On November 28th, the Department of Energy of PoliMi hosted the Italian Hydrogen Conference “Stati Generali dell’Idrogeno e delle Celle a Combustibile” (H2FC2018), in collaboration with ENEA, H2IT, and HyLaw. The event was coordinated by Prof. Stefano Campanari (full professor at PoliMi and GECOS member) and Prof. Andrea Casalegno (full professor at PoliMi who collaborates…
The project started in November 2018 and during its 42 months lifetime will validate an innovative value chain for the production of green biodiesel from secondary biomass. Five innovative process units (Catalytic Cracking, BTX recovery, Sorption-Enhanced Reforming, Electrochemical Compression, Membrane MeOH synthesis Reactor) will be developed from TRL3 to TRL 5 and their integration will…
BIONICO project experience for the Energy Transition in the Po Valley Hydrogen replacing fossil fuels in transport The energy transition in the Po Valley (Italy): a shared infrastructure for hydrogen Emilia Romagna is one of the areas in Italy with the greatest number of economic activities and for this reason, as well as for a…
SolarTech Lab in the news Prof. Luca Molinaroli – co-founder and collaborator at SolarTech Lab – is interviewed at the radio show SmartCity – Radio 24, explaining the new concept made up of a hybrid (photo-voltaic and thermal) solar panel and a heat pump. The system is being developed and tested at SolarTech Lab and…
SRI International (Menlo Park, CA) leads the demonstration of its Mixed-Salt Process at engineering scale, using the existing infrastructure at the Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway. The objectives are to address concerns related to scale-up and integration of the technology in coal-based power plants. Politecnico di Milano is involved in the techno-economic analysis of the…
CHP-design is a web application designed to support the feasibility study of CHP and CCHP plants. Through an innovative approach, it allows to quickly outline the energy needs of the user and to evaluate the value of a CHP plant for operative cost reduction and improvement of the environmental footprint. While the app is fully…
In the last decade the increasing penetration of renewables has been contributing to phase-out traditional power plants and to put the role of energy storage systems under the spotlight. This energy transition scenario was foreseen in advance by the EPS founders in 2005, which in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano e Torino decided to…
The GECOS group presents the first appointment with the G-Educational Series!! In this occasion Prof. Paolo Chiesa and Prof. Matteo Romano present their activities on: Design and material selection for Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG): lessons learned from recent projects (Prof. Paolo Chiesa) CO2, cement and alternative fuels for sustainable mobility: current activities and future work…
Geometry of rotor profiles in twin-screw compressors This project was commissioned to GECOS by FNA Compressors and took place between September 2018 and April 2019. The aim was to study and optimize the rotor profiles of twin-screw compressors. The activities involved numerical analyses and simulations. For inquiries, please contact Prof. Antonio Giuffrida (antonio.giuffrida@polimi.it).
The FReSMe workshop will introduce the participants to the motivations of the concerns related to the CO2 emissions addressing the climate change issues; an answer will be given with an overview of the possibilities to limit the CO2 emissions introducing the carbon capture technologies. The event will outline the opportunities for the utilization and storage of the CO2…
