Daniel Tudor COTFAS
Professor
Department of Electronic and Computers
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact:
Colina, Brasov, Romania
Building C, Room CP15
E-mail: dtcotfas@unitbv.ro
Research interests:
- renewable energy
- photovoltaic systems
- hybrid systems in renewable energies
- low power sensors
- virtual instrumentation
Publications (selection):
- DT Cotfas, PA Cotfas, (2023). Introduction and Literature Review to Deployment of Photovoltaic Systems in Sustainable Buildings. In: Nazari-Heris, M. (eds) Natural Energy, Lighting, and Ventilation in Sustainable Buildings. Indoor Environment and Sustainable Building. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41148-9_4;
- DT Cotfas, A Enesca, PA Cotfas. Enhancing the performance of the solar thermoelectric generator in unconcentrated and concentrated light, Renewable Energy 221, 119831, 2024.
- F Belabbes, DT Cotfas, PA Cotfas, M Medles, Using the snake optimization metaheuristic algorithms to extract the photovoltaic cells parameters, Energy Conversion and Management, 292, 2023.
- D.T. Cotfas, P.A. Cotfas, S. Mahmoudinezhad, M. Louzazni, Critical factors and parameters for hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric systems; review, Applied Thermal Engineering, 215, 118977, 2022.
- DT Cotfas, AM Deaconu, PA Cotfas, Application of successive discretization algorithm for determining photovoltaic cells parameters, Energy Conversion and Management, 196, 545-556, 2019.