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Antonio Piacentino

Antonio Piacentino

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
40
Citations
4590
World Ranking
7475
National Ranking
269

Antonio Piacentino publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonio Piacentino sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 117 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Antonio Piacentino D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonio Piacentino sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Antonio Piacentino is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Energy. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Building and Construction, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Energy Engineering and Power Technology.

Their research focuses on topics such as Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies, Energy Efficiency and Management, and Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems.

Antonio Piacentino has coauthored extensively with several researchers. Frequent collaborators include Pietro Catrini, Maurizio La Villetta, Zvonimir Guzović, Neven Duić, and Henrik Lund.

The scientist's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Sustainability
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Applied Energy

Notable recent publications include:

  • Recent advances in methods, policies and technologies at sustainable energy systems development, 2022, Energy
  • Paving the way for the Paris Agreement: Contributions of SDEWES science, 2022, Energy
  • Exergoeconomic analysis as support in decision-making for the design and operation of multiple chiller systems in air conditioning applications, 2020, Energy Conversion and Management
  • Characterization of cooling loads in the wine industry and novel seasonal indicator for reliable assessment of energy saving through retrofit of chillers, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Exergy analysis of electrodialysis for water desalination: Influence of irreversibility sources, 2022, Energy Conversion and Management

Best Publications

  • A methodology for sizing a trigeneration plant in mediterranean areas

    E. Cardona;A. Piacentino

  • Exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis of a novel hybrid solar-geothermal polygeneration system producing energy and water

    Francesco Calise;Massimo Dentice d’Accadia;Adriano Macaluso;Antonio Piacentino

  • A novel solar trigeneration system integrating PVT (photovoltaic/ thermal collectors) and SW (seawater) desalination: Dynamic simulation and economic assessment

    Francesco Calise;Massimo Dentice d'Accadia;Antonio Piacentino

  • Matching economical, energetic and environmental benefits: An analysis for hybrid CHCP-heat pump systems

    Ennio Cardona;Antonio Piacentino;Fabio Cardona

  • Recent advances in methods, policies and technologies at sustainable energy systems development

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  • Reverse electrodialysis heat engine for sustainable power production

    A Tamburini;M Tedesco;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale

  • A novel renewable polygeneration system for a small Mediterranean volcanic island for the combined production of energy and water: Dynamic simulation and economic assessment

    Francesco Calise;Andrea Cipollina;Massimo Dentice d’Accadia;Antonio Piacentino

  • Energy saving in airports by trigeneration. Part I: Assessing economic and technical potential

    Ennio Cardona;Antonio Piacentino;Fabio Cardona

  • A novel solar-geothermal trigeneration system integrating water desalination: Design, dynamic simulation and economic assessment

    Francesco Calise;Massimo Dentice d'Accadia;Adriano Macaluso;Laura Vanoli

  • An original multi-objective criterion for the design of small-scale polygeneration systems based on realistic operating conditions

    A. Piacentino;F. Cardona

  • EABOT – Energetic analysis as a basis for robust optimization of trigeneration systems by linear programming

    A. Piacentino;F. Cardona

  • Optimal design of CHCP plants in the civil sector by thermoeconomics

    E. Cardona;A. Piacentino

  • A novel hybrid polygeneration system supplying energy and desalinated water by renewable sources in Pantelleria Island

    Francesco Calise;Adriano Macaluso;Antonio Piacentino;Laura Vanoli

  • Exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis of a renewable polygeneration system and viability study for small isolated communities

    F. Calise;M. Dentice d'Accadia;A. Piacentino

  • A comprehensive tool for efficient design and operation of polygeneration-based energy μgrids serving a cluster of buildings. Part I: Description of the method

    Antonio Piacentino;Chiara Barbaro;Fabio Cardona;Roberto Gallea

  • Finite difference thermal model of a latent heat storage system coupled with a photovoltaic device: Description and experimental validation

    Valerio Lo Brano;Giuseppina Ciulla;Antonio Piacentino;Fabio Cardona

  • Cogeneration: a regulatory framework toward growth

    E. Cardona;A. Piacentino

  • 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

  • A new approach to exergoeconomic analysis and design of variable demand energy systems

    E. Cardona;A. Piacentino

  • On thermoeconomics of energy systems at variable load conditions: Integrated optimization of plant design and operation

    A. Piacentino;F. Cardona

  • Exergy analysis of reverse electrodialysis

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

  • Energy saving in airports by trigeneration. Part II: Short and long term planning for the Malpensa 2000 CHCP plant

    E. Cardona;P. Sannino;A. Piacentino;F. Cardona

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina University of Palermo
Alessandro Tamburini
Alessandro Tamburini University of Palermo
Francesco Calise
Francesco Calise University of Naples Federico II
Giorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale University of Palermo
Laura Vanoli
Laura Vanoli Parthenope University of Naples
Massimo Dentice d’Accadia
Massimo Dentice d’Accadia University of Naples Federico II
Neven Duić
Neven Duić University of Zagreb
Brian Vad Mathiesen
Brian Vad Mathiesen Aalborg University
Henrik Lund
Henrik Lund Aalborg University
James E. Braun
James E. Braun Purdue University West Lafayette

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