopoulos;Aristeidis Nikolopoulos;Emmanouil Karampinis;Panagiotis Grammelis

  • Integration of calcium looping technology in existing cement plant for CO2 capture: Process modeling and technical considerations

    K. Atsonios;P. Grammelis;S.K. Antiohos;N. Nikolopoulos

  • High-resolution 3-D full-loop simulation of a CFB carbonator cold model

    A. Nikolopoulos;N. Nikolopoulos;A. Charitos;P. Grammelis

  • Three-dimensional numerical investigation of a droplet impinging normally onto a wall film

    N. Nikolopoulos;A. Theodorakakos;G. Bergeles

  • The Smart City Business Model Canvas-A Smart City Business Modeling Framework and Practical Tool

    Paraskevi Giourka;Mark W. J. L. Sanders;Komninos Angelakoglou;Dionysis Pramangioulis

  • Numerical investigation Greek lignite/cardoon co-firing in a tangentially fired furnace

    E. Karampinis;N. Nikolopoulos;A. Nikolopoulos;P. Grammelis

  • Calcium looping for CO2 capture from a lignite fired power plant

    Ilias Vorrias;Konstantinos Atsonios;Aristeidis Nikolopoulos;Nikos Nikolopoulos

  • Numerical study of a naturally cross-ventilated building

    K.-S. Nikas;N. Nikolopoulos;A. Nikolopoulos

  • An advanced EMMS scheme for the prediction of drag coefficient under a 1.2 MWth CFBC isothermal flow—Part II: Numerical implementation

    A. Nikolopoulos;K. Atsonios;N. Nikolopoulos;P. Grammelis

  • Normal impingement of a droplet onto a wall film: a numerical investigation

    N. Nikolopoulos;A. Theodorakakos;G. Bergeles

  • Off-centre binary collision of droplets: A numerical investigation

    N. Nikolopoulos;A. Theodorakakos;G. Bergeles

  • Predicting droplet deformation and breakup for moderate Weber numbers

    George Strotos;Ilias Malgarinos;Nikos Nikolopoulos;Manolis Gavaises

  • Numerical investigation and comparison of coarse grain CFD – DEM and TFM in the case of a 1 MWth fluidized bed carbonator simulation

    A. Nikolopoulos;Alexander Stroh;M. Zeneli;F. Alobaid

  • Numerical investigation of Solid Recovered Fuels’ co-firing with brown coal in large scale boilers – Evaluation of different co-combustion modes

    Michalis Agraniotis;Nikos Nikolopoulos;Aris Nikolopoulos;Panagiotis Grammelis

  • Biomass Availability in Europe as an Alternative Fuel for Full Conversion of Lignite Power Plants: A Critical Review

    Vasiliki Tzelepi;Myrto Zeneli;Dimitrios-Sotirios Kourkoumpas;Emmanouil Karampinis

  • A Methodological Framework for the Selection of Key Performance Indicators to Assess Smart City Solutions

    Komninos Angelakoglou;Nikos Nikolopoulos;Paraskevi Giourka;Inger-Lise Svensson

  • Application of an advanced coupled EMMS-TFM model to a pilot scale CFB carbonator

    M. Zeneli;A. Nikolopoulos;N. Nikolopoulos;P. Grammelis

  • Predicting the evaporation rate of stationary droplets with the VOF methodology for a wide range of ambient temperature conditions

    George Strotos;Ilias Malgarinos;Nikos Nikolopoulos;Manolis Gavaises

Frequent Co-Authors

Panagiotis Grammelis
Panagiotis Grammelis Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Emmanuel Kakaras
Emmanuel Kakaras National Technical University of Athens
Sotirios Karellas
Sotirios Karellas National Technical University of Athens
Manolis Gavaises
Manolis Gavaises City, University of London
Marco Marengo
Marco Marengo University of Pavia
Dimitrios C. Rakopoulos
Dimitrios C. Rakopoulos National Technical University of Athens
Dimitrios Tzovaras
Dimitrios Tzovaras Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Angelos A. Lappas
Angelos A. Lappas Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Falah Alobaid
Falah Alobaid Lappeenranta University of Technology
Bernd Epple
Bernd Epple Technical University of Darmstadt

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