Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Energy (DENERG)
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- antonio.froio@polito.it
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Biography
BSc in Mechanical Engineering at Università della Calabria in 2012, MSc in Energy and Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in 2014 and in Energy Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2015, and Alta Scuola Politecnica graduate with a project on the development of automatic diagnosis systems based on ultrasound imaging, yielding two international patents. From 2014 to 2018 is a PhD student in Energetics at the Energy Department (DENERG) of Politecnico di Torino, with a thesis on the development of a system-level thermal-hydraulic model for the Breeding Blanket and Balance-of-Plant of nuclear fusion reactors (GETTHEM). In 2017 he is awarded a EUROfusion Engineering Grant within the Work Package Balance-of-Plant, through which he is Assistant Professor (RTD-A) in the Nuclear Plants sector (ING-IND/19) at DENERG, moving forward with the GETTHEM development and its multiphysics extension (thermal-hydraulics, tritium and activated corrosion product transport, magnetohydrodynamics). From 2022 to 2025 he is Assistant Professor (RTD-B) in the Nuclear Plants sector (ING-IND/19) at DENERG; his research activity focuses on system- and component-level modelling, with an emphasis on multiphysics modelling (neutronics and magnetohydrodynamics) for nuclear fusion molten salt blankets. Since May 2025 he is Associate Professor in the Nuclear Plants sector (IIND-07/D) at DENERG, responsible for the course "Biomedical and Industrial Applications of Radiations". His research interest include: system-level modelling of nuclear fusion reactor components, design and analysis of tritium extraction systems for liquid breeders, multiphysics modelling, radiation transport modelling for therapy and radioisotope production.
Curriculum
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Research topics
- Automatic diagnosis through ultrasound imaging
- Coupled multiphysics modelling (neutronics + thermal-hydraulics) for fusion reactor Breeding Blankets
- Design and assessment of tritium extraction systems for liquid breeders
- Design and system-level modelling for cryoplants
- Particle transport modelling for radioisotope production
- Radiation transport modelling for therapy
- Simplified neural network modelling for superconducting magnets
- System-level thermal-hydraulic modelling for fusion reactor components
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Fellowships
- Effective member - American Nuclear Society, Stati Uniti (2021-)
- Effective member - Comitato Nucleare e Ragione, Italia (2021-)
- Effective member - Associazione Italiana Nucleare, Italia (2020-)
Research networks
- EUROfusion Work Package Design (2021-). Partecipazione
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Biomedica. Componente
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Energetica. Componente invitato
Teachings
PhD
- Computational heat and mass transfer. A.A. 2025/26, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2025/26, ENERGETICA. Main teacher
- Computational heat and mass transfer. A.A. 2024/25, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- The future of nuclear energy. A.A. 2024/25, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- Computational heat and mass transfer. A.A. 2023/24, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- The future of nuclear energy. A.A. 2023/24, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2023/24, ENERGETICA. Main teacher
- Computational heat and mass transfer. A.A. 2022/23, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- The future of nuclear energy. A.A. 2022/23, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2022/23, ENERGETICA. Main teacher
- The future of nuclear energy. A.A. 2020/21, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2020/21, ENERGETICA. Main teacher
Master of Science
- Nuclear fusion reactor engineering. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis A). A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomedical and industrial applications of radiation. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Nuclear fusion reactor engineering. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Computational thermal fluid dynamics. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis A). A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Nuclear fusion reactor engineering. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Computational thermal fluid dynamics. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis A). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Nuclear fusion reactor engineering. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Computational thermal fluid dynamics. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis A). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Nuclear fusion reactor engineering. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Computational thermal fluid dynamics. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Nuclear fusion reactor engineering. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Computational thermal fluid dynamics. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Termofluidodinamica. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research groups
Supervised PhD students
- Mauro Spro'. Programme in Energetica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Antonio Zurzolo. Programme in Energetica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Marco Caravello. Programme in Energetica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
- Fabrizio Lisanti. Programme in Energetica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
- Alex Aimetta. Programme in Energetica (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
Thesis: Multiphysics Modelling of Fusion Machines Liquid-Breeder Blankets
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Publications by type
Last years publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Lisanti, Fabrizio; Aimetta, Alex; Arena, Pietro; Bonifetto, Roberto; Froio, Antonio (2026)
Multiphysics modelling of the Activated Corrosion Products generation and transport in the WCLL PbLi loop with GETTHEM. In: FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 222. ISSN 0920-3796
Contributo su Rivista - Angelucci, M.; Migliori, S.; Frattolillo, A.; Iaboni, A.; Bonifetto, R.; Lisanti, F.; ... (2026)
Conceptual design and main requirements of the divertor tokamak test (DTT) cryogenic system. In: FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 227. ISSN 0920-3796
Contributo su Rivista - Aimetta, Alex; Abrate, Nicolo'; Caravello, Marco; Dulla, Sandra; Froio, Antonio; ... (2026)
A genetic algorithm to optimize the multi-group structure for the neutronic analyses of the ARC fusion reactor. In: NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY, vol. 46. ISSN 2352-1791
Contributo su Rivista - Caravello, M.; Abrate, N.; Aimetta, A.; Dulla, S.; Froio, A.; Zanino, R.; Mancini, N.; ... (2025)
Development and validation of magneto-hydrodynamics turbulence models for the thermal-hydraulic design of fusion reactor liquid blankets. In: Fusion Energy Conference 2025, Chengdu (CN), 13-18/10/2025
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Venturini, Alessandro; Papa, Francesca; Alberghi, Ciro; Martelli, Daniele; Bonifetto, ... (2025)
Progresses in the development of the tritium extraction and removal system for the water-cooled lithium-lead breeding blanket in EUROfusion. In: FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 216. ISSN 0920-3796
Contributo su Rivista - Caravello, M.; Aimetta, A.; Abrate, N.; Dulla, S.; Froio, A. (2024)
An OpenFOAM solver for multiphysics modeling of fusion reactor design: The nemoFoam code. In: NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY, vol. 40. ISSN 2352-1791
Contributo su Rivista - Caterino, D.; Del Nevo, A.; Eboli, M.; Froio, A.; Marinari, R.; Vannoni, A.; Zappatore, ... (2024)
Thermal-hydraulic assessment of the Steam Generator mock-up for the EU DEMO WCLL using CFD co-simulation. In: FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 201. ISSN 0920-3796
Contributo su Rivista - Bastiani, Marco De; Bonifetto, Roberto; Froio, Antonio; Zanino, Roberto; Zappatore, ... (2024)
Self Consistent Electrical and Thermal-Hydraulic Model of Faults in Superconducting Magnets: EU DEMO TF Short Circuit During a Fast Discharge. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. ISSN 1051-8223
Contributo su Rivista - Richiusa, M. L.; Cardella, A.; Cufar, A.; Froio, A.; Haghdoust, P.; Ireland, P.; Maione, ... (2024)
The integrated engineering design concept of the upper limiter within the EU-DEMO LIMITER system. In: FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 202. ISSN 0920-3796
Contributo su Rivista - Bonifetto, Roberto; Barone, Gianluca; Dalla Palma, Mauro; Froio, Antonio; Martelli, ... (2024)
Computational Thermal-Fluid Dynamics analyses of borated water distribution in the Vacuum Vessel of the Divertor Tokamak Test facility. In: FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 202. ISSN 0920-3796
Contributo su Rivista - Lisanti, F; Angelucci, M; Bonifetto, R; Michel, F; Duri, D; Frattolillo, A; Froio, A; ... (2023)
Design of the cryogenic loop for the superconducting toroidal-field magnets of the Divertor Tokamak Test. In: CRYOGENICS, vol. 136. ISSN 0011-2275
Contributo su Rivista - Froio, A.; Moscato, I. (2023)
Effect of different system parameters on the design of the EU DEMO Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System. In: FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 190. ISSN 0920-3796
Contributo su Rivista - Lisanti, Fabrizio; Arena, Pietro; Bonifetto, Roberto; Froio, Antonio; Gonzalez, ... (2023)
Modeling the Transport of Activated Corrosion Products in the WCLL PbLi Loop for ITER and the EU DEMO With the GETTHEM Code. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 11, pp. 22614-22628. ISSN 2169-3536
Contributo su Rivista - Aimetta, Alex; Abrate, Nicolo; Dulla, Sandra; Froio, Antonio (2023)
A Nonintrusive Nuclear Data Uncertainty Propagation Study for the ARC Fusion Reactor Design. In: NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, vol. 197, pp. 2192-2216. ISSN 0029-5639
Contributo su Rivista - Bonifetto, R.; Abrate, N.; Froio, A.; Lisanti, F.; Papa, F.; Utili, M.; Venturini, A. (2023)
Modelling the PbLi flow including tritium transport and permeation with GETTHEM. In: NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY, vol. 37. ISSN 2352-1791
Contributo su Rivista - Aimetta, A.; Caravello, M.; Abrate, N.; Dulla, S.; Froio, A. (2023)
Non-intrusive Uncertainty Propagation in the ARC Fusion Reactor through the nemoFOAM Multi-physics Tool. In: M&C 2023 - The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, Niagara Falls (Canada), August 13 – 17, 2023
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - 66) Dalla Palma, M; Ambrosino, R; Barone, G; Belardi, V G; Bolzonella, T; Bonifetto, R; ... (2023)
DTT vacuum vessel, in-vessel coils, and out vessel systems: overview of design and procurement.. In: Symposium on Fusion Energy 2023, Oxford (UK), 9 - 13 luglio 2023
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Spro, Mauro; Froio, Antonio; Zappatore, Andrea (2023)
3D Transient CFD Simulation of an In-Vessel Loss-of-Coolant Accident in the EU DEMO WCLL Breeding Blanket. In: ENERGIES, vol. 16. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Galluccio, F.; Macerata, E.; Magugliani, G.; Mariani, M.; Mossini, E.; Negrin, M.; ... (2023)
Cutting-edge R&D activities of CIRTEN in support of the Technology Park annexed to the Italian National Repository of radioactive waste. In: IL NUOVO CIMENTO C, vol. 46. ISSN 2037-4909
Contributo su Rivista
Knowledge Valorisation
Technology transfer
- sistema di classificazione caratteristiche tumorali ovariche basato sul processamento di immagini ecografiche 2D. national and international Patent
Inventors: Antonio Froio Federica Gerace Federica Marcolin Enrico Vezzetti - Sistema automatico di diagnosi di malattie e classificazione di individui basato sull'estrazione ed analisi di un modello 3D, ottenuto a partire da immagini mediche 2D, integrabile con ecografi commerciali. national and international Patent
Inventors: Antonio Froio Federica Marcolin Enrico Vezzetti