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Experimental and Numerical Skills

Experimental fluid mechanics skills

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Level 1 Thermographer (Infrared Training Center, Sweden). Experienced user for building thermography

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Solid Fuels Analysis skills

  • Calorific Value Definition using Bomb Calorimeter (according to EN 14918)

  • CHNO Elemental Analysis using Elemental Analyser (according to EN 15104)

  • Moisture Content Analysis (according to EN 14774)

  • Ash Content Analysis (according to EN 14775)


Computational Skills  - Energy and Environmental Analysis

  • Finite Element Methods:  Comsol Multiphysics
  • Physical and Chemical Processes Simulation: Aspen Plus

  • Life Cycle Assessment Software: Gabi Software

  • Whole Building Energy Analysis Software: Energy Plus (Design Builder), Revit Energy Analysis, EcoTect

  • Microclimate Modelling: ENVImet

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Computational Skills - Other

  • Languages: Visual Basic, Matlab

  • Scripting Languages: HTML

  • 3D-CAD: SolidWorks, ProEngineer, Autocad

  • Graphics Software: TecPlot (for graphs), Adobe Photoshop

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