Savvas Douvartzides

 

Savvas L. Douvartzides

 

Position

Associate Professor

 

Address

University of Western Macedonia

Polytechnic School Campus

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Active Urban Planning Zone (ZEP), Kozani

50100 Kozani

Greece

 

ContactData

Phone (office): +30 2461056669

Email: douvartzidis@uowm.gr

           sdouvar@teiwm,gr

Studies

2004 Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering

1997 Mechanical Engineer

 

Professional Experience

 

 

2019-today Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani-Greece.

2014-2019 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Kozani-Greece.

2005-2011 Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Kozani-Greece.

 

Research / Laboratory

Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engines

Laboratory of Formula Student FSAE Car Development

 

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Douvartzides L. Savvas was born in 1973 in Kozani-Greece. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia (UoWM). In 1997 he graduated as a Mechanical Engineer at the University of Thessalia, Volos-Greece, and in 2004 he acquired his Ph.D title from the same university working on the theoretical and experimental development of ethanol fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. During 2005-2006 he executed Post Doctoral Research in the University of Thessalia under the scholarship of the Greek State Scholarship Institute (IKY) and during 2006-2011 he was a visiting lecturer of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences (WMUAS), Kozani-Greece. Since 2014 he is an Assistant Professor, initially in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of WMUAS and then in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the UoWM. He is an author of more than 30 research articles in peer reviewed international journals and he has presented his work in more than 30 international conferences. He has translated two books and he is a guest academic editor of a special research issue of the Energies  Journal. His research interests include the design and optimization of heat engines (internal combustion engines, steam turbines etc.) and thermal power plants, the production and utilization of alternative fuels, catalysis and electrochemistry, electrochemical power generation (fuel cells), renewable energy, and energy storage technologies. Since 2015 he is a lecturer of the MSc Program “Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Management in Buildings” of the UoWM. Finally, he is the faculty advisor of the student Perseus Racing Team of the UoWM supervising the design, optimization and construction of FSAE racing cars

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Course Catalogue

Undergraduate: Thermodynamics, Internal Combustion Engines I and II, Steam Generators and Steam Turbines, Handling of Materials and Lifting Machines.

Postgraduate: Heat Transfer, Mechanical Energy Systems, Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Storage Systems.

 

Publications in

SCOPUS

Google Scholar

 

Selected Publications

N. D. Charisiou, S. L. Douvartzides, G. I. Siakavelas, L. Tzounis, V. Sebastian, V. Stolojan, S. J. Hinder, M. A. Baker, K. Polychronopoulou and M. A. Goula, The relationship between reaction temperature and carbon deposition on nickel catalysts based on Al2O3, ZrO2 or SiO2 supports during the biogas dry reforming reaction, Catalysts, 9, 676-698, 2019

S. L. Douvartzides, N. D. Charisiou, K. N. Papageridis and M. A. Goula, Green Diesel: Biomass Feedstocks, Production Technologies, Catalytic Research, Fuel Properties and Performance in Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines, Energies, 12, 809-850, 2019 (doi:10.3390/en12050809)

S. Douvartzides and I. Karmalis, Working fluid selection for the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) exhaust heat recovery of an internal combustion engine power plant, IOPCS: Materials Science and Engineering, 161(1), 012087, 2016 (doi:10.1088/1757-899X/161/1/012087).

 S. Douvartzides and I. Karmalis, Thermal design of a natural gas – diesel dual fuel turbocharged V18 engine for ship propulsion and power plant applications, IOPCS: Materials Science and Engineering, 161(1), 012073, 2016 (doi:10.1088/1757-899X/161/1/012073).

 R. Cai, S. Song, B. Ji, W. Yang, Q. Xin, G. Sun, S. Douvartzides and P. Tsiakaras, Benzene electro-oxidation in a PEMFC for phenol and electricity cogeneration, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 61(3-4), 184-191, 2005.

F. A. Coutelieris, S. L. Douvartzides and P. E. Tsiakaras, Heat Transfer Phenomena in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: An Analytical Approach, Chemical Engineering Science, 60(16), 4423-4430, 2005.

S. Q. Song, S. L. Douvartzides and P. E. Tsiakaras, Exergy Analysis of an Ethanol Fueled Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell System for Automobile Applications, Journal of Power Sources, 145(2), 502-514, 2005.

W. J. Zhou, S. Q. Song, W. Z. Li, Z. H. Zhou, G. Q. Sun, Q. Xin, S. Douvartzides and P. Tsiakaras, Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells based on PtSn Anodes: The Effect of Sn Content on the Fuel Cell Performance, Journal of Power Sources, 140(1), 50-58, 2005.

W. J. Zhou, B. Zhou, W. Z. Li, Z. H. Zhou, S. Q. Song, G. Q. Sun, Q. Xin, S. Douvartzides, M. Goula and P. Tsiakaras, Performance Comparison of Low-Temperature Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells With Different Anode Catalysts, Journal of Power Sources, 126(1-2), 16-22, 2004.

S. L. Douvartzides, F. A. Coutelieris and P. Tsiakaras, On the Systematic Optimization of Ethanol-Based Electricity Generating Systems in Terms of Energy and Exergy, Journal of Power Sources, 114(2), 203-212, 2003.

S. Douvartzides, F. A. Coutelieris and P. Tsiakaras, Fuel Options for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Thermodynamic Analysis,  AIChE, 49(1), 248-257, 2003.

S. L. Douvartzides and P. E. Tsiakaras. Electrochemically Promoted Catalysis: The case of Ethanol Oxidation over Pt, Journal of Catalysis, 211(2), 521-529, 2002.