Lorenzo Pilotti
PhD thesis title: Optimization of the design and operation of aggregated energy systems
Academic Tutor: Paolo Chiesa
Academic Supervisors: Emanuele Martelli and Giampaolo Manzolini
PhD cycle: 36° (see all student profiles of the same cycle > LINK)
BSc: Energy engineering, Politecnico di Milano
MSc: Energy engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Visiting period at the University of Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, planned from October 2022 until December 2022. Planning activity is the development of advanced decomposition tecniques and algorithms applied to the design and operation of aggregated energy systems.
Thesis abstract
My PhD thesis aims at developing an optimization framework for the simultanous design and operation of aggregated energy systems (AES), such as multi-energy systems, virtual power plants and microgrids. Such systems play a major role in the energy transition as they can achieve overall better technical, economic and environmental performances with respect to not integrated solutions. Because of the large variety of possible configurations, the level of complexity deriving from the high number of units involved and their interactions, it is crucial to develop ad-hoc algorithms and optimization tools to address the issue of AES design and management.
Personal interest in my research theme
I strongly believe that in order to achieve net-zero and at the same time relay on an affortable and reliable energy system, it is necessary to have a better undestanding of the interaction between the distributed energy sources and the electricity infrastructure. In parallel, optimization is a powerful tool that can improve the performances of already existing technologies and identify new and sometimes unexpected solutions.
