Optimal design of a 5th generation district heating and cooling network based on seawater heat pumps

F Calise, FL Cappiello, L Cimmino… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents the design and the thermo-economic optimization of a novel layout of a
5th generation district heating and cooling network, for a residential district located in the …

Biomass Polygeneration Systems Integrated with Buildings: A Review

S Di Fraia, M Shah, L Vanoli - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biomass is widely acknowledged as a plentiful and easily accessible source of renewable
energy. Unlike many other renewable sources, biomass offers a consistent and predictable …

Energy and economic analysis of a small hybrid solar-geothermal trigeneration system: A dynamic approach

F Calise, FL Cappiello, MD d'Accadia, M Vicidomini - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents a dynamic simulation model of a prototypal renewable plant producing
electricity, heat and cool. The hybrid system consists of a 6 kW e Organic Rankine Cycle …

Thermo-economic optimization of a novel hybrid renewable trigeneration plant

F Calise, FL Cappiello, MD d'Accadia, M Vicidomini - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel renewable trigeneration plant powered by solar, geothermal and
biomass energy, producing simultaneously electricity, heat and cool. The developed system …

Energy efficiency in small districts: Dynamic simulation and technoeconomic analysis

F Calise, FL Cappiello, MD d'Accadia… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In European Union Countries, local authorities have developed their own
Sustainable Energy Action Plan aiming at planning the urban strategies to achieve the …

Development of cost correlations for the economic assessment of power plant equipment

M Shamoushaki, PH Niknam, L Talluri, G Manfrida… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive cost correlation analysis was conducted based on available cost
correlations, and new equipment cost correlation models were proposed based on QUE …

Dynamic modelling and energy, economic, and environmental analysis of a greenhouse supplied by renewable sources

F Calise, FL Cappiello, L Cimmino, M Vicidomini - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper regards the design and dynamic modelling of a greenhouse coupled with
renewable energy technologies to obtain a hybrid renewable energy plant as an optimal …

Integrated geothermal energy systems for small-scale combined heat and power production: energy and economic investigation

P Morrone, A Algieri - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application A geothermal integrated energy system for combined heat and power
production in a commercial centre is proposed. The suggested apparatus can be adopted …

Energy and economic assessment of energy efficiency options for energy districts: Case studies in Italy and Egypt

F Calise, FL Cappiello, M Vicidomini, J Song… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this research, a technoeconomic comparison of energy efficiency options for energy
districts located in different climatic areas (Naples, Italy and Fayoum, Egypt) is presented. A …

Modular cogeneration for hospitals: A novel control strategy and optimal design

FL Cappiello, TG Erhart - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
This work proposes a comparative analysis of several combined heat and power
reciprocating combustion engine layouts and several operating strategies with the aim of …