PAOLO VENTURINI

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Attività scientifica e professionale
▪ 2022-oggi: Professore Associato (SC 09/C1, SSD ING-IND/08) presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Sapienza Università di Roma
▪ 2022-oggi: Membro del Comitato Tecnico Scientifico del Master di II livello EFER (Efficienza Energetica e Fonti Energetiche Rinnovabili), Sapienza Università di Roma
▪ 2020-oggi: Membro della Commissione Didattica di Ingegneria Energetica, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2020-oggi: Membro della Commissione di valutazione della preparazione personale degli ammessi con riserva alla laurea magistrale in Ing. Meccanica, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2019-2022: Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato tipo B (SSD ING-IND/08) presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2018-oggi: Membro del Collegio dei Docenti del Dottorato in Energia e Ambiente presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma
▪ 2018-2019: Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato di tipo A presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale dell’Università di Roma Sapienza. Titolo della ricerca: “Studio computazionale di flussi multifase per la predizione dei fenomeni di erosione/sporcamento in applicazioni industriali di interesse energetico (Computational analysis of multuphase flows for prediction of erosion/deposition phenomena in industrial applications of energy interest).
▪ Dicembre 2011-Febbraio 2012: Ricercatore Visitatore presso la TU Dresden in collaborazione con il gruppo di ricerca guidato dal Prof. J. Froelich. Progetto di Ricerca: modellazione della dispersione turbolenta di particelle solide non sferiche con approccio Particle Cloud Tracking.
▪ 2010-2018: Assegnista di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale dell’Università di Roma Sapienza. Titolo Ricerca: “Modellazione e previsione dei fenomeni di erosione e formazione di deposito con approccio agli elementi finiti in applicazioni turbomacchinistiche”.
▪ 2024-oggi: Docente del corso ‘Centrali termiche’ (6 CFU), per Ing. Energetica, e Ing. Meccanica, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma
▪ 2023: Docente del modulo “Processi di conversione termochimica delle biomasse” per gli studenti del corso di Dottorato in Energia e Ambiente, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2022-oggi: Docente del corso di ‘Macchine’ (6 CFU, codocenza), per Ing. Energetica, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2020-oggi: Docente del corso ‘Impianti Cogenerativi e Risparmio Energetico’ (per 3 CFU, codocenza), per Ing. Energetica, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2018-2022: Docente (per 3 CFU, codocenza) del corso “Advanced Energy Conversion Systems” (in Inglese), per Ing. Energetica, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma
▪ 2017-2024: Docente del corso ‘Laboratorio di Centrali termiche’ (3 CFU), per Ing. Energetica, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma
▪ 2017-2019: Docente del corso ‘Impianti Cogenerativi e Risparmio Energetico’ (6 CFU), presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2017-2018: Docente a contratto per i corsi di ‘Gestione dei Sistemi Energetici’ (6 CFU) e ‘Progettazione di Macchine’ (9 CFU) presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria Industriale, Università Telematica eCampus.
▪ 2016-oggi: Docente del modulo sullo sfruttamento energetico delle biomasse, del Master Universitario di II livello in Efficienza Energetica e Fonti Rinnovabili, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2016: Renewables and green energy (in Inglese, in Specialised Master), LUISS Business School, Roma.
▪ 2015-2018: Docente a contratto (3 CFU) in codocenza per il corso di ‘Interazione Macchine e Ambiente’, presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2015-2017: Docente a contratto per i corsi di ‘Gestione dei Sistemi Energetici’ (6 CFU), ‘Progettazione di Macchine’ (9 CFU), e ‘Turbomacchine’ (6 CFU), presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria Industriale, Università Telematica eCampus.
▪ 2014-2017: Docente a contratto (3CFU) per il corso di ‘Energie rinnovabili da fonte Geologica’, presso la Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2014-2015: Vincitore di borsa per attività didattiche integrative nell’ambito del corso di Interazione Macchine e Ambiente, per i corsi di Laurea in Ingegneria Meccanica e Ingegneria Aerospaziale.
▪ 2011-2013: Docente del modulo sullo sfruttamento energetico delle biomasse, del Master Universitario di II livello in Efficienza Energetica e Fonti Rinnovabili, Sapienza Università di Roma.
▪ 2011/2012: Docente a contratto per il corso di ‘Interazione tra Macchine e Ambiente’ per Ingegneria Meccanica e Ingegneria dell’Ambiente e del Territorio, Sapienza Università di Roma, sede di Latina.
▪ 2008-2009: Attività di tutoraggio nei corsi del settore di Sistemi per l’Energia e l’Ambiente, presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria dell’Università di Roma Sapienza.
▪ 2025: Kabale University, Uganda. Seminar: Floating photovoltaic systems for energy production and water saving; in in Erasmus+ project NISHATI - buildiNg capacitIeS in water, renewable energy and agriculture to enHAnce local resilience to climaTe change in afrIca.
▪ 2025: University of Technology and Arts of Byumba, Rwanda. Seminar: Floating photovoltaic systems for energy production and water saving; in in Erasmus+ project NISHATI - buildiNg capacitIeS in water, renewable energy and agriculture to enHAnce local resilience to climaTe change in afrIca.
▪ 2025: Catholic University of Rwanda (Butare), Rwanda. Seminar: Floating photovoltaic systems for energy production and water saving; in in Erasmus+ project NISHATI - buildiNg capacitIeS in water, renewable energy and agriculture to enHAnce local resilience to climaTe change in afrIca.
▪ 2017: Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Seminars: - Co- and Tri-generation: basic concepts, technologies and applications - Efficiency in buildings: geothermal heat pumps and radiant floor; in Erasmus+ project DIEGO – Development of quality system through Energy Efficiency courses)
▪ 2017: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). Seminar: Alternative fuels and sustainable mobility (in Erasmus+ project ECO-RED – European quality Course system for Renewable Energy Development)
▪ 2015: Princess Sumaya University of Technology (Amman, Jordan). Seminar: Pollutant emissions in common-rail Diesel engine in extra-urban cycle: rapeseed oil vs Die-sel fuel (in Tempus project MUREE – Modernising Undergraduate Renewable Energy Education)
▪ 2014: Osney Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, Oxford University, United Kingdom. Seminar: Particle laden flows: fouling and erosion prediction
▪ 2025 – Membro dello Scientific Advisory Board della conferenza SDEWES 2025, October 05-10 2025, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
▪ 2025 – Membro dello Scientific Advisory Committee (Segretario per l’Europa e l’America) della conferenza THMT 2025, July 21-25 2025, Tokyo, Japan.
▪ 2024-2027 – Responsabile Scientifico per Sapienza del Progetto (capacity building) Erasmus + SERMED (Open educational platform to accelerate market adoption of Sustainable Energy Research outcomes around the MEDiterranean), Project number: 101122534
▪ 2024 – Progetto MIMIT AIRONE 5.0 - Imbarcazione ibrida per l’alta velocità via mare. Massa critica.
▪ 2023-2024: Co-guest editor delle special issues sulle riviste internazionali “Flow, Turbulence and Combustion” (Springer), e “International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow” (Elsevier).
▪ 2023 – Segretario Organizzativo del 10th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Roma, 11-15 settembre 2023.
▪ 2023: Progetto PNRR PE02 – NEST - spoke3: PI (358.791,40 €)
▪ 2023: Progetto PNRR RT-spoke 6 (massa critica)
▪ 2022: Bando Sapienza per Grandi Attrezzature Scientifiche (476000,00 €) “Hybrid Energy Hub (HEH) for microgrids, systems and components with renewables, storage, fuel cells and electric vehicles charging stations integrated in smart buildings and energy communities”. Ruolo: partecipante.
▪ 2022: Vincitore del bando Sapienza Progetti di Ateneo (medio, 11000,00 €) “Development of CFD-based models for life prediction of tidal turbines subject to erosion (by cavitation and solid particles impacts) and deposit formation”
▪ 2022-2023: Segretario Organizzativo del 10th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass transfer (11-15 settembre, 2023, Roma)
▪ 2022: Guest Co-Editor della Special Issue “Wind turbine advance” (Energies), MDPI
▪ 2021: Responsabile Scientifico del Progetto di Ricerca del progetto “Studio termofluidodinamico di una cella innovativa per la coltivazione indoor verticale”, SunSpring s.r.l. (9000,00 €)
▪ 2020: Expert Evaluator per Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Belgio.
▪ 2020: vincitore del bando Sapienza Progetti di Ateneo (piccolo, 3800,00 €) “Analisi sperimentale e simulazione numerica dell'utilizzo di biocombustibili avanzati in motori ad accensione spontanea per mezzi di trasporto convenzionali e ibridi”
▪ 2020: Responsabile Scientifico del Progetto di Ricerca del progetto “Studio termo-fluidodinamico di una cella per la coltivazione indoor verticale”, SunSpring s.r.l. (9000,00 €)
▪ 2015: Editor del volume Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium On Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer (ISBN 978-1-56700-301-7), Atti della conferenza International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Sarajevo, Bosnia e Erzegovina, 15-18 settembre 2015.
▪ 2012: Technical Editor del volume Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium On Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer (ISBN 978-1-56700-301-7), atti della conferenza International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Palermo, 24-27 settembre 2012.
▪ Luglio-Settembre 2009: collaborazione all’organizzazione della conferenza International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Roma, 14-18 settembre 2009.
▪ Febbraio 2009: Consulenza per il DIMA, Sapienza Università di Roma, Progetto PLANITEC - Studio preliminare sull’applicazione di microturbine eoliche in Italia.
▪ Luglio 2004 – Marzo 2006: Consulente presso il CIRPS (Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile) “La Sapienza”, Roma. Progetto PIBE (Piattaforma Integrata Bioreflui e Energia): realizzazione e validazione di un simulatore numerico della combustione di combustibili solidi, in caldaie a griglia fissa/mobile. Realizzazione di un simulatore numerico dello sporcamento di caldaie alimentate a biomasse.
▪ Luglio-Ottobre 2010: Consulenza per New Ener.co. s.r.l. Analisi tecnica di impianti di cogenerazione a biogas e olio vegetale puro
▪ Novembre - Dicembre 2007: consulente presso Agriconsulting s.p.a. Consulenza su fenomenologia della combustione delle biomasse legnose e caldaie a biomasse per impianti di riscaldamento di piccole e medie potenze, nell’ambito del progetto ProBio Sicilia.
▪ 2006-2012: collaborazione con Aires Tech s.r.l. Attività svolte: - simulazioni termofluidodinamiche; - progettazione di impianti a fonti rinnovabili; - docenza in corsi di formazione professionale su impianti a biomasse, solari termici e fotovoltaici.
▪ 2006: consulente presso Agriconsulting s.p.a. Partecipazione ai progetti regionali ProBio Puglia e ProBio Sicilia, entrambi miranti alla promozione dell’uso delle biomasse residuali come combustibili negli impianti di riscaldamento delle serre. Consulenza sulla fenomenologia della combustione di biomasse legnose, e sulle caldaie a biomasse per impianti di riscaldamento di piccole e medie potenze.
Pubblicazioni
Paolo Venturini - List of publications

International Journals
1) P. Venturini, D. Borello, C.V. Iossa, D. Lentini, F. Rispoli: Modeling of multiphase combustion and deposit formation in a biomass-fed furnace. Energy (ISSN: 0360-5442), 2010, 35; 3008-3021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2010.03.038.
2) P. Venturini, D. Borello, K. Hanjalić, F. Rispoli: Modelling of particle deposition in an environ-ment relevant to solid fuel boilers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012; vol. 49; 131-138, (ISSN: 1359-4311), 2011, doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.08.030.
3) D. Borello, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli, R. Saavedra G.Z., Prediction of multiphase combustion and ash deposition within a biomass furnace. Applied Energy (ISSN: 0306-2619), 2013; 101,413-422, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.031.
4) A. Corsini, A. Marchegiani, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, A.G. Sheard, Predicting blade leading edge erosion in an axial induced draft fan, ASME Transactions, Journal of Engineering for Gas Tur-bine and Power (ISSN:0742-4795), 2012; 134(4), doi: 10.1115/1.4004724.
5) D. Borello, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini: An integrated particle-tracking impact/adhesion model for the prediction of fouling in a subsonic compressor, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power (ISSN:0742-4795), 2012;134(9), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4006840.
6) A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, G. Sheard: Numerical simulation of coal-fly ash erosion in an induced draft fan. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (ISSN:0098-2202), 2013:135, paper 081303, pp. 1-12, DOI: 10.1115/1.4024127.
7) Cardillo L., Corsini A., Delibra G., Rispoli F., Sheard A.G., Venturini P., Predicting the perfor-mance of an industrial centrifugal fan incorporating cambered plate impeller blades, Periodica Politecnica (ISSN:1587-379X), 2014, Vol. 58, paper 7397, DOI: 10.3311/PPme.7397http://www.pp.bme.hu/me/article/view/7397.
8) Corsini A., Rispoli F., Sheard A.G., Tezduyar T.E., Takizawa K., Venturini P., A variational multiscale method for particle cloud tracking, in turbomachinery flows, Computational Mechan-ics (ISSN: 0178-7675 Print; 1432-0924 Online), 2014, 54;1191:1202, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-014-1050-0.
9) D. Borello, L. Cedola, G.V. Frangioni, R. Meloni, P.Venturini, P. De Flippis, B. de Caprariis, Development of a numerical model for biomass packed bed pyrolysis based on experimental val-idation, Applied Energy (ISSN: 0306-2619), 2016, vol. 164;956-962. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.007.
10) A. Di Carlo, D. Borello, M. Sisinni, P. Venturini, E. Bocci, K. Kuramoto, Reforming of tar con-tained in a raw fuel gas from biomass gasification using nickel-mayenite catalyst, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (ISSN:0360-3199), 2015, 40(30): pp 9088- 9095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.128
11) Rispoli F., Delibra G., Venturini P., Corsini A., Saavedra R., T.E. Tezduyar, Particle tracking and particle–shock interaction in compressible-flow computations with the V-SGS stabilization and Y Zβ shock-capturing, Computational Mechanics (ISSN: 0178-7675 Print; 1432-0924 Online), 2015;55:1201–1209, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-015-1160-3
12) A. Castorrini, A. Corsini, F.Rispoli, P. Venturini, K. Takizawa, T.E. Tezduyar, 2016, Computa-tional analysis of wind-turbine blade rain erosion, Computers and Fluids 141, 175–183, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.08.013
13) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, 2019, Numerical simulation of the blade aging process in an induced draft fan due to long time exposition to fly ash particles, Journal of Engi-neering for Gas Turbine and Power, vol. 141, paper no. 011025.
14) A.Castorrini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, K.Takizawa, T.E. Tezduyar, 2019, Computa-tional analysis of performance deterioration of a wind turbine blade strip subjected to environ-mental erosion, Computational Mechanics, vol. 64: pp. 1133–1153.
15) P. Venturini, M. Andreoli, D. Borello and F. Rispoli, S. Gabriele, 2019, Modelling of water droplets erosion on a subsonic compressor cascade. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, vol. 103(4); pp.1109-1125; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-019-00086-0.
16) F. Gallucci, R. Liberatore, L. Sapegno, E. Volponi, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli, E. Paris, M. Carne-vale, A. Colantoni, 2019, Influence of Oxidant Agent on Syngas Composition: Gasification of Hazelnut Shells through an Updraft Reactor, Energies, vol. 13(1), pp. 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13010102.
17) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, 2020, Simulation of the deposit evolution on a fan blade for tunnel ventilation, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, April Vol. 142(4), paper no. 041010 (10 pages), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044930.
18) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, K. Takizawa, T.E. Tezduyar, 2020, Computa-tional analysis of particle-laden-airflow erosion and experimental verification, Computational Mechanics, vol. 65, p. 1549-1565, doi: 10.1007/s00466-020-01834-0
19) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, 2021, Machine learnt prediction method for rain erosion damage on wind turbine blades, Wind Energy, vol. 24, p. 917–934, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2609.
20) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, A. Bonfiglioli, 2022, Generation of surface maps of erosion re-sistance for wind turbine blades under rain flows, Energies, vol. 15(15), 5593, https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155593.
21) G. Agati, , D. Borello, F. Di Gruttola, D. Simone, F. Rispoli, A. Castorrini, S. Gabriele, P. Ven-turini, 2022, Numerical prediction of long term droplet erosion and washing efficiency of an ax-ial compressors through the use of a discrete mesh morphing approach, Journal of Turbomachin-ery, 145(3), 031009, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055649
22) C. Mongiello, M. Ghoreishi,V.K. Sharma, L. Verdoliva, S. Aprea, P. Venturini, G. Pesce, 2023, Plasma-arc-flow technology for sustainable treatment of high-impact fluid waste: a graphene-based material for industrial-wastewater purification, Processes, vol. 11(8), 2307. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11082307
23) G. Agati, B. Franchetti, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, 2024, Thermo-fluid dynamic analysis of the air flow inside an indoor vertical farming system, Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 236 (part B), 121553, 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121553
24) G. Agati, P. Venturini, S. Gabriele, F. Rispoli, D. Borello, Effects of Water-to-Air Mass Ratio on Long-Term Washing Efficiency and Erosion Risk in an Axial Compressor Under Online Washing Conditions, Journal of Turbomachinery, 2024, 146(5), 051005, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064225
25) P. Venturini, G.G. Gagliardi,G. Agati, L. Cedola, M.V. Migliarese Caputi, D. Borello, Integra-tion of Floating Photovoltaic Panels with an Italian Hydroelectric Power Plant, Energies, 2024, 17(4), 851; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17040851
26) G. Agati, D. Borello, M.V. Migliarese Caputi, L. Cedola, G.G. Gagliardi, A. Pozzessere, P. Venturini, Effect of the Degree of Hybridization and Energy Management Strategy on the Per-formance of a Fuel Cell/Battery Vehicle in Real-World Driving Cycles, Energies, 2024, 17(3), 729; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17030729
27) A. Evangelisti, G. Agati, D. Borello, L. Mazzotta, P. Capobianchi, P. Venturini, Numerical Pre-diction of Cavitation for a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2025, vol. 114(3), pp. 887 – 912, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-024-00615-6
28) G.G. Gagliardi, C. Carlotta, G. Agati, D. Borello, P. Venturini, Green hydrogen production via floating photovoltaic systems on irrigation reservoirs: An Italian case study, Renewable Energy, 2025, vol. 24, 123040, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.123040
29) A. Evangelisti, G. Agati, D. Borello, P. Venturini, P. Capobianchi, A novel CFD-Based Numer-ical Framework for Cavitation Damage Prediction, International Journal of Multiphase Flows, 2025, vol. 191, 105302, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2025.105302
30) Agati, G.; Borello, D.; Ruvio, A.; Venturini, P. Fuel Cell–Battery Hybrid Trains for Non-Electrified Lines: A Dynamic Simulation Approach. Energies 2025, 18, 5457. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18205457
31) Valle, A.; Gagliardi, G.G.; Borello, D.; Venturini, P. Control Analysis of Renewable Energy System with Hydrogen Storage to Match Energy Community Demand: A Whole-System Per-spective. Energies 2025, 18, 6617. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246617
32) A. Pozzessere, U. Mithoowani, A. Ruvio, G. Agati, G. Guglielmo Gagliardi, P. Venturini, D. Borello, Hybrid hydrogen – battery fueled trains: A real-time simulation approach, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 216, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.153737.
33) G.G. Gagliardi, P. Venturini, Green Hydrogen from Floating PV: Water Conservation and En-ergy Nexus in Basilicata (Italy), Journal: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2026, vol. 235, 155100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.155100

Conferences
34) G. Agati, B. Franchetti, F. Notarfonso, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, CFD Analysis of an Indoor Ver-tical Farming System Considering Radiation and Crop Evapotranspiration, SDEWES 2025, 05-10 October, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
35) G. Agati, D. Borello, A. Pozzessere, A. Ruvio, P. Venturini, Hydrogen Trains for Decarbonized Rail Transport: A Techno-Economic Optimization Approach, SDEWES 2025, 05-10 October, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
36) O. Palone, J.D. Palacios Aparicio, D. Vespasiano, E. Nicolucci, M. Colozzi, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli1, D. Borello, 2024, Detailed modelling of a double fluidised bed steam gasifier pro-cessing woody biomass and solid recovered fuel mixtures, 79th ATI annual congress, September 4-6, 2024, Modena, Italy
37) P. Venturini, G.G. Gagliardi, C. Cosentini, G. Agati, D. Borello, 2024, Integration of a Floating Photovoltaic System on an Artificial Reservoir for Irrigation to Produce Green Hydrogen, SDEWES 2024, September 8-12, 2024, Rome, Italy
38) A. Evangelisti, G. Agati, D. Borello, L. Mazzotta, P. Venturini, 2023, Cavitation assessment on a model scale tidal turbine, Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, September 11-15, Rome, Italy
39) G. Agati, A. Evangelisti, S. Gabriele, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, D. Borello, 2023, Liquid film formation influence on the erosion of an axial compressor subject to water washing, Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, September 11-15, Rome, Italy
40) G. Agati, D. Borello, A. Evangelisti, S. Gabriele, V. Michelassi, P. Venturini, 2023, Numerical investigation of liquid film formation and erosion risk in an axial compressor subject to water washing by means of a droplets distribution statistical analysis, Turbo Expo, June 26-30, Boston, Massachusetts, paper no. GT2023-103854.
41) G. Agati, P. Venturini, S. Gabriele, F. Rispoli, D. Borello, 2023, Effects of water-to-air mass ra-tio on long-term washing efficiency and erosion risk in an axial compressor under online washing conditions, Turbo Expo, June 26-30, Boston, Massachusetts, paper no. GT2023-103919
42) G. Agati, D. Borello, M.V. Migliarese Caputi, L. Cedola, G. Gagliardi, A. Pozzessere, P. Ven-turini, 2023, Effect of control system on the performance of a hybrid (fuel cells-batteries) vehi-cle in real driving cycles, 18th SDEWES Conference, September 24-29, Dubrovnik, Croatia
43) P. Venturini, G. Agati, G. Gagliardi, L. Cedola, M.V. Migliarese Caputi, D. Borello, 2023, Inte-gration of floating PV panels with an Italian hydroelectric power plant, 18th SDEWES Confer-ence, September 24-29, Dubrovnik, Croatia
44) A. Evangelisti, G. Agati, H. Haghighifard, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, D. Borello, 2023, Influence of turbulence models in the prediction of cavitation occurrence, 15th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics 2023, ETC 2023, April 24-28, Budapest, Hungary.
45) G. Agati, D. Borello, F. Di Gruttola, D. Simone, F. Rispoli, A. Castorrini, S. Gabriele, P. Ven-turini, 2022, Numerical prediction of long term droplet erosion and washing efficiency of an ax-ial compressors through the use of a discrete mesh morphing approach, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, June 13-17, Rotterdam, The Neth-erlands, paper no. GT2022-83033.
46) G. Agati, B. Franchetti, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, 2022, Thermo-fluid dynamic analysis of the air flow inside an indoor vertical farming, 17th SDEWES Conference, 06-10 November, Paphos, Cyprus.
47) M.V. Migliarese Caputi, P. Venturini, D. Borello, 2022, Economic and technical analysis of a hydrogen refuelling station in an Italian scenario, 17th SDEWES Conference, 06-10 November, Paphos, Cyprus.
48) I.M.M Gamal, P. Venturini, D. Borello, M.V. Migliarese Caputi, 2022, Hybrid electric trains with fuel cells and batteries: study of the functional characteristics of the fuel cell system and assessment of energy needs in an Italian scenario, 17th SDEWES Conference, 06-10 November, Paphos, Cyprus.
49) G. Agati, A. Evangelisti, S. Gabriele, P. Venturini, D. Borello, 2022: Liquid film formation: prediction accuracy of different numerical approaches, 77° Congresso Nazionale ATI, Bari, 12-14 settembre.
50) M.V. Migliarese Caputi, R. Coccia, P. Venturini, L. Cedola, D. Borello, 2021, Assessment of hydrogen and LNG buses adoption as sustainable alternatives to diesel fuel buses in public transpot. Applications to Italian perspective, European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Piero Longhi Conference, 15-17 December (virtual conference), doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202233409002.
51) G.G. Gagliardi, M.V. Migliarese Caputi, A. M. Pantaleo, L. Cedola, P. Venturini, D. Borello, 2021, Coupling H2 fuel cells and heat pumps for tertiary-sector decarbonisation from a whole-system perspective, 16th SDEWES Conference, 10-15 October, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
52) G. Agati, F. Di Gruttola, S. Gabriele, D. Simone, P.Venturini, D. Borello, 2021, Evaluation of water washing efficiency and erosion risk in an axial compressor for different water injection conditions, ATI Virtual Conference, 16-17 September, Rome, Italy
53) G. Agati, D. Borello, F. Di Gruttola, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, S. Gabriele, D. Simone, 2021, Numerical study of droplet erosion in the first-stage rotor of an axial flow compressor, ASME Turbo Expo 2021, Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, June 07-11, 2021, (virtual conference), paper no. GT2021-59661.
54) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, F. Gerboni, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, 2021, Machine learning aided prediction of rain erosion damage on wind turbine sections, ASME Turbo Expo 2021, Tur-bomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, June 07-11, 2021, (virtual conference), pa-per no. GT2021-59156.
55) F. Ortenzi, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, A. Genovese and A. Marcattili, 2020, Design of a waste en-ergy recovery turbine from the exhaust of a spark ignition hybrid vehicle, AEIT International Annual Conference (AEIT), Catania, Italy, 2020, pp. 1-6.
56) G. Agati, F. Di Gruttola, S. Gabriele, D. Simone, P. Venturini, D. Borello, 2020, Water washing of axial flow compressors: numerical study on the fate of injected droplets, ATI Virtual Confer-ence, 15-16 Spetember, Rome, Italy, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019711015. (Special Mention for the Caputo Award for the best work presented on issues related to Fluid Machinery and Systems for Energy and the Environment)
57) F. Di Gruttola, G. Agati, P. Venturini, D. Borello, F. Rispoli, S. Gabriele, D. Simone, 2020, Numerical study of erosion due to online water washing in axial flow compressors, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2020, Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, September 21-25, 2020, London, England (virtual conference), paper no. GT2020-14767.
58) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, A. Corsini, 2020, Integration of computational fluid-particle dynam-ics techniques for the instantaneous estimation of particle erosion damage on axial fan blade sec-tions, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2020, Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Ex-position, September 21-25, 2020, London, England (virtual conference), paper no. GT2020-15379.
59) R. Liberatore, F. Gallucci, L. Sapegno, E.Volponi, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli, Analysis on the cou-pling of biomass gasification processes with a parabolic trough concentrating solar plant, 27th Eu-ropean Biomass Conference & Exibition, May 27-30, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.
60) F. Gallucci, R. Liberatore, L. Sapegno, E. Volponi, P. Venturini, E. Paris, M. Carnevale, F. Rispoli, Biomass gasification: the effect of equivalence ratio on syngas quality in the case of ex-ternally heated reactor, 27th European Biomass Conference & Exibition, May 27-30, 2019, Lis-bon, Portugal.
61) A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, Simulation of the deposit evolution on a fan blade for tunnel ventilation, Turbo Expo 2019, June 17-21, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona, paper no. GT2019-91290.
62) M. Andreoli, S. Gabriele, P. Venturini, D. Borello, New model to predict water droplets erosion based on erosion test curves. Application to on-line water washing of a compressor, Turbo Expo 2019, June 17-21, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona, paper no. GT2019-92033.
63) A. Castorrini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, Numerical simulation of the blade aging pro-cess in an induced draft fan due to long time exposition to fly ash particles, Turbo Expo 2018, June 11-15, 2018, Oslo, Norway, paper no. GT2018-76740.
64) M. Carrazza, F. Ortenzi, A. Genovese, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, Exhaust Energy Recovery with Variable Geometry Turbine to Reduce Fuel Consumption for Microcars, SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, 17-19 September 2018, Heidelberg, Germany.
65) A. Chiariotti, D. Borello, P. Venturini, S. Costagliola, S. Gabriele, Erosion prediction of gas tur-bine compressor blades subjected to water washing process, Asian Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium, 12-15 March 2018, Singapore.
66) F. Ortenzi, A. Genovese, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli, A. Martinelli, Hybrid turbocharging as a tech-nology to reduce CO2 from internal combustion engines investigated by 1D numerical model, International Conference On Progresses In Automotive Technologies, 10-12 May 2018, Istan-bul, Turkey
67) P. Venturini, D. Borello, F. Rispoli, S. Gabriele, Prediction of Water Droplets Erosion on a Sub-sonic Compressor Cascade, THMT 2018, 10-13 July 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
68) F. Bonacina, A. Corsini, S. Feudo, A. Marchegiani, P. Venturini, Internal Combustion Engine sensor network analysis using graph modeling, in 72nd Conference of the Italian Thermal Ma-chines Engineering Association, ATI2017, 6-8 September 2017, Lecce, Italy.
69) G. Agati, D. Borello, F. Rispoli, A. Salvagni, P. Venturini, Numerical simulation of a particle-laden impinging jet: effect of wall curvature on particle deposition, Turbo Expo 2017, Charlotte, North Carolina, 26-30 June, 2017, paper no. GT2017-64629.
70) A. Castorrini, A. Corsini, F. Morabito, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, Numerical simulation with adap-tive boundary method for predicting time evolution of erosion processes, Turbo Expo 2017, Charlotte, North Carolina, 26-30 June, 2017, paper no. GT2017-64675.
71) L. Cardillo, A. Corsini, D. Borello, G. Delibra, A. Salvagni, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, Modelling of particle transport, erosion and deposition in power plant gas paths, Turbo Expo 2016, Seul, South Korea, 13-17 June, 2016, paper no. GT2016-57984.
72) G. Agati, D. Borello, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, An innovative approach to model temperature in-fluence on particle deposition in gas turbines, Turbo Expo 2016, Seul, South Korea, 13-17 June, 2016, paper no. GT2016-57997.
73) A. Corsini, R. Di Antonio, G. Di Nucci, A. Marchegiani, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, Performance analysis of a common-rail Diesel engine fuelled with different blends of waste cooking oil and gasoil, Energy Procedia, Proceedings of the 71st Conference of the Italian Thermal Machines Engineering Association, ATI2016, 14-16 September, 2016, Turin, Italy, 2016, Vol. 101., pp. 606 – 613.
74) G.M. Marmoni, A. Calabriso, S. Martino, D. Borello, M. Della Seta, C. Esposito, M. Fiorucci, P. Venturini, 2016, Hydrothermal system influencing slope-scale deformations at Mt. Nuovo (Is-chia, Southern Italy): preliminary results from 2D-multiphysics numerical modelling, 35th GNGTS National Conference, 22-24 November, Lecce, Italy.
75) Salvagni A., Borello D. Properzi E., Venturini P., Rispoli F., URANS study of flow and heat transfer in a rotating rib-roughened internal cooling channel, in ASME-ATI-UIT 2015 Confer-ence on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, 17 – 20 May, 2015, Napoli, Italy.
76) A. Corsini, A. Castorrini, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli, Numerical modelling of rain erosion affecting wind turbine blades, 8th European Seminar on Offshore Wind and other marine renewable En-ergies in Mediterranean and European Seas, 8-9 October 2015, Rome, Italy.
77) D. Borello, A. Salvagni, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, 2015, Study of the deposit of solid particles on the walls of a ribbed duct under stationary and rotating condition, Proceedings of the 8th Inter-national Symposium On Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer (ISBN 978-1-56700-301-7; ISSN 2377-2816), pp. 623-626.
78) A. Corsini, A. Castorrini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, Rain erosion numerical modeling applied to multi-mw off-shore wind turbine, VI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, 2015, Rome, Italy.
79) Corsini A., Castorrini A., Morei E., Rispoli F., Sciulli F., Venturini P., Modeling of rain drop erosion in a multi-MW wind turbine, ASME Turbo Expo, June 15-19, 2015, Montreal, Canada (paper GT2015-42174).
80) Borello D., Anielli D., Rispoli F., Salvagni A., Venturini P., Unsteady CFD analysis of erosion mechanism in the coolant channels of a rotating gas turbine blade, ASME Turbo Expo, June 15-19, 2015, Montreal, Canada.
81) Anielli D., Borello D., Rispoli F., Salvagni A., Venturini P., Prediction of particle erosion in the internal cooling channels of a turbine blade, 11th European Turbomachinery Conference, March 23-26, 2015, Madrid, Spain.
82) Bassetti M., Corsini A., Delibra G., Rispoli F., Ruggeri M., Venturini P., Design and verification of a micro wells turbine for Mediterranean operations, 11th European Turbomachinery Confer-ence, March 23-26, 2015, Madrid, Spain.
83) Corsini A., Fanfarillo G., Rispoli F., Venturini P., Pollutant emissions in common-rail diesel en-gines in extraurban cycle: rapeseed oils vs diesel fuel, Energy Procedia, 2015, 8;141-148 (70th National Congress of the Italian Thermal Machines Association, Rome, 9-11 May).
84) Corsini A., Marchegiani A., Rispoli F., Sciulli F., Venturini P., Vegetable oils as fuels in Diesel engine. Engine performance and emissions, Energy Procedia, Proceedings of the 69th Confer-ence of the Italian Thermal Machines Engineering Association, 2015, Vol. 81, pp. 942-949.
85) Borello D., De Caprariis B., De Filippis P., Di Carlo A., Marchegiani A., Pantaleo A.M., Shah N., Venturini P., Thermo-Economic Assessment of Olive pomace Gasifier for Cogeneration Ap-plications, Energy Procedia - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ISSN 1876-6102), March 28-31, 2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
86) Borello D., Meloni R., Venturini P., De Filippis P., de Caprariis B., Di Carlo A., Frangioni GV, A 3D packed bed model for biomass pyrolysis: mathematical formulation and experimental vali-dation, Energy Procedia, Vol. 61, 2014, pp. 958-961 (ICAE Conference, May30-June 2, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan).
87) Borello D., Capobianchi P., De Petris M., Rispoli F., Venturini P., Unsteady RANS analysis of particles deposition in the coolant channel of a gas turbine blade using a non-linear model, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, Dusseldorf, Germany, paper no. GT2014-26252.
88) Borello D., D’Angeli L., Salvagni A., Venturini P., Rispoli F., Study of particles deposition in gas turbine blades in presence of film cooling, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, Dusseldorf, Germany, paper no. GT2014-26250.
89) Cardillo L., Corsini A., Delibra G., Rispoli F., Sheard A.G., Venturini P., Simulation of particle-laden flows in a large centrifugal fan for erosion prediction, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, Dussel-dorf, Germany, paper no. GT2014-25865.
90) A. Corsini, G. Delibra, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, A.G. Sheard, Aerodynamic simulation of a high-pressure centrifugal fan for process industries, ASME Turbo Expo 2013, paper no. GT2013-94982, San Antonio, Texas, June 3-7, 2013.
91) F. Birello, D. Borello, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli, Modelling of deposit mechanisms around the sta-tor of a gas turbine, ASME Turbo Expo 2013, paper no. GT2013-95688, San Antonio, Texas, June 3-7, 2013.
92) A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, G.A. Sheard, Numerical modelling of erosion in highly loaded axial flow fans, ASME 2012 Gas Turbine India Conference, paper no. 9693, December 1, 2012, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
93) C.M. Mazzoni, P. Venturini, D. Lentini, F. Rispoli: Soot prediction in a turbulent methane/air flame accounting for both gas and particulate radiation. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, 24-27 September, 2012, Palermo, Italy.
94) A. Corsini, V. Giovannoni, S. Nardecchia, F. Rispoli, F. Sciulli, P. Venturini: Performance of a common-rail Diesel engine fulled with rapeseed and waste cooking oils. ECOS2012, 26-29 June, 2012, Perugia, Italy.
95) A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, G. Sheard: Numerical simulation of coal-fly ash erosion in an induced draft fan. ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Power for Land, Sea and Air (paper GT2012-69048), June 11–15, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.
96) A. Corsini, A. Marchegiani, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, A.G. Sheard: Predicting blade leading edge erosion in an axial induced draft fan. ASME Turbo Expo 2011 (paper GT2011-45719), 14-18 June, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.
97) C. Arrighetti, D. Borello, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini: An integrated particle-tracking impact/adhesion model for the prediction of fouling in turbomachinery flows. 9th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics (ETC 2011), 21-25 March, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.
98) M. Bassetti, P. Venturini, E. Tuccimei, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, G. Delibra, 2012, An integrated procedure for the design of a Wells turbine developed for Mediterranean operation, Proceedings of the European Seminar OWEMES 2012, 5-7 September, Rome, Italy.
99) D. Borello, P. Venturini, F. Rispoli, R. Saavedra G.Z., Prediction of multiphase combustion and ash deposition within a biomass furnace. International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE 2011), 16-18 May, Perugia, Italy.
100) G. Scarascia Mugnozza, S. Binotti, M. Napoleoni, F. Rispoli, F. Sciulli, P. Venturini, S. Bab-bini: Straight vegetable oil as fuel in an internal combustion engines for power and heat produc-tion. 4th Energy Conference – Palestine, 26-27 January, 2011, Ramallah, Palestine.
101) P. Venturini, D. Borello, K. Hanjalić, F. Rispoli: Modelling of particle deposition in an envi-ronment relevant to biomass-fired boilers. ASME-ATI-UIT 2010 Conference on Thermal and Environmental Issues in Energy Systems, 16 – 19 May, 2010, Sorrento, Italy.
102) P. Venturini, D. Borello, F. Rispoli and K. Hanjalić: A study of wall-deposit formation using LES–generated velocity field. International Conference on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer (THMT-09), 2009, Rome, Italy.
103) P. Venturini, D. Borello, F. Rispoli, K. Hanjalić: LES-based prediction of deposit formation on a wall-bounded short cylinder. Int. Symp. on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustain-able Energy (CONV-09). April 26th- May 01st, 2009, Hammamet, Tunisia.
104) C.V. Iossa, D. Lentini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini: Combustion modelling in a biomass-fed boil-er. Int. Symp. on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy (CONV-09). April 26th- May 01st, 2009, Hammamet, Tunisia.
105) A. Corsini, V. Naso, G. Mattei, P. Venturini: Biomass co-firing: estimation of fuel require-ments and land needed to feed some Italian coal power plants. 15th European biomass confer-ence & exhibition, Berlin, 7th-11th May 2007.
106) A. Corsini, V. Naso, G. Mattei, P. Venturini: Co-combustion of biomass in Italian coal-fired power plants: a way to achieve the Kyoto goals. 15th European biomass conference & exhibition, Berlin, 7th-11th May 2007.
107) A. Corsini, V. Naso, G. Mattei, P. Venturini: Biomass co-firing: analysis of the main tech-nical problems in coal power plants. 15th European biomass conference & exhibition, Berlin, 7th-11th May 2007.

Book chapters
108) A. Castorrini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, K. Takizawa, T.E. Tezduyar, SUPG/PSPG computational analysis of rain erosion in wind-turbine blades. In: Advances in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation, Ed. Y. Bazilevs, K. Takizawa, 2016, Springer.
109) A. Corsini, A. Marchegiani, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, A.G. Sheard, Predicting blade leading edge erosion in an axial induced draft fan. In: The Application of Computational Methods in Industrial Fan Design, Ed. By Geoff Sheard, 2014 (ISBN 978-1-905941-24-7) - già pubblicato su ASME Transactions, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power (ISSN:0742-4795), 2012;134(4) (doi: 10.1115/1.4004724).
110) A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, G. Sheard: Numerical simulation of coal-fly ash erosion in an induced draft fan. In: The Application of Computational Methods in Industrial Fan De-sign, Ed. By Geoff Sheard, 2014 (ISBN 978-1-905941-24-7) - già pubblicato su ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (ISSN:0098-2202), 2013:135, paper 081303, pp. 1-12 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4024127).
111) Cardillo L., Corsini A., Delibra G., Rispoli F., Sheard A.G., Venturini P., Simulation of par-ticle-laden flows in a large centrifugal fan for erosion prediction. In: In: The Application of Computational Methods in Industrial Fan Design, Ed. By Geoff Sheard, 2014 – già pubblicato in Transactions of the ASME Turbo Expo 2014, Dusseldorf, Germany, paper no. GT2014-25865.