Massimo Urciuolo

Dr. Massimo Urciuolo


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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 February 2013 in Fuel
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Osvalda SennecaOsvalda Senneca
Osvalda Senneca
MUMassimo Urciuolo
Massimo Urciuolo
RCR. Chirone
R. Chirone

1 October 2008 in Combustion and Flame
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RCR. Chirone
R. Chirone
PSP. Salatino
P. Salatino
Fabrizio ScalaFabrizio Scala
Fabrizio Scala
RSR. Solimene
R. Solimene
MUMassimo Urciuolo
Massimo Urciuolo

1 September 2011 in Fuel
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Osvalda SennecaOsvalda Senneca
Osvalda Senneca
MUMassimo Urciuolo
Massimo Urciuolo
RCR. Chirone
R. Chirone
DCD. Cumbo
D. Cumbo

22 November 2022 in Molecules
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Michela AlfèMichela Alfè
Michela Alfè
VALENTINA GARGIULOVALENTINA GARGIULO
VALENTINA GARGIULO
MPMichele Porto
Michele Porto
RMRenata Migliaccio
Renata Migliaccio
APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
Giovanna RuoppoloGiovanna Ruoppolo
Giovanna Ruoppolo
Refuse-Derived Fuels (RDFs) are segregated forms of wastes obtained by a combined mechanical–biological processing of municipal solid wastes (MSWs). The narrower characteristics, e.g., high calorific value (18–24 MJ/kg), low moisture content (3–6%) and high volatile (77–84%) and carbon (47–56%) contents, make RDFs more suitable than MSWs for thermochemical valorization purposes. As a matter of fact, EU regulations encourage the use of RDF as a source of energy in the frameworks of sustainability and the circular economy. Pyrolysis and gasification are promising thermochemical processes for RDF treatment, since, compared to incineration, they ensure an increase in energy recovery efficiency, a reduction of pollutant emissions and the production of value-added products as chemical platforms or fuels. Despite the growing interest towards RDFs as feedstock, the literature on the thermochemical treatment of RDFs under pyrolysis and gasification conditions still appears to be limited. In this work, results on pyrolysis and gasification tests on a real RDF are reported and coupled with a detailed characterization of the gaseous, condensable and solid products. Pyrolysis tests have been performed in a tubular reactor up to three different final temperatures (550, 650 and 750 °C) while an air gasification test at 850 °C has been performed in a fluidized bed reactor using sand as the bed material. The results of the two thermochemical processes are analyzed in terms of yield, characteristics and quality of the products to highlight how the two thermochemical conversion processes can be used to accomplish waste-to-materials and waste-to-energy targets. The RDF gasification process leads to the production of a syngas with a H2/CO ratio of 0.51 and a tar concentration of 3.15 g/m3.

1 November 2013 in Energy Conversion and Management
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GAGiovanni Angrisani
Giovanni Angrisani
Katarzyna BizonKatarzyna Bizon
Katarzyna Bizon
RCR. Chirone
R. Chirone
Gaetano ContinilloGaetano Continillo
Gaetano Continillo
GFG. Fusco
G. Fusco
MUMassimo Urciuolo
Massimo Urciuolo

1 November 2012 in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
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MUMassimo Urciuolo
Massimo Urciuolo
RSR. Solimene
R. Solimene
RCR. Chirone
R. Chirone
PSP. Salatino
P. Salatino