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Stefanitsis, D., Koukouvinis, F. ORCID: 0000-0002-3945-3707, Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-0874-8534view all authors (2021). Numerical Investigation of the Aerodynamic Droplet Breakup at Mach Numbers Greater Than 1. Journal of Energy Engineering, 147(1), article number 04020077. doi: 10.1061/(asce)ey.1943-7897.0000720

Fostiropoulos, S., Strotos, G., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-0874-8534view all authors (2020). Numerical investigation of heavy fuel oil droplet breakup enhancement with water emulsions. Fuel, 278, article number 118381. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118381

Strotos, G., Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. , Gavaises, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-0874-8534, Nikas, K-S. & Moustris, K.view all authors (2018). Determination of the aerodynamic droplet breakup boundaries based on a total force approach. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 69, pp. 164-173. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2018.01.001

Stefanitsis, D., Malgarinos, I., Strotos, G. , Nikolopoulos, N., Kakaras, E. & Gavaises, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-0874-8534view all authors (2017). Numerical investigation of the aerodynamic breakup of Diesel and heavy fuel oil droplets. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 68, pp. 203-215. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2017.10.012

Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M. (2017). Numerical investigation of heavy fuel droplet-particle collisions in the injection zone of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking reactor, part II: 3D simulations. Fuel Processing Technology, 156, pp. 43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.09.012

Strotos, G., Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M.view all authors (2016). Aerodynamic breakup of an n-decane droplet in a high temperature gas environment. Fuel, 185, pp. 370-380. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.08.014

Strotos, G., Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M.view all authors (2016). Predicting the evaporation rate of stationary droplets with the VOF methodology for a wide range of ambient temperature conditions. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 109, pp. 253-262. doi: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2016.06.022

Strotos, G., Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M.view all authors (2016). Numerical investigation of aerodynamic droplet breakup in a high temperature gas environment. Fuel, 181, pp. 450-462. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.04.126

Strotos, G., Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M.view all authors (2016). Predicting droplet deformation and breakup for moderate Weber numbers. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 85, pp. 96-109. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2016.06.001

Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M. (2016). A numerical study on droplet-particle collision dynamics. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 61, pp. 499-509. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2016.06.010

Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N. & Gavaises, M. (2015). Coupling a local adaptive grid refinement technique with an interface sharpening scheme for the simulation of two-phase flow and free-surface flows using VOF methodology. Journal of Computational Physics, 300, pp. 732-753. doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2015.08.004

Nikolopoulos, N., Violidakis, I., Karampinis, E. , Agraniotis, M., Bergins, C. & Panagiotis, G.view all authors (2015). Report on comparison among current industrial scale lignite drying technologies. Fuel, 155, pp. 86-114. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.03.065

Atsonios, K., Violidakis, I., Agraniotis, M. , Grammelis, P., Nikolopoulos, N. & Kakaras, E.view all authors (2015). Thermodynamic analysis and comparison of retrofitting pre-drying concepts at existing lignite power plants. Applied Thermal Engineering, 74, pp. 165-173. doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.11.007

Athanasios, N., Nikolopoulos, N., Nikolaos, M. , Panagiotis, G. & Kakaras, E.view all authors (2015). Optimization of a log wood boiler through CFD simulation methods. Fuel Processing Technology, 137, pp. 75-92. doi: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.04.010

Malgarinos, I., Nikolopoulos, N., Marengo, M. , Antonini, C. & Gavaises, M.view all authors (2014). VOF simulations of the contact angle dynamics during the drop spreading: Standard models and a new wetting force model. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 212, pp. 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.07.004

Strotos, G., Aleksis, G., Gavaises, M. , Nikas, K-S., Nikolopoulos, N. & Theodorakakos, A.view all authors (2011). Non-dimensionalisation parameters for predicting the cooling effectiveness of droplets impinging on moderate temperature solid surfaces. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 50(5), pp. 698-711. doi: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.11.021

Nikolopoulos, N., Strotos, G., Nikas, K-S. , Theodorakakos, A., Gavaises, M., Marengo, M. & Cossali, G. E.view all authors (2010). Single droplet impacts onto deposited drops. Numerical analysis and comparison. Atomization and Sprays, 20(11), pp. 935-953. doi: 10.1615/atomizspr.v20.i11.20

Nikolopoulos, N., Theodorakakos, A. & Bergeles, G. (2009). Off-centre binary collision of droplets: A numerical investigation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 52(19-20), pp. 4160-4174. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.04.011

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Gavaises, E., Marengo, M., Antonini, C. , Nikolopoulos, N. & Malgarinos, I.view all authors (2013). Numerical investigation of droplet impingement onto hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic solid surfaces. The effect of Weber number and wettability. Paper presented at the ILASS 2013 - 25th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, 1-4 Sept 2013, Chania, Crete.