LUIS LUGO LATAS

Personal information

Assignation department
Física aplicada
Assignation center
*Facultade de Ciencias do Mar
Assignation area
Física aplicada
NABS codes
Energy
UNESCO codes
Geothermal processes and energy
Material properties
Thermodynamics
Fluids (physics of)
Fluid flow
Email
yhvf/qbg/yhtb/ng/hivtb/qbg/rf

Research areas

Research group
Física Aplicada 2
Research lines
Thermophysical analysis:
Thermal conductivity of solid and fluid samples at different temperatures.
Shear viscosity in a wide range of temperatures.
Solid-liquid phase change transitions (DSC technique).
T-History method.
Isobaric heat capacity (Temperature Modulated DSC method).
Volumetric behavior.
Figures of merit.
Rheological behavior:
Linear viscoelastic oscillatory experiments of complex fluids.
Non-linear viscoelastic test (flow curves).
Optical tests:
Linear optical properties of nanofluids (UV-Vis and NIR spectrophotometry).
Non-linear optical properties of nanofluids.
Heat transfer performance:
Convective heat transfer coefficients.
Pressure drops.
Dimensionless analysis.
Energy efficiency.
Mono and hybrid Nanofluids/NePCMs design:
Nanopowder characterization.
Nanofluids/NePCMs design and preparation.
Size distribution (DLS technique).
Analysis of zeta potential.
Long term stability analysis.
Keywords
Nanofluids
Heat transfer fluids
Transport properties
lubricants
Magnetorheology

External profiles

ORCID ID
0000-0001-6882-2789
WoK ResearcherID
A-9353-2018
Scopus Author ID
26643261700

Research results