GECT Organogram

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ENERGY AND THERMAL SCIENCES GROUP – GECT

Group Leader: Prof. José Viriato Coelho Vargas, PhD (vargasjvcv@gmail.com)

HVAC-R
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RECENT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (2020+)

 

1.      Mamadou, A. F. I. ; Idrissou, M. O. K. ; Sanya, S. A. O. ; Vargas, J. V. C. ; Alexandra, A. R. . Intelligent optimal control of endoreversible single-effect HVAC-AR system using machine learning. International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration, v. 33, p. 20, 2025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44189-025-00088-w

2.      Mamadou, A.F.I. ; Vargas, J.V.C. ; Sanya, S.A.O. ; Pitz, D.B. ; Sanoussi, B.R. ; Idrissou, M.O.K. ; Ordonez, J.C. . Systemic thermodynamic optimization and optimal control of irreversible single-effect absorption refrigeration system based on linear programing method. Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 1, p. 129353, 2025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.129353

3.      Vargas, J.V.C.; Silva, F.J.S. ; Pereira, M.D. ; Martins, L.S. ; Severo, I.A. ; Marques, C.H. ; Ordonez, J.C. ; Mariano, A.B. ; Parise, J.A.R. . Exergoeconomic optimization of solar absorption refrigerators. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, v. 1, p. 103478, 2025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103478

4.      Vargas, José Viriato Coelho; Yang, S. ; Ordonez, Juan Carlos ; Rigatti, L. F. ; Peixoto, Pedro Henrique da Rocha ; Balmant, Wellington ; Mariano, A. B. . Electronic packaging cabinets simplified modeling, simulation, and experimental validation for systems engineering. Simulation-Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, v. 98, p. 003754972110699, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00375497211069979

5.      Matos, R.S. ; Vargas, J.V.C. ; Rossetim, M.A. ; Pereira, M.V.A. ; Pitz, D.B. ; Ordonez, J.C. . Performance comparison of tube and plate-fin circular and elliptic heat exchangers for HVAC-R systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, v. 184, p. 116288, 2021. Citations: 9 (Web of Science)|10 (Scopus). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116288

 

Video: Prototype of an optically controlled absorption refrigeration system