CV-Manolakos

Dr.-Ing. Dimitris MANOLAKOSAssociate Professor on Energy Efficiency in the Agricultural Sector, Department of Natural
Resources & Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens
Iera odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece
dman@aua.gr | http://renewables.aua.gr/
OBJECTIVE
His objective in the Agricultural University of Athens is to investigate, develop and integrate Energy
Efficiency technologies and measures in the primary and secondary agricultural sector. RTD work ismostly focused on low grade heat recovery and upgrading and heat to power conversion technologies,
emphasising on ORC, either for electricity generation or CHP. Solar thermal systems, biomass andwaste heat are considered as candidate heat sources. Another field of expertise is the heat pumps withemphasis on livestock buildings applications and industrial, high temperature ones. Water treatmentof brackish or sea water with desalination powered by renewables is also a field of investigation. In
general, the research work assumes the optimal utilisation of energy resources for the benefit of theeconomy and development of the agricultural sector.
EDUCATION
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Diploma of Mechanical Engineering (1994)
Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), PhD on Solar-ORC (2006)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2020present
2020present
2015-2020

Co-founderThermodraft IKE, spin-off company of AUA

Associate professor

2013-2015

Lecturer

2008-2013

Research Associate

1994-2013

Research Associate

Dept. Of Natural Resources Management &Agricultural Engineering Athens, AUA
Dept. Of Natural Resources Management &Agricultural Engineering Athens, AUA
Dept. Of Natural Resources Management &Agricultural Engineering, AUA
School of Mechanical Engineering, Lab. of
Hydraulic Turbomachines, NTUA
Dept. Of Natural Resources Management &Agricultural Engineering, AUA

Assistant professor

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIESPhD Thesis
Directly supervision of PhD Students (ongoing PhDs)
1. “Techno-economic Evaluation of CHP systems, Ongoing PhD since 2015.
2. “Use of Residual Biomass for Energy Generation”, Ongoing PhD since 2018.
3. “Computational Study of Two-Phase flow in Trilateral Flash Cycle”, Ongoing PhD since 2020.
4. “Climate Control of Energy Neutral Livestock Buildings”, Ongoing PhD since 2021.
Diploma Thesis
Supervisor of more than 20 Diploma theses on energy efficiency in the primary and secondary sector
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TEACHING
Thermodynamics, Internal combustion engines, Renewable energy technologies, Heat and masstransfer.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESPeer Reviewer for International Journals
Energy, Solar Energy, Applied Thermal Engineering, Energy Conversion and Management, Journalof Energy Engineering, International Journal of Green Energy, Sustainable Energy reviews,Desalination, Desalination and Water Treatment, Sustainable Energy and Technologies Assessment
Latest recognitions as reviewer
Certified with outstanding contribution in reviewing: Energy 2018, Energy Conversion andManagement 2018
Certified as recognized reviewer: Applied Energy 2016, Sustainable Energy and Technologies
Assessment 2017, Applied Thermal Engineering 2017, Renewable Energy 2018, Energy Conversionand Management 2018
RTD projects’ evaluator
REA-Horizon 2020. Secure, clean and efficient energy: new technologies for utilization of heatrecovery in large industrial systems, considering the whole energy cycle from heat production totransformation, delivery and end use
General Secretariat of Research and Technology. SYNERGASIA 2011, EDK 2018
Editor in International Journals
Invited guest editor on the Special Issue"Organic Rankine Cycle Systems for Waste-Heat Recovery", Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
This special issue belongs to the section "Energy”Organisation of international conferences
Member of scientific committees-The 5th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, Athens 9-11 September 2019
-10th National Conference of Agricultural Enginnering (HelAgEng), Athens 28-29 September 2017
-9th National Conference of Agricultural Enginnering (HelAgEng), Thessaloniki 8-9 October 2015
-Keynote speaker at the XX CIGR World Congress Dec. 5-10, Kyoto-JapanWRITING & RESEARCHPhD Thesis
Design and Experimental Assessment of a Stand-alone, low Temperature Solar Organic Cycle Systemfor Reverse Osmosis Desalination, Agricultural University of Athens, 181 pages
Recent Articles in Peer-Review International Journals (5 years)
Twenty-five articles, with a total number of 1341 SCOPUS citations (July 2022, excluding selfcitations), h-index=19. Recent articles are presented next:•Paris, Bas; Vandorou, Foteini; Balafoutis, Athanasios T.; Vaiopoulos, Konstantinos;
Kyriakarakos, George; Manolakos, Dimitris; Papadakis, George. Energy Use in2

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Greenhouses in the EU: A Review Recommending Energy Efficiency Measures andRenewable Energy Sources Adoption. Applied Sciences (Switzerland)Open AccessVolume 12,Issue 10May-2 2022 Article number 5150•Gkountas, Apostolos; Bakalis, Panteleimon; Ntavou, Erika; Skiadopoulos, Anastasios;
Manolakos, Dimitris. Modelling and Parametric Analysis of a Brine Treatment Unit Using a
High‐Temperature Heat Pump and a Vacuum Evaporator. Applied Sciences(Switzerland)Open AccessVolume 12, Issue 9May-1 2022 Article number 4542

•Paris, Bas; Vandorou, Foteini; Balafoutis, Athanasios T.; Vaiopoulos, Konstantinos;
Kyriakarakos, George; Manolakos, Dimitris; Papadakis, George. Energy use in open-field
agriculture in the EU: A critical review recommending energy efficiency measures andrenewable energy sources adoption. Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsOpen
AccessVolume 158April 2022 Article number 112098•Bas Paris, Foteini Vandorou, Dimitrios Tyris, Athanasios T. Balafoutis, Konstantinos
Vaiopoulos, George Kyriakarakos, Dimitris Manolakos and George Papadakis. Energy Usein the EU Livestock Sector: A Review Recommending Energy Efficiency Measures andRenewable Energy Sources Adoption Applied Sciences (Switzerland) Open Access Volume
12, Issue 4February-2 2022 Article number 2142.

•Soulis K.X., Manolakos D., Ntavou E., Kosmadakis G. A geospatial analysis approach forthe operational assessment of solar ORC systems. Case study: Performance evaluation of atwo-stage solar ORC engine in Greece (January 2022), Renewable Energy Volume 181, Pages
116 – 128

•Panagakis P, Manolakos D, Axaopoulos P. Optimal financial insulation thickness of a broiler
house, Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR JournalVolume 23, Issue 2, Pages 99 –110, 2021

•Golonis C., Skiadopoulos A., Manolakos D., Kosmadakis G. Assessment of the performanceof a low-temperature Organic Rankine Cycle engine coupled with a concentrating PVThermal system (December 2021) Renewable Energy Volume 179, Pages 1085 - 1097•

Manolakos, D., Kosmadakis, G., Ntavou, E., Tchanche, B. Test results for characterizing twoin-series scroll expanders within a low-temperature ORC unit under partial heat load (2019)
Applied Thermal Engineering, 163, art. no. 114389•

Manolakos, D., Panagakis, P., Bartzanas, T., Bouzianas, K. Use of heat pumps in HVAC
systems for precise environment control in broiler houses: System's modeling and calculationof the basic design parameters (2019) Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 163, art. no.
104876,•Ntavou, E., Kosmadakis, G., Manolakos, D., Papadakis, G., Papantonis, D. Experimental
testing of a small-scale two stage Organic Rankine Cycle engine operating at low temperature,(2017) Energy, 141, pp. 869-879.

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Lazova, M.; Kaya, A.; Billiet, M.; Lecompte, S.; Manolakos, D.; De Paepe, M. Experimental
Assessment of a Helical Coil Heat Exchanger Operating at Subcritical and SupercriticalConditions in a Small-Scale Solar Organic Rankine Cycle. (2017) Energies, 10(5), 619;•

Kosmadakis, G., Mousmoulis, G., Manolakos, D., Anagnostopoulos, I., Papadakis, G.,
Papantonis, D. Development of Open-Drive Scroll Expander for an Organic RankineCycle(ORC) Engine and First Test Results,(2017) Energy Procedia, 129, pp. 371-378.

•Kosmadakis, G., Landelle, A., Lazova, M., Manolakos, D., Kaya, A., Huisseune, H.,
Karavas, C.-S., Tauveron, N., Revellin, R., Haberschill, P., De Paepe, M., Papadakis, G.
Experimental testing of a low-temperature organic Rankine cycle (ORC) engine coupled with3

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concentrating PV/thermal collectors: Laboratory and field tests (2016) Energy, 117, pp. 222236.
•Ntavou, E., Kosmadakis, G., Manolakos, D., Papadakis, G., Papantonis, D. Experimental
evaluation of a multi-skid reverse osmosis unit operating at fluctuating power input. (2016)
Desalination, Volume 398, 15 November 2016, Pages 77-8•

Kosmadakis, G., Manolakos, D., Papadakis, G. Experimental investigation of a lowtemperature organic Rankine cycle (ORC) engine under variable heat input operating at bothsubcritical and supercritical conditions (2016) Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 92, 5January 2016, Pages 1-7

Books Chapters
Seawater Desalination Conventional and Renewable Energy Processes, Springer Chapter 10:
Operating RE/Desalination units
ONGOING & RECENT PROJECT (Last 5 Years)•

2016 Experimental Evaluation of Organic Rankine Cycle. Financed by the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA). Project coordinator. Project budget 2,500€•

2020-2023. Innovative heat-to-power engine for very low temperature heat recovery
applications, Proposal number: 778821, I-EE. Area SME Inst-09-2016-2017. Financing within
the action Seal of Excellence of GSRT, Total budget: 1,198,250 €. AUA acts as RTD
developer and expertise provider with a budget of 150,000 €.

•2017-2022. Demonstration of dry fermentation and optimization of biogas technology forrural communities in the MENA region. ERANETMED project. Total budget 1,350,000 €.
Project partner. Budget for AUA 100,000 €.

•2020-2024: Energy Smart Livestock Farming towards Zero Fossil Fuel Consumption. Horizon
2020 project. Project coordinator. Total budget 6,000,000 €. AUA budget 516,000 €.

•2020-2023: Strategies and Technologies to Achieve a European Fossil-Energy freeagriculture. Horizon 2020 project. Project partner. Total budget 2,000,000 €. AUA budget
175,000 €.

•2020-2023: Organic Trilateral Flash Cycle for Efficient Conversion of Solar Heat to Power.
HFRI project. Principal investigator. Total budget 164,000 €.

•2020-2023: Development of a Heat Engine Based on the Trilateral Flash Cycle (TFC) for
Maximisation of Heat to Power Conversion Efficiency of ow Temperature Waste Heat.
GSRT-EDK project. Project partner. Total budget 885,000 €. AUA budget 244,300 €•2020-2023: Organic Rankine Cycle fueled with biomass for sustainable heat and power
cogeneration in greenhouses. GSRT-EDK project. Project partner. Total budget 286,000 €.
AUA budget 80,000 €•2020-2023: Development of optimized ORC technology for waste heat recovery in ships.
GSRT-EDK project. Project partner. Total budget 599,515 €. AUA budget 40,000 €.

•2022-2024: Installation of green desalination plant at Kimolos island incorporating innovativetechnology of brine treatment. Project coordinator. Total budget 1,084,256.88 €. AUA budget
1,084,256,88 €.

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