Luna Pratali Maffei

Research interests My research activity focuses on fundamental chemical kinetics and its integration in kinetic modeling of large mechanisms for the pyrolysis and combustion of biofuels. In particular, my research focuses on: Teaching activities Chemical Reaction Engineering (Teaching Assistant and Tutor) Error Analysis (Teaching Assistant) Education Profile March 2019. “Gabriele Corbelli” award for the MSc thesis. November 2018-Present. Ph.D. […]

Matteo Pelucchi

Research interests My research activity focuses on the kinetic modeling of pyrolysis and combustion of fossil and biofuels, and of pollutants formation (e.g. NOx, particulate matter). In particular, my current research activities cover the following fields: Education profile Recent publications 2020 2019  2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Alessandro Stagni

Research interests My research activity deals with the chemical-kinetic analysis of reacting systems of hydrocarbons, and is ultimately targeted at accommodating the information included in detailed kinetic mechanisms into large-scale computations. For this reason, my research interest is devoted, to a large extent, to the reduction of chemical kinetic mechanisms to a skeletal level, in […]

Marco Mehl

Research interests Development of chemical kinetic mechanisms for the combustion of a wide range of hydrocarbon fuels, bio-fuels and pollutants formation. Application of these mechanisms to problems such as combustion in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), gasoline and diesel engines. Study of the interactions among fuel components and their impact on engine operation. Selected publications […]

Alberto Cuoci

Research interests My main scientific interests are in the field of numerical modeling of reactive flows with detailed kinetics, with special emphasis on emissions of pollutants (NOx and soot) from combustion devices. During my research activity, I have especially developed skills and expertise on numerical methods/techniques for including detailed chemistry in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). […]

Alessio Frassoldati

Research interests My main research interests are focused on the kinetic modeling of pyrolysis, oxidation and combustion processes and on fluid dynamic analyses of devices for combustion processes. In particular, my current research activities cover the following fields: Interactions between turbulence and kinetics: coupling between detailed kinetics and complex fluid dynamics to predict and to […]

Tiziano Faravelli

Research interests Teaching Fluid mechanics and Transport phenomena Recent publications P.E. Debiagi, C. Pecchi, G. Gentile, A. Frassoldati, A. Cuoci, T. Faravelli, E. Ranzi, Extractives extend the applicability of multistep kinetic scheme of biomass pyrolysis (2016) Energy & Fuels, In press, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01753 Ranzi, E., Cavallotti, C., Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Pelucchi, M., Faravelli, T., New reaction classes in the […]