PhD program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum in Chemical, Materials and Process Engineering
Theme: Chemical processes with reduced environmental impact
The topics covered are:
- Analysis/simulation of innovative systems for energy production
- Energetic valorization of biomass
- Capture, transport and sequestration of greenhouse gases
- Oxidation of metals and alloys of technological interest
- Engineering of chemical reactors
The researchers involved in this theme are:
Elisabetta Arato,
Barbara Bosio,
Renzo Di Felice,
Gabriella Garbarino,
Ombretta Paladino
Relevant publications:
- Riani P., Valsamakis I., Cavattoni T., Sanchez Escribano V., Busca G., Garbarino G., 2021. Ni/SiO2-Al2O3 catalysts for CO2 methanation: Effect of La2O3 addition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 284, 119697
- Ramezani R., Mazinani S., Di Felice R., 2021. Density, viscosity, pH, heat of absorption and CO2 loading capacity of methyldiethanolamine and potassium lysinate blend solutions. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 66, 1611-1629
- Marchelli F., Di Felice R., 2021. A discrete element method study of solids stress in cylindrical columns using mfix Processes, 9 (1), 1-19
- Bove D., Audasso E., Barckholtz T., Kiss G., Rosen J., Bosio B., 2021. Process analysis of molten carbonate fuel cells in carbon capture applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (28), 15032-15045
- Marchelli F., Moliner C., Curti M., Bosio B., Arato E. 2020. CFD-DEM simulations of a continuous square-based spouted bed and evaluation of the solids residence time distribution. Powder Technology, 366, 840-858
- Moliner, C., Lagazzo A., Bosio B., Botter R., Arato E. 2020. Production, characterization and evaluation of pellets from rice harvest residues. Energies, 13, 479
- Bianchi F.R., Bosio B., Baldinelli A., Barelli L., 2020. Optimization of a reference kinetic model for solid oxide fuel cells. Catalysts, 10 (1), 104
- Burlutskii E., Di Felice R., 2019. Experimental and numerical study of two-phase flow mixing in gas–liquid external-loop airlift reactor. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 119, 11-13
- Garbarino G., Wang C., Cavattoni T., Finocchio E., Riani P., Flytzani-Stephanopoulos M., Busca G., 2019. A study of Ni/La-Al2O3 catalysts: A competitive system for CO2 methanation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 248, 286-297
- Marchelli F., Moliner C., Bosio B., Arato E. 2019. A CFD–DEM study of the behaviour of single-solid and binary mixtures in a pyramidal spouted bed. Particuology 42, 79-91.
- Moliner C., Marchelli F., Spanachi N., Martinez-Felipe A., Bosio B., Arato E. 2019. CFD simulation of a Spouted Bed: comparison between the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and the Two Fluid Method (TFM). Chemical Engineering Journal, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.164
- Takahashi M., Giuranno D., Ricci E., Arato E., Novakovic R.M. 2019. Surface properties of liquid AL-SI alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 50 (2), 1050-1060.
- Conti B., Bosio B., McPhail S.J., Santoni F., Pumiglia D., Arato E. 2019. A 2-D model for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells preliminarily validated on local values. Catalysts, 9 (1), 36.
- Moliner C., Marchelli F., Curti M., Bosio B., Rovero G., Arato E. 2019. Spouting behaviour of binary mixtures in square-based spouted beds. Particuology, 43, 193-201.
- Bove D., Moliner C., Curti M., Baratieri M., Bosio B., Rovero G., Arato E. 2019. Preliminary tests for the thermo-chemical conversion of biomass in a spouted bed pilot plant. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 97 (1), 59-66.
- Garbarino G., Prasath Parameswari Vijayakumar R., Riani P., Finocchio E., Busca G., 2018. Ethanol and diethyl ether catalytic conversion over commercial alumina and lanthanum-doped alumina: Reaction paths, catalyst structure and coking. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 236, 490-500
- Ramezani R., Mazinani S., Di Felice R., Darvishmanesh S., Van der Bruggen B. 2017. Selection of blended absorbents for CO2 capture from flue gas: CO2 solubility, corrosion and absorption rate. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 62, 61-68
- Villarreal A., Garbarino G, Riani P., Finocchio E., Bosio B., Ramírez J. Busca G. 2017. Adsorption and separation of CO2 from N2-rich gas on zeolites: Na-X faujasite vs Na-mordenite. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 19, 266-275.
- Comite A., Costa C., Demartini M., Di Felice R., Rotondi M. 2016. Rate of CO2 transfer to loaded MEA solutions using a membrane contactor device. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 52, 378-386
- Di Felice R., Pagliai P. 2015. Prediction of the early breakthrough of a diluted H2S and dry gas mixture when treated by Sulfatreat commercial sorbent. Biomass and Bioenergy 74, 244-252
