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Ferenc Lezsovits
Concentrated Solar Collector Operation and Energy Storage Modelling and Improvement

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Budapest University of Technology and Economics
mechanical engineering
Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering

Thesis supervisor: Ferenc Lezsovits
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Department of Energy Engineering
Abbreviation of location of studies: EGR


Description of the research topic:

a.) Preliminaries:
Utilization investigations of nanofluids in solar and other technologies
b.) Purpose of the Research:
Modelling and Improvement of Concentrated Solar Collector Operation and Energy Storage fac with application of nanofluids
c.) Main tasks and durations:
1st Semester: Literature review of Concentrated Solar Collector Operation and
Energy Storage facilities
2nd Semester: Publication of Review Results and start of Modelling of
Concentrated Solar Collector Operation and Energy Storage
3rd Semester: Continuation of Modelling and Design of Test Facility
4th Semester: Continuation of Modelling and building test facility, making test trials
Publication of partial results of tests and modelling
Complex Exam
5th Semester: Performing tests, Improvement of Modelling and Test facility
6th Semester: Evaluation and comparison of test and modelling results
Publication of results
7th Semester: Harmonization of modelling and test start of formation of thesises
Publication of results
8th Semester: Finalization of thesises, writing dissertation
Further Publication of results
d.) Needed equipments: Concentrated Solar Collector Test and Measurement Facility
e.) Expected scientific results: Improved Concentrated Solar Collector operated with nanofuids and appropriate storage facility, Operation condition variation and operation model
f.) References
• Lezsovits Ferenc: Energy-storage - developing segment in energy sector
Heat Engines and Environmental Protection Proceedings of the 13th Conference. 202 p. Budapest, Magyarország, 2017.05.25-2017.05.27. Budapest: BME Energetikai Gépek és Rendszerek Tanszék, 2018. pp. 23-33. (ISBN:978-963-313-280-7)
• Mohammed Saad KAMEL, Ferenc LEZSOVITS: Boiling heat transfer of nanofluids: a review of recent studies THERMAL SCIENCE Paper 216. 20 p. (2017)
https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI170419216K
• Mohammed Saad Kamel, Lezsovits Ferenc: Recent progress in flow boiling heat transfer of nanofluids In: Gyula Gróf (ed.) Heat Engines and Environmental Protection Proceedings of the 13th Conference. 202 p.
• M A Sharafeldin, Gy Gróf: Evacuated tube solar collector performance using CeO2/water nanofluid JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 185: pp. 347-356. (2018)
• Mahmoud Ahmed Sharafeldin, Gyula Gróf, Omid Mahian: Experimental study on the performance of a flat-plate collector using WO3/Water nanofluids ENERGY 141: pp. 2436-2444. (2017)
• Laza T, Lezsovits F, Penninger A:Feasibility study of the realisation of solar air conditioning in Hungary In: Penninger A, Kullmann L (ed.) Proceedings of Fifth Conference on Mechanical Engineering, GÉPÉSZET 2006. Konferencia helye, ideje: Budapest, Hungary, 25/05/2006-26/05/2006. (Technical University of Budapest) Budapest: BME OMIKK, 2006. Paper lazat_lezsovitsf_feasibilitystudyof.pdf. 5 p. (ISBN:963 593 465 3)

Required language skills: english
Number of students who can be accepted: 1

Deadline for application: 2018-10-19

 
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