GECT Organogram

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ENERGY AND THERMAL SCIENCES GROUP – GECT

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

Sustainable Energy – Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Incineration, Electricity Generation and Emissions Treatment by Microalgae
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RECENT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (2020+)

 

1.      De Lira, Gilvana Scoculi ; Severo, Ihana A. ; Guerra, Henrique P. ; Ferraz, Fernando A. ; Martins, Lauber S. ; Ordonez, Juan C. ; Vargas, José V. C. ; Taher, Dhyogo M. ; Mariano, André B. . Energy Recovery from Forest Residues: Thermodynamic Modeling of a Rankine Cycle. Bioenergy Research, v. 18, p. 1-10, 2025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12155-025-10900-5

2.      Arcanjo, S. ; Vargas, J.V.C. ; Ordonez, J.C. ; Och, S.H. ; Balmant, W. ; Mariano, A.B. ; Kava, V.M. . Diesel/biodiesel/biogas mixtures driven compression ignition internal combustion engines constructal design. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 156, p. 107703, 2024. Citations: 2 (Web of Science)|4 (Scopus). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.107703

3.      Scoculi De Lira, Gilvana; Jacob-Furlan, Beatriz ; Silva Ribeiro Gonçalves, Rafael ; Miléo Taher, Dhyogo ; Langer, Marcelo ; Augusto Ferraz, Fernando ; Balmant, Wellington ; Viriato Coelho Vargas, José ; Bellin Mariano, André . Innovative energy solution: sustainable energy generation via forestry waste incineration in rankine cycle power plant. Engenharia Térmica, v. 23, p. 44, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/reterm.v23i1.96851

4.      Porto-Hernandez, L.A. ; Vargas, J.V.C. ; Munoz, M.N. ; Galeano-Cabral, J. ; Ordonez, J.C. ; Balmant, W. ; Mariano, A.B. . Fundamental optimization of steam Rankine cycle power plants. Energy Conversion and Management, v. 289, p. 117148, 2023. Citations: 9 (Web of Science)|12 (Scopus). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117148

5.      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

6.      Galeano Cabral, Jorge Ramon ; Porto Hernandez, Luis Angel ; Coelho Vargas, Jose Viriato ; Ordonez, Juan Carlos . Exergetic optimization of an integrated municipal solid waste incinerator and wastewater treatment plant. International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment, v. 1, p. 1, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2022040681

7.      Barbosa, J. P. W. ; Balmant, Wellington ; Mariano, A. B. ; Matiolo C. H. ; Vargas, José Viriato Coelho . Modeling and simulation of compression-ignition internal combustion engines’ emissions produced by diesel and biodiesel mixtures. Engenharia Térmica, v. 20, p. 10-16, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/reterm.v20i4.84640

 

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MSW incineration driven power plant.

 

Presentation (2025): The Renewable Energy Global Challenge