Matteo Carmelo Romano

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of ORC (Organic Rankine Cycles) for the exploitation of low-medium enthalpy geothermal brines is investigated. And an economic model was defined and implemented in the Matlab® code previously developed.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of a grid balancing system based on different combinations of traditional gas turbine based power plants with innovative power-to-gas plants was analyzed, where the excess power produced by renewables is converted into hydrogen, which can be then injected into the natural gas grid.

TL;DR: In this article, a three-reactor chemical looping (CL) based process for producing hydrogen from natural gas is presented, where iron oxide particles are circulated to: (i) oxidize natural gas (thus providing, after cooling and water condensation, a CO 2 stream ready for sequestration), (ii) reduce steam, to produce hydrogen as the final product of the process, and (iii) consume oxygen from an air stream, to sustain the thermal balance of the system.

TL;DR: In this paper, a combined concentrating solar power system and a geothermal binary plant based on an organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) was analyzed, where a solar parabolic trough field was included in the plant, introducing an additional high temperature heat source for the cycle and increasing power production.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a calculation model of the carbonator, the key reactor of the Ca-looping process, where CO2 is captured as a result of its reaction with CaO.