TUBITAK MRC ENERGY INSTITUTE Yasser El-Kahlout

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1 TUBITAK MRC ENERGY INSTITUTE Yasser El-Kahlout

2 TUBITAK - MRC - (EI) Staff Staff Profile Management 3 Researcher 97 PhD 27 MSc 63 BSc 7 Technician 33 Support 4 Total 137 Interdisciplinary Research Electrical Engineers Electrical&Electronics Engineers Mechanical Engineers Chemical Engineers Chemicists Physicists

3 TUBITAK - MRC - Research Teams Combustion and Gasification Technologies Thermal Power Plant Energy Technologies Fuel Analysis Institute Power Electronics Gas Technologies Fuel Cell Technologies Vehicle Technologies Battery Technologies 3

4 TUBITAK - MRC Previous FP Experience EU 5th Framework Projects IRMATECH Integrated Research on Materials, Technologies, and Processes to Enhance MCFC in a Sustainable Development, MOCAMI Innovative Cost-Effective Hybrid System Based on Integration of a MCFC and a Gas Turbine for High Efficiency Dispersed CHP Generator, EU 6th Framework Projects NATURAL-HY Preparing for the Hydrogen Economy by Using the Existing Natural Gas System as a Catalyst, EU-DEEP The Birth of a European Distributed Energy Partnership that Will Help the Large-Scale Implementation of Distributed Energy Resources in Europe,

5 TUBITAK - MRC Previous FP Experience EU 6th Framework Projects (Cont d) HY-PROSTORE Excellence Center Project: Improvement of the S&T Research Capacity of TUBITAK-MRC EI in the Fields of Hydrogen Technologies, BIGPOWER Improvement of the S&T Research Capacity of TUBITAK-MRC Institute of Energy in the Fields of Integrated Biomass Gasification with Power Technologies, TERMISOL (STREP) Low-emissivity, and long-lasting paints for cost-effective solar collectors, CASES (CA) - Cost Assessment for Sustainable Energy Systems,

6 TUBITAK - MRC Previous FP Experience EU 7th Framework Projects MC-WAP (IP) The application of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFC) technology on-board large ships, as Ro-Pax, Ro-Ro and Cruise, and fast vessels for auxiliary power generation purposes NETBIOCOF (CA) Integrated European Network for Biomass Co-firing TyGre (CP) High added value materials from waste tyre gasification residues, MCFC-CONTEX (CP) MCFC catalyst and stack component degradation and lifetime: Fuel Gas CONTaminant effects and EXtraction strategies, EPHESTUS (CP) Enhanced Energy Production of Heat and Electricity by a Combined Solar Termionic-Thermoelectric Unit System, BRISK (RI) Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharing Knowledge

7 Research interest Microstructure design of metamaterials via Toplogy optimization Multi-scale modeling by calculating the effective parameters using the homogenization theory Numerical multi-disciplinary analysis by Finite Element Analysis, Finite Difference Methods, Computational Fluid Dynamics Nano-scale electro-thermal modeling Simulation of lazer-based non-invasive characterization of physical properties Free and open source code principles, (GNU LGPL)

8 Nano-sciences and Nano-technologies NMP : Development of an integrated multi-scale modellingenvironment for nanomaterials and systems by design

9 NMP Objective Develop a multi-scale material models for nano-structured materials for different disciplines Harmonize the development of new simulation modules Validate the simulation modules bundle and connect existing solutions Develop a formal synthesis framework for designing novel materials

10 NMP Methodology Conduct the homogenization theory analysis (FEM, FDTD,...) on the periodic unit cell of the nano-structured material Postprocess for the macro-effective parameters (electromagnetic, structral, heat transfer) of nano-structured materials Conduct the macro-scale analysis (FEM, FDTD,...) on the whole system using the calculated effective parametrs Postprocess to calculate desired performance property Validate the resulting material model(s) bundle and connect existing solutions Develop a formal synthesis framework by integrating the material model with topology optimization Target a novel material for its property and/or device performance

11 NMP Expected Results Predictive design of novel materials and material/shape/microstructure combinations, optimized for specified applications solving of problems that are not addressable by individual codes by Integration of computational codes from many different sources Creating the standards and processes required to enhance code modularity and reusability. Increase the interaction between the nanotechnology research fields, in particular with respect to numerical code development and interconnectivity. Providing educational resource in computational science and engineering, with respect to the specific problems of multiscale modelling.

12 Project in a Nutshell Ab initio codes Macro-scale Modeling Discrete Particle Dynamic Material Model (Simulation) Finite Element Simulation Homogenization theory Multidiscplinary Problem Common Environment and Interface Micro-scale Modeling GNU Lesser General Public License Asymptotic Expansion Other theroies Topology Optimization

13 Consortium - profile of known partners No Partner Name Type Country Role in the Project 01 RTD 02 SME 03 IND

14 Consortium - required partners No Expertise Type Country Role in the project 01 Discrete Particle dynamics for modeling in the nano-scales RTD Developing material models of microfluidics and soft matters to be integrated with other packages 02 free and open source code principle (GNU LGPL) SEM Connect existing and developed nanomaterial models together and interface with commercial simulation softwares

15 Yasser EL-KAHLOUT TUBİTAK MRC Energy Institute Mob: Work: