CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Charalambos Chasos

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering, FREDERICK UNIVERSITY

Address: 7, Y. Frederickou Str., Pallouriotissa, 1036 Nicosia, Cyprus

Office: Frederick University, Nicosia Campus, Library Building, Room 208 (Second floor)

Telephone: +357 22394394 - extension 42124

Fax: +357 22438234

E-mail: eng.cca@frederick.ac.cy

Webpage: http://staff.fit.ac.cy/eng.cca

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COURSE LINKS

Introduction to energy technology systems (MES501),E-learning link: MES501

Internal combustion engine fundamentals (AMEE431), E-learning link: AMEE431

Vehicle internal combustion engines (AUTO302), E-learning link: AUTO302

Vehicle internal combustion engines design (AUTO401), E-learning link: AUTO401

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodology and applications (AUTO310), E-learning link: AUTO310

Analysis of power generation technologies (AMEE410), E-learning link: AMEE410

Thermodynamics (TEOX114), E-learning link: TEOX114

RESEARCH INFORMATION

Ongoing research deals with alternative fuels (hydrogen and natural gas) and biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) investigations in Internal Combustion Engines (ICE).  Present research includes computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and validation studies of biodiesel blends internal injector fuel flow and spray development. Furthermore, present research deals with bioethanol blends internal injector fuel flow simulation and spray simulation and validation for gasoline direct injection (GDI) injectors. Research has been carried out on ICE exhaust emissions measurements and analysis of various bioethanol blends used in spark-ignition ICE, and utilisation of biodiesel fuels and blends in Diesel ICE. Research has also been done on the investigation and analysis of hydrogen fuelled vehicles and natural gas fuelled vehicles.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

For the period March 2015 to March 2019, Dr. Chasos participates in the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action CM1404 “Chemistry of Smart Energy Carriers and Technologies (SMARTCATS)”. Dr. Chasos is a member of the COST Action CM1404 Management Committee (representative of the Republic of Cyprus) and member of the Working Group 3 (WG3) of the Action: Chemical and optical advanced diagnostics for Smart Energy Carriers conversion monitoring. More information at the link http://www.smartcats.eu/.

Dr. Chasos participates in research proposals for research funding from local and European Commission funded research programmes.

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

1. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N.  “Emissions measurements of naturally-aspirated and turbo-charged Diesel internal combustion engines for various biodiesel blends”.  International Journal of Sustainable Energy, DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2014.895355, 2014.
2. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N.  “Technical and feasibility analysis of gasoline and natural gas fuelled vehicles”. AIMS Energy Journal, Pages: 71 - 88, Volume 2, Issue 1, DOI: 10.3934/energy.2014.1.71, 2014.
3. Charalambos A. Chasos, George N. Karagiorgis, and Chris N. Christodoulou. “Diesel Internal Combustion Engine Emissions Measurements for Methanol-Based and Ethanol-Based Biodiesel Blends”. Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Conference Papers in Science (CPIS) Journal, Conference Papers in Energy, Volume 2013, Article ID 162312, 8 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/162312, 2013.

Conference Proceedings

1. Chasos, C. A. “CFD simulations of the diesel jet primary atomization from a multihole injector". Proceedings of  ILASS-Europe 2017, 28th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. Valencia, Spain, 6-8 September 2017. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/ILASS2017.2017.5040) (refereed paper)
2. Chasos, C. A. "CFD simulations of diesel injector flow and fuel jet for varying nozzle geometries ". Proceedings of  ILASS 2016, 27th European Conference on Liquid Atomization & Spray Systems. Brighton, England, 4-7 September 2016. (Paper ref. No. AS-13).  (refereed paper)
3. Chasos, C. A. "CFD simulation of the emerging liquid sheet from a high-pressure swirl injector at increasing injection pressures". Proceedings of  ILASS 2014, 26th European Conference on Liquid Atomization & Spray Systems. Bremen, Germany, 8-10 September 2014. (Paper ref. No. 128).  (refereed paper)
4. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N.  “Technical and feasibility analysis of gasoline and natural gas fuelled vehicles”. POEM2013 2nd International Energy Conference on Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Nicosia, Cyprus, 7 – 9 October, 2013. (Paper ref. No. POEM13/154) (refereed paper)
5. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N.  “Gasoline direct injection internal injector flow CFD simulations for various bioethanol blends”. Proceedings of  ILASS 2013, 25th European Conference Liquid Atomization & Spray Systems. Chania, Crete, Greece, 1-4 September 2013. (Paper ref. No. 69).  (refereed paper)
6. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N.  “Emissions measurements of naturally-aspirated and turbo-charged Diesel internal combustion engines for various biodiesel blends”. Proceedings of the 4th Interantional Conference on Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Efficiency. Hilton Hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus, 6 – 7 June, 2013.  (refereed paper)
7. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N.  “Diesel internal combustion engine emissions measurements for methanol-based and ethanol-based biodiesel blends”. Proceedings of the Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region POEM 2012 Conference. 19-21 November 2012, Limassol, Cyprus. (Paper ref. No. POEM12/106)  (refereed paper)
8. C. A. Chasos, C. N. Christodoulou and G. N. Karagiorgis. “CFD simulations of multi-hole Diesel injector nozzle flow and sprays for various biodiesel blends”. Proceedings of  ICLASS 2012, 12th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Heidelberg, Germany, September 2-6, 2012. (Paper ref. No. 1263).  (refereed paper)
9. C.A. Chasos, E.I. Ioannou, A.E. Kouroufexis, C.N. Christodoulou, P.M. Artemi and G.N. Karagiorgis. “Biofuels production and testing in Internal Combustion Engines” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Efficiency, Hilton Hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus, 19 – 20 May, 2011. (Pages 141-153) (refereed paper)
10. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N. “Utilisation of solar/thermal power plants for production of hydrogen with applications in the transportation sector”. Proceedings of the 7th Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2010).  Agia Napa, Cyprus,  7 – 10 November, 2010.  (Paper ref. No. MED10/113). IET Conference Publications, Volume 2010, Issue 572 CP, 2010 (refereed paper)
11. Chasos, C. A., Karagiorgis G. N. and Christodoulou, C. N. “Solar/thermal power plants: Thermodynamics, efficiency, technical and economical feasibility of combined thermal and solar power systems at Mediterranean areas”. Proceedings of Distributed Renewable Energy Sources (DISTRES) in the Mediterranean region, Hilton, Nicosia, Cyprus, 11-12 December 2009. (Paper ref. No. 115).  (refereed paper)

Reports

1. Chasos, C. A. “Development of computational techniques for the coupling of combustion chemistry with CFD codes for realistic and predictive modeling in internal combustion engines”. Scientific Report of the Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the frame of SMARTCATs Cost Action CM1404, 10 -14 April, 2017. (Available at http://www.smartcats.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CM1404-STSM-37373-Chasos.pdf).