Dr. Evangelos Gkanas

Lecturer in Thermodynamics

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing

Email: ac1029@coventry.ac.uk
Website: https://evangelosgkanas.wordpress.com/

Biography

I am a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) specialist with a strong track record in developing mathematical models and simulating heat management issues, mass transfer, thermodynamics and thermoelectric materials for renewable and sustainable energy purposes with a major focus on hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, fuel cells and CO₂ permeation and purification technologies. I am also experienced in material synthesis via high-energy ball milling, induction melting, arc melting, sol-gel and characterization techniques such as XRD, SEM, AFM, DSC, and TGA. I received my PhD in the field of Mechanical Engineering in 2014 with dissertation title: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE AND COMPRESSION SYSTEMS.

I also have research experience as a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham for two years after joining the Hydrogen Research Group led by Professor David Grant and Professor Gavin Walker.

I have more than 14 peer reviewed journal publications and attendance at more than 10 International Conferences with plenty of oral and poster presentations. I have been involved in 6 major research projects funded by E.U and national organizations.

Currently I am a Lecturer at Coventry University and my main teaching duties are in the field of thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid dynamics.

Qualifications

Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester/University of Bolton, 2014.
M.Sc in Nanomechanics and Nanoscience, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), 2010.
B.Sc (Hons) in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), 2008.

Research interests

I have participated in six major research programs funded both by E.U and national organizations (such as EPSRC).

The Research Projects are listed as follows:

2014-2015: Industrial Project with General Electric and the University of Nottingham.
2014–2015: E.S.C.H.E.R (Engineering Safe and Efficient Hydride-Based Technologies),
2013: EDEN Project (FP7-JTI)
2012–2014: Greece-Romania bilateral Project (EU 1709)
2012-2013: Industrial contract with CIDETE Ingenieros
2011: Atlas-H2 European Project (FP7-PEOPLE)

Recent outputs and publications

Gkanas, E.I., and Makridis, S.S. (2016) ‘Effective thermal management of a cylindrical MgH2 tank including thermal coupling with an operating SOFC and the usage of extended surfaces during the dehydrogenation process’. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. [forthcoming]
Gkanas, E.I., Grant, D.M., Khzouz, M., Stuart, A.D., Manickam, K., and Walker, G.S. (2016) ‘Efficient hydrogen storage in up-scale metal hydride tanks as possible metal hydride compression agents equipped with Aluminium extended surfaces’. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. [forthcoming]
Gkanas, E.I., Grant, D.M., Stuart, A.D., Book, D., Nayebossadri, S., Pickering, L., and Walker, G.S. (2015) ‘Numerical Study on a Two-Stage Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compression System’. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 645 (S1), S18-S22.
Gkanas, E.I., Steriotis, T., Stubos, A.K., and Makridis, S.S. (2015) ‘A Complete Transport Validated Model on a Zeolite Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Permeance and Capture’. Applied Thermal Engineering 74, 36-46.

Teaching modules

Fluid Mechanics (328MAE)
Individual Project (324MAE)
Mechanical Science (102MAE)
Mechanics and Thermodynamics (208MED)
Thermofluids Mechanics (207MAE)

Areas of expertise

Material Science
Thermodynamics
Heat and Mass Transfer
Fluid Dynamics
Material Synthesis and Characterization
Finite Element Analysis
Dynamic Simulation
Bio-Engineering
Nanotechnology