Curriculum
Mechanical Engineering degree at the University of Bologna in 1989.
Ph.D. in Fluid Machinery at the University of Bologna in 1994.
Post Doctoral student at the University of Ferrara in 1995.
Assistant Professor at the University of Ferrara from 1996.
Associate Professor at the University of Bologna from 1998.
Full Professor at the University of Ferrara from 2005.
Coordinator until 2009 of GL 405 “Cogeneration and Poligeneration”, of the SC 04 “Systems and Machines for Energy Production” of the CTI (Italian Thermotechnics Committee), that, from march 2006, has worked to technical standards to support the legislative decree for putting into effect the art. 1, paragraph 86 of the Italian law 239/04 and the Italian legislative decree 20/07 (Bianchi, M., Spina, P. R., 2007, “Piccola e Micro Cogenerazione”, il CTI Informa, Gennaio 2007, pp. 1-4, http://www.cti2000.it/index.php?controller=notiziario&action=show&id=27194).
From 2010 he is president of the SC 04 “Systems and Machines for Energy Production” and coordinator of GL 401 “Electric Power Plants and Industrial Gas turbines”, that is part of the SC 04, of the CTI.
He has taken part to the writing of the technical standards UNI 11172:2007 - “Combined Cycle Plants – Acceptance Tests” and UNI 8887:2014 – “CHP Units and Characteristic Indices”.
Principal Investigator of the national research project PRIN 2007 "Distributed CHP for residential applications: development and testing of advanced micro-cogenerators and of an integrated methodology for the energy demand prediction, the design and the optimized management of micro-cogenerators.”.
Coordinator (years 2008-2009) of the research project “State-of-the-art of innovative and efficient technologies for co/tri-generation and in energy systems integrated with heat pumps for industrial and service applications”, within the framework of the Research Fund for the Italian Electrical System under the Contract Agreement between the Ministry of Economic Development and ENEA (http://www.enea.it/it/Ricerca_sviluppo/documenti/ricerca-di-sistema-elettrico/tecnologie-elettriche/rse18.pdf).
Coordinator (years 2009-2010) of the research project “Integration of innovative micro-CHP systems with distribution grids of electricity, heat and cooling”, within the framework of the Research Fund for the Italian Electrical System under the Contract Agreement between the Ministry of Economic Development and ENEA (http://www.enea.it/it/Ricerca_sviluppo/documenti/ricerca-di-sistema-elettrico/elettrotecnologie/2-integrazione-sistemi-chp-piccolissima.09.2010.pdf).
Coordinator of 2014-2020 POR-FESR project “ENERGYNIUS - ENERGY Networks Integration for Urban Systems”.
From 2010 he acts as referee for the evaluation of the research projects for the Italian Electrical System.
Member and referee of the “Controls, Diagnostics & Instrumentation Committee” of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) from 1997.
Member and referee of the “Industrial & Cogeneration Committee” of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) from 1998.
Member and referee of the “Oil & Gas Applications Committee” of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) from 2000.
Member of the nomination board for “Gas Turbine Award”, “John P. Davis Award” and “Best Paper Award” of the “Oil & Gas Applications Committee” in 2000.
Session Organizer and Chair of the session “New Cycle Configurations for Cogeneration Applications” at the ASME TURBO EXPO 2000.
Session Organizer and Chair of the session “Thermoeconomic Analysis of Cogeneration Systems” at the ASME TURBO EXPO 2001.
Session Organizer and Chair of the session “Design and Operational Experience with Cogeneration/Combined Cycle Systems” at the ASME TURBO EXPO 2002.
Point Contact of the “Industrial & Cogeneration Committee” at the ASME TURBO EXPO 2006.
Author of many scientific articles published on Journals and presented at national and international congresses, he received the following international acknowledgments:
“1993 John P. Davis Award”, awarded by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for the paper “Gas Turbine Cycle Modeling Oriented to Component Performance Evaluation from Limited Design or Test Data” (7th ASME Cogen Turbo Power, Bournemouth, UK, 1993, IGTI Vol. 8).
“1999 Best Paper Award”, awarded by the “Pipelines and Applications Committee” of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), for the paper “Diagnosis of Gas Turbine Operating Conditions by Means of the Inverse Cycle Calculation” (ASME TURBO EXPO '99, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 1999, ASME Paper 99-GT-185).
“2006 Best Paper Award”, awarded by the “Industrial & Cogeneration Committee” of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), for the paper: “Development and Validation of a Computational Code for Wet Compression” (ASME TURBO EXPO 2006, Barcelona, Spain, 2006, ASME Paper GT2006-90342).
“2009 Best Paper Award”, awarded by the “Oil and Gas Applications Committee” of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), for the paper: “CFD Simulation of Fouling on Axial Compressor Stages” (ASME TURBO EXPO 2009, Orlando, Florida, 2009, ASME Paper GT2009-59025).
“2014 Best Paper Award”, awarded by the “Oil and Gas Applications Committee” of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), for the paper: “Quantitative CFD Analyses of Particle Deposition on a Transonic Axial Compressor Blade, Part II: Impact Kinematics and Particle Sticking Analysis” (ASME TURBO EXPO 2014, Düsseldorf, Germany, ASME Paper GT2014-25473).
In 2000 he was invited to present the paper "Reliability in the Determination of Gas Turbine Operating State" at the "39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control" (Sydney, Australia).
