A5073183005- Water Systems and Optimization
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Smart Grid Energy Management
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Building materials and conservation
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
- Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Adsorption and Cooling Systems
- Radio Wave Propagation Studies
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Phase Change Materials Research
- Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
- Smart Parking Systems Research
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
National Research Council
2020-2022
Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage
2021
University of Florence
2012-2019
Visible light communication (VLC) is currently recognized as a relevant technology for wealth of possible application scenarios. New classes services can be designed in both outdoor and indoor environments, exploiting the directionality optical channel low attainable latencies. Such features allow VLC to offer spatial localization users wireless by using widespread high-power LEDs simultaneous illumination information sources. In scenario, one most promising deployments expected museums,...
Abstract. Floods cause damage to people, buildings and infrastructures. Water distribution systems are particularly exposed, since water treatment plants often located next the rivers. Failure of system leads both direct losses, for instance equipment pipework contamination, indirect impact, it may lead service disruption thus affect populations far from event through functional dependencies network. In this work, we present an analysis damages on a drinking supply system, considering hazard...
We propose an approach for assessing the impact of multi-phased repair procedures on gas distribution networks, capturing load profiles that can depend time different classes users, suspension activities during non-working hours, and random execution times depending topological, physical, geographical characteristics network. The problem is characterized through a semi-formal specification based artifacts Systems Modeling Language (SysML), which then translated into formal model stochastic...
A Water Distribution System (WDS) is a critical infrastructure for society and economy, subject to frequent maintenance either contingencies or planned operations. Maintenance procedures affect the hybrid dynamics of WDS at stochastic time points, representing completion repair activities that change topology operation mode. Hence, problem performability evaluation behavior during intervention falls in class systems (SHSs), which existing numerical simulative approaches cannot afford...
Abstract The need for care often shown by ageing cultural heritage and the circumstantial lack of dedicated budget are increasingly calling smart monitoring solutions to shift maintenance paradigm from reactive-preventive predictive. Monitoring artworks poses additional issues with respect more common industrial solutions, such as aesthetics, dealing unusual materials, remote locations (archaeology), etc. In this scope, “Dietrofront” statue in Florence, artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, is an...
The recent, massive diffusion of LED-based illumination devices makes Visible Light Communications (VLC) a widely recognised wireless communication technology with large potential impact in many indoor and outdoor applications. In the scenario, one most promising VLC implementations is foreseen museums, exhibitions cultural heritage sites. this context, digital data can be transmitted by specific lighting system each artwork received nearby standing visitors, allowing complete set dedicated...
Rising competition among gas distribution companies, growing availability of smart metering devices, and increasingly strict requirements on agreed service levels stimulate research advanced modeling solution techniques for quantitative evaluation networks. We propose a no
Abstract. Floods cause damage to people, buildings and infrastructures. Due their usual location near rivers, water utilities are particularly exposed; in case of flood, the inundation facility can equipment power outages. Such impact leads costly repairs, disruptions service, hazardous situations for personnel public health advisories. In this work, we present an analysis direct indirect damages a drinking supply system considering hazard riverine flooding as well exposure vulnerability...
Phase Change Materials are proposed for refrigerating systems in discontinuous industrial vacuum processes where temperatures as low −140 ÷ −100°C necessary within time-frames representing 10÷20% of total operating time. An application is cooling used a Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) apparatus. A prototype has been manufactured which couples cryopump with reservoir filled MethylCycloPentane (MCP-C6H12) and distribution line nitrogen the gaseous state flowing. Preliminary tests show that...