Ettore Morosini
PhD thesis title: Development of Innovative Power Cycles based on CO2 Blends applied to CSP Plants
Academic Tutor: Paolo Chiesa
Academic Supervisor: Giampaolo Manzolini and Gioele Di Marcoberardino
PhD cycle: 35° (see all student profiles of the same cycle > LINK)
BSc: Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
MSc: Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Planned in TUW (end of 2022) - Operation of a first of a kind test rig for circulation of CO2 mixtures
Thesis abstract
My PhD research focuses on the adoption of innovative CO2 based mixtures as working fluid for closed power cycles.
CO2 mixtures can turn the supercritical CO2 cycle into a transcritical one, decreasing the compression power and increasing the cycle efficiency.
The most important application of the innovative power cycles are to concentrated solar power, a field that already could benefit from the transition from the traditional steam cycles to sCO2, and even more with transcritical CO2-mixtures cycles.
CO2 mixtures can turn the supercritical CO2 cycle into a transcritical one, decreasing the compression power and increasing the cycle efficiency.
The most important application of the innovative power cycles are to concentrated solar power, a field that already could benefit from the transition from the traditional steam cycles to sCO2, and even more with transcritical CO2-mixtures cycles.
Personal interest in my research theme
The most attractive part of my research is to detail the power plants with numerical methods that requires both the estimation of the thermodyamic and transport properties of unknown working fluids, such as mixtures, and also the physical design of the components including geometries, costs, preformances and their off design behaviour.
The application of the novel concepts to renewable energy systems (such as CSP) or waste heat systems (to incrase the energy efficiency of existing industrial plants) sharply increase the appeal of the research topic.
The application of the novel concepts to renewable energy systems (such as CSP) or waste heat systems (to incrase the energy efficiency of existing industrial plants) sharply increase the appeal of the research topic.
