Ph.D. in Energetica , 17th cycle (2002-2004)
Ph.D. obtained in 2005
Tutors:
Michele Cali' QuagliaProfile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Awards and Honors
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- ENERGETICA, 2024/2025 (41. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2023/2024 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - MATERIALI, PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI E SISTEMI PER LA TRANSIZIONE ENERGETICA, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - MATERIALI, PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI E SISTEMI PER LA TRANSIZIONE ENERGETICA, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2016/2017 (33. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2015/2016 (32. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2014/2015 (31. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2013/2014 (30. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2012/2013 (29. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2011/2012 (28. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2010/2011 (27. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ENERGETICA, 2009/2010 (26. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
Research
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Storage Enhancement by Foams and Nanoparticles , (2019-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - SMARTFAN - NMBP-04-2017 , (2018-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - NANOTECHNOLOGIES - VIMMP - NMBP-25-2017 , (2018-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - NANOTECHNOLOGIES - Oyster - NMBP-07-2017 , (2017-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - NANOTECHNOLOGIES - COMPOSELECTOR - NMBP-23-2016 , (2017-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - NANOTECHNOLOGIES - Contributo CRT - Assegnazione del Contributo CRT destinato ai docenti che hanno superato il primo step di valutazione ERC senza aver ottenuto il finanziamento. , (2016-2018) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - EMMC-CSA - NMBP-24-2016 , (2016-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - NANOTECHNOLOGIES - MODCOMP - NMP-22-2015 , (2016-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - NANOTECHNOLOGIES - NANOSTEP - NANOfluid-based direct Solar absorption for Thermal Energy and water Purification , (2015-2017) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - (NANO-BRIDGE) TRASPORTO DI CALORE E DI MASSA IN NANO-STRUTTURE MEDIANTE DINAMICA MOLECOLARE, RIDUZIONE SISTEMATICA DEI MODELLI E TERMODINAMICA DI NON-EQUILIBRIO , (2014-2017) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - DRAPO’ - SISTEMI AUSILIARI INTEGRATI AD ALTA EFFICIENZA PER IL RECUPERO DELL’ENERGIA E LA RIDUZIONE DEI CONSUMI DI AUTOVEICOLI , (2013-2015) - Responsabile Scientifico
Regionally funded research - 'ARTEMIS', AUTOMOTIVE PEMFC RANGE EXTENDER WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE IMPROVED MEAS AND STACKS , (2012-2015) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - VII PQ - COOPERATION - Energy - RICOPRIMENTI SUPERFICIALI NANO-INGEGNERIZZATI MEDIANTE NANOTUBI DI CARBONIO PER LO SCAMBIO TERMICO AD ALTA EFFICIENZA ENERGETICA (THERMALSKIN) , (2012-2015) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - FIRB - MODELLAZIONE MICROSCOPICA E STUDIO DEI MECCANISMI DI DEGRADAZIONE DELLA MEMBRANA ELETTROLITICA E DEGLI ELETTRODI CATALIZZATORI IN CELLE PEM AD ALTA TEMPERATURA , (2010-2012) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - THERMONANO, LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT EXCHANGERS BASED ON THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES , (2009-2012) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - VII PQ - COOPERATION - Energy - ENERGRID - ENERGRID:DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A GRID INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IN MODELING ENERGY NETWORKS BASED ON WIDESPREAD SOURCES OF HEAT AND POWER GENERATION , (2007-2011) - Responsabile Scientifico
Regionally funded research
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Low Salinity per applicazioni EOR: Studio di fattibilità: Analisi dei requisiti di sistema e stato dell’arte , (2016-2017) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - ANALISI TERMOFLUIDODINAMICA DI SCAMBIATORI DI CALORE MEDIANTE TECNICHE DI SIMULAZIONE NUMERICA , (2010-2011) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - REALIZZAZIONE DI UN APPARATO DI PROVA PER TUBAZIONI RESISTENTI AL FUOCO , (2009-2010) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Nada Alghamdi. Programme in Energetica (cycle 39, 2024-in progress)
- Giulio Barletta. Programme in Energetica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Use of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for the Optimization of Innovative Solar Cells Production
Innovative Energy Systems Renewable energy Conversion, storage and decarbonization of energy vectors Innovative Energy Systems Renewable energy Conversion, storage and decarbonization of energy vectors Innovative Energy Systems Renewable energy Conversion, storage and decarbonization of energy vectors - Davide Forte. Programme in Materiali, Processi Sostenibili E Sistemi Per La Transizione (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Arsham Mortazavi. Programme in Energetica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
- Matteo Maria Piredda. Programme in Energetica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
- Roberta Cappabianca. Programme in Energetica (cycle 36, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Atomistic Modelling of Transport and Aggregation Phenomena for Energy Applications
Other activities and projects related to research
His research lies in the field of energy and environmental sustainability, in particular regarding the use of renewable sources for the production of drinking water, the heat and mass transfer in energy devices, and the modeling of materials. He was team leader for numerous European (8 in H2020) and national projects. He has on-going collaborations with Argonne National Laboratory (USA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), University of Illinois at Chicago (USA) and Imperial College (UK). He has published more than 110 articles in international journals, including Energy & Environmental Science, Science Advances and Nature Sustainability (Google Scholar statistics: citations 7026; h-index 46; 19/11/2025).
He is an international member of the Advisory Committee of the American OpenKIM project ( https://openkim.org ) for interatomic models since 2018. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Union of Thermo-fluid dynamics (UIT) since 2016. He was formerly a member of the Operational Management Board of the European Council for Material Modeling (EMMC) from 2014 to 2019.
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Publications by type
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Asinari, Pietro; Coppo, Marco; VON SPAKOVSKY MICHAEL, Robert; KASULA BHAVANI, Vikram (2005)
Numerical simulations of gaseous mixture flow in porous electrodes for PEM fuel cells by the lattice Boltzmann method. In: III International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Ypsilanti, MI, pp. 93-102. ISBN: 9780791837573
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Asinari, Pietro; Cavallini, Alberto; Mannini, Achille; Zilio, Claudio (2005)
Carbon Dioxide as a Working Fluid in Aircraft Air–Conditioning: an Experimental Assessment. In: IIR International Institute of Refrigeration International Conferences, Vicenza, 31 Agosto - 2 Settembre 2005, pp. 327-334
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Asinari, Pietro (2005)
Viscous coupling based lattice Boltzmann model for binary mixtures. In: PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, vol. 17, pp. 067102-1-067102-22. ISSN 1070-6631
Contributo su Rivista - Asinari, Pietro (2005)
Numerical Prediction of Turbulent Convective Heat Transfer in Mini/Micro Channels for Carbon Dioxide at Supercritical Pressure. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, vol. 48, pp. 3864-3879. ISSN 0017-9310
Contributo su Rivista - Asinari, Pietro (2005)
Comparison among Phenomenological Correlations for Convective Heat Transfer of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Flowing in Mini/Micro Channels under Cooling Conditions. In: IIR International Institute of Refrigeration International Conferences, Vicenza, 31 Agosto - 2 Settembre 2005, pp. 217-224
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Asinari, Pietro; Cecchinato, Luca; Fornasieri, Ezio (2004)
Effects of Thermal Conduction in Microchannel Gas Coolers for Carbon Dioxide. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION, vol. 27, pp. 577-586. ISSN 0140-7007
Contributo su Rivista - Asinari, Pietro (2004)
Finite-volume and Finite-element Hybrid Technique for the Calculation of Complex Heat Exchangers by Semiexplicit Method for Wall Temperature Linked Equations (SEWTLE). In: NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFER PART B-FUNDAMENTALS, vol. 45, pp. 221-247. ISSN 1040-7790
Contributo su Rivista - Asinari, Pietro; Coppo, Marco (2004)
Influence of porous electrode structure on PEM fuel cells design and performance. In: II International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Rochester NY, 2004, pp. 291-299. ISBN: 9780791841655
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- Dispositivo per la condensazione rigenerativa a film sottile. national and international Patent
Inventors: Pietro Asinari Eliodoro Chiavazzo - Metodo e dispositivo per l'evaporazione a film sottile mediante energia solare. national and international Patent
Inventors: Pietro Asinari Eliodoro Chiavazzo - Metodo e apparato per l'evaporazione in trappola cava mediante energia solare o altra radiazione diretta. national Patent
Inventors: Pietro Asinari Eliodoro Chiavazzo