ABOUT US
Project AIRMEN is financially supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science
The Center for Research and Design in Human Comfort, Energy and Environment (CERDECEN) possesses strong research potential and experience, built up as a result of effective long-term collaborations with leading European research centres in the framework of more than 25 joint European projects.
The centre is recognized as a "Centre of Excellence" by the European Commission and funded (project CERDECEN, ENK6-CT-2002-80661, 2003-2005) in the same scientific field as the proposed project.
Specific know-how of the centre is to perform field studies with the participation of people in a controlled environment (laboratory, climatic chamber), research surveys, etc., carried out for the first time in Bulgaria (project ДДВУ02/8/2010 and own research program).
The research team has developed a computational laboratory with licenses for two commercial software packages - PHOENICS and FLUENT, for computer simulation of complex flows, including simulation of air flows in enclosures, flows around buildings and flows around a human body. There are also specialized software packages developed by the team.
CERDECEN PROJECTS
(a shortlist)
1. AIRMEN, 2017-2021
2. PERFECTEN 2011-2014
3. Development of Techniques for Correction of RANS-Modelling Data of Indoor Air Flows Based on Vortex-Resolving Numerical Simulation and Physical Experiment, ДНТС02/11/15.06.2018г, BILATERAL PROJECT BULGARIA – RUSSIA, granted by Bulgarian National Science Fund, 2018-2020
4. Environmental engineering and climate change, Д03-442/21.12.2016, project granted by Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area, EEA grants, 2016 – 2017
5. PERFECTION – Performance Indicators for Health, Comfort and Safety of the Indoor Environment, FP7 Grant Number 212998, 2009-2011
6. EUBIONET III – Solutions for biomass fuel market barriers and raw material availability, IEE-07-777S12.499477, 2008-2011
7. ENV-NCP-TOGETHER, FP7 Grant Number 212494, 2008 – 2011
8. EuroAcademy on Ventilation and Indoor Climate, CLIMACADEMY, 2006-2009
9. DAAD, Stability pact for South-Eastern Europe, Modern Computational Methods for Design of Environmentally Clean Energy Technologies, 2008-2015
10. SUMMER SCHOOL ON BIULD ENVIRONMENT, financially supported by the EC Program ERA-NET, 2007-2008
11. ALLHOME DK-BG, A study on the relation between allergy/asthma and indoor air quality in homes in Bulgaria, 2003 - 2005
12. CERDECEN ENK6-CT-2002-80661, Center for Research and Design in Human Comfort, Energy and Environment, 2002 – 2005
13. ECHAINE ENK5-CT-2002-00623, Energy wood production CHAINs in Europe, 2002 – 2005
14. DAAD-2 project Stability Pact for south-eastern Europe, Advanced methods for prediction and design of effective ventilation systems, 2001-2004
15. COPERNICUS ERB IC15 CT98 0511, Integrated Design Optimization of building energy performance and indoor environment, 1998 – 2001
16. VOLKSWAGEN - STIFTUNG I/71294, Computational simulation of chemical reactions in combustion, 1996 – 1999
17. TEMPUS S_JEP09862 - 95, Computational Fluid Dynamics Center for Engineering Predictions and Design 01.09.1995 – 1998
18. DAAD-1 project Stability pact for south-eastern Europe, Development and Application of Numerical Methods for Calculation and Optimization of Pollutant Reduced Industrial Furnaces and Efficient Heat Exchangers, 1998-2003
19. COPERNICUS CP-94 1490, Development of integrated packages for simulation and visualization of complex flows, 1995-1998