Contact Information
EMAIL
msberana@up.edu.ph
PHONE
8981-8500 loc 3130
WEBSITES
Specialization and Research Interests
  • Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration
  • Thermal energy conversion
  • Cogeneration and trigeneration
  • Ejector refrigeration and power generation
  • Organic Rankine cycle systems
  • Waste heat recovery
Academic Degrees
Doctor of
Engineering
Toyohashi University of Technology, 2009
Master of Science in
Mechanical Engineering
University of the Philippines Diliman, 2005
Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering
University of the Philippines Diliman, 2000
Laboratory Affiliations
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Laboratory
Laboratory Head
Research Project
Study on the Effectiveness of Using Motorcycle and Jeepney Barriers in View of Protection against Covid-19 Transmission
August 2020 – September 2020; Main proponent; funded by DOTR-Road Transport and Infrastructure.
Selected Publications
Performance Analysis of Cement Plant Waste‐Heat Recovery for Power Generation Based on Partial Evaporating Cycle with Ejector
Manalac, E. J.; Berana, M. S.; Kim, S. C. (2025). Energy Technology.
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Performance comparison and characterization of multi-pressure vapor compression systems at optimized conditions for simultaneous cooling and heating application
Fernandez, K. B.; Abuan, B.; Berana, M. (2023). Applied Thermal Engineering.
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Design of a Numerical Simulator for Finned-Tube Heat Exchangers with Arbitrary Circuitry
Garcia, J. C. S.; Giannetti, N.; Varela, D. A. B.; Varela, R. J.; Yamaguchi, S.; Saito, K.; Berana, M. S. (2022). Heat Transfer Engineering.
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