A5015542962- Water Systems and Optimization
- Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Water resources management and optimization
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Hydraulic flow and structures
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Smart Grid Energy Management
- Erosion and Abrasive Machining
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Landslides and related hazards
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining
- Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
- Text and Document Classification Technologies
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Embodied and Extended Cognition
University of Naples Federico II
2013-2024
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
2015-2024
Universidad de Oviedo
2020
Nowadays, increased flood risk is recognized as one of the most significant threats in parts world, with recurring severe flooding events causing property and human life losses. This has entailed public debates on both apparent frequency extreme perceived increases rainfall intensities within climate changing scenarios. In this work, a stationary vs. Non-Stationary Analysis annual was performed reference to case studies African cities Dar Es Salaam (TZ) Addis Ababa (ET). For dataset 53 years...
Water distribution networks (WDNs) are significant users of energy and contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Energy recovery strategies (ERSs) have potential for switching WDNs a renewable source, thereby assisting with the transition net-zero emissions reducing dependency water utilities on power-grids. To address current lack understanding ERSs achieve these goals, this work presents holistic review, which considers all available devices, i.e. turbines, pumps as other alternative...
Abstract Nature-based solutions (NBSs) are increasingly implemented to mitigate natural risks in urban and rural contexts, from coastal mountainous areas. Nevertheless, the lack of quantitative approaches assess NBSs’ effectiveness limits their technical, social cultural acceptance. Within PHUSICOS project (EU H2020 Innovation Action; Grant Agreement nr. 776681) a comprehensive assessment framework tool (AFT) has been developed fill this gap. This paper presents an ex-post analysis with AFT...
In an increasingly globalized world, addressing health, environmental sustainability and social inequalities is crucial requires integrated approach involving national statistical offices. The latter called upon to develop frameworks facilitate informed policy-making. However, incomplete or missing data in questionnaires registers may compromise the accuracy reliability of results. main objective this study assess effectiveness different imputation methods using machine learning (ML)...
This paper describes an assessment framework tool to analyze the performance of nature-based solutions (NBS) for hydro-meteorological risk management. The is based on multi-criteria decision analysis within context NBSs, umbrella concept currently in focus that promotes nature and provides ecological socio-economic benefits. proposed includes selection application key indicators (KPIs) co-benefits costs associated with implementation NBSs. To ensure high societal impact, relies a...
The combination of climate change and social ecological factors will increase risks societies face from hydrometeorological hazards (HMH). Reducing these is typically achieved through the deployment engineered (or grey) infrastructure but increasingly, nature-based solutions (NBS) are being considered. Most risk assessment frameworks do not allow capturing well role NBS can play in addressing all components risk, i.e., hazard characteristics exposure vulnerability social-ecological systems....
In the frame of developing sustainable, reliable, and regenerative interventions on existing buildings, namely large-scale public housing, implementation functional, technological, effective strategies is devoted to thoroughly assessing transformability buildings using trustworthy performance indicators. With this aim, in present paper, an assessment framework tool presented tested evaluate potential for transformation through detection regeneration reduction energy consumption, a definition...
Hydropower generation in water distribution networks (WDNs) is an attractive topic the field of management systems. Pumps as turbines (PATs) allow coupling pressure control with power generation. Although PATs have several advantages over traditional turbines, theoretical and experimental studies are still required to overcome reduced knowledge about their performances, especially for vertical-axis pumps. To this end, laboratory experiments on three vertical pumps running reverse, different...
The current significant increase in energy consumption has resulted the need to develop and implement effective approaches for defining alternative sustainable solutions couple primary resources with supporting methods of generation. In field water distribution network (WDN) management, suitability combining pressure regulation small-scale hydropower generation is attracting even more interest, given that it can possibly reduce leakages, as well produce attractive rates renewable energy....
In hydraulic systems, water is often pumped to reach higher elevations, so as ensure the minimum required pressure and guarantee adequate service level. However, pumps cannot be instantly activated people do not consume resource in uniform mode throughout day. To avoid direct pumping, can stored tanks at a elevation, that it supplied whenever there demand. Because of significant costs for energy-saving supply systems one most challenging issues optimal management systems. Careful scheduling...
Abstract Pumps are installed in water distribution networks (WDNs) to ensure adequate service levels the case of poor pressure (e.g. because low elevation reservoirs or high head losses within WDN). In such cases optimal pump scheduling is often required for opportunity significant energy saving. Optimizing operation also allows a reduction damage and maintenance times. Among approaches available literature solve problem, meta-heuristic algorithms reduced computational times, although they...
Nowadays, in the definition of effective approaches for sustainable management water pressurized systems, assessment leakages supply and distribution systems represents a key aspect. Indeed, large volumes dispersed yearly provoke relevant environmental, technical socio-economic costs. Worldwide, many show alarming levels losses, due to both poor sealing joints presence cracks, enhanced by high pressure level greater than that strictly required assuring proper service users. With aim...
While pressure reducing valves (PRVs) have been widely used in water distribution networks (WDNs) to reduce leakage, research recent years has focused on the use of turbines instead PRVs as means for enabling both reduction and energy production. However, WDNs daily continuous variability flow discharge upstream head make PAT selection a challenging issue. The present paper describes an innovative approach optimal systems with hydraulic and/or electrical regulation. methodology was also...
The present paper analyses the problem of sustainable design and development urban storm-water systems in response to climate change anthropic modification. In particular, work focuses on case African areas that are characterized by high vulnerability towards these issues. A disaggregation procedure is adopted estimate Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) due starting from daily rainfall data. An integrated approach used which combines an optimization algorithm (Harmony Search) a hydraulic...
In mountain areas, natural hazards, e.g., flooding, snow avalanches, droughts, and landslides are triggered by climate change, anthropization, economic development. Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) attracting increasing interest as they able to couple technical solutions against hazards with ecological socio-economic resilience. On this matter, the four-year H2020 Innovation Action "PHUSICOS—According Nature" (Grant Agreement nr. 776681) project aims assess effectiveness of NBSs hybrid hinder...
Urbanization and population growth have been responsible for a significant increase in consumption of water energy at global scale. A careful management resource infrastructures is crucial Energy Transition, as well achieving sustainable efficiency these systems. High pressure values along with the ageing systems contribute to high leakage levels Water Distribution Networks (WDN). The simultaneous control excess containment losses are mainly performed by using Pressure Reducing Valves (PRVs)...