Dr. George Karagiorgis, Ph.D.,  B.Eng.,   EU DEEP Researcher  Frederick Institute of Technology Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City University, UK (1997). Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City University, UK (1993).

Research Interests

Renewable Energy Sources  Hydrogen storage.     Fuel cells  Electricity Production from Low-Temperature Waste Heat with the use of Metal-Hydrides

Research Projects

Participation in European research projects funded by the 5th and 6th European Union Framework Programs (FP5 and FP6): 2004 - 2009                          “The birth of a EUropean Distributed EnErgy Partnership that will help the large-scale implementation of distributed energy resources in Europe”, EU-DEEP, FP6-2002-Energy-1, SES6-CT-2003-503516/Energie, (EU-DEEP) Funding €369000 (Total funded budget €15000000) 2002 - 2006                          “Cluster Pilot Project for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into European Energy Sectors Using Hydrogen (H2)”, RES2H2, Contract No. ENK5-CT-2001-00536 / Energie,Funding €221000 (Total funded budget €2500000 2002 - 2003                          “Combined Cycle Power Plant with Integrated Low Temperature Heat “, NAS-LOTHECO”, Contract No.ENK5-CT2000-00063/Energie, Funding €33000 (Total funded budget €300000)  Participation in National Projects funded by the Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) Cyprus: 2005 - 2007                          “Grid-connected Photovoltaic substation with parallel electricity storage in the form of hydrogen” Funding CYP £ 105650 2004 - 2007                           “Distributed energy generation with the use of H2/Fuel Cells, with zero CO2 emissions”, Funding CYP £ 100001 2004 - 2006                          “Hydrogen production, purification and storage with the use of Renewable Energy Sources, such as Solar and Wind Energy”, Funding CYP £ 73103 2003 - 2005                          “Stand-alone pilot unit for remote electricity generation with the use of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen”, approved by Eureka 2002, Funding CYP £ 48418 2001 - 2003                          Simulation of Extrusion Instabilities (January 2001, Duration: 2 years). Funding CYP £ 45640

Participation at meetings and conferences

European Distributed Energy Partnership EU-DEEP meeting 2-5 November 2004 Italy.(Rome) Res and Rue for Islands. Sustainable Energy solutions International Conference: 30 – 31 August 2004 Larnaca Cyprus. European Distributed Energy Partnership EU-DEEP Kick-off meeting 6-10 January 2004 Sophia Antipolice, France European Distributed Energy Partnership EU-DEEP meeting 17-19 September 2003 Paris European Distributed Energy Partnership EU-DEEP meeting 22-23 May 2003 Paris “Combined Cycle power plant with integrated low temperature heat (NAS-LOTHECO)” 28 March 2003, Brussels European Distributed Energy Partnership EU-DEEP meeting 6-7 February 2003 Helsinki Medium to Long term Research on Sustainable Energy Systems: “Hydrogen Technologies” EU-6FP 1st call for proposals 14 January 2003, Brussels “Combined Cycle power plant with integrated low temperature heat (NAS-LOTHECO)” 28 November 2002, Brussels. 4th GRACM Congress on Computational Mechanics. Patra, 27-29 June 2002 “Hydrogen Storage Systems” LabTech, Bulgaria, May 21-24,2002 “Cluster Pilot Project for the integration of Renewable Energy Sources Into European Energy Sectors Using Hydrogen” April 12-17, 2002 Seville, Spain. "Hydrogen Storage in Metallic Alloys to be Used as a Clean and Renewable Energy Source", Frederick Research Center, Nicosia, October 19, 2001 "Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Distributed Generation in Energy Systems", European Commission, Research Directorate General, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, Brussels, September 25-26, 2001. "Solar Energy Conversion – Scientific Concepts, Technologies and Applications", University of Stuttgart, Hotel Forum International, Nicosia, September 18, 2001 "Analytical and numerical methods in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics" 25-29 of June 2001. University of Minho Portugal. "STAR CD Users Conference". 8th European User Group meeting. 22-23 November 1999 London's Millennium Centre UK. “Compressors and Their Systems". International Conference. 13–15 September 1999 City University, London, UK

Selected Publications

1.  A. Poullikkas, Chris N. Christodoulou and G. Karagiorgis, "Overview on Wind Energy and Available Technologies", accepted for publication TCJST 2005  2. Chris N. Christodoulou, G. Karagiorgis, A. Poullikkas, N. Lymberopoulos and E. Varkaraki, "A Review on Hydrogen Storage Systems", accepted for publication TCJST 2005  3. N. Lymberopoulos, E. Zoulias, E. Varkaraki, E. Kalyvas, Chris N. Christodoulou, G. Karagiorgis, A. Poullikkas and K. Stolzenburg,  “Hydrogen as an Alternative Product for Wind Park Developers”, Proceedings of The 4th Mediterranean IEE MedPower’04, November 14-17, 2004, Lemessos, Cyprus  4. Chris N. Christodoulou, G. Karagiorgis, M. Menikou, N. Karagiorgis and A. Poullikkas, “Metal Hydrides and Hydrogen Storage Systems: On-going activities in the island of Cyprus”, Proceedings of the Workshop on “Mapping European Knowledge on Hydrogen Storage, Petten, The Netherlands, 28-29th October 2004  5. Chris N. Christodoulou, G. Karagiorgis, M. Menikou, N. Karagiorgis, A. Poullikkas, N. Lymberopoulos, Elli Varkaraki, E. Zoulias and L. Bozukov, “Hydrogen storage in LaNi5-based metal-hydrides” Proceedings of the 1st National Confrrence on Hydrogen Technologies, September 30-October 2, 2004, Athens-Greece  6. C. N. Christodoulou, G. N. Karagiorgis et.al. “Green hydrogen production, storage and H2 fuel cell electricity production: On – going projects in the Island of Cyprus. Res and RUE for Islands. Sustainable Energy Solutions International Conference: 30 – 31 August 2004 Larnaca Cyprus.  7. K. Stolzenburg, R. Stenberger-Wilckens, E. Varkaraki, N. Lymberopoulos, E. Zoulias, E. Kalyvas, Chris N. Christodoulou and G. Karagiorgis, “Integration of Intermittent Renewable Energy Sources using Hydrogen: System Development and Market Opportunities”, The International German Hydrogen Energy Congress 2004, February 11-12, 2004, Essen-Germany  8. E. Zoulias, N. Lymberopoulos, E. Varkaraki, Chris N. Christodoulou and G. Karagiorgis "A Review on Water Electrolysis", TCJST 4 (2) (2004) 41-71  9. Andreas Poullikkas, Adonis Kellas, Christodoulos N. Christodoulou, George N. Karagiorgis, “Cost-benefit analysis of LOTHECO combined cycle power plants”, TCJST 4(1) (2004) 28-51  10. Chris N. Christodoulou, G. N. Karagiorgis et al., "Integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) into isolated energy systems using hydrogen", Proceedings of the 14th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, June 9-13, 2002, Montreal, Canada.  11. G. N. Karagiorgis., G. Georgiou.,“Time Dependent Calculations of the Compressible Extrudate-Swell Flow of a Carreau Fluid”. 4th GRACM Congress on Computational Mechanics. Patra, 27-29 June 2002  12. G. N. Karagiorgis and Demosthenous G.A. “The effect of throttle valve replacement on the refrigeration cycle characteristics”, 2nd WSES/MIUE/HNA International Conference: Mathematics and Computers in Mechanical Engineering MCME 2000, Greece 2000 Conference: Mathematics and Computers in Mechanical Engineering MCME 2000, Greece 2000  13. G. N. Karagiorgis, N.Stosic, I.K.Smith. Scroll Compressor Flow modelling: A Computational Investigation. International Conference on Compressors and Their Systems. City University London Sept 1999  14. Ara Setrakian, George Karagiorgis, Hans Storm, Jan Clinckemaillie, Peter Post and Stefanos Vlachoutsis. Open interface for coupling of industrial simulation codes on parallel systems. International Symposium on Computational Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction. Trodheim, Norway Feb.1999.  15. G.N.Karagiorgis.Flow modelling of Scroll Compressors and Expanders. Ph.D. Thesis, The City University 1998.  16.G. N. Karagiorgis. Scroll Expander in the Refrigeration cycle, a Retrofit Application. Technical Report/Presentation. City University London November 1996.  17. G.N.Karagiorgis. Two Phase Flow Expanders. Technical Report/Presentation. City University London March 1995.  18.G. N. Karagiorgis. Scroll Compressors and Expanders. Technical Report/Presentation. City University London October 1994.

 

Contact Information - Mailing Address:     Dr. George Karagiorgis EU DEEP Researcher Mechanical Engineering Department Frederick Institute of Technology 7, Y Frederickou Str. Pallouriotissa 1036, Nicosia, Cyprus Tel:    +357 22345159 - ext. 115 Fax:  +357 22438234 E-mail: eng.kg@fit.ac.cy Last Modified: 22/03/2005 09:30