STSM – Smartcats

Lists of the Short Term Scientific Missions

undertaken up to now along with a short summary of the main achievements

(available by clicking on each STSM topic)

WE ARE UPDATING THIS PAGE WITH THIRD AND FOUR YEAR STSM REPORTS

First Year

Grantee	STSM topic	Home Institution (Name)	Host Institution (Name)
Colom Juan Manuel	Gaseous products formed during the pyrolysis of biomass in a drop tube furnace	University of Zaragoza (ES)	Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa (PT)
Colom Juan Manuel	Gaseous products formed during the pyrolysis of biomass in a drop tube furnace/2	University of Zaragoza (ES)	Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa (PT)
Illes Adam	Pulsed-laser kinetic study of the reactions of OH radicals with cyclic ethers	RCNS, HAS, BUDAPEST (HU)	KIT, KARLSRUHE (DE)
Agbro Edirin	Chemistry of Smart Energy Carriers and Technologies	University of Leeds (UK)	LOGE & BTU (DE)
Dimitriadis Athanasios	Chemistry of Smart Energy Carriers and Technologies	CE.R.T.H., Thessaloniki (EL)	Unisersity of Ljubljana, (SL)
Ferrarotti Marco	Assembling and testing of a flameless burner	ULB (BE)	WS Waermeprozesstechnik GmbH
Fortunato Valentina	Testing and numerical assessing of MILD-based Stirling engine fed with LCV biogas	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles (BE)	Chalmers University of Technology & Pontus Wettrell, Department Cleanergy AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Gill-Mestres Adria	Theoretical Studies on the Combustion Mechanism of Cyclic Species Containing Oxygen	Universidade de Lisboa (PT)	ENSIC, Nancy (FR)
Moros Eduardo Royo	Characterization of acetylene soot samples	University of Zaragoza (ES)	University Federico II of Napoli (IT)
Naydenova Iliyana Ivanova	Investigation of air pollution in terms of gaseous and particulate matter	Technical University of Sofia (BG)	CE.R.T.H., Thessaloniki (EL)
Perlman Cathleen	Biomass Gasication and Pyrolysis	Lund Combustion Engineering – LOGE AB, Lund (SE)	Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NO)
Sabia Pino	Experimental investigation of autoignition delay times in a wide range of operating conditions	Institute for Research on Combustion-CNR, Napoli (IT)	Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig (DE)
Seljak Tine	Feasibility analysis of microturbine engine to fire innovative fuels	Unviersity of Ljubljana, (SL)	Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
Simoes Goncalo	Ignition and early stage combustion of single biomass particles: comparison between experiments and numerical predictions	Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa,Lisbon (PT)	Politecnico di Milano (IT)
Sorrentino Giancarlo	Modeling of MILD Combustion in a cyclonic burner withFlamelet-Generated-Manifold (FGM) model	Institute for Research on Combustion-CNR, Napoli (IT)	Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven (NL)

Second Year

Grantee	STSM Topic	Home Institution	Host Institution
Florence Vermeire	Experimental and modeling study of the pyrolysis and oxidation of biofuel model compounds	University of Ghent (BE)	Laboratoire Réactions et Génie de Procédés, LRGP, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy (FR)
Pascale Desgroux	HIM detection of nanoparticles of soot in nucleation flames	Université Lille (FR)	Lab. Physikalische Chemie 1, Bielefeld (DE)
Alice Rigamonti	Experimental database for kinetic mechanism development and validation	Polytechnic of Milan (IT)	Institute of Chemistry Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
Maria Abian	Impact of the alkali and alkaline earth metals on single particle ignition behaviour of biomass fuels	Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Zaragoza (ES)	Instituto Superior Técnico, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lisboa (PT)
Christopher Betrancourt	HIM detection of nanoparticles of soot in nucleation flames	Université Lille (FR)	Lab. Physikalische Chemie 1, Bielefeld (DE)
Maurin Salamanca Guzmán	Chemical characterization of soot nanoparticles in nucleation flames	Bielefeld Univeristy, Physikalische Chemie (DE)	Université Lille (FR)
Sonal Kumar Vallabhuni	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis for Ammonia auto-ignition inside a Rapid Compression Machine using detailed chemistry	Phykalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig (DE)	Department of Mechanical engineering, Vrije UniversiteitBrussels (BE)
Tran Luc-Sy	Detection of fuel specific intermediate species of the oxidation of diethyl ether and n-butane at low	Bielefeld Univeristy, Physikalische Chemie (DE)	LRGP, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy (FR)
Gargiulo Valentina	Adsorption tests as diagnostic tool for pollutants emissions control in SECs combustion	Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Napoli (IT)	Institute of Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux: Haute Température et Irradiation (CEMHTI), Orleans (FR)
Marius Sadeckas	Optical diagnosis of solid fuel particle combustion	Lithuanian Energy Institute (LT)	Instituto Superior Técnico, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lisboa (PT)
Paola Giudicianni	Organization meeting for the activity on the production of biofuels through torrefaction and pyrolysis	Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Napoli (IT)	University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Yverdon-les-Bains (CH)
Charalambos Chasos	Development of computational techniques for the coupling of combustion chemistry with CFD codes for realistic and predictive modeling in internal combustion engines.	Frederick University, Nicosia (CY)	National Technical University of Athens, Athens (EL)
Marta Trninic	Chemistry of smart energy carriers and technologies	University of Belgrade, (SRB)	Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NO)
Tomislav Simonovic	Chemistry of smart energy carriers and technologies	University of Belgrade, (SRB)	Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NO)
Magnus Fürst	Collaboration work for experimental data and uncertainty quantification for MILD combustion	Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)	Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Napoli (IT)

Third Year

Grantee	STSM Topic	Home Institution	Host Institution
Corinna Maria Grottola	Investigation on the formation of inorganic pollutants from contaminated biomass pyrolysis	Institute for Research on Combustion (Istituto di Ricerche Sulla Combustione) – CNR, NAPOLI (IT)	University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, School of Business and Engineering Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains (CH)
Kevin M. Van Geem	Improving chemical understanding of plastic waste	Faculty of Engineering, Ghent University, (BE)	CE.R.T.H., Thessaloniki (EL)
Erica Quadarella	Modeling of NOx formation in turbulent diffusion flames through the Partially Stirred Reactor model (PaSR)	Politecnico di Milano (IT)	Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Lorena Marrodán	Impact of the NOx addition on methane JSR oxidation, with different types of diagnostic techniques	Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A). Zaragoza, Spain (ES)	Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, CNRS, Nancy Cedex, France (FR)
Pio Bozza	Development of Numerical Simulation Tools for High efficiency, Fuel Flexible and Low Pollutant Gas Recirculation Burners	Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering (DICMaPI) University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy (IT)	WS Warmeprozesstechnik GmbH, GERMANY (DE)
David Nascimento	Low Temperature Auto-Ignition of Ammonia	Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbo, Portugal (PT)	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) , Germany (DE)
Zhiyi Li	Development of a novel chemical time scale estination tool for non- conventional combustion	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (BE)	Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza,University of Rome, Italy (IT)
Gorugantu Sri Bala	Detailed kinetic modeling of fast pyrolysis of plastics	Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Ghent (BE)	Politecnico di Milano, Italy (IT)
Tsvetelina Petrova	Experimental investigation of kinetic parameters characterizing the combustion of solid biofuels	Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria (BG)	Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbo, Portugal (PT)
Xenakis Vouvakos	3D-CFD SIMULATIONS OF FUEL SPRAY BREAKUP UNDER NON- EVAPORATING, EVAPORATING AND REACTIVE FLOW CONDITIONS FOR MARINE ENGINE APPLICATIONS	National Technical University of Athens (EL)	Frederick University (CY)
SylvainNamysl	Modelling study of butanoic and pentanoic acids oxidation and pyrolysis	Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, Nancy (FR)	Politecnico di Milano (IT)
DimitrisKazangas	EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF NOx – SOx ON COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS IN A HOMOGENEOUS SI ENGINE OPERATED WITH NATURAL GAS	National Technical University of Athens (EL)	University of Ljubljana (SI)
Vaclav Nevrly	Uncertainties in chemical kinetic models of flame inhibition	VSB – Technical University of Ostrava,Ostrava Poruba (CZ)	Research Centre for Natural Sciences of HAS (MTA TTK), Budapest (HU)
Ognyan Sandov	Experimental investigation of key parameters, characterizing the combus- tion of solid biofuels	Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria (BG)	Technical University – Vienna, (AU)
Corinna Netzer	Modelling of photo chemically ignition controlled fuels in HCCI mode	Brandenburg University of Technology (B-TU), Cottbus-Senftenberg (DE)	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim (NO)
Corinna Maria Grottola	Production of biofuels through torrefaction	Institute for Research on Combustion (Istituto di Ricerche Sulla Combustione) – CNR, NAPOLI (IT)	CE.R.T.H., Thessaloniki (EL)
Paola Giudicianni	Production of biofuels through pyrolysis	Institute for Research on Combustion (Istituto di Ricerche Sulla Combustione) – CNR, NAPOLI (IT)	CE.R.T.H., Thessaloniki (EL)
Magnus Fürst	Development of an Optimization toolbox for chemical kinetics	Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)	Politecnico di Milano (IT)

Four Year

Grantee	STSM Topic	Home Institution	Host Institution
Matteo Pelucchi	742_STSM_scientific_report_template_MP	Politecnico di Milano, IT	ITV RTWH Aachen University, DE
Ultan Burke	747_STSM_scientific_report_template_UB_final	National Institute of Ireland, IE	ITV RTWH Aachen University, DE
Zafer KAHRAMAN	Investigation on biogas chemistry for a possible use in semi-industrial burners	İstanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, TR	CERTH, Thessaloniki, EL
MURAT HACI	Investigation on environmental effects of biogas combustion for a possible use in industrial burners	Öztiryakiler Madeni Eşya San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. – R&D and Technology Center Manager, Istanbul, TR	CERTH, Thessaloniki, EL
SOYHAN HAKAN	Investigation of numerical and experimental biogas combustion for industrial kitchen burners was successfully completed	Öztiryakiler Madeni Eşya San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. – R&D and Technology Center Manager, Istanbul, TR	CERTH, Thessaloniki, EL
Cato Pappijn	Experimental and modeling study of the oxidation of a biofuel nitrogen-containing model compound	Ghent University, BE	Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, Nancy Cedex, FR
Lisa van Treek	Experimental study and detailed evaluation on the laminar flame speed of alcohol-water-air mixtures	Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg BTU, Cottbus, DE	Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, SE
Ognyan Sandov	Emissions formation of single fuel particles combustion under FBC condition	Technical University of Sofia, BG	Technische Universitaet Wien, AT
Adina Werner	Tabulated Chemistry in 3D CFD Simulations	Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg BTU, Cottbus	Lund Combustion Engineering LOGE AB, SE
Zhiyi Li	Computational Singular Perturbation (CSP) analysis on the LES of non- conventional combustion regime	Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE	Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza,University of Rome, IT
Jakov Baleta	Combustion of ammonia-hydrogen mixtures in a premixed laminar burner and in a swirl burner	Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb, Sisak, HR	Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbo, PT
Marco Agrillo	Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of cyclonic flow-fields	Institute of Research on Combustion of the Italian National Research Committee (IRC-CNR), Naples, IT	Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich (CH)
Giuseppe Ceriello	CFD simulation with Flamelet Generated Manifold (FGM) of a cyclonic burner with high level of internal recirculation	University of Naples ‘Federico II’, DICMaPI, Naples, IT	Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, Netherlands
Matteo Pelucchi	186_STSM_scientific_report_Pelucchi	Politecnico di Milano, IT	ITV RTWH Aachen University, DE
Ultan Burke	885_STSM_scientific_report_template_UB	National Institute of Ireland, IE	ITV RTWH Aachen University, DE
Kieran Somers	575_STSM_Report_Somers	National Institute of Ireland, IE	ITV RTWH Aachen University, DE
Iñaki Adánez-Rubio	PAH, tar and soot formation during the gasification of biomass in a drop tube furnace	Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, ES	Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbo, PT
Shashank Nagaraja	Chemistry of Smart Energy Carriers and Technologies	NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland, IE	RWTH Aachen University, DE
Mate Papp	Integrating the OpenSMOKE++ framework into Optima++ for the extensive validation of optimization of detailed kinetic mechanisms	Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, HU	Politecnico di Milano, Italy (IT)
Rodolfo Cavaliere Da Rocha	Large-eddy simulation of ammonia-hydrogen-air flames in a model gas turbine	Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, PT	Department of Energy Sciences, LTH, Lund University, SE
Carlos Ramos	Study on the ignition delay times of diluted mixtures of ammonia at elevated pressures	Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa, PT	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, DE
Iñaki Adánez-Rubio	PAH, tar and soot formation during the gasification of biomass in a drop tube furnace	Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, ES	Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbo, PT
Tsvetelina Petrova	Biomass gasification in a Drop Tube Furnace	Technical University of Sofia, BG	Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbo, PT
Cato Pappijn	Experimental and modeling study of the oxidation of a biofuel nitrogen-containing model compound/2	Ghent University, BE	Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, Nancy Cedex, FR
György Lendvay	Studies of the kinetics and dynamics of the OH + HBr –> H2O + Br and CH3+ HBr –> CH4 + Br reactions	Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HU	The Cypress Institute, CY
Anton Žnidarčič	Reduction of chemical kinetics mechanisms suitable for solid fuel combustion simulations	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös, Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, HU
Peng Zhang	Consultation on the further developments of methane combustion mechanisms and learning the experimental details of the applications of flow reactors	Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös, Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, HU	Technical University of Denmark (DK)
Márton Kovács	Determination of laminar flame velocities of alternative fuels using HFM	Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös, Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, HU	Division of Combustion Physics, Dept. of Physics, Lund lnstitute of Technology (SE)
Timo Pekkanen	Kinetics and thermochemistry of 2’methyallyl and methyl’substituted amine radicals with molecular oxygen: experiments and theory	University of Helsinki (Helsinki), FI	Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HU

Lists of the Short Term Scientific Missions

undertaken up to now along with a short summary of the main achievements

(available by clicking on each STSM topic)

First Year

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Second Year

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Third Year

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Four Year

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