Francesco Contino

ORCID: 0000-0002-8341-4350
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Research Areas
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
  • Iron and Steelmaking Processes
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

UCLouvain
2010-2025

University of Mons
2023

University of Genoa
2023

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
2023

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2013-2022

Université Libre de Bruxelles
2015-2022

Institute of Mechanics
2020

Institut Scientifique de Service Public
2016

Laboratoire Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et Energétique
2016

CEA Grenoble
2016

Proposals for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 include scaling-up electrolytic hydrogen production, however, this poses technical, economic, and environmental challenges. One such challenge is policymakers to ensure a sustainable future the environment including freshwater land resources while facilitating low-carbon production using renewable wind solar energy. We establish country-by-country reference scenario demand in compare it with water availability. Our analysis highlights...

10.1038/s41467-023-41107-x article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2023-09-08

Abstract The current centralized configuration of the ammonia industry makes production nitrogen fertilizers susceptible to volatility fossil fuel prices and involves complex supply chains with long-distance transport costs. An alternative consists on-site decentralized using small modular technologies, such as electric Haber–Bosch or electrocatalytic reduction. Here we evaluate cost-competitiveness producing low-carbon at farm scale, from a solar agrivoltaic system, electricity grid, within...

10.1038/s43016-024-00979-y article EN cc-by Nature Food 2024-05-16

The application of detailed chemistry to the computational fluid dynamics simulation combustion process in diesel engines has many potentials, including possibility predict auto-ignition, diffusion flame structure, stabilisation and soot formation a wide range operating conditions, also taking into account effects different fuel types. Among approaches that were proposed over years, ones are mostly used practical calculations can be divided two main categories: first assumes each cell...

10.1080/13647830.2013.860238 article EN Combustion Theory and Modelling 2014-01-02

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10.4271/2019-24-0137 article FR SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series 2019-09-09

The necessity of neutralizing the increase temperature atmosphere by reduction greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), as well replacing fossil fuels, leads to a necessary energy transition that is already happening. This requires deployment renewable energies will replace gradually fuels. As share increases, storage become key avoid curtailment or polluting back-up systems. paper considers chemical process based on use electricity produce hydrogen electrolysis water....

10.3389/fmech.2020.00021 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 2020-05-29

Ammonia and hydrogen can be produced from water, air excess renewable electricity (Power-to-fuel) are therefore a promising alternative in the transition fossil fuel energy to cleaner sources.An Homogeneous-Charge Compression-Ignition (HCCI) engine is being studied use both fuels under variable blending ratio for Combined Heat Power (CHP) production.Due high auto-ignition resistance of ammonia, required promote stabilize HCCI combustion.Therefore research objective investigate combustion...

10.4271/2017-24-0087 article EN SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series 2017-09-04

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10.4271/2019-24-0237 article FR SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series 2019-10-07

The interest in ammonia as a high-density hydrogen carrier for long-term electricity storage is growing. A clean and efficient Combined Heat Power (CHP) system envisioned power production from stored ammonia, to which Homogeneous-Charge Compression-Ignition (HCCI) engines are promising. Although recent studies showed high equivalence ratio potential HCCI engines, its resistance auto-ignition forces the use of intake temperatures, limits engine density. Moreover, feasibility highly combustion...

10.3389/fmech.2020.00043 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 2020-06-26
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