Marilena Musto

Optimal Operation of Micro-CHP Systems for a Single-Family House in Italy

In this work the scheduling optimization of micro-CHP systems producing electricity and heat for a single-family house situated in Italy is addressed. Three different commercial prime movers have been analyzed separately, and for each of them the operation scheduling that maximizes the revenues for the energy cogeneration with respect to the separate generation has been evaluated by means of an optimization algorithm.

Scaled models in the analysis of fire-structure interaction

A fire problem has been scaled both in terms of geometry, boundary conditions and materials thermophysical properties by means of dimensionless parameters. Both the full and scaled models have been solved numerically for two different fire power values. Results obtained by means of the full scale model and the scaled one are compared in terms of velocity and temperature profiles in order to assess the reliability of the scaled model to represent the behavior of the full scale one.

Optimal operation of residential micro-CHP systems with thermal storage losses modelling

In this study the optimal operation of micro-CHP systems producing electricity and heat for a single-family house situated in Italy is addressed considering the effects of heat dissipation relative to thermal storage systems. Three different prime movers have been analyzed separately, and for each of them the operation scheduling that maximizes the revenues for the energy cogeneration with respect to the separate generation has been evaluated by means of an optimization algorithm.