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Alessandro Tamburini

Alessandro Tamburini

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
50
Citations
7768
World Ranking
4160
National Ranking
117

Overview

Alessandro Tamburini is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy. Their research spans across multiple interdisciplinary fields, with a primary focus on Engineering and Environmental Science. This scholar has contributed substantially to specialized subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Computational Mechanics.

The core topics of Alessandro Tamburini's work center around membrane technologies and energy-related materials. These include:

  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

Recent publication venues reflect a strong focus on desalination technologies and membrane science. Frequent publication outlets are:

  • Desalination
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Membranes
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Chemical Engineering Science

Among recent scholarly articles, several highlight various aspects of electrodialysis and wastewater treatment, illustrating the scientific interests of the researcher:

  • Electrodialysis Applications in Wastewater Treatment for Environmental Protection and Resources Recovery: A Systematic Review on Progress and Perspectives (2020, Membranes)
  • A comprehensive multi-scale model for bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) (2022, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Ionic shortcut currents via manifolds in reverse electrodialysis stacks (2020, Desalination)
  • A pilot-plant for the selective recovery of magnesium and calcium from waste brines (2021, Desalination)
  • Coupling electrodialysis desalination with photovoltaic and wind energy systems for energy storage: Dynamic simulations and control strategy (2020, Energy Conversion and Management)

Collaboration is a notable facet of the researcher's career, working extensively with colleagues including:

  • Giorgio Micale
  • Andrea Cipollina
  • Michele Ciofalo
  • Luigi Gurreri
  • Andrea Culcasi

The scholarly output and topics point to a comprehensive engagement in advancing membrane technologies for environmental and energy applications. Alessandro Tamburini's work integrates experimental and modeling approaches focusing on ion separation, energy storage coupled with renewable systems, and water treatment processes.

Best Publications

  • Electrodialysis for water desalination: A critical assessment of recent developments on process fundamentals, models and applications

    A. Campione;L. Gurreri;M. Ciofalo;G. Micale

  • Electrodialysis Applications in Wastewater Treatment for Environmental Protection and Resources Recovery: A Systematic Review on Progress and Perspectives

    Luigi Gurreri;Alessandro Tamburini;Andrea Cipollina;Giorgio Micale

  • Performance of the first reverse electrodialysis pilot plant for power production from saline waters and concentrated brines

    Michele Tedesco;Claudio Scalici;Davide Vaccari;Andrea Cipollina

  • Towards 1 kW power production in a reverse electrodialysis pilot plant with saline waters and concentrated brines

    Michele Tedesco;Andrea Cipollina;Alessandro Tamburini;Giorgio Micale

  • Development of a Membrane Distillation module for solar energy seawater desalination

    A. Cipollina;M.G. Di Sparti;A. Tamburini;G. Micale

  • CFD prediction of concentration polarization phenomena in spacer-filled channels for reverse electrodialysis

    L Gurreri;A Tamburini;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale

  • A simulation tool for analysis and design of reverse electrodialysis using concentrated brines

    Michele Tedesco;Andrea Cipollina;Alessandro Tamburini;I. David L. Bogle

  • Determination of limiting current density and current efficiency in electrodialysis units

    Mariagiorgia La Cerva;Luigi Gurreri;Michele Tedesco;Andrea Cipollina

  • CFD simulations of dense solid–liquid suspensions in baffled stirred tanks: Prediction of suspension curves

    A. Tamburini;A. Cipollina;G. Micale;A. Brucato

  • Reverse electrodialysis heat engine for sustainable power production

    A Tamburini;M Tedesco;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale

  • Flow and mass transfer in spacer-filled channels for reverse electrodialysis: a CFD parametrical study

    L Gurreri;A Tamburini;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale

  • A comprehensive multi-scale model for bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED)

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  • Modelling the Reverse ElectroDialysis process with seawater and concentrated brines

    Michele Tedesco;Andrea Cipollina;Alessandro Tamburini;Willem van Baak

  • CFD simulations of dense solid–liquid suspensions in baffled stirred tanks: Prediction of solid particle distribution

    A Tamburini;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale;A Brucato

  • CFD SIMULATIONS OF DENSE SOLID-LIQUID SUSPENSIONS IN BAFFLED STIRRED TANKS: PREDICTION OF THE MINIMUM IMPELLER SPEED FOR COMPLETE SUSPENSION

    A. Tamburini;A. Cipollina;G. Micale;A. Brucato

  • Particle Suspension in Top-Covered Unbaffled Tanks

    Alberto Brucato;Andrea Cipollina;Giorgio Domenico Maria Micale;Francesca Scargiali

  • Dense solid–liquid off-bottom suspension dynamics: Simulation and experiment

    A. Tamburini;A. Cipollina;G. Micale;M. Ciofalo

  • Long-run operation of a reverse electrodialysis system fed with wastewaters.

    Javier Luque Di Salvo;Alessandro Cosenza;Alessandro Tamburini;Giorgio Micale

  • Exergy analysis and thermoeconomic cost accounting of a Combined Heat and Power steam cycle integrated with a Multi Effect Distillation-Thermal Vapour Compression desalination plant

    P Catrini;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale;A Piacentino

  • Coupling CFD with a one-dimensional model to predict the performance of reverse electrodialysis stacks

    M. La Cerva;M. Di Liberto;L. Gurreri;A. Tamburini

  • Exergy analysis of reverse electrodialysis

    F. Giacalone;P. Catrini;A. Tamburini;A. Cipollina

  • Reverse electrodialysis with NH4HCO3-water systems for heat-to-power conversion

    M Bevacqua;A Tamburini;M Papapetrou;A Cipollina

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina University of Palermo
Giorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale University of Palermo
Michele Ciofalo
Michele Ciofalo University of Palermo
Alberto Brucato
Alberto Brucato University of Palermo
Antonio Piacentino
Antonio Piacentino University of Palermo
Giuseppe Battaglia
Giuseppe Battaglia Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Guillermo Zaragoza
Guillermo Zaragoza Spanish National Research Council
Daniele Marchisio
Daniele Marchisio Polytechnic University of Turin
Francesco Calise
Francesco Calise University of Naples Federico II

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