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Giampaolo Manfrida

Giampaolo Manfrida

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
35
Citations
3967
World Ranking
9068
National Ranking
355

Overview

Giampaolo Manfrida is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and works primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research focuses on several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's main areas of study encompass a variety of topics within energy systems and environmental impact, including:

  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines

Manfrida's publication record includes research papers in leading venues related to sustainability and energy. Frequent publication venues include Sustainability, E3S Web of Conferences, Energies, Energy, and Renewable Energy.

Recent representative papers authored or coauthored by Manfrida cover topics related to geothermal and renewable energy technologies, life cycle assessment, and thermal engineering:

  • Life Cycle Analysis of a Geothermal Power Plant: Comparison of the Environmental Performance with Other Renewable Energy Systems (2020), published in Sustainability
  • Experimental Investigation of an Organic Rankine Cycle Tesla Turbine Working with R1233zd(E) (2020), published in Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Application of Integrated Wave-to-Wire Modelling for the Preliminary Design of Oscillating Water Column Systems for Installations in Moderate Wave Climates (2022), published in Renewable Energy
  • Definition of LCA Guidelines in the Geothermal Sector to Enhance Result Comparability (2020), published in Energies
  • Life Cycle Assessment of Geothermal Power Plants: A Comparison with Other Energy Conversion Technologies (2022), published in Geothermics

Collaborations have been frequent with several coauthors, notably:

  • Lorenzo Talluri
  • Daniele Fiaschi
  • Claudio Zuffi
  • Pietro Ungar
  • Lorenzo Ciappi

Best Publications

  • Thermo-fluid dynamics preliminary design of turbo-expanders for ORC cycles

    Daniele Fiaschi;Giampaolo Manfrida;Francesco Maraschiello

  • Thermodynamic analysis of two micro CHP systems operating with geothermal and solar energy

    Duccio Tempesti;Giampaolo Manfrida;Daniele Fiaschi

  • An equilibrium model for biomass gasification processes

    M. Ruggiero;G. Manfrida

  • Comparative study of chemical absorbents in postcombustion CO2 capture

    G. Pellegrini;R. Strube;G. Manfrida

  • Design and performance prediction of radial ORC turboexpanders

    Daniele Fiaschi;Giampaolo Manfrida;Francesco Maraschiello

  • Exergoeconomic analysis and comparison between ORC and Kalina cycles to exploit low and medium-high temperature heat from two different geothermal sites

    D. Fiaschi;G. Manfrida;E. Rogai;L. Talluri

  • Life Cycle Assessment of electricity production from poplar energy crops compared with conventional fossil fuels

    Angelantonio Rafaschieri;Mario Rapaccini;Giampaolo Manfrida

  • An innovative ORC power plant layout for heat and power generation from medium- to low-temperature geothermal resources

    Daniele Fiaschi;Adi Lifshitz;Giampaolo Manfrida;Duccio Tempesti

  • Modelling and simulation of phase change material latent heat storages applied to a solar-powered Organic Rankine Cycle

    Giampaolo Manfrida;Riccardo Secchi;Kamil Stańczyk

  • CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants—Impact on plant performance

    R. Strube;G. Manfrida

  • Measurements of primary and secondary flows in an industrial forward-curved centrifugal fan

    G. Cau;N. Mandas;G. Manfrida;F. Nurzia

  • Design of micro radial turboexpanders for ORC power cycles: From 0D to 3D

    Daniele Fiaschi;Gianmaria Innocenti;Giampaolo Manfrida;Francesco Maraschiello

  • Exergy Analysis of Modern Fossil-Fuel Power Plants

    J. H. Horlock;J. B. Young;G. Manfrida

  • The environmental impact of post-combustion CO2 capture with MEA, with aqueous ammonia, and with an aqueous ammonia-ethanol mixture for a coal-fired power plant

    R. Strube;G. Pellegrini;G. Manfrida

  • Life Cycle Analysis of a Geothermal Power Plant: Comparison of the Environmental Performance with Other Renewable Energy Systems

    Riccardo Basosi;Roberto Bonciani;Dario Frosali;Giampaolo Manfrida

  • Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of a micro CHP system fueled by low-temperature geothermal and solar energy

    Franco Ruzzenenti;Mirko Bravi;Duccio Tempesti;Enrica Salvatici

  • Exergy Analysis of Combined Cycles Using Latest Generation Gas Turbines

    Bruno Facchini;Daniele Fiaschi;Giampaolo Manfrida

  • Life cycle assessment of geothermal power plants: A comparison with other energy conversion technologies

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  • Experimental investigation of an Organic Rankine Cycle Tesla turbine working with R1233zd(E)

    Lorenzo Talluri;Olivier Dumont;Giampaolo Manfrida;Vincent Lemort

  • Exergo-environmental analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Gran Canaria

    Ana M. Blanco-Marigorta;Marco Masi;Giampaolo Manfrida

  • Seawater pumping as an electricity storage solution for photovoltaic energy systems

    Giampaolo Manfrida;Riccardo Secchi

  • Exergoeconomic and Exergoenvironmental Analysis of an Integrated Solar Gas Turbine/Combined Cycle Power Plant

    Giuseppe Bonforte;Jens Buchgeister;Giampaolo Manfrida;Karolina Petela

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniele Contini
Daniele Contini Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Jacek Smolka
Jacek Smolka Silesian University of Technology
Vincent Lemort
Vincent Lemort University of Liège
Umberto Desideri
Umberto Desideri University of Pisa
Alessandro Bianchini
Alessandro Bianchini University of Florence
Gianni Bartoli
Gianni Bartoli University of Florence
Sergio Ulgiati
Sergio Ulgiati Parthenope University of Naples
Enrico Sciubba
Enrico Sciubba Sapienza University of Rome
Tatiana Morosuk
Tatiana Morosuk Technical University of Berlin

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