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Michele Ciofalo

Michele Ciofalo

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
43
Citations
6239
World Ranking
1746
National Ranking
49

Overview

Michele Ciofalo is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy and has contributed extensively to engineering and environmental science research. Their work is primarily concentrated in engineering disciplines, with significant publications in environmental science as well.

The main fields of study for Michele Ciofalo include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

The subfields of their research focus are:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Michele Ciofalo's research topics emphasize areas such as:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Significant publications by Michele Ciofalo include the following papers:

  • Electrodialysis with asymmetrically profiled membranes: Influence of profiles geometry on desalination performance and limiting current phenomena, 2021, Desalination
  • Analysis of particles size distributions in Mg(OH)2 precipitation from highly concentrated MgCl2 solutions, 2022, Powder Technology
  • CFD simulations of early- to fully-turbulent conditions in unbaffled and baffled vessels stirred by a Rushton turbine, 2021, Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • A porous media CFD model for the simulation of hemodialysis in hollow fiber membrane modules, 2022, Journal of Membrane Science
  • CFD prediction of flow, heat and mass transfer in woven spacer-filled channels for membrane processes, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Michele Ciofalo are:

  • Alessandro Tamburini
  • Giorgio Micale
  • Andrea Cipollina
  • Nunzio Cancilla
  • Luigi Gurreri

Among the frequent publication venues for this researcher, the most common are:

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

Michele Ciofalo has also contributed to book publications, including two works published by Springer International Publishing:

  • Thermofluid Dynamics of Turbulent Flows, 2021
  • Thermofluid Dynamics, 2023

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

  • Numerical prediction of flow fields in baffled stirred vessels: A comparison of alternative modelling approaches

    Alberto Brucato;Michele Ciofalo;Franco Grisafi;Giorgio Micale

  • Investigation of flow and heat transfer in corrugated passages—II. Numerical simulations

    M. Ciofalo;J. Stasiek;M.W. Collins

  • Investigation of flow and heat transfer in corrugated passages—I. Experimental results

    J. Stasiek;M.W. Collins;M. Ciofalo;P.E. Chew

  • Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in an unbaffled stirred tank driven by a Rushton turbine

    Raul Alcamo;Giorgio Micale;Franco Grisafi;Alberto Brucato

  • Turbulent flow in closed and free-surface unbaffled tanks stirred by radial impellers

    Michele Ciofalo;Alberto Brucato;Franco Grisafi;Nicola Torraca

  • Numerical prediction of turbulent flow and heat transfer in helically coiled pipes

    Ivan Di Piazza;Michele Ciofalo

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

    L Gurreri;A Tamburini;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale

  • 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

  • Investigation of the cooling of hot walls by liquid water sprays

    Michele Ciofalo;Ivan Di Piazza;Valerio Brucato

  • k-ε Predictions of Heat Transfer in Turbulent Recirculating Flows Using an Improved Wall Treatment

    M. Ciofalo;M. W. Collins

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

    A Tamburini;A Cipollina;Gdm Micale;A Brucato

  • ON THE SIMULATION OF STIRRED TANK REACTORS VIA COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

    Alberto Brucato;Michele Ciofalo;Franco Grisafi;Roberto Tocco

  • 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

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

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

  • Prediction of flow fields in a dual-impeller stirred vessel

    Giorgio Micale;Alberto Brucato;Franco Grisafi;Michele Ciofalo

  • COMPLETE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FLOW FIELDS IN BAFFLED STIRRED VESSELS: THE INNER-OUTER APPROACH

    A Brucato;M Ciofalo;F Grisafi;Gdm Micale

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina University of Palermo
Giorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale University of Palermo
Alessandro Tamburini
Alessandro Tamburini University of Palermo
Alberto Brucato
Alberto Brucato University of Palermo
Antonio Piacentino
Antonio Piacentino University of Palermo

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