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Daniel Vasile Banyai

- UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA

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Innovative seating system to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission on board of commercial aircrafts Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect experimental - demonstrativ
PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2021-2265 2022 - 2024

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE AEROSPATIALA "ELIE CARAFOLI" - I.N.C.A.S. BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: http://www.cambi.ro/safe

Abstract:

Întreaga omenire a fost perturbată de extinderea pandemiei de COVID 19 de la o țară la altă utilizând căile de comunicație ale lumii moderne. In timp ce statisticile indică aproximativ 220 milioane persoane infectate pe glob, IATA a înregistrat o scădere a veniturilor anuale globale din transportul de pasageri de aproximativ 126 miliarde euro precum și alte pierderi indirecte legate de aspectele economice și sociale grav afectate de virus.

Proiectul SAFE își propune o abordare cuprinzătoare în acest sens pentru a putea răspunde noilor cerințe în ceea ce privește asigurarea un microclimat îmbunătățit al pasagerilor la bordul aeronavelor comerciale în scopul reducerii semnificative a transmiterii aeriene a virușilor de tip SARS sau similari. Pentru a atinge acest obiectiv, ne propunem să investigăm o combinație de strategii diferite de ventilație personalizată de protecție (PPV) utilizând mijloace de protecție precum ecrane, hote sau cabine. Conceptul SAFE folosește avantajele dispozitivelor clasice de ventilare personală care asigură o curgere cu impuls redus pentru a crea în jurul capului pasagerului un curent de aer protector. Vom explora comportamentul și interacțiunea fluxurilor menționate mai sus cu panașul termic al corpului uman. De asemenea vom testa aceste fenomene și atunci când jetul provenit de la al doilea difuzor este umidificat și vom analiza efectul combinat obținut prin cuplarea sistemului de ventilare personalizată.

Adaptive air solar collector with integrated nano-enhanced phase changing materials Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect experimental - demonstrativ
PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2021-1903 2022 - 2024

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: http://cambi.utcb.ro/researchprojects/nanosun

Abstract:

Building sector is one of the biggest energy consumer being responsible for more than 45% of the total worldwide energy demand. Moreover, year by year the CO2 emissions around the world are higher and global warming threats are more and more visible. In this context, the use of renewable energy sources in order to achieve indoor comfort and low energy consumptions is mandatory. Transpired solar collectors are usually a cost-effective solution taking into account their low cost of investment, high efficiency and fast return of investment. Through the nanoSUN project we propose a new innovative transpired solar collector with integrated nano-enhanced phase changing materials (NEPCMs). This solution can improve the thermal conductivity of the storage material thus achieving our goal to obtain a solar collector with low outlet temperature variations and a large amount of operating hours during the periods when solar energy is not available. Our idea is to take advantage even of the concept of climate adaptive building shell proposing an improved concept where a NEPCM core will stay in fixed position in the façade and an advanced insulation - aerogel based module – will change position as a function of season and day/night period, allowing to a true optimal behaviour of the dynamic element of solar façade.

Innovative Strategies of HVAC systems for high Indoor Environmental quality in vehicles Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA 2013 - call
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-0569 2014 - 2017

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA PITESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE AEROSPATIALA "ELIE CARAFOLI" - I.N.C.A.S. BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO); RENAULT TECHNOLOGIE ROUMANIE SRL (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO)

Project website: http://inside.utcb.ro/

Abstract:

INSIDE project will allow to join forces of several teams among most productive in research in engineering sciences in Romania, establishing a knowledge pole dedicated to support one of the major industrial player in our country which is Renault Technologie Roumanie. This way teams Technical University of Civil Engineering, the National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli", the University of Pitesti and the Technical University of Cluj Napoca will connect some of the most advanced facilities and measuring techniques in Europe in the fields of air distribution, evaluation of Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ), applied fluid mechanics, automation and control, automotive systems design. A series of objectives that would integrate solutions for high indoor environmental quality in vehicles are proposed:

(1) The first project end-objective will be: Developing an experimental real scale facility for studying IEQ and ventilation strategies in the vehicles. The project end-product: a unique national experimental facility dedicated to thermal comfort assessment in vehicles. The expected results are new possibilities of local research development oriented towards the car models from the national Dacia brand.

(2) The second objective is: Reconsidering thermal comfort theory applied to vehicles in order to deepen the knowledge on thermal comfort and its numerical methods of prediction and on the other hand to analyze the real role played by transient environment parameters. The project end-product: new models and evaluation indexes for thermal comfort assessment in vehicles. The expected results are several scientific articles, indexed in ISI Web of Knowledge data base which will contribute to the national prestige of our academic community, and the starting point of developing new standards in the field.

(3) The third objective will be the Evaluation of the impact of multi-zone ventilation and air conditioning strategies on thermal comfort and IEQ in general, on ergonomics and fuel consumption. Several strategies of ventilation and air conditioning – i.e. one zone, multi-zone, of air distribution will be tested along with an optimized fuzzy logic approach for a semi-automatic climate control using variable air flow. Best scenarios for improved comfort and reduced consumption will be assessed. Project end-products: a data base of numerical and experimental results which will allow extrapolating best case scenarios and optimal configurations. Expected results: a Romanian concept car with multi-zone air distribution and semi-automate climate control.

(4) The fourth objective will focus on implementing innovative air diffusion grilles in a Romanian prototype vehicle. The idea behind this objective is to introduce air diffusers with a special geometry allowing improving mixing between the hot or the cold conditioned air introduced in the cockpit and the ambient. The reduced air mass fluxes being introduced in the occupied zone, should uniformly distribute fresh air and conditioning cooling or heating loads in order to achieve thermal comfort and acceptable air quality. The project end-products will be air diffusers prototypes for vehicles. The expected results are: the integration of these prototypes in a Romanian concept car, along with national and international patents, as well as several scientific articles.

(5) The final objective will be a Good Practice Guide for ventilation strategies vehicles and their associated assessment methods. Based on experimental and numerical data from objectives 3 and 4 a coherent series of strategies for designing ventilation systems for vehicles will be proposed. Project end-products: Good Practice Guide for ventilation strategies and thermal comfort assessment in vehicles. The expected results are: the starting point for a new (at least national) standard.

Advanced strategies for high performance indoor Environmental QUAliTy in Operating Rooms Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA-2011 call, Type 2
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.2-1212 2012 - 2016

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO)

Project website: http://cambi.ro/equator/

Abstract:

The idea of EQUATOR is to join forces of several frontier research institutions with the most advanced facilities and measuring techniques in Europe - CAMBI from UTCB, INCAS, UTCN and their European partners Royal Military Academy and University of La Rochelle - in the fields of air distribution, evaluation of IEQ, applied fluid mechanics, automation and control, together with an important national medical research team from Bagdasar - Arseni Hospital, and an industrial partner willing to help us developing our project S-Ind Process Control SRL. The objectives of the EQUATOR project are the following:(1) Developing a national data base of clinical studies in order to correlate Postoperative Infection Rates (PIR) with the physical state of the hospital building in general and with the air diffusion and ventilation systems from the OR in particular. This data base would be the opportunity of obtaining an evaluation of the real national problem concerning PIR and will allow a multi-criterion assessment considering Organizational Behavior and Ventilation Systems; (2) Establishing a data base of the main international standards in the field of IEQ related to hospitals environment and extracting a coherent strategy of prescriptions as a basis for several studied conditions in the following parts of the project; (3) Developing an experimental real scale facility for studying IEQ and ventilation strategies in the OR. This objective includes the development of the one of the TUCEB prototypes of thermal manikin into a “patient - breathing thermal manikin” with dedicated thermoregulatory system; (4) Conceiving a smart IEQ monitoring instrument; (5) Developing CFD models for the human body and its environment applied to clean rooms allowing the designing, testing and validation of control strategies involved in containing indoor airborne infections; (6) Proposing a Good Practice Guide for ventilation strategies in OR for special condition patients.

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