Energy and Fluid Mechanics

Integrated Members

Ana Filipa da Silva Ferreira
218419555
Main interests:
Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis; sustainability and circular economy; biomass valorization; conversion technologies (eg. combustion, carbonization, pyrolysis and gasification); Hydrogen value chain; biofuels to aviation (sustainable aviation fuels); bioenergy; biomass and society; education area.
Ana Isabel Marques Ferreiro
927067568
Main interests:
Biomass, Thermalconversion processes of biomass, Modeling, Chemical kinetics, Optimization, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Torrefaction, Python, Cantera, Matlab:Clinker; Industrial rotary kilns; Cement; Combustion
António Franco de Oliveira Falcão
218417273
Main interests:
Fluid MechanicsTurbomachineryRenewable EnergiesOcean Wave Energy
Carlos Frederico Neves Bettencourt da Silva
Gonçalo Nuno Guerreiro de Jesus Silva
917907484
Main interests:
Computational Fluid Dynamics; Lattice Boltzmann Method; Rarefied Gases; Non-Equilibrium Flows; Microfluidics
Isabel Maria Pereira Bastos Malico
266745372
J. M. C. Pereira
João C. C. Henriques
José Carlos Fernandes Pereira
Juan Portillo
218417927
Main interests:
Fluid-structure interaction; fluid mechanics; offshore renewable energy farms; wave energy; offshore wind energy; renewable energy; multipurpose platforms; hybrid systems; numerical and physical modelling offshore marine energy converters; power take-off control; turbine design and experimental testing; fluid-structure interaction; tecno-economic assessment; innovation and sustainability transitions.
Luís Manuel de Carvalho Gato
Luís Rego da Cunha de Eça
Maria da Graça Martins da Silva Carvalho
Miguel Abreu Almeida Mendes
00351218417186
Main interests:
Multi-mode heat and mass transport in porous and heterogeneous media. Reactive flows and phase-change in porous and heterogeneous media. Renewable and sustainable energy sources. Modeling and simulation of energy conversion systems. System optimization and uncertainty quantification analysis. Algorithms and computational frameworks for simulation of complex multi-physical systems:parallel computing, multi-scale & hybrid models, homogenization approach, etc
Pedro J. Coelho
218418194
Main interests:
Heat transfer, Thermal radiation, Turbulence-radiation interaction, Thermoeletric generators, Combustion modelling, Turbulent gaseous flames, Hydrogen and ammonia combustion, Mild combustion, Industrial combustion equipment, Computational methods.
Raquel Segurado
218419406
Main interests:
Biomass gasification modelling, energy water nexus, energy planning, renewable energy sources.
Sohel Murshed
218417993
Main interests:
Nanofluids; Thermophysical properties of fluids; Advanced cooling technologies; Droplet-based microfluidics; Energy technologies; Fluids flow and phase-change heat transfer; Thermal Managements; Biomass to energy; Geothermal energy technologies; Phase change materials for energy storage; Ionanocolloids
V. Semião
218417726
Main interests:
Microfluidics, Blood flows in microdevices, Membrane blood oxygenators, Artificial Kidney

Collaborators

Duarte M. S. Albuquerque
963790660
Main interests:
Computational Fluid Dynamics ;Immersed Boundary Methods ;High-order Schemes ;New Numerical Methods ;Fluid Structure-Interaction ;Microwave Heating ;Modeling of Energy Intensive Industries ;Physical Informed Neural-Networks (PINNs) ;Machine-learning ;
Gonçalo Nuno Antunes Gonçalves
João Eduardo de Barros Teixeira Borges
218417991
Main interests:
TurbomáquinasScroll compressorsTurbinas Cross-FlowMétodos Inversos
Jorge E. P. Navalho
Miguel Borges Lança
Nuno Ricardo Piedade Antunes Serra
R.B. Santos Pereira
967238395
Main interests:
Wind Energy, Wind Turbine Blade and Rotor Design, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Dynamic Stall, Active Flow control, Wind Farm Optimization and Control, Wind Farm Aerodynamics
Rui P. F. Gomes
218417776
Main interests:
Ocean energy, Wave energy, Fluid mechanics, Computational fluid dynamics
Tiago Alexandre Abranches Teixeira Lopes Farias
218417632
Main interests:
energy and environment in transports; sustainable urban mobility and accessibility; alternative vehicle technologies, alternative energy sources, greenhouse gas emissions and life cycle analysis, vehicle dynamics and environmental performance, experimental monitoring of the environmental performance of mobility.

PhD Students

Afonso Ghira
Ana Carrelhas
Diogo Neves Ferreira
Francisco Martins
Francisco Zdanowski
João Lourenço
Mateus Guimarães
Pedro ramos
n/a
Main interests:
Computational Fluid Dynamics; Mathematical Modelling; Multi-physics simulation; Combustion; Hydrogen
Ricardo Xavier
Sérgio Costa
912445172
Main interests:
cfd, optimization, porous burners
Sofia Gonçalves

Laboratory Technicians

Manuel António Gomes Pratas

Secretariat

Rita Maia