Full Professor (L. 240)
Department of Energy (DENERG)
- Referente Bioenergia e biocombustibili - Progetto Referenti del Politecnico di Torino su attività a supporto dei rapporti con enti governativi territoriali, nazionali ed europei
- Partnership Agreement Coordinator with TECHNIP ENERGIES
- Referente Scientifico of the European Association EERA - European Energy Research Alliance
Profile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Research topics
- The research work covers the biobased value chains, both thermochemical and/or biochemical, as well as the sustainability assessment. Policy analysis and modelling is also included the work.
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Awards and Honors
- Linneborn Prize conferred by Linneborn International Committee at European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Italy (2017)
Fellowships
- Effective member - Accademia dei Georgofili, Italia (2007-)
Editorial boards
- APPLIED ENERGY (2012-), Editorial board member
- BIOMASS & BIOENERGY (2012-), Editorial board member
- BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY (2010-), Editorial board member
- BIOFUELS (2010-), Editorial board member
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OIL, GAS AND COAL TECHNOLOGY (2002-), Editorial board member
Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico
- Ricercatore a t.d. (art.1 comma 14 L. 230/05), presso Università degli Studi di FIRENZE (1/7/2008-31/12/2009)
Non-commercial collaboration agreements
- Accordo di Partenariato per la realizzazione del Progetto TNE “WAGON2Africa”, (2024-) - Responsabile Scientifico
Non-commercial collaboration agreements - Consorzio per la Ricerca e la Dimostrazine sulle Energie Rinnovabili RE-CORD, (periodo sconosciuto) - Responsabile Scientifico
Enti Partecipati - Adesione al GRUPPO DI INIZIATIVA ITALIANA , (periodo sconosciuto) - Responsabile Scientifico
Enti Partecipati - Accordo di collaborazione tra il Politecnico di Torino e il Ministero delle Infrastrutture e delle Mobilità Sostenibili - Struttura Tecnica di missione per l'indirizzo strategico, lo sviluppo delle infrastrutture e l'alta sorveglianza , (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Non-commercial collaboration agreements with public institutions - Accordo quadro di collaborazione tra il Politecnico di Torino e il Consorzio per la Ricerca e la Dimostrazione sulle Energie Rinnovabili - RE-CORD, (2020-2024) - Responsabile contrattuale
Non-commercial collaboration agreements
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA INDUSTRIALE, 2018/2019 (34. ciclo)
Università degli Studi di FIRENZE - INGEGNERIA INDUSTRIALE, 2017/2018 (33. ciclo)
Università degli Studi di FIRENZE
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Energetica. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Process and technologies for sustainable biofuels and biorefining. A.A. 2024/25, ENERGETICA. Main teacher
Master of Science
- Bioeconomy and bioenergy for the Mediterranean area and third Countries. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Energy economics. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Bioeconomy and bioenergy for the Mediterranean area and third Countries. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Energy economics. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Bioeconomy and bioenergy for the Mediterranean area and third Countries. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Energy economics. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Controllo delle emissioni di inquinanti. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Bioeconomy and bioenergy for the Mediterranean area and third Countries. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Energy economics. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Controllo delle emissioni di inquinanti. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Energy economics. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Economia dell'energia. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Controllo delle emissioni di inquinanti. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Energy economics. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Economia dell'energia. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Controllo delle emissioni di inquinanti. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Energy economics. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Sistemi energetici industriali. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Titolare del corso
- Sistemi energetici industriali. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Titolare del corso
Research
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- BioRECAST - BIObased REsidues Conversion to Advanced fuels for sustainable STeel production, (2023-2027) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - LowImpactFuels4Met - Low environmental impact fuels for metallurgical industries, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - OFELIA - Open Fan for Environmental Low Impact of Aviation, (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - JTI - Clean Aviation - H2STEEL - Green H2 and circular bio-coal from biowaste for cost-competitive sustainable Steel, (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - HE - Innovative Europe - European Innovation Council (EIC) - AGRITECH - Spoke 8 - National Research Centre for Agricultural Technologies (Agritech) - Spoke 8, (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico di Struttura
PNRR – Mission 4 - TULIPS - DemonsTrating lower pollUting soLutions for sustaInable airPorts acrosS Europe, (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Cross-cutting activities - IND - GOLD - Bridging the gap between phytoremediation solutions on growing energy crops on contaminated lands and clean biofuel production, (2021-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Societal Challenges - Energy - BIKE - Biofuels production at low - Iluc risK for European sustainable bioeconomy, (2020-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Societal Challenges - Energy
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Contratto di Consulenza CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E LA DIMOSTRAZIONE SULLE ENERGIE RINNOVABILI - Prof. David Chiaramonti "Valutazione preliminare dei potenziali di biocarburanti nelle terre severamente degradate della penisola Iberica", (2025-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting - “Servizi di supporto allo studio di letteratura per integrazione olio di pirolisi in impianto di raffinazione”, (2023-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services - TECNOLOGIE INNOVATIVE DI GESTIONE RIFIUTI WASTE TO CHEMICALS, (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services - Coordinamento e supervisione insieme al Consorzio Re-Cord dell’attività di studio e selezione di proposte progettuali per l’area del cementificio di Testi (Comune di Greve in Chianti e S. Casciano Val di Pesa), nell’ambito del Protocollo di Intesa siglato con la Regione Toscana ed alcuni Comuni del territorio del Chianti, (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services - Accordo di collaborazione tra il Politecnico di Torino - DENERG e la FAO, (2021-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Departmental agreements - The execution, as an Expert in Sustainable Aviation Fuel production, market and technologies, of the following projects: “Development of a sustainable aviation fuel roadmap for Ethiopia” (hereafter the “Project 1”), and “Support study on the evaluation of Article 7A of the Fuel Quality Directive and assessment of approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport fuels” (hereafter the “Project 2”), (2021-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting - Studio di fattibilità per conversione sito di Trecate - ODL N. 4310433817, (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Amr Moataz Mohamed Kadousalla Sanad. Programme in Energetica (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Payam Danesh. Programme in Energetica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Alessio Riorda. Programme in Energetica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Kaveh Zayer Kabeh. Programme in Energetica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Trentalessandro Costantino. Programme in Energetica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
- Lorenzo Laveneziana. Programme in Energetica (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
Thesis: Informing Long-Term Energy Planning - A scientific approach for Torino Airport - Seyed Mohamad Rasool Mirkarimi. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Hydrogen Production via Catalytic Methane Decomposition for Diesel Fuel Synthesis from Plastic Pyrolysis Oil - Lorenzo Testa. Programme in Energetica (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Towards sustainable biofuels production for aviation and maritime
Energy systems sustainability and optimization Renewable energy Conversion, storage and decarbonization of energy vectors Energy systems sustainability and optimization Renewable energy Conversion, storage and decarbonization of energy vectors
Publications
Publications by type
PoliTO co-authors
Last years publications
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- Premchand, Premchand; Mead, Shannon; Fino, Debora; Demichelis, Francesca; Bensaid, ... (2025)
Sustainable valorisation of cigarette butts waste through pyrolysis: An insight into the pyrolytic products and subsequent aqueous heavy metals removal by pyrolytic char. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, vol. 302, Part B. ISSN 0009-2509
Contributo su Rivista - Premchand, Premchand; Demichelis, Francesca; Galletti, Camilla; Chiaramonti, David; ... (2024)
Enhancing biochar production: A technical analysis of the combined influence of chemical activation (KOH and NaOH) and pyrolysis atmospheres (N2/CO2) on yields and properties of rice husk-derived biochar. In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, vol. 370. ISSN 0301-4797
Contributo su Rivista - Rosi, L.; Cenni, M.; Ciuffi, B.; Casini, D.; Maria Rizzo, A.; Chiaramonti, D. (2024)
Enhancing biogas production in anaerobic digestion by the addition of oxidized and non-oxidized biochars. In: BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY, vol. 14, pp. 5457-5468. ISSN 2190-6815
Contributo su Rivista - Chiaramonti, D.; Lehmann, J.; Berruti, F.; Giudicianni, P.; Sanei, H.; Masek, O. (2024)
Biochar is a long-lived form of carbon removal, making evidence-based CDR projects possible. In: BIOCHAR, vol. 6. ISSN 2524-7972
Contributo su Rivista - Chiaramonti, David; Lotti, Giulia; Primo Vaccari, Francesco; Sanei, Hamed (2024)
Assessment of long-lived Carbon permanence in agricultural soil: Unearthing 15 years-old biochar from long-term field experiment in vineyard. In: BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, vol. 191. ISSN 1873-2909
Contributo su Rivista - Buffi, M.; Hurtig, O.; Prussi, M.; Scarlat, N.; Chiaramonti, D. (2024)
Energy and GHG emissions assessment for biochar-enhanced advanced biofuels value chains. In: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 309. ISSN 0196-8904
Contributo su Rivista - Salimbeni, A.; Di Bianca, M.; Lombardi, G.; Rizzo, A. M.; Chiaramonti, D. (2023)
Opportunities of Integrating Slow Pyrolysis and Chemical Leaching for Extraction of Critical Raw Materials from Sewage Sludge. In: WATER, vol. 15. ISSN 2073-4441
Contributo su Rivista - Rizzo, A. M.; Chiaramonti, D. (2022)
Blending of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Biocrude with Residual Marine Fuel: An Experimental Assessment. In: ENERGIES, vol. 15. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Panoutsou, C.; Giarola, S.; Ibrahim, D.; Verzandvoort, S.; Elbersen, B.; Sandford, C.; ... (2022)
Opportunities for Low Indirect Land Use Biomass for Biofuels in Europe. In: APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 12. ISSN 2076-3417
Contributo su Rivista - Maniatis, K.; Chiaramonti, D.; van den Heuvel, E. (2021)
Post covid-19 recovery and 2050 climate change targets: Changing the emphasis from promotion of renewables to mandated curtailment of fossil fuels in the eu policies. In: ENERGIES, vol. 14. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Wilson, A. N.; Grieshop, M. J.; Roback, J.; Dell'Orco, S.; Huang, J.; Perkins, J. A.; ... (2021)
Efficacy, economics, and sustainability of bio-based insecticides from thermochemical biorefineries. In: GREEN CHEMISTRY, vol. 23, pp. 10145-10156. ISSN 1463-9262
Contributo su Rivista - Panoutsou, C.; Chiaramonti, D. (2020)
Socio‐economic opportunities from Miscanthus cultivation in marginal land for bioenergy. In: ENERGIES, vol. 13. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Miliotti, E.; Rosi, L.; Bettucci, L.; Lotti, G.; Rizzo, A. M.; Chiaramonti, D. (2020)
Characterization of chemically and physically activated carbons from lignocellulosic ethanol lignin-rich stream via hydrothermal carbonization and slow pyrolysis pretreatment. In: ENERGIES, vol. 13. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Dell'Orco, S.; Miliotti, E.; Lotti, G.; Rizzo, A. M.; Rosi, L.; Chiaramonti, D. (2020)
Hydrothermal depolymerization of biorefinery lignin-rich streams: Influence of reaction conditions and catalytic additives on the organic monomers yields in biocrude and aqueous phase. In: ENERGIES, vol. 13. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Hwan Kim, Kyung; Choi, Byungchul; Park, Suhan; Kim, Eugene; Chiaramonti, David (2019)
Emission characteristics of compression ignition ({CI}) engine using diesel blended with hydrated butanol. In: FUEL, vol. 257. ISSN 0016-2361
Contributo su Rivista
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- METODO PER LA PRODUZIONE DI IDROGENO E CARBONIO DA PIROLISI DI METANO PER L'INDUSTRIA SIDERURGICA. national Patent
Inventors: Samir Bensaid David Chiaramonti Viviana Negro Enrico Sartoretti