Dr.-Ing. Paris A. Fokaides
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Experimental and Numerical Skills
Experimental fluid mechanics skills
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Particle Image Velocimetry: Experienced user in non-reactive flows. Measurements performed in water channels for the characterisation of urban flows. I have also performed 3D tomographic PIV measurements.
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3D - Laser Doppler Anemometry: Experienced user in reactive and non-reactive flows. I have performed series of experiments in swirl isothermal and reacting flames for the characterisation of the stability mechanism.
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Laser Light Sheet Mie Scattering: Experienced user in reactive and non-reactive flows. Experiments performed in reacting flames for the characterisa-tion of the two-phase flow of liquid fuels.
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Flow Rate and Pressure Measurements: Experienced user of several instrumentation such as Coriolis and turbine flow meters, Rotameter etc. Also experienced user of several instrumentation such as piezoelectric crystals, membrane pressure gauge etc.
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In flame measurements skills
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Concentration Analysis: Experienced user of several gas chromatography analysis methods such as NDIR, FID, FTIR, Paramagnetismus etc. Experiments regarding the mixture field of reacting and non-reacting flames.
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Temperature Measurement. Use of thermocouples, micro-thermocouples, PT100 etc. Experiments regarding the temperature field of reacting and non-reacting flames.
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Temperature measurement skills
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Level 1 Thermographer (Infrared Training Center, Sweden). Experienced user for building thermography
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Solid Fuels Analysis skills
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Calorific Value Definition using Bomb Calorimeter (according to EN 14918)
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CHNO Elemental Analysis using Elemental Analyser (according to EN 15104)
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Moisture Content Analysis (according to EN 14774)
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Ash Content Analysis (according to EN 14775)
Computational Skills - Energy and Environmental Analysis
- Finite Element Methods: Comsol Multiphysics
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Physical and Chemical Processes Simulation: Aspen Plus
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Life Cycle Assessment Software: Gabi Software
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Whole Building Energy Analysis Software: Energy Plus (Design Builder), Revit Energy Analysis, EcoTect
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Microclimate Modelling: ENVImet
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Computational Skills - Other
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Languages: Visual Basic, Matlab
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Scripting Languages: HTML
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3D-CAD: SolidWorks, ProEngineer, Autocad
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Graphics Software: TecPlot (for graphs), Adobe Photoshop