Sustainable Energy (SE)
Sustainable Energy (SE)
Clean and affordable energy for sustainable cities and communities.
Goal
- Meaningful contributions for the decarbonization path of the energy supply of cities and communities, focusing on three main R&I topics: Energy Efficiency of Buildings, Integration of Renewable Energy, and Gasification of Biomass and Waste.
Key Tasks
- Development of software tools, prototypes and experimental setups
- Experimental and Computational Tests
- Data Analysis & Results Leveraging
Outputs
- Extended simulation models for renewable hybrid solutions
- Improved solutions for the energy and indoor environmental quality monitoring of buildings
Featured Publications
Gonçalves, K. et al. Analysis of HEM applicability for a subcritical flashing ejector at low motive pressure (2024) Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 10.
DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2024.1410743
DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2024.1410743
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Guimarães, M. C. Direct numerical simulations and the similarity theory of free turbulent shear flows of viscoelastic fluids (2024) PhD Thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Guimarães, M. et al. Viscoelastic jet instabilities studied by direct numerical simulations (2023) Physical Review Fluids, 8, 103301.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.103301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.103301
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Saraiva, N.B. et al., Measurement of particulate matter in a heritage building using optical counters: Long-term and spatial analyses (2023) Science of The Total Environment, vol. 862.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160747
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160747
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Dias Pereira, L. et al., Hygrothermal Behavior of Cultural Heritage Buildings and Climate Change: Status and Main Challenges (2023) Applied Sciences, 13(6), 3445.
DOI: 10.3390/app13063445
DOI: 10.3390/app13063445
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Andreotti, M. et al. Hygrothermal performance of an internally insulated masonry wall: experimentations without vapour barrier in a historic Italian Palazzo (2022) Energy & Buildings, 270.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111896
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111896
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Jacinto, K.G. et al. A Strategy to Apply DNS in a Supersonic Ejector (2022) U.Porto Journal of Engineering, 8(1).
DOI: 10.24840/2183-6493_008.002_0001
DOI: 10.24840/2183-6493_008.002_0001
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Guimarães, M.C. et al. Turbulent planar wakes of viscoelastic fluids analysed by direct numerical simulations (2022) Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 94610, art. A26.
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.559
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.559
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Dias Pereira, L. et al. Up-to-date challenges for the conservation, rehabilitation and energy retrofitting of higher education cultural heritage buildings (2021) Sustainability, 13(4), art. no. 2061.
DOI: 10.3390/su13042061
DOI: 10.3390/su13042061
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Saraiva, N.B. et al. Barriers on establishing passive strategies in office spaces: A case study in a historic university building (2021) Sustainability, 13(8), art. no. 4563.
DOI:10.3390/su13084563.
DOI:10.3390/su13084563.
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Guimarães, M. et al. Direct numerical simulations of turbulent viscoelastic jets (2020) Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 899, A11.
DOI:10.1017/jfm.2020.402
DOI:10.1017/jfm.2020.402
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