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Overview

Adolfo Palombo is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and energy. Their research primarily spans electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, environmental engineering, building and construction, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as building energy and comfort optimization, maritime transport emissions and efficiency, solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, integrated energy systems optimization, hybrid renewable energy systems, electric vehicles and infrastructure, and maritime ports and logistics.

Palombo's frequent collaboration involves several coauthors including Annamaria Buonomano, Cesare Forzano, Giovanni Francesco Giuzio, Giovanni Barone, and G. Russo. These collaborative efforts are often published in venues that include Energy, Renewable Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Conversion and Management, and the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • Building integration of active solar energy systems: A review of geometrical and architectural characteristics, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Future pathways for decarbonization and energy efficiency of ports: Modelling and optimization as sustainable energy hubs, 2023, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Increasing self-consumption of renewable energy through the Building to Vehicle to Building approach applied to multiple users connected in a virtual micro-grid, 2020, Renewable Energy
  • Increasing renewable energy penetration and energy independence of island communities: A novel dynamic simulation approach for energy, economic, and environmental analysis, and optimization, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • A new thermal comfort model based on physiological parameters for the smart design and control of energy-efficient HVAC systems, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Best Publications

  • Hybrid solid oxide fuel cells–gas turbine systems for combined heat and power: A review

    Annamaria Buonomano;Francesco Calise;Massimo Dentice d’Accadia;Adolfo Palombo

  • Simulation and exergy analysis of a hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)–Gas Turbine System

    F. Calise;M. Dentice d’Accadia;A. Palombo;L. Vanoli

  • Design and partial load exergy analysis of hybrid SOFC–GT power plant

    F. Calise;A. Palombo;L. Vanoli

  • Building to vehicle to building concept toward a novel zero energy paradigm: Modelling and case studies

    G. Barone;A. Buonomano;A. Buonomano;F. Calise;C. Forzano

  • Dynamic energy performance analysis: Case study for energy efficiency retrofits of hospital buildings

    Annamaria Buonomano;Francesco Calise;Gabriele Ferruzzi;Adolfo Palombo

  • “Solar heating and cooling systems by absorption and adsorption chillers driven by stationary and concentrating photovoltaic/thermal solar collectors: Modelling and simulation”☆

    Annamaria Buonomano;Francesco Calise;Adolfo Palombo

  • Energy and economic analysis of geothermal–solar trigeneration systems: A case study for a hotel building in Ischia

    Annamaria Buonomano;Francesco Calise;Adolfo Palombo;Maria Vicidomini

  • Building integration of active solar energy systems: A review of geometrical and architectural characteristics

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  • Solar heating and cooling systems by CPVT and ET solar collectors: A novel transient simulation model

    A. Buonomano;F. Calise;A. Palombo

  • Assessing active and passive effects of façade building integrated photovoltaics/thermal systems: Dynamic modelling and simulation

    Andreas K. Athienitis;Giovanni Barone;Annamaria Buonomano;Annamaria Buonomano;Adolfo Palombo

  • BIPVT systems for residential applications: an energy and economic analysis for European climates

    Annamaria Buonomano;Francesco Calise;Adolfo Palombo;Maria Vicidomini

  • Building energy performance analysis by an in-house developed dynamic simulation code: An investigation for different case studies

    Annamaria Buonomano;Adolfo Palombo

  • Maximization of primary energy savings of solar heating and cooling systems by transient simulations and computer design of experiments

    F. Calise;A. Palombo;L. Vanoli

  • Experimental analysis and dynamic simulation of a novel high-temperature solar cooling system

    Annamaria Buonomano;Francesco Calise;Massimo Dentice d’Accadia;Gabriele Ferruzzi

  • Dynamic simulation of a novel high-temperature solar trigeneration system based on concentrating photovoltaic/thermal collectors

    Francesco Calise;Massimo Dentice d'Accadia;Adolfo Palombo;Laura Vanoli

  • Innovative technologies for NZEBs: An energy and economic analysis tool and a case study of a non-residential building for the Mediterranean climate

    Annamaria Buonomano;Giuseppina De Luca;Umberto Montanaro;Adolfo Palombo

  • A finite-volume model of a parabolic trough photovoltaic/thermal collector: Energetic and exergetic analyses

    Francesco Calise;Adolfo Palombo;Laura Vanoli

  • Adsorption chiller operation by recovering low-temperature heat from building integrated photovoltaic thermal collectors: Modelling and simulation

    Annamaria Buonomano;Francesco Calise;Adolfo Palombo;Maria Vicidomini

  • Transient analysis and energy optimization of solar heating and cooling systems in various configurations

    F. Calise;M. Dentice d’Accadia;A. Palombo

  • Building façade integrated solar thermal collectors for air heating: experimentation, modelling and applications

    R. Agathokleous;G. Barone;A. Buonomano;A. Buonomano;C. Forzano

  • Building-façade integrated solar thermal collectors: Energy-economic performance and indoor comfort simulation model of a water based prototype for heating, cooling, and DHW production

    A. Buonomano;C. Forzano;S.A. Kalogirou;A. Palombo

Frequent Co-Authors

Annamaria Buonomano
Annamaria Buonomano University of Naples Federico II
Francesco Calise
Francesco Calise University of Naples Federico II
Laura Vanoli
Laura Vanoli Parthenope University of Naples
Maria Vicidomini
Maria Vicidomini University of Naples Federico II
Massimo Dentice d’Accadia
Massimo Dentice d’Accadia University of Naples Federico II
Stefania Santini
Stefania Santini University of Naples Federico II
Andreas K. Athienitis
Andreas K. Athienitis Concordia University
Adriana Greco
Adriana Greco University of Naples Federico II
Maurizio Sasso
Maurizio Sasso University of Sannio
Cristina Becchio
Cristina Becchio Italian Institute of Technology

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