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Davide Papurello

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Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Energy (DENERG)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center Ec-L - Energy Center Lab

Profile

Keywords

Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage
Biohydrogen
Concentrated solar power
Renewable energy
Road tunnel

Scientific branch

IIND-07/A - Thermal Engineering and Industrial Energy Systems
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • Concentrated Solar Power - syngas production - experimental and model approach
  • Hydrogen - SOFC systems
  • Lithium Ion Battery systems - stress abuses
  • New Energy Carriers (NEC) - Tunnel safety and ventilation
  • SOFC systems fed by biogas - biogas produced from OFMSW
  • Thermodynamic systems
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Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_6 - Energy processes engineering
PE8_11 - Environmental engineering, e.g. sustainable design, waste and water treatment, recycling, regeneration or recovery of compounds, carbon capture & storage
PE2_15 - Thermodynamics

SDG

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 13: Climate action

Open badges

Editorial boards

  • FUELS (2024-), Editorial board member
  • GASES (2022-), Editorial board member
  • PROCESSES (2020-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • PROCESSES (2018-), Editorial board member

Conferences

  • The 8th AIGE/IIETA International Conference and 18th AIGE 2023 Conference (14/6/2023-15/6/2023), Certified auditor

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Other activities and projects related to teaching

Master's and Bachelor’s Degree Courses:

Energy Storage Technologies, New Battery Systems for Mobility (Course collaborator since 2022 - present).

Laboratory of Energy Plants (LIE): Full course management and experimental activities (Course holder since 2020 - present).

Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transmission (Course collaborator since 2018 - present).

Design of Thermotechnical Systems (Course collaborator since 2023 - present).

Thermotechnical Systems and Industrial Refrigeration (Course collaborator since 2024 - present).

Instructor for the technical training of operators at the Livorno Ferraris (VC) thermoelectric power plant, delivering a 90-hour course (in-person and online) on applied thermodynamics, physics, basic electricity, combustion chemistry, and water treatment in power plants (three separate yearly sessions).



International Collaboration and Initiatives:

Tunnel Ventilation and Safety (Graz University of Technology, March 23).

Co-organizer of international program: Joint Online Course on Safety Tunnel and Ventilation systems (TU Graz and PoliTo: Hard skills for phd students) (March 24 to present).

Co-organizer of international program: Summer school program on Safety of Underground Transport Infrastructure in collaboration with international universities (TU Darmstadt, TU Graz, WUST Wroclaw) – (Sept 24, Sept 25).

Coordinator of international program: Hybrid course (online-onsite) HSMA- Hydrogen and Safety for Mobile Application (1st edition) in collaboration with international universities (UPC Barcelona, TU Graz) – (Sept. 25).

Visiting professor in charge of the 45-hour Experimental Studies of RES course in Astana (KZ) at Gumilev Eurasian National University (ENU) (Oct 24).

Member of the TC4.4 – PIARC – tunnel safety, cycle 2020-2023 and 2024-2027.

Visiting professor - Experimental research at the Aberdeen research laboratory (HyWay project) (August 2025) - experimental tests to produce hydrogen and solid char useful for enriching the PCM system for thermal control of LIB batteries. Char produced from organic waste digestates and water treatment sludge.

Participated in the Virtual Battery Project Proposal Workshop, Coventry University, 29–31 October 2025.

- Supervision of master's theses (supervisor): on average 20/year
- Supervision of three-year dissertations (supervisor): average 40/year
- Supervision activities for curricular traineeships: average 10/year

Research

Research groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Other activities and projects related to research

Advancing research on electrochemical energy storage systems through a Tri-University collaboration (ARES-APW) (Unite! call)

Concentrated Solar Power and Solar cells – Innovative materials and technologies (CSP-IMT), sustainable electricity and heat generation - Training and Innovation (Unite! call)

HYWAY: Hydrogen Production from Waste (Co-funded by the European Union, Engineering and physical sciences research council – UKRI)

PRIN2020: Hydrogen production, storage, and CO2 enhancement in renewable energy networks.

BatFire (2023-2024): Safety and fire testing of electric vehicles. (Unite! call)

Waste2Watts (2018-2021): Integrated biogas-SOFC system design and testing. (European funds)

BioWaste for SOFC (2015-2017): Biogas purification for SOFC systems.

THERMODEL BAT: Thermal modeling to predict battery aging in electric vehicles.

VEGA and BWS projects funded by Caritro (Trento) in collaboration with Fondazione Edmund Mach and Solidpower spa.


Publications

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PoliTO co-authors

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