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Lorenzo Ferrari

Lorenzo Ferrari

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
35
Citations
5335
World Ranking
2638
National Ranking
93

Lorenzo Ferrari publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lorenzo Ferrari sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 240 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Lorenzo Ferrari D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lorenzo Ferrari is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Engineering and Energy. Their work primarily focuses on Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems

Frequent publication venues for Ferrari's work include:

  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Energies
  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series

Lorenzo Ferrari has collaborated closely with several researchers, frequently co-authoring with:

  • Guido Francesco Frate
  • Umberto Desideri
  • Andrea Baccioli
  • Gianluca Pasini
  • Angelica Liponi

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Energy storage for grid-scale applications: Technology review and economic feasibility analysis," 2020, Renewable Energy
  • "Multi-criteria investigation of a pumped thermal electricity storage (PTES) system with thermal integration and sensible heat storage," 2020, Energy Conversion and Management
  • "Rankine Carnot Batteries with the Integration of Thermal Energy Sources: A Review," 2020, Energies
  • "Multi-Criteria Economic Analysis of a Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage (PTES) With Thermal Integration," 2020, Frontiers in Energy Research
  • "Valorization of biogas from the anaerobic co-treatment of sewage sludge and organic waste: Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of different recovery strategies," 2023, Journal of Cleaner Production

Best Publications

  • Critical issues in the CFD simulation of Darrieus wind turbines

    Francesco Balduzzi;Alessandro Bianchini;Riccardo Maleci;Giovanni Ferrara

  • Feasibility analysis of a Darrieus vertical-axis wind turbine installation in the rooftop of a building

    Francesco Balduzzi;Alessandro Bianchini;Ennio Antonio Carnevale;Lorenzo Ferrari

  • Dimensionless numbers for the assessment of mesh and timestep requirements in CFD simulations of Darrieus wind turbines

    Francesco Balduzzi;Alessandro Bianchini;Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari

  • Effectiveness of two-dimensional CFD simulations for Darrieus VAWTs: a combined numerical and experimental assessment

    Alessandro Bianchini;Francesco Balduzzi;Peter Bachant;Giovanni Ferrara

  • Energy storage for grid-scale applications: Technology review and economic feasibility analysis

    Guido Francesco Frate;Lorenzo Ferrari;Umberto Desideri

  • Multi-criteria investigation of a pumped thermal electricity storage (PTES) system with thermal integration and sensible heat storage

    Guido Francesco Frate;Lorenzo Ferrari;Umberto Desideri

  • Darrieus wind turbine blade unsteady aerodynamics:a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes CFD assessment

    Francesco Balduzzi;Jernej Drofelnik;Alessandro Bianchini;Giovanni Ferrara

  • Design guidelines for H-Darrieus wind turbines: Optimization of the annual energy yield

    Alessandro Bianchini;Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari

  • Analysis of suitability ranges of high temperature heat pump working fluids

    Guido Francesco Frate;Lorenzo Ferrari;Umberto Desideri

  • On the influence of virtual camber effect on airfoil polars for use in simulations of Darrieus wind turbines

    John M. Rainbird;Alessandro Bianchini;Francesco Balduzzi;Joaquim Peiró

  • Rankine Carnot Batteries with the Integration of Thermal Energy Sources: A Review

    Guido Francesco Frate;Lorenzo Ferrari;Umberto Desideri

  • Microeolic turbines in the built environment: Influence of the installation site on the potential energy yield

    Francesco Balduzzi;Alessandro Bianchini;Lorenzo Ferrari

  • Virtual incidence effect on rotating airfoils in Darrieus wind turbines

    Alessandro Bianchini;Francesco Balduzzi;Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari

  • Experimental Demonstration of Localized Plasmonic Structured Illumination Microscopy.

    Joseph L. Ponsetto;Anna Bezryadina;Feifei Wei;Keisuke Onishi

  • Experimental analysis of R744 parallel compression cycle

    Andrea Chesi;Fabio Esposito;Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari

  • An Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Airfoil Polars for Use in Darrieus Wind Turbines—Part II: Post-stall Data Extrapolation Methods

    Alessandro Bianchini;Francesco Balduzzi;John M. Rainbird;Joaquim Peiro

  • Experimental Investigation and Characterization of the Rotating Stall in a High Pressure Centrifugal Compressor: Part I — Influence of Diffuser Geometry on Stall Inception

    G. Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari;C. Mengoni;M. De Lucia

  • Blade Design Criteria to Compensate the Flow Curvature Effects in H-Darrieus Wind Turbines

    Francesco Balduzzi;Alessandro Bianchini;Riccardo Maleci;Giovanni Ferrara

  • Multi-Criteria Economic Analysis of a Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage (PTES) With Thermal Integration

    Guido Francesco Frate;Lorenzo Ferrari;Umberto Desideri

  • Rotating Stall in Centrifugal Compressor Vaneless Diffuser: Experimental Analysis of Geometrical Parameters Influence on Phenomenon Evolution

    Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari;Leonardo Baldassarre

  • Start-Up Behavior of a Three-Bladed H-Darrieus VAWT: Experimental and Numerical Analysis

    Alessandro Bianchini;Lorenzo Ferrari;Sandro Magnani

  • Pitch Optimization in Small-size Darrieus Wind Turbines

    Alessandro Bianchini;Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari

  • Influence of the heat storage size on the plant performance in a Smart User case study

    Andrea Chesi;Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari;Sandro Magnani

  • An Improved Model for the Performance Estimation of an H-Darrieus Wind Turbine in Skewed Flow

    Alessandro Bianchini;Giovanni Ferrara;Lorenzo Ferrari;Sandro Magnani

  • An Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Airfoil Polars for Use in Darrieus Wind Turbines—Part I: Flow Curvature Effects

    Alessandro Bianchini;Francesco Balduzzi;John M. Rainbird;Joaquim Peiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Bianchini
Alessandro Bianchini University of Florence
Umberto Desideri
Umberto Desideri University of Pisa
Zhaowei Liu
Zhaowei Liu University of California, San Diego
Eric E. Fullerton
Eric E. Fullerton University of California, San Diego
Yeshaiahu Fainman
Yeshaiahu Fainman University of California, San Diego
Christian Oliver Paschereit
Christian Oliver Paschereit Technical University of Berlin
Francesco Vizza
Francesco Vizza National Research Council (CNR)
Sergio Saponara
Sergio Saponara University of Pisa
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Sotirios Karellas
Sotirios Karellas National Technical University of Athens

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