Dr. Davide Papurello received his M.Sc. in Energy and Nuclear Engineering and his Ph.D. in Energetics in 2014 (Politecnico di Torino). In 2011, he attended a specialisation school for one year at Michelin Spa on RAMS and maintenance analysis. He was a post-doc researcher on several national and international projects, also collaborating with other institutions and industrial companies, such as VTT, IEN, TUM, EPFL, the FEM institute, and SOLIDPOWER. He is presently a researcher at the Energy Center of Turin. He is the author or co-author of more than 50 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (2012–present) and has over 2000 citations with an H-index of 31, according to the Google Scholar database. His research is in the fields of high-temperature fuel cells, road tunnel safety and compatibility with NEC (H2) vehicles, biogas production and purification methods, trace compound monitoring, energy storage from thermal to electric storage using PCM materials, and Li-ion batteries. You can reach him at davide.papurello@polito.it. Energy Center, DENERG, Politecnico di Torino, via P. Borsellino 38/16 - 10129 Turin.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Energy & the Environme...
Energy Analysis
Energy Storage
Hydrogen
PCM
Solar Energy
SOFCs
Hydrogen Safety
road tunnel
Tunnel and Underground...
Fingerprints
37%
Energy & the Environment
37%
SOFCs
12%
Hydrogen
9%
Energy Storage
6%
PCM
5%
Solar Energy
Short Biography
Dr. Davide Papurello received his M.Sc. in Energy and Nuclear Engineering and his Ph.D. in Energetics in 2014 (Politecnico di Torino). In 2011, he attended a specialisation school for one year at Michelin Spa on RAMS and maintenance analysis. He was a post-doc researcher on several national and international projects, also collaborating with other institutions and industrial companies, such as VTT, IEN, TUM, EPFL, the FEM institute, and SOLIDPOWER. He is presently a researcher at the Energy Center of Turin. He is the author or co-author of more than 50 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (2012–present) and has over 2000 citations with an H-index of 31, according to the Google Scholar database. His research is in the fields of high-temperature fuel cells, road tunnel safety and compatibility with NEC (H2) vehicles, biogas production and purification methods, trace compound monitoring, energy storage from thermal to electric storage using PCM materials, and Li-ion batteries. You can reach him at davide.papurello@polito.it. Energy Center, DENERG, Politecnico di Torino, via P. Borsellino 38/16 - 10129 Turin.
Honors and Awards
Premio Leonardo
Premio GSE- Gestore Servizi Integrati 2009 – “Sviluppo scientifico e tecnologico delle fonti rinnovabili in Italia”
Biogas from anaerobic digestion a fuel for SOFC: experimental analysis of fuel processing and poison-related problems
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - Rome 2009
Premio Ornelli
Vincitore del premio Mario Ornelli 2010 – premio dell’Alma Mater Università di Bologna, sviluppo delle risorse rinnovalibi.
Alma Mater Studiorum - Bologna
5° IPHE H2igher Educational Rounds
Il centro ricerche HYDRO-ECO dell'Università Sapienza di Roma ha promosso un premio per ricerche sperimentali nell'ambito dell'idrogeno e delle fuel cells.
IPHE H2igher Educational Rounds - Centro ricerche Università Sapienza