Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers Rome (Italy) November 2023 - Current
Expert Committee Board Member for the Ministry for institutional reforms and regulatory simplification
Consulting expertsupport to the Ministerial Commission for the evaluation of environmental and energy security policies, in cooperation with the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security
University of Roma Tor Vergata Rome (Italy) March 2023 - Current
Assistant Professor (Tenured)
Energy Conversion Systems and Turbomachinery
· Working on optimization of multi-energy system and turbomachinery for clean energy environment with CCS and CCU
· Working on Innovative Cogeneration Technologies for concurrent generation of Multiple assets (H2, Water, E-Fuel)
Teaching at Master Degree Course: Methods and Techniques for advanced decarbonized energy systems
Teaching at Bachelor Degree Course: Energy Systems and Renewable Energy Resources
MEDS Venture Global Pte Ltd Singapore April 2022 – March 2023
Co-Founder
MEDS Venture Global Pte Ltd is a Singaporean Company devoted to deploying solutions in the field of Multi-Energy Decarbonized Solutions. I am appointed as Member of the Executive & Technology Management committee, and I support the technical deployment of the unique DECAPLAN™ Digital Platform for achieving Net-Zero Multi-Energy Systems with up to 50% CAPEX, 40% OPEX and 100% CO2 savings.
· Patent: Inventor of IP Technology Disclosure 2022-332
· Patent: Inventor of IP Technology Disclosure 2022-333
Energy Smart Solutions Pte Ltd Singapore January 2019 - Current
Founder
Company providing solutions and consulting for Net-Zero Decarbonised project, with up to 50% CAPEX, 40% OPEX and 100% CO2 savings. Patent: Inventor of IP Technology Disclosure 2019-038
· Completed consulting Projects with Worley-Parson; Jurong Port; Jurong Town Corporationup to 50M$ savings and 25% CO2 emission avoided
· Master planning and design of greenfield projects - highly integrated energy-mix and different end-user demands
· Optimal Dispatch and Unit commitment problem solving for optimal operations:
Ø Integrating and retrofitting renewable energy, cogeneration solutions, energy storage systems;
Ø Performance and condition monitoring for optimal maintenance and operations, by the integration of Artificial Intelligence.
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
Senior Research Fellow July 2020 – August 2022
Energy Conversion Systems, Smart Multi Energy System (SMES)
· Working on optimization of multi-energy system and smart-district for clean energy environment by the ©E-OPT software platform development.
· Responsible for the design of the 8M$ cogeneration power plant at Jurong Port, Singapore. The adoption of the ©E-OPT software platform developed by my team allowed up to 1M$ CAPEX saving during design of power plant and energy systems. 15% Primary Energy Savings and up to 20% CO2 Emission Reduction have been also proven.
· Validating Punggol Digital District (District Cooling) Design by ©E-OPT software platform utilization.
Research Fellow July 2016 – June 2020
Energy Conversion Systems, Smart Multi Energy System (SMES)
· Leading and Coordination of the Work Package “Polygeneration” (SMES Project)
ØCoordination of the team: Research Associates, PhD Candidates and MD students
ØActively involved in the Steering Committee of the whole SMES project
ØMeeting and discussion with national agency (i.e. NEA, EMA) and partner companies (i.e. Shell, JTC)
· Developed of the Optimal Planning simulation Tool (OPT)
ØModelling of SMES components (Engines, Chillers, Heat Exchangers, Building, Grid, Thermal Energy Storage, others); District Cooling Systems and Cooling Phase Change Material for Cooling Application.
ØMulti-Objective function approach for accounting techno-economic optimization
ØAdvanced mathematics: Hybrid Evolutionary and Simultaneous Algorithms coupled with Artificial Intelligence
Shell Singapore November 2018 – June 2019
Consultant
Energy and CO2 Footprint Reduction Study for Shell Jurong Island Petrochemicals Complex
· Pinch Point Analysis technique and energy optimization by integrating and retrofitting the actual plant configuration.
· Definition of a roadmap for allowing up to 95% CO2reduction within 2035
Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) August 2018 - Current
Scientific Advisory Board Member
· Evaluations of scientific journal paper, organization of conference and presentation.
Scientific Reviewer Singapore January 2015 - Current
· Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Energy Paper Reviewer, Energy, Renewable Energy & Journal of Environmental Management, Applied Thermal Engineering (ELSEVIER), Energies MDPI, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Turbo Expo. Appointed recently as Review Editor at Frontiers Journal.
University of Roma Tre Rome, Italy
Research Fellow June 2014 - June 2016
Energy Conversion Systems – Concentrated Solar Power Plants
· Developed component models for CSP power plants (OMSoP European Project)
· Technical / economic analysis and optimization for CSP power plants (OMSoP European Project)
· Laboratory Leader for Solar and Turbomachinery Test (OMSoP European Project)
Contract Professor June 2014 - June 2016
· Steering PhD candidates and MD students
· Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Applied on Machines
· Machines and Energy Conversion Systems
· Member of the Examination Board for Turbomachinery, Fluid Machine and Thermodynamics and Fluid-Dynamics Applied on Machines
Cooperation Contract September 2010 – May 2014
· Developed component models for IGCC power plants (H2-IGCC European Project)
Ø Gasification Isle Simulator (Matching of elementary component models – Transfer Functions)
Ø Power Isle Simulator (Matching of elementary component models, Turbomachineries and Heat Transfer Devices)
Italian Ministry for University and Research Rome, Italy March 2016
Project Evaluator: MIUR-DAAD Joint Mobility Program
Co.Se.A Bologna, Italy November 2014 - February 2016
Consultant: Internal Combustion Engine Failure Analysis & Litigation on the Green Certificate for Power Generation