Dr Giacomo Arturo Pellegrini Susini

Academic Research Fellow in Energy Processes
Location: Building 56B, Cranfield campus
E: g.a.pellegrinisusini@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 754124
Environmental Science and Technology


Current activities

Dr Giacomo Arturo Pellegrini Susini is involved in the following activities:

  • Biomass co-firing, gasification and pyrolysis
  • Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment analysis of energy processes
  • Carbon capture and storage.

Background

Dr Giacomo Arturo Pellegrini Susini is a Research Fellow in Energy Processes at the Centre for Energy and Resource Technology.  He has the relevant background and experience in modelling energy processes, techno-economic and life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis for biomass/renewable systems, and CO2 capture systems. 

Dr Pellegrini Susini undertook a LCA analysis of different zero CO2 emission plant options at the University of Florence, comparing the environmental impact of the different plants with regard to their CO2 emissions.

Plant types included:

  • a rotary kiln pyrolyser using various types of biomass, waste and plastic materials 
  • a gas turbine in a combined cycle including a CO2 capture process. 

This work used the flowsheet simulation program Aspen Plus® and included a series of experiments to study different chemical solvents for the CO2 capture (reported at the ECOS Conference, June 2008). He also worked on biomass availability in the Tuscany region of Italy for heat and power applications; the results of a techno-economic analysis on the challenges of district heating in the Casentino area was reported in October 2006. 

During his postdoctoral at the University of Florence, Dr Pellegrini Susini was responsible for the development of the economical large area solar roof collectors with the partnership of  the KME Group.

Selected publications

  • Strube R., Pellegrini G., Manfrida G. “The Environmental Impact of Postcombustion CO2 Capture with MEA and Ammonia for a Coal-fired Power Plant”, Proceedings of  ECOS (Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems) 2009, Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil, 31 August – 3 September 2009 (submitted to “Energy” for the review).
  • Pellegrini G., Manfrida G., Strube R., Lupori F. “A Life Cycle Analysis of Sunflower Oil as an Alternative Fuel in Farming’’, Poster presented at 12TH European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) 2008, Berlin, Germany, 23 – 25 September 2008.
  • Pellegrini G., Manfrida G., Tempesti D., Damasceni E., “Analysis of the Environmental Impact of the Photovoltaic Systems”, Poster presented at 12TH European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) 2008, Berlin, Germany, 23 – 25 September 2008.
  • Pellegrini G., Strube R., Manfrida G., "Comparative Study of Chemical Absorbents in PostCombustion CO2 Capture", Proceedings of ECOS (Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems) 2008, Krakow, Poland, 24 – 27 June 2008 (article in press on “Energy Special ECOS 2008”).
  • Fiaschi D., Pellegrini G., "Capture of CO2 from exhausts emissions of a gas turbine with a solution of potassium phosphate", Proceedings of ECOS (Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems) 2006, Crete, Greece, 12 – 14 July 2006.
  • Fiaschi D., Pellegrini G., “Analysis and discussion of the perspectives related application of tri-reforming to gas turbine-based powerplants for the reduction of CO2 emissions”, Chemical and Process Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, pp. 717 – 727, 2005
  • Fiaschi D., Manfrida G., Massini M., Pellegrini G., "Some innovative applicable proposals for chemical separation and sequestration of CO2 emissions from powerplants”, Proceedings of 7TH Biennial ASME Conference Engineering System Design and Analysis, Manchester, UK, 19 – 22 July 2004.