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ESR 12

Introduction and contact info:

Name: Panagiotis Gallis

Work address:

Politecnico di Torino – Department of Energy – Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino, ITALY

Email: panagiotis.gallis@polito.it

PhD project:

Title:    Unsteady numerical simulation of the interaction between pressure-gain combustors and high-pressure turbine stages

Short description: The PhD student will be asked to investigate the topic of the interaction between the combustion chamber and the high-pressure turbine for thermodynamic cycles based on pressure-gain combustors. In detail, the PhD student will have to design a component to mitigate fluctuations in the exhaust of a deflagration-type combustor to allow adequate operation of the high-pressure turbine; he will have to design a high-pressure subsonic gas turbine stage to be coupled to a rotating detonation combustor; he will have to study the interaction between a rotating detonation combustor and a row of vanes and then design a cooling system that mitigates the effects of high temperature. All activities will require the use of state-of-the-art numerical methodologies. The first two activities will give rise to experimental campaigns carried out by the project partners.

Supervisor: Dr. Simone Salvadori

Mentor: Prof. Antonio Andreini

Planned secondments: 

ENSMA- FR – 2 months 

Technical University of Berlin – DE – 2 months 

Purdue University – USA – 3 months. 

Background: 

Gallis Panagiotis holds a MEng in Mechanical Engineering and specializes in Fluid Dynamics. During his academic studies at the department of Energy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he developed expertise in the area of Aeronautics and Powertrains. His thesis was concerned with the experimental visualization of compressible flow phenomena in an ORC supersonic turbine rotor, utilizing a water table. Following his undergraduate studies, he completed a research master program, offered by the Von Karman Institute in Belgium. Within the context of the aforementioned course of study, he conducted a research project focusing on the stall inception investigation of the LEMCOTEC H25 test section. Among the scientific fields he explored throughout this research program were Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Signal Processing Methods, Turbomachinery Design and advanced Axial Compressor's Aerodynamics.

His research interests revolve around CFD analysis, Turbomachinery Optimization and Secondary Flow structures.

Personal interests: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/panagiotis-gallis-a0079b178/

Research highlights:

  • Official Start of ESR 12 Project on 1st of November 2021
  • Presentation of the short paper: Development and Validation of a 0-D/1-D Model to Evaluate Pulsating Conditions from a Constant Volume Combustor at the joint Meeting of International Workshop on Detonation for Propulsion (IWDP) and International Constant Volume and Detonation Combustion Workshop (ICVDCW). Berlin | 15-19/08/2022

 

ESR1 – Choomanee Runnoo: Experimental investigation of Constant Volume Combustion and its reduced order model – ENSMA (FR), Supervisors: Prof. Marc Bellenoue and Bastien Boust
ESR2 Gregory Uhl: Numerical analysis of the interaction between a Rotating Detonation Combustor and an axial turbine – SAFRAN Tech (FR), Dr. Said Taileb, Prof. Marc Bellenoue, Prof. Thierry Poinsot,
ESR3 Nicola Detomaso: Simulation of CVC combustor – CERFACS (FR), Supervisors: Prof. Thierry Poinsot, , Dr. Davide Laera, Dr. Florent Duchaine
ESR4 Maria Clara de Jesus Vieira: Experimental characterization of ignition events in CVC like conditions – ENSMA (FR), Supervisors: Prof. Julien Sotton, Prof. Marc Bellenoue and Prof. Camille Strozzi
ESR5 Provence Barnouin: Control and impact of RDC wave direction – TUB (DE), Supervisors: Prof. Myles Bohon and Prof. Christian O. Paschereit
ESR6 – Patrick Strempfl: LES of flow and combustion in a rotating detonation engine coupled to a turbine – CERFACS (FR), Supervisor: Prof. Thierry Poinsot
ESR7 – Hongyi Wei: Experimental investigation of rotating detonation combustors including ignition processes and turbine-integration effects – TUB (DE), Supervisors: Prof. Myles Bohon and Prof. Christian O. Paschereit
ESR8Thomas Golliard: Computational aeroacoustics of the exhaust flow for noise assessment and control – KTH (SE), Supervisors: Prof. Mihai Mihaescu, Prof. Anders Dahlkild
ESR9 – Roseline Ngozi Ezekwesili: Deflagration-Autoignition-Detonation transition – TUB (DE), Supervisor: Prof. Myles Bohon and Prof. Marc Bellenoue
ESR10 – Shreyas Ramanagar Sridhara: Numerical modelling and optimization of cooling solutions for PGC concepts – UNIFI (IT), Supervisors: Prof. Antonio Andreini
ESR11- Umberto Sandri: Experimental study of cooling solutions for PGC concepts – UNIFI (IT), Supervisor: Prof. Bruno Facchini, Prof. Antonio Andreini, Dr. Alessio Picchi
ESR12 – Panagiotis Gallis: Unsteady numerical simulation of the interaction between pressure-gain combustors and high-pressure turbine stages – POLITO (IT), Supervisor: Dr. Simone Salvadori
ESR13 – Abhishek Dubey: power plant analysis and cycle thermo-economic optimization – UNIGE (IT), Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Sorce
ESR14 – Sreenath Purushothaman: propulsion application with part load and dynamic analysis – UNIGE (IT), Supervisors: Prof. Alessandro Sorce, Prof. Alberto Traverso
ESR15 – Gokkul Raj Varatharajulu Purgunan: Full gas dynamic and exergetic analysis of PGC cycles with rotating detonations – TUB (DE), Supervisor: Prof. Panagiotis Stathopoulos