Doctoral dissertations
Batista, Josip: Analysis of fin-and-tube heat exchanger performance enhancement by installing vortex generators, 2022.
Torbarina, Fran: Energy efficiency analysis of thermal systems with latent thermal energy storage, 2022.
Kirinčić, Mateo: Experimental and numerical analysis of the latent thermal energy storage performance enhancement, 2021.
Published papers
Blecich, Paolo; Batista, Josip; Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian: Numerical study of heat transfer and fluid flow in the offset strip-fin heat exchanger: A fin-by-fin analysis, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 154, 107434, 2024.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Torbarina, Fran: Numerical analysis of the influence of geometry parameters on charging and discharging performance of shell-and-tube latent thermal energy storage with longitudinal fins, Applied Thermal Engineering, 236 (A), 121385, 2024.
Torbarina, Fran; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian: Numerical Analysis of Geometry Influence on Heat Transfer in a Slotted Fin and Tube Heat Exchanger, Heat Transfer Engineering, 44 (5), 411-425, 2023.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Batista, Josip: Influence of fin number on paraffin melting and solidification in the longitudinally finned latent thermal energy storage, Book of Abstracts of the mESC-IS 2022, 6th International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Bol, Croatia, 5.-8.7.2022., 27-27.
Batista, Josip; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian: Experimentally validated numerical modeling of heat transfer in crossflow air-to-water fin-and-tube heat exchanger, Applied Thermal Engineering, 212, 118528, 2022.
Torbarina, Fran; Lenić, Kristian; Trp, Anica: Computational Model of Shell and Finned Tube Latent Thermal Energy Storage Developed as a New TRNSYS Type, Energies, 15 (7), 2434, 2022.
Batista, Josip; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian: Heat Transfer Enhancement of Crossflow Air-to-Water Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchanger by Using Delta-Winglet Type Vortex Generators, Energies, 15 (6), 2070, 2022.
Torbarina, Fran; Lenić, Kristian; Trp, Anica; Kirinčić, Mateo: Numerical Model of System with Heat Pump and Latent Thermal Energy Storage, Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Conference / Renné, Dave - Freiburgh, International Solar Energy Society, 25.-29.10.2021., 943-949.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian: Numerical evaluation of the latent heat thermal energy storage performance enhancement by installing longitudinal fins, Journal of Energy Storage, 42, 103085, 2021.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian: Influence of natural convection during melting and solidification of paraffin in a longitudinally finned shell-and-tube latent thermal energy storage on the applicability of developed numerical models, Renewable Energy, 179, 1329-1344, 2021.
Blecich, Paolo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Thermal performance analysis of fin-and-tube heat exchangers operating with airflow nonuniformity, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 164 (2021), 106887.
Torbarina, Fran; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Kirinčić, Mateo; Delač, Boris: Modelling of Heat Pump System with Air and Solar Heat Sources Including Latent Thermal Energy Storage, Proceedings of World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, 26.-30.7.2021.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Torbarina, Fran: Latent thermal energy storage charging and discharging: a numerical study, Book of Abstracts of the ENERSTOCK 2021, 15th International Virtual Conference on Energy Storage, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9.-11.6.2021., 82-83.
Batista, Josip; Trp, Anica; Optimization of fin-and-tube heat exchanger by response surface methodology and genetic algorithm, Proceedings of 4th annual conference for doctoral students of engineering and technology My First Conference, 2020, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka.
Torbarina, Fran; Lenić, Kristian; Bonefačić, Igor; Thermodynamic analysis of air source compression heat pump, Proceedings of 4th annual conference for doctoral students of engineering and technology My First Conference, 2020, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Numerical analysis of the influence of baffles on heat transfer and pressure drop in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, Proceedings of 4th annual conference for doctoral students of engineering and technology My First Conference, 2020, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Torbarina, Fran; Experimental analysis of latent thermal energy storage charging and discharging, Proceedings of ISES Conference EuroSun 2020, Athens, Greece, 1.-3.9.2020, 678-686.
Glažar, Vladimir; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Optimization of air-water microchannel heat exchanger using response surface methodology, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 157 (2020), 119887.
Batista, Josip; Lenić, Kristian; Trp, Anica; Torbarina, Fran; A comparison study of sensible and latent thermal energy storage used in domestic hot water solar heating system, Proceedings of the 14th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES), 2020, Duesseldorf, Germany, 199-205.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Wolf, Igor; Experimental investigation on melting of paraffin in latent thermal energy storage, Proceedings of the 14th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES), 2020, Duesseldorf, Germany, 193-198.
Torbarina, Fran; Lenić, Kristian; Wolf, Igor; High efficiency domestic hot water system powered by solar energy, Proceedings of 3rd annual conference for doctoral students of engineering and technology My First Conference, 2019, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka.
Batista, Josip; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Numerical investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow in plain fin-and-tube heat exchanger, Proceedings of 3rd annual conference for doctoral students of engineering and technology My First Conference, 2019, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka.
Kirinčić, Mateo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Optimization of a small size shell and tube heat exchanger using response surface methodology, Proceedings of 3rd annual conference for doctoral students of engineering and technology My First Conference, 2019, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka.
Blecich, Paolo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Batista, Josip; The Effects of Airflow Nonuniformity on Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchangers: An Experimental Study, Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT 2019), Wicklow, Ireland, 22-24.7.2019, 1416-1421.
Glažar, Vladimir; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Microchannel heat exchanger air side heat transfer analysis and optimization, Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT 2019), Wicklow, Ireland, 22-24.7.2019, 978-983.
Blecich, Paolo; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian: Calculation Method for Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchangers Operating with Nonuniform Airflow, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Energy and Sustainability, 2019, WIT Press, Coimbra, Portugal, 3-5.7.2019, 13-24.
Glažar, Vladimir; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Torbarina, Fran; Numerical analysis of heat transfer in air-water heat exchanger with microchannel coil, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Power, Energy and Mechanical Engineering (ICPEME 2019), Prague, Czech Republic, 2019.
Glažar, Vladimir; Trp, Anica; Lenić, Kristian; Kirinčić, Mateo; Experimental Analysis of Air-Water Heat Exchanger with Microchannel Coil Exposed to Different Working Parameters, Proceedings of ISES Conference EuroSun 2018, Rapperswill, Switzerland, 2018., 235-356.
Mađerić, Damir; Pavković, Branimir; Lenić, Kristian; An experimental research on energy efficiency of a beverage cooler with the latent heat storage , Applied Thermal Engineering, 148 (2018) 5, 270-277.
Blecich, Paolo; Senčić, Tomislav; Wolf, Igor; Bonefačić, Igor; Numerical investigation of heat and mass transfer inside a wet cooling tower, Tehnički glasnik, 12 (2018) 3, 131-138.
