Research

Publications

2024

Cellulose pyrolysis kinetic model: Detailed description of volatile species

In collaboration with University of Nottingham (CN) and TU Darmstadt (DE)

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute — Elsevier

Paulo Debiagi, Veronica Piazza, Marco Papagni, Alessandra Beretta, Alessio Frassoldati, Tiziano Faravelli

2024

Process intensification in mass-transfer limited catalytic reactors through anisotropic periodic open cellular structures

In collaboration with TU Dortmund (DE)

Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification — Elsevier

Claudio Ferroni, Mauro Bracconi, Matteo Ambrosetti, Gianpiero Groppi, Matteo Maestri, Hannsjörg Freund, Enrico Tronconi

2024

Review and perspective: Next generation DME synthesis technologies for the energy transition

In collaboration with Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica CSIC (ES) and TNO Energy & Materials Transition (NL)

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Cristina Peinado, Dalia Liuzzi, Soraya N Sluijter, Galina Skorikova, Jurriaan Boon, Simone Guffanti, Gianpiero Groppi, Sergio Rojas

2023

Experimental and model investigation of a solid oxide fuel cell operated under low fuel flow rate

Journal of The Electrochemical Society — IOP Publishing

Jacopo Neri, Alberto Cammarata, Alessandro Donazzi

2023

Joule-heated catalytic reactors toward decarbonization and process intensification: a review

ACS Engineering Au — ACS

Lei Zheng, Matteo Ambrosetti, Enrico Tronconi

2023

First‐principles Assessment of the Role of Water in the Reduction Half Cycle of Low‐Temperature NH3‐SCR over Cu‐CHA

ChemCatChem — Chemistry Europe

Gabriele Contaldo, Matteo Ferri, Chiara Negri, Isabella Nova, Matteo Maestri, Enrico Tronconi

2023

Pd-Doped SSZ-13 for Low-T NOx Adsorption: an Operando FT-IR Spectroscopy Study

In collaboration with Università di Torino (IT)

Topics in Catalysis — Springer

Yusra Hamid, Roberto Matarrese, Sara Morandi, Lidia Castoldi, Luca Lietti

2023

A control-oriented Modelica 1-D model of a planar solid-oxide fuel cell for oxy-combustion cycles

2023 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) — IEEE

Matteo Luigi De Pascali, Alessandro Donazzi, Emanuele Martelli, Francesco Casella

2023

Modelling of methane sorption enhanced reforming for blue hydrogen production in an adiabatic fixed bed reactor: unravelling the role of the reactor's thermal behavior

international journal of hydrogen energy — Pergamon

Abdelrahman Mostafa, Irene Rapone, Aldo Bosetti, Matteo C Romano, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi

2023

H2 from biofuels and carriers: A concerted homo-heterogeneous kinetic model of ethanol partial oxidation and steam reforming on Rh/Al2O3

international journal of hydrogen energy — Pergamon

Vittoria Troisi, Veronica Piazza, Alessandro Stagni, Alessio Frassoldati, Gianpiero Groppi, Alessandra Beretta

2023

NO adsorption/desorption pathways over Pd/SSZ-13 low temperature NOx adsorbers investigated by operando FT-IR spectroscopy and microreactor study

In collaboration with Università di Torino (IT)

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental — Elsevier

Roberto Matarrese, Lidia Castoldi, Sara Morandi, Pierfrancesco Ticali, Maria Carmen Valsania, Luca Lietti

2023

Turning CO2 from fuel combustion into e-Fuel? Consider alternative pathways

Energy Conversion and Management — Pergamon

Federico d’Amore, Andrea Nava, Paolo Colbertaldo, Carlo G Visconti, Matteo C Romano

2023

Transient CO Oxidation as a Versatile Technique to Investigate Cu2+ Titration, Speciation and Sites Hydrolysis on Cu–CHA Catalysts: The Cu Loading Effect

Topics in Catalysis — Springer

Umberto Iacobone, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, Roberta Villamaina, Maria Pia Ruggeri, Jillian Collier, David Thompsett

2023

Transient Redox Behavior of a NH3-SCR Cu-CHA SCR Catalyst: Effect of O2 Feed Content Variation

In collaboration with Mercedes-Benz (DE)

Topics in Catalysis — Springer

Nicole Daniela Nasello, Federica Gramigni, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, Frank Hofmann, Simone Dieterich, Marcus Crocoll, Michel Weibel

2023

Dual-site RHC and OHC transient kinetics predict low-T standard SCR steady-state rates over a Cu-CHA catalyst

In collaboration with Zhejiang University (CN)

ACS Catalysis — ACS

Nicole Daniela Nasello, Nicola Usberti, Umberto Iacobone, Federica Gramigni, Wenshuo Hu, Shaojun Liu, Isabella Nova, Xiang Gao, Enrico Tronconi

2023

Coupling cellular substrates and radial flow reactors for enhanced exhaust abatement in automotive DeNOx-SCR

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Claudio Ferroni, Mauro Bracconi, Matteo Ambrosetti, Gianpiero Groppi, Matteo Maestri, Enrico Tronconi

2023

Characterization and Testing of Exsolution-Based Solid Oxide Cells for Reversible Operations in CO2 Electrolysis

Electrochemical Society Transactions — The Electrochemical Society, Inc.

Maria Carmenza Diaz Lacharme, Alessandro Donazzi

2023

Electrified CO2 valorization driven by direct Joule heating of catalytic cellular substrates

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Lei Zheng, Matteo Ambrosetti, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi, Enrico Tronconi

2023

A combined experimental and multiscale modeling approach for the investigation of lab-scale fluidized bed reactors

In collaboration with Delft University of Technology (NL)

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering — RSC

Riccardo Uglietti, Daniele Micale, Damiano La Zara, Aristeidis Goulas, Luca Nardi, Mauro Bracconi, J Ruud van Ommen, Matteo Maestri

2023

A comprehensive kinetic framework for solid carbon deposition and hydrogen production from the pyrolysis of light hydrocarbons streams

Carbon Trends — Elsevier

Francesco Serse, Zhaobin Ding, Mauro Bracconi, Matteo Maestri, Andrea Nobili, Clarissa Giudici, Alessio Frassoldati, Tiziano Faravelli, Alberto Cuoci, Matteo Pelucchi

2023

An Assessment of Zeolite Framework Effect for Low-Temperature NOX Adsorbers

In collaboration with Università di Torino (IT)

Catalysts — MDPI

Lidia Castoldi, Sara Morandi, Pierfrancesco Ticali, Roberto Matarrese, Luca Lietti

2023

Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Cathodic CO2 Supply to Industrial Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

In collaboration with SolydEra (IT)

Electrochemical Society Transactions — The Electrochemical Society, Inc.

Michele Pagliari, Dario Montinaro, Emanuele Martelli, Stefano Campanari, Alessandro Donazzi

2023

Flexible operations of a multi-tubular reactor for methanol synthesis from biogas exploiting green hydrogen

Chemical Engineering Science — Pergamon

Riccardo Rinaldi, Carlo Giorgio Visconti

2023

Direct electrification of Rh/Al2O3 washcoated SiSiC foams for methane steam reforming: an experimental and modelling study

International journal of hydrogen energy — Pergamon

Lei Zheng, Matteo Ambrosetti, Francesca Zaio, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi, Enrico Tronconi

2023

CFD analysis on the optimization of POCS performances under randomical transformations: a bridge with open-cell foams

Chemical Engineering Science — Pergamon

A Vespertini, A Della Torre, G Montenegro, A Onorati, I Nova, E Tronconi