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Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a crucial resource to reduce the environmental impact of fossil-fueled vehicles, especially with regards to maritime transport, where LNG is increasingly used for ship bunkering. The present paper gives insights on how the installation of LNG tanks inside harbors can be capitalized to increase the energy efficiency of port cities and reduce GHG emissions. To this purpose, a novel integrated energy system is introduced. The Boil Off Gas (BOG) from LNG tanks is exploited in a combined plant, where heat and power are produced by a regenerated gas turbine cycle; at the same time, cold exergy from LNG regasification contributes to an increase in the efficiency of a vapor compression refrigeration cycle. In the paper, the integrated energy system is simulated by means of dynamic modeling under daily variable working conditions. Results confirm that the model is stable and able to determine the time behavior of the integrated plant. Energy saving is evaluated, and daily trends of key thermophysical parameters are reported and discussed. The analysis of thermal recovering from the flue gases shows that it is possible to recover a large energy share from the turbine exhausts. Hence, the system can generate electricity for port cold ironing and, through a secondary brine loop, cold exergy for a refrigeration plant. Overall, the proposed solution allows primary energy savings up to 22% when compared with equivalent standard technologies with the same final user needs. The exploitation of an LNG regasification process through smart integration of energy systems and implementation of efficient energy grids can contribute to greener energy management in harbors.
Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone; Federico Silenzi; Luca Tagliafico. Dynamic Modelling of LNG Powered Combined Energy Systems in Port Areas. Energies 2021, 14, 3640 .
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Corrado Schenone, Federico Silenzi, Luca Tagliafico. Dynamic Modelling of LNG Powered Combined Energy Systems in Port Areas. Energies. 2021; 14 (12):3640.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone; Federico Silenzi; Luca Tagliafico. 2021. "Dynamic Modelling of LNG Powered Combined Energy Systems in Port Areas." Energies 14, no. 12: 3640.
Thin impervious layers, cloths or perforated plates are usually utilized with fibrous absorbing materials in order to avoid small particles, coming from deterioration over time or from flow abrasive effect, becoming dislodged and polluting the environment. These protective facings are to be carefully considered and analyzed, since they can affect the acoustical behavior of the “backing” material. This study addresses this issue through an experimental survey and a theoretical analysis using the Transfer Matrix Method (TMM). Experiments have been performed in the frequency range 160–2,500 Hz, analyzing the different behaviors due to multiple combinations of percentage of open area and air gap between perforated facing and absorbing material. Experimental data have shown a marked effect of the percentage of perforation, at least up to a threshold value of 20%, whereas the air gap slightly affected the acoustic behavior of the covered absorbing material. The TMM was applied to the tested faced absorbing system, and experimental and theoretical results were compared, showing the good accuracy of the model. Several geometrical configurations were then modeled through TMM and the possibility of using this method in order to assess the acoustic transparency of perforated metal plates was assessed.
Davide Borelli; Corrado Schenone. On the acoustic transparency of perforated metal plates facing a porous fibrous material. Noise Mapping 2021, 8, 185 -203.
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Corrado Schenone. On the acoustic transparency of perforated metal plates facing a porous fibrous material. Noise Mapping. 2021; 8 (1):185-203.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Corrado Schenone. 2021. "On the acoustic transparency of perforated metal plates facing a porous fibrous material." Noise Mapping 8, no. 1: 185-203.
Nuclear engineering requires computationally efficient methods to simulate different components and systems of plants. The Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM), a numerical method with a mesoscopic approach to Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) derived from the Boltzmann equation and the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, can be an adequate option. The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the recent applications of the Lattice Boltzmann Method in nuclear engineering research. A systematic literature review using three databases (Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect) was done, and the items found were categorized by the main research topics into computational fluid dynamics and neutronic applications. The features of the problem addressed, the characteristics of the numerical method, and some relevant conclusions of each study are resumed and presented. A total of 45 items (25 for computational fluid dynamics applications and 20 for neutronics) was found on a wide range of nuclear engineering problems, including thermal flow, turbulence mixing of coolant, sedimentation of impurities, neutron transport, criticality problem, and other relevant issues. The LBM results in being a flexible numerical method capable of integrating multiphysics and hybrid schemes, and is efficient for the inner parallelization of the algorithm that brings a widely applicable tool in nuclear engineering problems. Interest in the LBM applications in this field has been increasing and evolving from early stages to a mature form, as this review shows.
Johan Bocanegra Cifuentes; Davide Borelli; Antonio Cammi; Guglielmo Lomonaco; Mario Misale. Lattice Boltzmann Method Applied to Nuclear Reactors—A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7835 .
AMA StyleJohan Bocanegra Cifuentes, Davide Borelli, Antonio Cammi, Guglielmo Lomonaco, Mario Misale. Lattice Boltzmann Method Applied to Nuclear Reactors—A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7835.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohan Bocanegra Cifuentes; Davide Borelli; Antonio Cammi; Guglielmo Lomonaco; Mario Misale. 2020. "Lattice Boltzmann Method Applied to Nuclear Reactors—A Systematic Literature Review." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7835.
The issue of transmittance of thermal bridges in existing buildings has been addressed aiming to achieve correlations able to evaluate the ground-contact thermal bridges. A bi-dimensional steady state FEM model has been implemented to simulate wall-to-floor structural node and then validated in accordance with the EN ISO 10211:2017 standard. Different construction joints have been then simulated for the structural node foundations-vertical elements up to a total of 19 configurations, from which 1700 cases have been derived varying walls and floor stratigraphies and ground properties. Correlations for the linear thermal bridge transmittance have been calculated through regression technique for all the configurations, together with their validity ranges expressed in terms of 95% confidence interval values. Tests performed for more than 1000 practical cases confirmed the accuracy of the proposed correlations. Through those correlations ground contact thermal bridges in existing buildings can be hence analyzed in a simple and operative way, offering technicians in the sector a tool that covers most of the possible situations.
Davide Borelli; Paolo Cavalletti; Annalisa Marchitto; Corrado Schenone. A comprehensive study devoted to determine linear thermal bridges transmittance in existing buildings. Energy and Buildings 2020, 224, 110136 .
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Paolo Cavalletti, Annalisa Marchitto, Corrado Schenone. A comprehensive study devoted to determine linear thermal bridges transmittance in existing buildings. Energy and Buildings. 2020; 224 ():110136.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Paolo Cavalletti; Annalisa Marchitto; Corrado Schenone. 2020. "A comprehensive study devoted to determine linear thermal bridges transmittance in existing buildings." Energy and Buildings 224, no. : 110136.
This paper deals with the dynamic modeling of a typical single-zone building. It describes the development of a dynamic model for thermal transient analysis and its application to a simplified test case considering solar irradiation and internal radiation. The dynamic behavior of the indoor air temperature has been investigated by means of a lumped approach using a state-space representation developed in MATLAB/Simulink. A set of daily temperature profiles, which are representative of the Mediterranean climatic condition, on a few different winter days, has been used as boundary conditions for the dynamic simulations. In addition, the model has been validated using two different sets of experimental data available in the literature, both statically and dynamically. Finally, a layer of insulation with a phase change material (PCM) is applied to the single zone building to quantify its effect on the building’s behavior. The results showed that the rate and amount of energy consumption in the building with PCM are moderately lower than the building without PCM. In addition, the variation of inlet air temperature, solar effects, and energy consumption have been evaluated for a case study example, as well as comfort in transient simulation to achieve a complete evaluation of the test building investigated. A satisfactory agreement was obtained between the experimental and the simulation results and shows that the model can be used for a wide range of materials, dimensions, thermal resistances, and boundary conditions.
Amirreza Fateh; Davide Borelli; Alessandro Spoladore; Francesco Devia. A State-Space Analysis of a Single Zone Building Considering Solar Radiation, Internal Radiation, and PCM Effects. Applied Sciences 2019, 9, 832 .
AMA StyleAmirreza Fateh, Davide Borelli, Alessandro Spoladore, Francesco Devia. A State-Space Analysis of a Single Zone Building Considering Solar Radiation, Internal Radiation, and PCM Effects. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9 (5):832.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmirreza Fateh; Davide Borelli; Alessandro Spoladore; Francesco Devia. 2019. "A State-Space Analysis of a Single Zone Building Considering Solar Radiation, Internal Radiation, and PCM Effects." Applied Sciences 9, no. 5: 832.
Phase change materials (PCMs) as insulation layers constitute a novel application of this kind of heat storage materials, which could be profitably used in buildings for energy saving because they can shave the peak heating load during the day. PCMs exploit the capability of storing and releasing the latent heat of phase change with minor or even no variation of temperature. In this condition, they show an apparent increase of their thermal capacity, per unit of mass or volume, which can be particularly useful in lightweight walls. This paper deals with the effect of solar radiation on a light-wall with PCM-integrated. In addition, a dynamic model of a wall is developed considering the different conditions such as position of PCM and different orientation of the wall. The results show that utilizing PCMs integrated insulation layers could provide major reductions of heat loads when their intensity is fluctuating and variable, and that this solution is more effective when the temperature variations are close to the phase change temperature, leading to energy savings up to 75% of the heat load through opaque walls.
Amirreza Fateh; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Helmut Weinläder. Summer thermal performances of PCM-integrated insulation layers for light-weight building walls: Effect of orientation and melting point temperature. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2018, 6, 361 -369.
AMA StyleAmirreza Fateh, Davide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Helmut Weinläder. Summer thermal performances of PCM-integrated insulation layers for light-weight building walls: Effect of orientation and melting point temperature. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 2018; 6 ():361-369.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmirreza Fateh; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Helmut Weinläder. 2018. "Summer thermal performances of PCM-integrated insulation layers for light-weight building walls: Effect of orientation and melting point temperature." Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 6, no. : 361-369.
Davide Borelli; Simona Repetto; Corrado Schenone. Transient numerical modelling and experimental validation of building heating plants. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2018, 6, 436 -446.
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Simona Repetto, Corrado Schenone. Transient numerical modelling and experimental validation of building heating plants. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 2018; 6 ():436-446.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Simona Repetto; Corrado Schenone. 2018. "Transient numerical modelling and experimental validation of building heating plants." Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 6, no. : 436-446.
The pressure drop between the gas transportation grid and local networks can be exploited to generate electricity by means of a turbo expander. However, a lack of performance indicators leads to incomprehension and underestimation of the actual benefits in terms of energy savings and carbon emission reductions, thus limiting the diffusion of such smart, energy-saving technology. For this reason, in this study, key performance indicators are proposed for natural gas pressure regulation stations with energy recovery. The waste energy recovery index is introduced by considering the possibility of system thermal integration and a reference theoretical sideways process, where a Joule-Thompson expansion occurs. Furthermore, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is evaluated through the carbon emission recovery index that quantifies the environmental benefits of the energy saving action. Different key performance indicator values have been calculated by means of custom prediction models based on system characteristics. Finally, in order to assess the accuracy of such models, a parallel simulation is conducted using UniSim® Design Suite software. Here, the two system configurations are implemented: one related to the case study and one related to the reference sideways process. The results show that the model successfully predicts the heat needs of pressure reduction stations and, for a typical system configuration, characterised by an expansion ratio of 4.8, a maximum waste energy recovery of about 69% could be achieved when the system is operating at nominal conditions. Proposed KPIs turned out to be a helpful tool to manage design development and system operations. Moreover, the simplicity of the performance indexes makes them easy to implement in software for process control and simple to interpret for system operators.
Ermanno Lo Cascio; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone. Key performance indicators for integrated natural gas pressure reduction stations with energy recovery. Energy Conversion and Management 2018, 164, 219 -229.
AMA StyleErmanno Lo Cascio, Davide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Corrado Schenone. Key performance indicators for integrated natural gas pressure reduction stations with energy recovery. Energy Conversion and Management. 2018; 164 ():219-229.
Chicago/Turabian StyleErmanno Lo Cascio; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone. 2018. "Key performance indicators for integrated natural gas pressure reduction stations with energy recovery." Energy Conversion and Management 164, no. : 219-229.
Editorial: Acoustical Impact of Ships and Harbors: Airborne and Underwater N&V Pollution
Davide Borelli; Tomaso Gaggero. Editorial: Acoustical Impact of Ships and Harbors: Airborne and Underwater N&V Pollution. Frontiers in Marine Science 2018, 5, 1 .
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Tomaso Gaggero. Editorial: Acoustical Impact of Ships and Harbors: Airborne and Underwater N&V Pollution. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2018; 5 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Tomaso Gaggero. 2018. "Editorial: Acoustical Impact of Ships and Harbors: Airborne and Underwater N&V Pollution." Frontiers in Marine Science 5, no. : 1.
Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Ermanno Lo Cascio; Corrado Schenone. Energy recovery from natural gas pressure reduction stations: Integration with low temperature heat sources. Energy Conversion and Management 2018, 159, 274 -283.
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Ermanno Lo Cascio, Corrado Schenone. Energy recovery from natural gas pressure reduction stations: Integration with low temperature heat sources. Energy Conversion and Management. 2018; 159 ():274-283.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Ermanno Lo Cascio; Corrado Schenone. 2018. "Energy recovery from natural gas pressure reduction stations: Integration with low temperature heat sources." Energy Conversion and Management 159, no. : 274-283.
Davide Borelli; Simona Repetto; Corrado Schenone. Numerical transient simulations of heating plants for buildings. International Journal of Heat and Technology 2017, 35, 1 .
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Simona Repetto, Corrado Schenone. Numerical transient simulations of heating plants for buildings. International Journal of Heat and Technology. 2017; 35 (Special 1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Simona Repetto; Corrado Schenone. 2017. "Numerical transient simulations of heating plants for buildings." International Journal of Heat and Technology 35, no. Special 1: 1.
Amirreza Fateh; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Helmut Weinläeder. Dynamic modelling of the solar radiation exposure effects on the thermal performance of a PCMs-integrated wall. International Journal of Heat and Technology 2017, 35, 1 .
AMA StyleAmirreza Fateh, Davide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Helmut Weinläeder. Dynamic modelling of the solar radiation exposure effects on the thermal performance of a PCMs-integrated wall. International Journal of Heat and Technology. 2017; 35 (Special 1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmirreza Fateh; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Helmut Weinläeder. 2017. "Dynamic modelling of the solar radiation exposure effects on the thermal performance of a PCMs-integrated wall." International Journal of Heat and Technology 35, no. Special 1: 1.
A multi-objective optimization model for urban integrated electrical, thermal and gas grids is presented. The main system consists of a retrofitted natural gas pressure regulation station where a turbo-expander allows to recover energy from the process. Here, the natural gas must be preheated in order to avoid methane hydrates. The preheating phase could be based on fossil fuels, renewable or on a thermal mix. Depending on the system configuration, the proposed optimization model enables a proper differentiation based on how the natural gas preheating process is expected to be accomplished. This differentiation is addressed by weighting the electricity produced by the turbo-expander and linking it to proper remuneration tariffs. The effectiveness of the model has been tested on an existing plant located in the city of Genoa. Here, the thermal energy is provided by means of two redundant gas-fired boilers and a cogeneration unit. Furthermore, the whole system is thermally integrated with a district heating network. Numerical simulation results, obtained with the commercial proprietary software Honeywell UniSim Design Suite, have been compared with the optimal solutions achieved. The effectiveness of the model, in terms of economic and environmental performances, is finally quantified. For specific conditions, the model allows achieving an operational costs reduction of about 17% with the respect to thermal-load-tracking control logic
Ermanno Lo Cascio; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone. Future distributed generation: An operational multi-objective optimization model for integrated small scale urban electrical, thermal and gas grids. Energy Conversion and Management 2017, 143, 348 -359.
AMA StyleErmanno Lo Cascio, Davide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Corrado Schenone. Future distributed generation: An operational multi-objective optimization model for integrated small scale urban electrical, thermal and gas grids. Energy Conversion and Management. 2017; 143 ():348-359.
Chicago/Turabian StyleErmanno Lo Cascio; Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone. 2017. "Future distributed generation: An operational multi-objective optimization model for integrated small scale urban electrical, thermal and gas grids." Energy Conversion and Management 143, no. : 348-359.
This paper presents an energy conservation measures prioritization process of a residential Australian building. For this purpose, a simulation model of the building has been implemented and validated based on the information from the energy audit report. Further, a preliminary set of potential energy conservation measures has been identified according to specific information collected during the building survey phase. DesignBuilder software has been used as the simulation tool and yearly energy benefits have been quantified for each intervention. Finally, an economic assessment is conducted based on the most common economic tools (net present value, internal rate of return, profitability index and discounted payback period). As a consequence, a final building performance simulation has been conducted in order to properly quantify the potential energy benefit of the whole retrofit intervention. As results, this study highlights how arduous could be, in certain cases, to achieve a cost-effective retrofit intervention and how economic indexes could bring users to exclude a priori certain energy conservation measures during decision-making process even when these interventions are necessary to improve thermal comfort and energy efficiency
Ermanno Lo Cascio; Zhenjun Ma; Davide Borelli; Corrado Schenone. Residential Building Retrofit through Numerical Simulation: A Case Study. Energy Procedia 2017, 111, 91 -100.
AMA StyleErmanno Lo Cascio, Zhenjun Ma, Davide Borelli, Corrado Schenone. Residential Building Retrofit through Numerical Simulation: A Case Study. Energy Procedia. 2017; 111 ():91-100.
Chicago/Turabian StyleErmanno Lo Cascio; Zhenjun Ma; Davide Borelli; Corrado Schenone. 2017. "Residential Building Retrofit through Numerical Simulation: A Case Study." Energy Procedia 111, no. : 91-100.
Within the framework of the European Combined Efficient Large Scale Integrated Urban Systems (CELSIUS) project, the Genoa demonstrator involves the insertion of a turbo expander (TE) to substitute the standard throttling process in a natural gas expansion station. In this way, the currently wasted mechanical energy will be recovered, while an internal combustion combined heat and power (CHP) unit will be used to meet the heating requirements of the gas before the expansion and to serve a small district heating network (DHN). Both TE and CHP are capable of delivering electric power (EP) up to 1 MW. In order to match the EP production vs demand is highly desirable to use the EP extra capacity for local EP final users, such as a nearby public school and a gas refueling station (RS). For limiting the school’s consumption of fossil fuel, it is possible to use the EP surplus generated by the demonstrator to feed a heat pump in parallel to the heating conventional system. With regard to the RS, the compressors are currently driven by electric motors, with a high-energy consumption. The integrated system gives the possibility of exploiting the surplus of electricity production and of recovering heat, which would be otherwise wasted, from the intercooling of compressed gas, thus powering the DHN through a preheating system. The result expected from this strategy is a relevant energy and emissions saving due to an integrated use of the electricity generated by the Genoese demonstrator for feeding the nearby school and RS.
Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Ermanno Lo Cascio; Corrado Schenone; Alessandro Spoladore. Combined Production and Conversion of Energy in an Urban Integrated System. Energies 2016, 9, 817 .
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Ermanno Lo Cascio, Corrado Schenone, Alessandro Spoladore. Combined Production and Conversion of Energy in an Urban Integrated System. Energies. 2016; 9 (10):817.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Ermanno Lo Cascio; Corrado Schenone; Alessandro Spoladore. 2016. "Combined Production and Conversion of Energy in an Urban Integrated System." Energies 9, no. 10: 817.
In noise mapping of urban areas main sources for nuisance and sleep disturbance are roads, railways, airports and industrial plants. However, when a noise analysis of port cities is carried out, also harbor activities are to be considered as significant contributors to the ‘soundscape’. Within the harbor, ships, when berthed at wharfs and possibly busy in loading or unloading operations, represent significant sources of noise. In these conditions, in fact, some of the ship’s plants are running and high airborne noise levels may be radiated. Ships are not traditionally characterized as noise sources and their dimensions and complexity pose a challenge for the description of the acoustical field in urban areas around the port. The work presents a hybrid experimental–computational approach for the acoustical characterization of ships applied to a test case represented by a multipurpose ship. For the same ship, the propagation field is studied numerically to include an urban area around the port. The same experimental campaign is also used to introduce a new measurement procedure for an effective characterization of the ship source.
Aglaia Badino; Davide Borelli; Tomaso Gaggero; Enrico Rizzuto; Corrado Schenone. Airborne noise emissions from ships: Experimental characterization of the source and propagation over land. Applied Acoustics 2016, 104, 158 -171.
AMA StyleAglaia Badino, Davide Borelli, Tomaso Gaggero, Enrico Rizzuto, Corrado Schenone. Airborne noise emissions from ships: Experimental characterization of the source and propagation over land. Applied Acoustics. 2016; 104 ():158-171.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAglaia Badino; Davide Borelli; Tomaso Gaggero; Enrico Rizzuto; Corrado Schenone. 2016. "Airborne noise emissions from ships: Experimental characterization of the source and propagation over land." Applied Acoustics 104, no. : 158-171.
The sustainability of anthropogenic activities at sea is recently gaining more and more attention. As regards shipping, emissions from ships into the environment of various nature (engine exhaust gases, anti-fouling paints leaching, ballast exchange, releases at sea of oil and other noxious liquid or solid cargoes, of sewage and of garbage) have been recognized as sources of pollution and therefore controlled and limited since a long time. The subject of noise emission has been identified only recently. To study the problem, the EU has funded, among others, the FP7 SILENV (Ship Innovative soLutions to rEduce Noise and Vibrations) project that run from 2010 to 2012. In the present work, the holistic approach followed within the project to characterize and control the ship as a source of noise is presented. Three types of noise emissions (in air, in water and inside the ship) are analyzed highlighting peculiarities and different strategies adopted to characterize the source, the impact on the receiver and the possible solutions to set limits to the ship emissions. The project outcome included a socalled “Green Label”: a set of new prenormative requirements defined for the three main areas mentioned above.
Davide Borelli; Tomaso Gaggero; Enrico Rizzuto; Corrado Schenone. Holistic control of ship noise emissions. Noise Mapping 2016, 3, 1 .
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Tomaso Gaggero, Enrico Rizzuto, Corrado Schenone. Holistic control of ship noise emissions. Noise Mapping. 2016; 3 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Tomaso Gaggero; Enrico Rizzuto; Corrado Schenone. 2016. "Holistic control of ship noise emissions." Noise Mapping 3, no. 1: 1.
Ports are characterized by several complex operations. Accordingly, the analysis of noise results is complicated due to the presence in the same area of diverse sound from ships, trade and also from industrial and shipyards activities aswell as auxiliary services producing negative effects on natural ecosystem and the urban population. The ENPI CBC MED project Managing the Environmental Sustainability of Ports for a durable development (MESP) addressed the pollution reduction from port activities through the implementation of a multidisciplinary approach in air, noise andwater sectors, encompassing technological, regulatory and administrative solutions to ensure natural and urban sustainability and high level of life quality in surrounding territories. To prevent a heterogeneous development, the “status quo” of ports in Northern and Southern Shores of the Mediterranean Sea was analyzed and a guideline on methodologies, good practices and measurement assessment, adaptable and transferable in different port contexts was elaborated. To assess the procedures, validation tests have been carried out to different real cases. In noise sector pilot projects in the ports of Patras, Greece, and Tripoli, Lebanon, have been implemented. Due to the dissimilar scenarios, in terms of orography, facilities and activities, different noise mitigation actions and interventions were consequently accomplished.
Corrado Schenone; Ilaria Pittaluga; Davide Borelli; Walid Kamali; Yara El Moghrabi. The impact of environmental noise generated from ports: outcome of MESP project. Noise Mapping 2016, 3, 1 .
AMA StyleCorrado Schenone, Ilaria Pittaluga, Davide Borelli, Walid Kamali, Yara El Moghrabi. The impact of environmental noise generated from ports: outcome of MESP project. Noise Mapping. 2016; 3 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCorrado Schenone; Ilaria Pittaluga; Davide Borelli; Walid Kamali; Yara El Moghrabi. 2016. "The impact of environmental noise generated from ports: outcome of MESP project." Noise Mapping 3, no. 1: 1.
Increasing energy efficiency by the smart recovery of waste energy is the scope of the CELSIUS Project (Combined Efficient Large Scale Integrated Urban Systems). The CELSIUS consortium includes a world-leading partnership of outstanding research, innovation and implementation organizations, and gather competence and excellence from five European cities with complementary baseline positions regarding the sustainable use of energy: Cologne, Genoa, Gothenburg, London, and Rotterdam. Lasting four-years and coordinated by the City of Gothenburg, the project faces with an holistic approach technical, economic, administrative, social, legal and political issues concerning smart district heating and cooling, aiming to establish best practice solutions. This will be done through the implementation of twelve new high-reaching demonstration projects, which cover the most major aspects of innovative urban heating and cooling for a smart city. The Genoa demonstrator was designed in order to recover energy from the pressure drop between the main supply line and the city natural gas network. The potential mechanical energy is converted to electricity by a turboexpander/generator system, which has been integrated in a combined heat and power plant to supply a district heating network. The performed energy analysis assessed natural gas saving and greenhouse gas reduction achieved through the smart systems integration.
Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Margherita Marré Brunenghi; Corrado Schenone; Alessandro Spoladore. Waste Energy Recovery from Natural Gas Distribution Network: CELSIUS Project Demonstrator in Genoa. Sustainability 2015, 7, 16703 -16719.
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Margherita Marré Brunenghi, Corrado Schenone, Alessandro Spoladore. Waste Energy Recovery from Natural Gas Distribution Network: CELSIUS Project Demonstrator in Genoa. Sustainability. 2015; 7 (12):16703-16719.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Margherita Marré Brunenghi; Corrado Schenone; Alessandro Spoladore. 2015. "Waste Energy Recovery from Natural Gas Distribution Network: CELSIUS Project Demonstrator in Genoa." Sustainability 7, no. 12: 16703-16719.
In this paper a numerical model aimed at studying dynamic behavior of CHP (Combined Heat and Power) plants is presented, paying particular attention to the components in which heat transfers take place. The analysis refers to a system powered by an internal combustion engine for a compression ignition type in cogeneration configuration, equipped with two heat extractors: the first one for coolant / water, the second one for exhaust gas / water. The numerical model has been implemented by using Matlab-Simulink software. After a description of the simplifying assumptions adopted for implementing the simulator, the model is exposed in detail with regards to each single element. Then simulation results are reported for two different operating conditions aiming to assess the effectiveness of the model in analyzing the dynamic behavior of CHP plants.
Davide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone; Alessandro Spoladore. Thermodynamic Transient Simulation of a Combined Heat & Power System. Energy Procedia 2015, 81, 505 -515.
AMA StyleDavide Borelli, Francesco Devia, Corrado Schenone, Alessandro Spoladore. Thermodynamic Transient Simulation of a Combined Heat & Power System. Energy Procedia. 2015; 81 ():505-515.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Borelli; Francesco Devia; Corrado Schenone; Alessandro Spoladore. 2015. "Thermodynamic Transient Simulation of a Combined Heat & Power System." Energy Procedia 81, no. : 505-515.