Dr Audrius Bagdanavicius
Lecturer
MSc; PhD; Chartered Scientist, Member of Energy Institute (CSci MEI); Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0424-6388
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=0UJf0r0AAAAJ&hl=en
Email: ab746@leicester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2532
Location: MA 136
Department of Engineering
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
Teaching
EG1101 Mechanical Engineering
EG2102 Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
EG3102 Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics 2
EG4421 Holistic Aeroengine Design
Current PhD students
Vontas Alfenny Nahan
Hao Wu
Research
- Thermo-mechanical energy storage systems
- District Energy Networks
- Energy, exergy and exergoeconomic analysis of energy conversion systems
- Premixed turbulent combustion
Projects
Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) project "Development of Integrated Energy Storage Testing and Verification Facility", 2016-17, £395k
Experimental research programme in collaboration with Rolls-Royce, 2018, £31k
Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) project II "Development of two-way communication system between laboratories in University of Leicester and University of Nottingham", 2018-19, £24k
Recent publications
Martinaitis V., Streckiene G., Bielskus J., Bagdanavicius A., 2018, “A comparative thermodynamic analysis of air handling units at variable reference temperature” Applied Thermal Engineering 143, pp 385-395
Kadhim, H., Jabbar, F., Rona, A., Bagdanavicius, A., 2018, “Improving the Performance of Gas Turbine Power Plant by Modified Axial Turbine”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index 138, International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Mechatronic and Manufacturing Engineering, 12(6), 690 - 696
Liu X., Jenkins N., Wu J., Bagdanavicius A., 2016, “Combined Analysis of Electricity and Heat Networks”, Applied Energy 162, pp 1238-1250
Bagdanavicius A., Bowen P. J., Bradley D., Lawes M., Mansour M. S., 2015, “Stretch rate effects and flame surface densities in premixed turbulent combustion up to 1.25 MPa”, Combustion and Flame 162, pp 4158-4166
Pirouti M., Bagdanavicius A., Wu J., Jenkins N., Ekanayake J., 2015, “Minimisation of the capital costs and energy usage in a district heating network”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy 229 (3), pp 337-347
Liu X., Jenkins N., Wu J., Bagdanavicius A., 2014, “Combined Analysis of Electricity and Heat Networks”, Energy Procedia 61, pp 155-159
Bagdanavicius A., Jenkins N, 2014, “Exergy and exergoeconomic analysis of a Compressed Air Energy Storage combined with a district energy system”, Energy Conversion and Management 77, pp 432-440.
