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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic School of USP (1983), a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution (1989), a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1994) and a Post-Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1999). He is currently a Full Professor at the Polytechnic School of USP. He was secretary of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Committee of ABCM - Brazilian Association of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences. He has experience in Mechanical Engineering, with an emphasis on Thermal and Energy Engineering, working mainly on the following topics: liquid-vapor phase change, use and processing of natural gas, absorption refrigeration, supersonic separation of gas mixtures, vortex tubes, concentrated solar energy and alternative and renewable energy systems in general. He has coordinated several extension courses and currently coordinates the specialization course in Renewable Energies, Distributed Generation and Energy Efficiency at USP. He has taught university extension courses for professionals in the areas of thermoelectric plants, energy, valves and industrial pipelines. He has participated in research projects for government agencies and companies, including: Fapesp, Finep, Cnpq, Eletropaulo, Ultragaz, Ipiranga, Comgas, Shell and Petrobras. He was a visiting professor at INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon (France) in June and July 2009. He is the author of more than 100 technical-scientific articles, in addition to being the author of three books: (a) Fundamentals and Applications of Psychrometry - 2nd ed., (b) Renewable Energies, Distributed Generation and Energy Efficiency - 3rd ed. and (c) Fundamentals of Heat Transfer for Engineering. Finally, he coordinates the EPUSP laboratory and research group entitled SISEA - Lab. of Alternative and Renewable Energy Systems (www.usp.br/sisea). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Solar fuels such as hydrogen are gases a fuels with energetic characteristics capable of replacing fossil fuels, providing a clean emissions' environment in a tendency to economy decarbonization. Hydrogen is obtained from biogas sources, catalytic processes, hydrolysis and electrolysis. The world's most widely used sources are those using conventional technology, although there are smalle…
Solar irradiation is a source of renewable energy and its use depends on the conversion of solar irradiation into heat and/or electricity. In the last two decades, the economic and environmental importance of incorporating solar energy to the energy matrix of most of countries have drastically increased. To convert solar irradiation to usable forms of energy, heat exchangers are necessary…
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Heat absorption refrigeration cycles have advantages when compared to conventional mechanical steam compression systems in several aspects. First, with regard to direct consumption of electricity, since they use considerably less electricity to operate. Second, they can operate with residual heat sources, such as cogeneration, or with solar thermal energy. In the latter case, it is part o…
High fraction of CO2 and other impurities in various natural gas sources, as oil wells and biodigesters, make a limitation from the energetic point-of-view of those sources. Especially in the context of the pre-salt layer, whose gas reserves are up to 60% mol/mol CO2, the development of system that is compact, efficient, requires low maintenance and can be applied in great depths are pres…
For decades, solar energy has instigated researches all over the world due to its enormous potential. The growing concern about the environment and the search for renewable power sources promotes the interest in the Sun utilization. Despite the challenges such as the solar intermittence, the seasonality and the hard transportation of this type of energy, the search for storage techniques …
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