Matteo Calo'

Ph.D. in Energetica , 38^th cycle (2022-2025)

Ph.D. obtained in 2026

Dissertation:

Hydrogels for ultralow-grade heat driven fresh water production

Tutors:

Eliodoro Chiavazzo Matteo Fasano Vincenzo Maria Gentile

Profile

Research topic

Hydrogels for air/water separation.

Research interests

Energy efficiency in buildings and in industry

Heat and mass transfer

Energy systems sustainability and optimization

Biography

Graduated in 2020 in Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor degree, PoliTo), with a thesis about modeling of mechanical systems in MATLAB-Simscape. Graduated in 2022 in Mechanical Engineering (Master degree, PoliTo, Alta Scuola Politecnica XVII), with a thesis about air dehumidification with sorbent hydrogels. DENERG PhD student since November 2022.

Publications

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris

Calò, Matteo; Gentile, Vincenzo; Fasano, Matteo; Chiavazzo, Eliodoro (2026)
Calcium alginate hydrogel for high-yield adsorption-based desalination driven by ultralow-grade heat. In: CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE. ISSN 2666-3864
Contributo su Rivista
Gaggini, Francesco; Crespo, Rafael Natalio Fontana; Calo, Matteo; Gentile, Vincenzo ... (2025)
An Internet of Things Ecosystem for Atmospheric Water Generators. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 13, pp. 77565-77581. ISSN 2169-3536
Contributo su Rivista
Schweigler, Christian; Ziegler, Felix; Mittelbach, Walter; Calo', Matteo; Baelz, Andrea; ... (2025)
Developing and demonstrating innovative solutions for renewable and waste heat-driven cooling technologies in industries: the RE-WITCH project. In: EuroSun 2024, Limassol (Cyprus), 26 - 30 August 2024, pp. 813-820. ISBN: 978-3-9826306-0-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Palomba, Valeria; Frazzica, Andrea; Brancato, Vincenza; Bonanno, Antonino; Zhang, ... (2025)
Experimental proof of a thermal system for cooling and storage applications employing cacl2/silica gel composite adsorbent. In: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 341. ISSN 0196-8904
Contributo su Rivista
Gentile, Vincenzo; Bozlar, Michael; Calò, Matteo; Simonetti, Marco; Meggers, Forrest (2024)
Alginate Biopolymeric Coated Heat Exchanger for Atmospheric Water Harvesting. In: ACS ES&T WATER, vol. 4, pp. 1874-1882. ISSN 2690-0637
Contributo su Rivista
Gentile, Vincenzo; Calò, Matteo; Bozlar, Michael; Simonetti, Marco; Meggers, Forrest (2024)
Water vapor mass transfer in alginate–graphite bio-based hydrogel for atmospheric water harvesting. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, vol. 219. ISSN 0017-9310
Contributo su Rivista
Calo', Matteo; Gentile, Vincenzo (2023)
Experimental and theoretical analysis of alginate-based hydrogel kinetics on sorption and desorption of atmospheric water vapor. In: Heat Powered Cycles Conference 2023, Edinburgh (UK), 3rd to 6th of September 2023, pp. 504-516. ISBN: 978-1-912669-63-9
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

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