Prof. George Papadakis

Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Email: gpap@aua.gr

Qualifications

1989, Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

1983, B.S & M.S., Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Publications (Selected)

1. G. Kyriakarakos, D. D. Piromalis, K. G. Arvanitis, A. I. Dounis, g. Papadakis. On Battery-Less Autonomous Polygeneration Microgrids: Investigation of the Combined Hybrid Capacitors / Hydrogen Alternative. Energy Conversion and Management, 91, pp. 405-415, 2015.
2. P. Kofinas, A. I. Dounis, G. Papadakis, M.N. Assimakopoulos. An Intelligent MPPT Controller based on Direct Neural Control for Partially Shaded PV System. Energy and Buildings, 90, pp. 51-64, 2015.
3. A. I. Dounis, P. Kofinas, G. Papadakis, C. Alafodimos. A Direct Adaptive Neural Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltaic System. Solar Energy, 115, pp. 145-165, 2015.
4. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis. An investigation of design concepts and control strategies of a double-stage expansion solar organic Rankine cycle. International Journal of Sustainable Energy  34, (7), pp. 446-467, 2015.
5. Bertrand F. Tchanche, M. Petrissans, G. Papadakis. Heat resources and organic Rankine cycle machines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 39, pp. 1185-1199, November 2014.
6. Evangelos Dimitriou, Essam SH. Mohamed, George Kyriakarakos, George Papadakis. Experimental investigation of the performance of a reverse osmosis desalination unit under full and part load operation. Desalination and Water Treatment, 53 (12), pp. 3170-3178, 2014.
7. Ioannis Vallios, Theocharis Tsoutsos, George Papadakis. Αn applied methodology for assessment of the sustainability of biomass district heating systems. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, forthcoming, 2014.
8. Evangelos Dimitriou, Essam SH. Mohamed, Christos Karavas and George Papadakis. Experimental comparison of the performance of two reverse osmosis desalination units equipped with energy recovery devices. Desalination and Water Treatment, forthcoming, 2014.
9. George Kosmadakis, Dimitris Manolakos, Erika Ntavou, George Papadakis. Multiple Reverse Osmosis sub-units supplied by unsteady power sources for seawater desalination. Desalination and Water Treatment, forthcoming, 2014.
10. Α.T. Balafoutis, E. Papageorgiou, Z. Dikopoulou, S. Fountas, G. Papadakis. Sunflower oil fuel for diesel engines: Experimental investigation and optimum engine setting evaluation using Multi-Criteria Decision Making approach.  International Journal of Green Energy, 11 (6), pp. 642-673, 2014.
11. Bertrand F. Tchanche, M. Pétrissans, G. Papadakis. Heat resources and organic Rankine cycle machines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 39, November, pp. 1185–1199, 2014.
12. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis. An investigation of design concepts and control strategies of a double-stage expansion solar organic Rankine cycle. International Journal of Sustainable Energy 2013 forthcoming, 2014.
13. C. Li, G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, E. Stefanakos, G. Papadakis and Y. Goswami. Performance investigation of concentrating solar collectors coupled with a transcritical organic Rankine cycle for power and seawater desalination co-generation. Desalination, 318, pp. 107-117, 2013.
14. G. Kyriakarakos, D.D. Piromalis, A.I. Dounis, K.G. Arvanitis, G. Papadakis. Intelligent demand side energy management system for autonomous polygeneration microgrids. Applied Energy, 103, pp. 39-51, 2013.
15. 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 Journal, 12 (12), pp. 3785-3797, 2012.
16. Kyriakarakos, G., Dounis, A.I., Arvanitis, K.G., Papadakis, G. A fuzzy logic energy management system for polygeneration microgrids. Renewable Energy, 41, pp. 315-327, 2012.
17. A. Balafoutis, S. Fountas, A. Natsis, and G. Papadakis. Performance and emissions of sunflower, rapeseed and cotton seed oils as fuels in an agricultural tractor engine. ISRN Renewable Energy, Volume 2011, Article ID 531510, 12 pages, doi:10.5402/2011/531510, 2011.
18. B.F. Tchanche, GR. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis, G. Papadakis. Low-grade heat conversion into power using organic Rankine cycles – A review of various applications. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 15, pp. 3963– 3979, 2011.
19. George Kyriakarakos, Anastasios Dounis, Stelios Rozakis, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, George 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 pp. 4517 - 4526, 2011.
20. 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, Volume 85, Issue 2, pp. 308-324 , February 2011.
21. 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, pp. 989-996, May 2010.
22. B.F. Tchanche, GR. Lambrinos, A. Frangoudakis, G. Papadakis. Exergy analysis of micro-organic Rankine power cycles for a small scale solar driven reverse osmosis desalination system. Applied Energy 87 (4), pp. 1295–1306, 2010.
23. G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis. Design of a two st, 2010age Organic Rankine Cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination supplied from a steady thermal source. Desalination, Volume 250, Issue 1, 1 January, pp. 323-328, 2010.

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