Cyprus Solar Thermal Energy Chair for the Eastern Mediterranean

Project Information

CySTEM

Grant agreement ID: 667942

DOI 10.3030/667942

Project closed

EC signature date 16 June 2015

Start date 1 July 2015

End date 31 December 2020

Funded under

• Establishing ‚ERA Chairs’

Total cost € 3 499 375,00

EU contribution € 2 500 000,00

Coordinated by

THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE
Cyprus

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (28)

Updating the PSA sun position algorithm

Author(s): Manuel J. Blanco, Kypros Milidonis, Aristides M. Bonanos
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 212, 2020, Page(s) 339-341, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.10.084

A perturbation model for stratified thermal energy storage tanks

Author(s): Evgeny V. Votyakov, Aristides M. Bonanos
Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Issue 75, 2014, Page(s) 218-223, ISSN 0017-9310
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.03.071

Sun tracking by heliostats with arbitrary orientation of primary and secondary axes

Author(s): Victor Grigoriev, Kypros Milidonis, Manuel Blanco
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 207, 2020, Page(s) 1384-1389, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.07.086

Economic analysis of an electricity and desalinated water cogeneration plant in Cyprus

Author(s): N. Fylaktos, I. Mitra, G. Tzamtzis, C.N. Papanicolas
Published in: Desalination and Water Treatment, Issue 55/9, 2014, Page(s) 2453-2470, ISSN 1944-3994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.940219

Evaluation of a solar powered distillation unit as a mitigation to water scarcity and climate change in Cyprus

Author(s): M.C. Georgiou, A.M. Bonanos, J.G. Georgiadis
Published in: Desalination and Water Treatment, Issue 57/5, 2014, Page(s) 2325-2335, ISSN 1944-3994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.989637

FluxTracer: A Ray Tracer Postprocessor to Assist in the Design and Optimization of Solar Concentrators and Receivers

Author(s): Manuel Blanco, Marios Constantinou, Clotilde Corsi, Victor Grigoriev, Kypros Milidonis, Constantinos F. Panagiotou, Costas N. Papanicolas, John Pye, Evgeny Votyakov
Published in: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Issue 141/2, 2019, Page(s) 21015-1 - 21015-9, ISSN 0199-6231
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
DOI: 10.1115/1.4042127

Algebraic model for thermocline thermal storage tank with filler material

Author(s): E.V. Votyakov, A.M. Bonanos
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 122, 2015, Page(s) 1154-1157, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.10.047

Experimental evaluation of a multiple-effect distillation unit in low seawater flow conditions

Author(s): M.C. Georgiou, A.M. Bonanos, J.G. Georgiadis
Published in: Desalination and Water Treatment, Issue 55/12, 2014, Page(s) 3267-3276, ISSN 1944-3994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.940638

Estimation of mean field reflectance in CST applications

Author(s): A.M. Bonanos, A.C. Montenon, M.J. Blanco
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 208, 2020, Page(s) 1031-1038, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.08.073

Method to determine the tracking angles of heliostats

Author(s): Victor Grigoriev, Kypros Milidonis, Manuel Blanco, Marios Constantinou
Published in: MethodsX, Issue 8, 2021, Page(s) 101244, ISSN 2215-0161
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2021.101244

Optical evaluation of heliostat mirrors using caustics

Author(s): M. D. Georgiou, A. M. Bonanos, J. G. Georgiadis
Published in: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Issue 5/5, 2013, Page(s) 053139, ISSN 1941-7012
Publisher: American Institute of Physics Inc.
DOI: 10.1063/1.4826195

Estimating the economy-wide impacts of energy policies in Cyprus

Author(s): Constantinos Taliotis, Elias Giannakis, Marios Karmellos, Nestor Fylaktos, Theodoros Zachariadis
Published in: Energy Strategy Reviews, Issue 29, 2020, Page(s) 1-15, ISSN 2211-467X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2020.100495

Active cool roof effect: impact of cool roofs on cooling system efficiency

Author(s): Anna Laura Pisello, Mattheos Santamouris, Franco Cotana
Published in: Advances in Building Energy Research, Issue 7/2, 2013, Page(s) 209-221, ISSN 1751-2549
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865560

Algebraic model for thermocline thermal storage tank with filler material

Author(s): E.V. Votyakov, A.M. Bonanos
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 0038092X, 2015, Page(s) 1154-1157, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.10.047

Design, construction and monitoring of a near-zero energy laboratory building in Cyprus

Author(s): C. Papanicolas, M. A. Lange, N. Fylaktos, Alaric Montenon, G. Kalouris, N. Fintikakis, M. Fintikaki, D. Kolokotsa, K. Tsirbas, C. Pavlou, K. Vasilakopoulou, M. Santamouris
Published in: Advances in Building Energy Research, Issue 17512549, 2014, Page(s) 140-150, ISSN 1751-2549
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2015.1014837

Evaluation of a solar powered distillation unit as a mitigation to water scarcity and climate change in Cyprus

Author(s): M.C. Georgiou, A.M. Bonanos, J.G. Georgiadis
Published in: Desalination and Water Treatment, Issue 19443994, 2014, Page(s) 2325-2335, ISSN 1944-3994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.989637

Economic analysis of an electricity and desalinated water cogeneration plant in Cyprus

Author(s): N. Fylaktos, I. Mitra, G. Tzamtzis, C.N. Papanicolas
Published in: Desalination and Water Treatment, Issue 19443994, 2014, Page(s) 2453-2470, ISSN 1944-3994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.940219

Experimental evaluation of a multiple-effect distillation unit in low seawater flow conditions

Author(s): M.C. Georgiou, A.M. Bonanos, J.G. Georgiadis
Published in: Desalination and Water Treatment, Issue 19443994, 2014, Page(s) 3267-3276, ISSN 1944-3994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.940638

A perturbation model for stratified thermal energy storage tanks

Author(s): Evgeny V. Votyakov, Aristides M. Bonanos
Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Issue 00179310, 2014, Page(s) 218-223, ISSN 0017-9310
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.03.071

Active cool roof effect: impact of cool roofs on cooling system efficiency

Author(s): Anna Laura Pisello, Mattheos Santamouris, Franco Cotana
Published in: Advances in Building Energy Research, Issue 17512549, 2013, Page(s) 209-221, ISSN 1751-2549
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865560

An energy-balanced analytic model for urban heat canyons: comparison with experimental data

Author(s): Emanuele Bonamente, Federico Rossi, Valentina Coccia, Anna Laura Pisello, Andrea Nicolini, Beatrice Castellani, Franco Cotana, Mirko Filipponi, Elena Morini, Matheos Santamouris
Published in: Advances in Building Energy Research, Issue 17512549, 2013, Page(s) 222-234, ISSN 1751-2549
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865561

Optical evaluation of heliostat mirrors using caustics

Author(s): M. D. Georgiou, A. M. Bonanos, J. G. Georgiadis
Published in: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Issue 19417012, 2013, Page(s) 053139, ISSN 1941-7012
Publisher: American Institute of Physics Inc.
DOI: 10.1063/1.4826195

Heliostat surface shape characterization for accurate flux prediction

Author(s): A.M. Bonanos, M. Faka, D. Abate, S. Hermon, M.J. Blanco
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 142, 2019, Page(s) 30-40, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.04.051

An energy-balanced analytic model for urban heat canyons: comparison with experimental data

Author(s): Emanuele Bonamente, Federico Rossi, Valentina Coccia, Anna Laura Pisello, Andrea Nicolini, Beatrice Castellani, Franco Cotana, Mirko Filipponi, Elena Morini, Matheos Santamouris
Published in: Advances in Building Energy Research, Issue 7/2, 2013, Page(s) 222-234, ISSN 1751-2549
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865561

Verification of optical modelling of sunshape and surface slope error for concentrating solar power systems

Author(s): Ye Wang, Daniel Potter, Charles-Alexis Asselineau, Clotilde Corsi, Michael Wagner, Cyril Caliot, Benjamin Piaud, Manuel Blanco, Jin-Soo Kim, John Pye
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 195, 2020, Page(s) 461-474, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.035

Economic Assessment of a PV Hybridized Linear Fresnel Collector Supplying Air Conditioning and Electricity for Buildings

Author(s): Alaric Christian Montenon, Costas Papanicolas
Published in: Energies, Issue 14/1, 2021, Page(s) 131, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14010131

Design, construction and monitoring of a near-zero energy laboratory building in Cyprus

Author(s): C. Papanicolas, M. A. Lange, N. Fylaktos, Alaric Montenon, G. Kalouris, N. Fintikakis, M. Fintikaki, D. Kolokotsa, K. Tsirbas, C. Pavlou, K. Vasilakopoulou, M. Santamouris
Published in: Advances in Building Energy Research, Issue 9/1, 2014, Page(s) 140-150, ISSN 1751-2549
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2015.1014837

The Effect of Electric Vehicle Deployment on Renewable Electricity Generation in an Isolated Grid System: The Case Study of Cyprus

Author(s): Constantinos Taliotis, Nestor Fylaktos, George Partasides, Francesco Gardumi, Vignesh Sridharan, Marios Karmellos, Costas N. Papanicolas
Published in: Frontiers in Energy Research, Issue 8, 2020, ISSN 2296-598X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2020.00205

Conference proceedings (23)

Characterization of mirror soiling in CSP applications

Author(s): Aristides M. Bonanos, Manuel J. Blanco, Kypros Milidonis
Published in: SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Issue 030007, 2020, Page(s) 030007, ISBN 9780735440371
Publisher: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0028528

Cyprus and global LNG markets

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2015
Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company

Technoeconomic analysis of a CSP-DSW Solar Thermal Plant

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 2nd International Conference on Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2013
Publisher: Energy Authority of Cyprus/Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation

Export Options: Economic Evaluation of Converting Natural Gas to Electricity.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N., & Papanicolas, C. N.
Published in: MIT - CyI workshop: Maximizing the long-term value of Natural Gas for Cyprus, The Journalists’ House, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2013
Publisher: The Cyprus Institute

MIT-CyI study, The value of Natural Gas resources for Cyprus: A scoping report.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 1st Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2013
Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company

CSP cogeneration of electricity and desalinated water at the Pentakomo Field Facility

Author(s): 1. Papanicolas, C.N., Bonanos, A.M., Georgiou, M.C., Guillen, E., Jarraud, N., Marakkos, C., Montenon, A., Stiliaris, E., Tsioli, E., Tzamtzis, G., & Votyakov, E.V.
Published in: Solar Paces 2015, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Publisher: SolarPACES

Economic analysis of an electricity and desalinated water cogeneration plant in Cyprus.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N., Mitra, I., Tzamtzis, G., & Papanicolas
Published in: EDS Conference and Exhibition on Desalination for the Environment, Clean Water and Energy, Limassol, Cyprus, 2014
Publisher: European Desalination Society

Object oriented modelling of the CSP-DSW facility

Author(s): Darcy R. Corbett, Manuel Blanco, Aristides M. Bonanos, Marios C. Georgiou, Costas N. Papanicolas, Constantinos Roussos, Efstathios Stiliaris, Konstantinos Stokos, Evgeny Votyakov
Published in: SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Issue 2126, 2019, Page(s) 030016, ISBN 9780735418660
Publisher: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.5117528

CSP cogeneration of electricity and desalinated water at the Pentakomo Field Facility

Author(s): 1. Papanicolas, C.N., Bonanos, A.M., Georgiou, M.C., Guillen, E., Jarraud, N., Marakkos, C., Montenon, A., Stiliaris, E., Tsioli, E., Tzamtzis, G., & Votyakov, E.V.
Published in: Solar Paces 2015, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Publisher: SolarPACES

Cyprus and global LNG markets

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2015
Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company

The Case of Concentrated Solar Power in Cyprus and other Islands.

Author(s): Papanicolas, C. N., & Fylaktos, N.
Published in: Institut français de Chypre Seminar on Solar Energy and Photovoltaics, University of Cyprus, Nicosia., 2015
Publisher: Institut Francais de Chypre

Economic analysis of an electricity and desalinated water cogeneration plant in Cyprus.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N., Mitra, I., Tzamtzis, G., & Papanicolas
Published in: EDS Conference and Exhibition on Desalination for the Environment, Clean Water and Energy, Limassol, Cyprus, 2014
Publisher: European Desalination Society

MIT-CyI study, The value of Natural Gas resources for Cyprus: A scoping report.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 1st Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2013
Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company

Technoeconomic analysis of a co-generation Solar Thermal Plant.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 4th International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Efficiency, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2013
Publisher: Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Small scale thermal solar district units for Mediterranean communities - The STS-MED project.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 2nd International Conference on Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2013
Publisher: Energy Authority of Cyprus/Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation

Technoeconomic analysis of a CSP-DSW Solar Thermal Plant

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 2nd International Conference on Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2013
Publisher: Energy Authority of Cyprus/Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation

Export Options: Economic Evaluation of Converting Natural Gas to Electricity.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N., & Papanicolas, C. N.
Published in: MIT - CyI workshop: Maximizing the long-term value of Natural Gas for Cyprus, The Journalists’ House, Nicosia, Cyprus., 2013
Publisher: The Cyprus Institute

Technoeconomic analysis of a co-generation Solar Thermal Plant.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 4th International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Efficiency, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2013
Publisher: Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Small scale thermal solar district units for Mediterranean communities - The STS-MED project.

Author(s): Fylaktos, N
Published in: 2nd International Conference on Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Hilton hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2013
Publisher: Energy Authority of Cyprus/Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation

Operational experience of hot air preheating at the PROTEAS facility

Author(s): Marios C. Georgiou, Aristides M. Bonanos, Konstantinos G. Stokos, Constantinos C. Roussos, Efstathios G. Stiliaris, Costas N. Papanicolas
Published in: SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Issue 2303, 2020, Page(s) 030016, ISBN 9780735440371
Publisher: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0029953

Point-focus multi-receiver Fresnel loop – Exploring ways to increase the optical efficiency of solar tower systems

Author(s): Clotilde Corsi, Manuel Blanco, Jin-Soo Kim, John Pye
Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings volume 2033, Issue 2033, 2018, Page(s) 170001, ISBN 9780735417571
Publisher: American Institute of Physics Inc.
DOI: 10.1063/1.5067165

The Case of Concentrated Solar Power in Cyprus and other Islands.

Author(s): Papanicolas, C. N., & Fylaktos, N.
Published in: Institut français de Chypre Seminar on Solar Energy and Photovoltaics, University of Cyprus, Nicosia., 2015
Publisher: Institut Francais de Chypre

Analysis of the focal region of the heliostat field of the ASTRI reference plant with fluxtracer

Author(s): Manuel Blanco, Marios Constantinou, Clotilde Corsi, Victor Grigoriev, Kypros Milidonis, Constantinos F. Panagiotou, Costas N. Papanicolas, John Pye, Evgeny Votyakov
Published in: SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Issue 2126, 2019, Page(s) 170002, ISBN 9780735418660
Publisher: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.5117672