2025

• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De Paepe, W. (20 March 2025). A strategy based on hybrid 0D Chemical Reactor Networks and 1D Flame predictions for flashback prevention in an original H2 fueled micro Gas Turbine combustor without any redesign. "International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 111", 264 - 277. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.02.231
  • A strategy based on hybrid 0D Chemical Reactor Networks and 1D Flame predictions for flashback prevention in an original H2 fueled micro Gas Turbine com.pdf

• Pappa, A., Bioche, K., Bastiaans, R., & De Paepe, W. (07 April 2025). "Numerical Simulations of Thermodiffusive Instabilities in Lean Premixed Hydrogen Flames: First Step Towards Gas Turbine Operating Conditions" [Paper presentation]. 12th European Combustion Meeting, Edimbourg, United Kingdom.

2024

• Yousefzad farrokhi, F., Piscopo, A., Pappa, A., Parente, A., & De paepe, W. (2024). Emissions and Flame Stability Assessment of Hydrogen Addition and Air Dilution in a Microgas Turbine Combustor Using Zero- Dimensional/One-Dimensional Modeling by Chemical Reactor Network. "Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power", 1-7. doi:10.1115/1.4066996
  • GTP-24-1636_AuthorProof.pdf
• De Meulenaere, R., Verleysen, K., Pappa, A., Bioche, K., De paepe, W., Bricteux, L., & Blondeau, J. (2024). Exploring the impact of stochastic transient phases on the NO emissions from NH3/H2 mixture rich combustion in gas turbines. "Results in Engineering", 102798. doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2024.102798
  • Exploring the impact of stochastic transient phases on the NO𝑥 emissions from NH3-H2 mixture rich combustion in gas turbines.pdf
• PAPPA, A., Verhaeghe, A., Bénard, P., DE PAEPE, W., & Bricteux, L. (15 August 2024). Adaptive mesh refinement towards optimized mesh generation for large eddy simulation of turbulent combustion in a typical micro gas turbine combustor. "Energy, 301", 131550. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2024.131550
  • Energy_301_131550_2024.pdf

• Pappa, A. (03 June 2024). "Fuel and operational flexibility of micro Gas Turbines: assessment of combustor performances, emissions, and stability" [Paper presentation]. 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS) 2024, finalist of the Best PhD Award, Lisbonne, Portugal.
• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De paepe, W. (03 April 2024). "Flashback prevention in a micro Gas Turbine fueled by hydrogen without any combustor redesign -- a Large-Eddy Simulation study" [Paper presentation]. 27th Journées d'étude of the Belgian Section of the Combustion Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
  • JDEBSCI2024_Pappa.pdf

• Yousefzad farrokhi, F., Piscopo, A., Pappa, A., Parente, A., & De paepe, W. (28 August 2024). "EMISSIONS AND FLAME STABILITY ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGEN ADDITION AND AIR DILUTION IN A MICRO GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR USING 0D/1D MODELING BY CHEMICAL REACTOR NETWORK" [Paper presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, London, United Kingdom. doi:10.1115/GT2024-129177

• Pappa, A. (2024). "Fuel and operational flexibility of micro Gas Turbines: assessment of combustor performances, emissions, and stability" [Paper presentation]. Belgian National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (NCTAM) Best PhD Thesis Award, Belgium.

2023

• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De paepe, W. (12 October 2023). "Flashback prevention in a micro Gas Turbine fueled by hydrogen without any combustor redesign" [Paper presentation]. ERCOFTAC Autumn Festival 2023, Liège, Belgium.
• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De paepe, W. (21 April 2023). "Large Eddy Simulation of flashback prevention in a hydrogen-fueled micro Gas Turbine" [Paper presentation]. 12th CECI Users Meeting, Mons, Belgium.

• Pappa, A., & De paepe, W. (25 August 2023). "Humidification Towards Flashback Prevention in a Classical Micro Gas Turbine: Thermodynamic Performance Assessment" [Paper presentation]. 2nd International Conference “SUstainable PolyEnergy generation and HaRvesting – SUPEHR23”, Italy. doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202341403010
  • e3sconf_supehr2023_03010.pdf
• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De paepe, W. (26 June 2023). "Fast Prediction of Combustor Stability Limits in Humidified Micro Gas Turbines Using Hybrid 0D/1D Model" [Paper presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2023: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Boston, United States. doi:10.1115/gt2023-103904
  • GT2023_103904.pdf
• Bompas, J., Pappa, A., & De paepe, W. (28 April 2023). "Study on high water vapor content syngas combustion in a micro gas turbine combustor: Impact of pilot/main fuel line distribution on flame stability and NOx emissions" [Paper presentation]. 11th European Combustion Meeting 2023, Rouen, France.

• Pappa, A. (2023). "Fuel and operational flexibility of micro Gas Turbines: assessment of combustor performances, emissions, and stability" [Doctoral thesis, UMONS - Université de Mons]. ORBi UMONS-University of Mons. https://orbi.umons.ac.be/handle/20.500.12907/46533
  • PhD_AP.pdf

2022

• De Paepe, W., Pappa, A., Coppitters, D., Montero Carrero, M., Tsirikoglou, P., & Contino, F. (20 May 2022). Control Strategy Development for Optimized Operational Flexibility From Humidified Microgas Turbine: Saturation Tower Performance Assessment. "Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 144" (6). doi:10.1115/1.4053704
  • GTPGTP-21-1376_AU.pdf
• Pappa, A., Cordier, M., Bénard, P., Bricteux, L., & De Paepe, W. (21 February 2022). How do water and CO2 impact the stability and emissions of the combustion in a micro gas turbine? - A Large Eddy Simulations comparison. "Energy, 248", 123446.
  • Energy_248_123446_2022_preprint.pdf

• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De Paepe, W. (25 May 2022). "Towards flashback prevention in an original micro Gas Turbine combustor fueled by H2 - 0D/1D predeterminations and 3D LES validation" [Paper presentation]. BERA H2 & FC PhD and Reaserchers Day of Laborelec.
• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De Paepe, W. (May 2022). "Humidification towards flashback prevention in an original H2 fueled micro Gas Turbine combustor - 0D/1D predeterminations and LES validation" [Paper presentation]. 18th International Conference on Numerical Combustion.
  • 18thICNC-AP.pdf

• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De Paepe, W. (16 May 2022). "Towards flashback prevention in an original micro Gas Turbine combustor fueled by H2 - 0D/1D predeterminations and 3D LES validation" [Poster presentation]. Hydrogen Research Event.
  • HRE-AP-V2.pdf

• Bompas, J., Pappa, A., & De Paepe, W. (15 June 2022). "Analysis of combustion performance of non-conventional Syngas in mGT combustor: Assessment of the impact of the quality of synthesis gas towards flame stability and emissions" [Paper presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2022 Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition.
• Verhaeghe, A., Pappa, A., De Paepe, W., Bénard, P., & Bricteux, L. (03 June 2022). "Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Combustion using Adaptive Mesh Refinement in a typical micro Gas Turbine Combustor" [Paper presentation]. Congrès Français de thermique 2022.
• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De Paepe, W. (03 June 2022). "Can flashback be avoided through humidification in an original micro Gas Turbine combustor? - 0D/1D predeterminations and 3D LES validation" [Paper presentation]. Congrès Français de Thermique. doi:10.25855/SFT2022-058
  • SFT2022_AP.pdf
• Verhaeghe, A., Pappa, A., De Paepe, W., Bénard, P., & Bricteux, L. (30 March 2022). "Towards fully automatic mesh generation for Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Combustion in a typical micro Gas Turbine Combustor" [Paper presentation]. 26th Journées d'Etudes of the Belgian Section of the Combustion Institute.
• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & De Paepe, W. (30 March 2022). "Humidification towards flashback prevention in an original H2 fueled micro Gas Turbine combustor - 0D/1D predeterminations and LES validation" [Paper presentation]. 26th Journées d'Etudes of the Belgian Section of the Combustion Institute.
  • JDE2022_Pappa.pdf

2021

• De Paepe, W., Pappa, A., Coppitters, D., Montero Carrero, M., Tsirikoglou, P., & Contino, F. (2021). Recuperator Performance Assessment in Humidified Micro Gas Turbine Applications Using Experimental Data Extended with Preliminary Support Vector Regression Model Analysis. "Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power". doi:10.1115/1.4049266
  • GTP-20-1547.pdf
• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., Bénard, P., & De Paepe, W. (26 February 2021). Can water dilution avoid flashback on a hydrogen enriched micro Gas Turbine combustion? - a Large Eddy Simulations study. "Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 143" (4), 041008.
  • GTP-20-1620.pdf

• De Paepe, W., Pappa, A., Coppitters, D., Montero Carrero, M., Tsirikoglou, P., & Contino, F. (11 June 2021). "Control strategy development for optimized operational flexibility from humidified micro gas turbine: Saturation tower performance assessment" [Paper presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition.
  • GT2021-60209.pdf
• Pappa, A., Nicolosi, F., Verhaeghe, A., Bricteux, L., Renzi, M., & De Paepe, W. (07 June 2021). "Performance and emission assessment on a 3kW micro Gas Turbine: comparison of RANS and LES predictions" [Paper presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition.

2020

• De Paepe, W., Pappa, A., Montero Carrero, M., Bricteux, L., & Contino, F. (29 September 2020). Reducing waste heat to the minimum: Thermodynamic assessment of the M-power cycle concept applied to micro Gas Turbines. "Applied Energy, 279" (1 December 2020), 115898. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115898
  • Manuscript_APEN2020_NoHighlights.pdf

• Cordier, M., Pappa, A., Bénard, P., Lybaert, P., Feldheim, V., & Bricteux, L. (2020). "Simulation aux grandes échelles de la combustion diluée dans un four de 30kW" [Paper presentation]. SFT 2020 28ème colloque français de thermique, Belfort, France.
  • 119_doi.pdf

• Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., Bénard, P., & De Paepe, W. (25 September 2020). "Can water dilution avoid flashback on a hydrogen enriched micro Gas Turbine combustion? - A Large Eddy Simulations study" [Paper presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition.
  • GT2020-14777.pdf

2019

• Pappa, A., De Paepe, W., & Bricteux, L. (25 April 2019). "Large eddy Simulation of diluted combustion in micro gas turbines" [Paper presentation]. 11th CECI Scientific Meeting, Bruxelles, Belgium.

• De Paepe, W., Montero Carrero, M., Pappa, A., Bricteux, L., & Contino, F. (05 November 2019). "Humidified Micro Gas Turbine for Range Extended Electric Vehicles: Thermodynamic Performance Assessment" [Paper presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Phoenix, United States - Arizona. doi:10.1115/GT2019-91389
  • GT2019-91389.pdf
• De Paepe, W., Pappa, A., Montero Carrero, M., Bricteux, L., & Contino, F. (04 September 2019). "Reducing Waste Heat to the Minimum: M-Power cycle concept applied to micro Gas Turbines" [Paper presentation]. SUstainable PolyEnergy generation and HaRvesting Conference, Savona, Italy.
• Pappa, A., Cordier, M., Bricteux, L., Bénard, P., & De Paepe, W. (14 April 2019). "How far can we go? Stability assessment of micro Gas Turbine combustion in diluted condition using LES" [Paper presentation]. 9th European Combustion Meeting, Lisboa, Portugal.

2018

• Mayo, I., Cernat, B., Virgilio, M., Pappa, A., & Arts, T. (01 July 2018). Experimental investigation of the flow and heat transfer in a helically corrugated cooling channel. "Journal of Heat Transfer, 140" (7), 071702.

• Pappa, A., Cordier, M., Bricteux, L., Bénard, P., & De Paepe, W. (16 May 2018). "LES of Non-Reactive Flow in a Micro Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber" [Paper presentation]. 25th 'Journées d'étude' of the Belgian Section of the Combustion Institute, Mons, Belgium.

• Pappa, A., Cordier, M., Bricteux, L., Bénard, P., & De Paepe, W. (11 June 2018). "Large Eddy Simulation of a Non-Reactive Flow in a Typical Micro Gas Turbine" [Poster presentation]. ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition, Lillestrøm (Oslo), Norway.

2016

• Mayo, I., Cernat, B., Virgilio, M., Pappa, A., & Arts, T. (13 June 2016). Aerothermal Investigation on the Flow and Heat Transfer in a Helically Corrugated Cooling Channel. "ASME Turbo Expo 2016: turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, 5B". doi:10.1115/GT2016-57606
  • GT2016-57606.pdf