UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY - FUSION RESEARCH TEAM

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	UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Fusion Research Team cialis kaufen cialis wirkung argaiv1461
Head of Research Team: Dimitris Valougeorgis, Professor
Address: Division of Energy, Processes and Pollution Abatement, Athens Avenue, 383 34 Volos, Greece
Telephone: +30 24210 74 058
Fax: +30 24210 74 085
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Staff: • N. Pelekasis - Associate Professor ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • D. Vavougios - Associate Professor ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • N. S. Vlachos – Emeritus Professor UTH ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • A. Grecos - Ret. Faculty ULB ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • I. E. Sarris - Associate Professor TEI - Athens( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • C.D. Dritselis - Postdoc Researcher ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • S. Kakarantzas – Postdoc Researcher ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • S. Naris – Postdoc Researcher ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) • E. Benos - Doctoral Candidate • D. Dimopoulos - Doctoral Candidate • A. Iatridis - Doctoral Candidate • I. Lichnaropoulos - Doctoral Candidate • S. Misdanitis - Doctoral Candidate • C. Tantos - Doctoral Candidate

Scientific Interests :
• MHD: turbulent transport, edge turbulence, SOL physics, natural convection, swirling flows, flow stability, blanket cooling, • Vacuum technologies and pumping: Kinetic theory, Vacuum gas dynamics, Vacuum pumps, Simulation of vacuum systems and of leak detection in DT fusion reactors including ITER and DEMO.

Publications in Fusion:
• D. Dimopoulos and N. Pelekasis, “Three dimensional stability of free convection vortices in the presence of a magnetic field”, Fluid Dynamics Research (to appear 2012).
• C. D. Dritselis, I. E. Sarris, D. K. Fidaros, and N. S. Vlachos, “Transport and deposition of neutral particles in magnetohydrodynamic turbulent channel flows at low magnetic Reynolds numbers”, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 32, 365-377 (2011)
• C. D. Dritselis and N. S. Vlachos, “Numerical investigation of momentum exchange between particles and coherent structures in low Re turbulent channel flow”, Physics of Fluids. 23, 025103.1-15 (2011)
• S. C. Kakarantzas, I. E. Sarris and N. S. Vlachos, “Natural convection of liquid metal in a vertical annulus with lateral and volumetric heating in the presence of a horizontal magnetic field,” , Intl Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 54, 3347-3356 (2011).
• S. Misdanitis and D. Valougeorgis, “Design of steady-state isothermal gas distribution systems consisting of long tubes in the whole range of the Knudsen number”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology – A, 29 (6), 061602.1 – 061602.7 (2011).
• J. Lihnaropoulos and D. Valougeorgis, “Unsteady vacuum gas flow in cylindrical tubes”, Fusion Engineering and Design 86, 2139-2142 (2011).
• I. E. Sarris, A. I. Iatridis, C. D. Dritselis, and N. S. Vlachos, “Magnetic field effect on the cooling of a low-Pr fluid in a vertical cylinder”, Physics of Fluids 22, 017101 (2010).
• S. Varoutis, S. Naris, V. Hauer, C. Day and D. Valougeorgis, “Experimental and computational investigation of gas flows through long channels of various cross sections in the whole range of the Knudsen number”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology – A 27(1), 89-100 (2009).
• Ν. Pelekasis, "Bifurcation diagrams, linear stability analysis and dynamic simulations of free convection in a differentially heated cavity in the presence of a magnetic field," Physics of Fluids 18(3), 1-23 (2006).

Annual Reports:
• Annual Report 1999-2000	2c2) MHD turbulent transport in plasmas 2c3) Stochastic modelling of transport phenomena
• Annual Report 2001	2c2) MHD turbulent transport in plasmas 2c3) Stochastic modelling of transport phenomena
• Annual Report 2002	2c2) MHD turbulent transport in plasmas 2c3) Stochastic modelling of transport phenomena
• Annual Report 2003	2c2) MHD turbulent transport in plasmas 2c3) Stochastic modelling of transport phenomena
• Annual Report 2004	2c2) MHD turbulent transport in plasmas 2c3) Stochastic modelling of transport phenomena
• Annual Report 2005	2c2) MHD turbulent transport in plasmas 2c3) Stochastic modelling of transport phenomena
• Annual Report 2006	2c6) MHD flows and turbulence 2c7) Discrete kinetic and stochastic models for transport
• Annual Report 2007	1.3-2. MHD flows and turbulence 3.4-3. Discrete kinetic and stochastic models for transport
• Annual Report 2008	1.3.2. Development of a two-fluid MHD solver for a toroidal geometry with a general cross-section 1.7.1 Development of computational fluid dynamics solvers for liquid-metal flows relevant to blanket modules 1.7.2 Development of computational fluid dynamics solvers for viscous MHD flows 3.4.2 Turbulence and anomalous transport phenomena 3.4.3. Discrete kinetic models for transport
• Annual Report 2009	1.3.2. Development of a two-fluid MHD solver for a toroidal geometry with a general cross-section 1.7.1 Development of computational fluid dynamics solvers for liquid-metal flows relevant to blanket modules 1.7.2 Development of computational fluid dynamics solvers for viscous MHD flows 3.4.3 Turbulence and anomalous transport phenomena 3.4.4. Discrete kinetic models for transport

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