Luis Manuel Rodrigues Coelho

Associate Professor

Main areas of research

Energy Efficient Buildings

Energy Buildings Simulation

Geothermal Energy

Thermal Solar Energy

Biomass Energy

Thermal Energy Storage (Phase Change Materials, PCM)

Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Combustion Modelling

Academic background

Mechanical Engineering

Research projects / Experience

Self Consumption Of Renewable Energy by hybrid Storage systems – SCORES Project, (2017-11 to 2022-04, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, GRANT_NUMBER: 766464)

SCORES combines and optimizes the multi-energy generation, storage and consumption of local renewable energy (electricity and heat) and grid supply, bringing new sources of flexibility to the grid, and enabling reliable operation with a positive business case in Europe’s building stock. SCORES optimizes self-consumption of renewable energy and defers investments in the energy grid. The main goal of SCORES is to demonstrate in the field the integration, optimization and operation of a building energy system including new compact hybrid storage technologies, that optimizes supply, storage and demand of electricity and heat in residential buildings and that increases self-consumption of local renewable energy in residential buildings at the lowest cost.

Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings. An integrated solution for residential building energy storage by solar and geothermal resources - TESSe2b Project

Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings. An integrated solution for residential building energy storage by solar and geothermal resources - TESSe2b Project (2015-10 to 2019-09, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, GRANT_NUMBER: 680555). Coordinator of the TESSe2b Project. The general objectives of the project are: increasing energy efficiency in buildings, enhance green technologies and promote advance thermal energy storage solutions. The target of TESSe2b is to design, develop, validate and demonstrate a modular and low cost thermal storage technology, using Phase Change Materials, based on solar collectors and highly efficient geothermal heat pumps for heating, cooling and domestic hot water (DHW) production.

Advanced ground source heat pump systems for heating and cooling in Mediterranean climate

Efficient low temperature geothermal binary power

Ground coupled heat pumps of high technology

Biomas and gas integrated chp technology (BAGIT)

Performance prediction in advanced pulverised coal-fired utility boilers

VADO LIGURE COAL REBURN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

Atmospheric pressure combustion of pulverised coal and coal based blends for power generation

Coal combustion in advanced burners for minimal emissions and carbon dioxide reduction technologies

Contact details

Polytechnic University of Setúbal

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Areas of research

Circular Economy