Aldo Bischi

Biography

01/2016 – Present Assistant Professor, Center for Energy Systems, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology – Skoltech, Moscow, Russian Federation. 04/2012 – 12/2015 Research associate, “Politecnico di Milano International Fellowship” Award, “Politecnico di Milano”, Group of Energy COnversion Systems-GECOS, Milan, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. Paolo Chiesa 2013-2015, Prof. Ennio Macchi 2012-2013. Adjunct Professor, “Energy and Environmental Systems”, Politecnico di Milano, academic year 2013/2014 & 2014/2015. Taking part in joint research projects between “Politecnico di Milano” and private Companies: SIRAM, Edison, SNAM RETE GAS. Invited Expert: Combined Heat and Power course, Cranfield University, UK, 2015 & 2016. Los Alamos National Laboratories – LANL, USA, 2015. MIP Energy Management course, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2014 & 2015. Master RIDEF Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2014 & 2015. ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2014. 10/2007 – 06/2012 Doctor of Philosophy, Energy and process engineering, Thermal Power, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. Thesis title: Chemical Looping Reactor System Design: Double Loop Circulating Fluidized Bed (DLCFB), Supervisor: Prof. Olav Bolland. 10/1998 – 07/2007 Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering – Energy, “Università degli Studi di Perugia”, Italy. Final grade: 110/110, Supervisor: Prof. Umberto Desideri. Co-Supervision of more than 15 master theses Conference organizer:“2nd International Conference of Skoltech Center for Energy Systems” jointly with International Institute for Energy Systems Integration – IIESI. Shaping research in integrated gas- , heat- and electric- energy infrastructures, Moscow, Russian Federation, 30-31 May 2016 Expert Review Panel: “International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies”, GHGT-12, 5-9 October 2014, Austin, Texas, USA. Track Director & Chairman: Carbon Capture and Storage session of the “International conference on Applied Energy”, ICAE 2011, 16-18 May 2011, Perugia, Italy. Journal Reviewer: Applied Energy, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Powder technology, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Energy Conversion and Management, Energy and Buildings (Elsevier), Chemical Engineering & Technology, Heat Transfer - Asian Research (Wiley), Energies (MDPI). CV – Aldo Bischi Page 2 Peer reviewed publications ï‚· G.Valenti, S.Campanari, A.Bischi, P.Silva, A.Ravidà, E.Macchi (2016), “Experimental and numerical study of a micro-cogeneration Stirling unit under on-off cycling operation”, under preparation. ï‚· C.Elsido, A.Bischi, P.Silva, E.Martelli (2016), “Two-stage MINLP algorithm for the optimal synthesis and design of networks of CHP units”, under revision (Energy). ï‚· A.Bischi, S.Lico, T.Cortigiani, G.Manzolini, P.Silva, E.Martelli (2016), “Scheduling optimization of Combined Heat and Power units with multiple degrees of freedom based on the superposition principle”, ECOS 2016 – Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, June 19-23 2016, Portorož, Slovenia (Extension to journal under preparation). ï‚· M.Spinelli, P.Peltola, A.Bischi, J.Ritvanen, T.Hyppänen, M.C.Romano (2016), “Process integration of chemical looping combustion with oxygen uncoupling in a coal-fired power plant”, Energy, Vol. 103, pp 646-659, doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.02.042. ï‚· A.Bischi, E.Pérez‐Iribarren, S.Campanari, G.Manzolini, E.Martelli, P.Silva, E.Macchi, J.M.P.Sala‐Lizarraga (2016). “Cogeneration Systems Optimization: Comparison of MultiStep and Mixed Integer Linear Programming Approaches”. International Journal of Green Energy, Vol. 13, Issue 8, Pages 781-792. doi:10.1080/15435075.2016.1161635. ï‚· L.Taccari, E.Amaldi, A.Bischi, E.Martelli (2015), ”Short-term planning of cogeneration power plants: a comparison between MINLP and piecewise-linear MILP formulations”. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol. 37, Pages 2429-2434. doi: 10.1016/B978- 0-444-63576-1.50099-6. ï‚· A.Bischi, L.Taccari, E.Martelli, E.Amaldi, G.Manzolini, P.Silva, S.Campanari, E.Macchi (2015), “A Rolling Horizon MILP Optimization Model for the Scheduling of Tri-generation Systems with Incentives”. ECOS 2015 – Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems 30 June‐3 July 2015, Pau, France. ISBN: 978-2-9555539-0-9 (Extension to journal under preparation). ï‚· G. Valenti, S. Campanari, P. Silva, A. Ravidà, E. Macchi, A. Bischi (2015), “On-off Cyclic Testing of a Micro-cogeneration Stirling Unit”, Energy Procedia, Vol. 75, 2015, pp 1197- 1201, doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.152. ï‚· A.Bischi, S.Campanari, A.Castiglioni, G.Manzolini, E.Martelli, P.Silva, E.Macchi (2014),“TriGeneration systems optimization: comparison of heuristic and mixed integer linear programming approaches”. ASME Turbo Expo 2014, Vol. 3A, doi: 10.1115/GT2014- 27028 ï‚· A.Bischi, L.Taccari, E.Martelli, E.Amaldi, G.Manzolini, P.Silva, S.Campanari, E.Macchi (2014), “A detailed MILP optimization model for combined cooling, heat and power system operation planning”. Energy, Vol. 74, Issue C, 2014, pp 12-26. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.02.042. ï‚· A.Bischi, L.Taccari, E.Martelli, E.Amaldi, G.Manzolini, P.Silva, S.Campanari, E.Macchi (2013), ”A detailed optimization model for combined cooling, heat and power system operation planning”. ECOS 2013 – Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on CV – Aldo Bischi Page 3 Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, July 16-19 2013, Guilin; China; Code 106099. ï‚· A.Bischi, Ø.Langørgen, O.Bolland (2013), ”Double Loop Circulating Fluidized Bed reactor system for two reactions processes based on pneumatically controlled divided loop-seals and bottom extraction/lift”. Powder Technology, Vol. 246, 2013, pp. 51-62. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.04.004. ï‚· A.Bischi, Ø.Langørgen, J.-X.Morin, J.Bakken, M.Ghorbaniyan, M.Bysveen, O.Bolland (2012), ”Hydrodynamic viability of chemical looping processes by means of cold flow model investigation”. Applied Energy, Vol. 97, 2012, pp. 201-216. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.051. ï‚· A.Bischi, Ø.Langørgen, J.-X.Morin, J.Bakken, M.Ghorbaniyan, M.Bysveen, O.Bolland (2011), ”Performance analysis of the cold flow model of a second generation chemical looping combustion reactor system”. Energy Procedia, Vol. 4, 2011, pp. 449 – 456. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.01.074. ï‚· A.Bischi, Ø.Langørgen, I.Saanum, J.Bakken, M.Seljeskog, M.Bysveen, O.Bolland (2011), ”Design study of a 150kWth double loop circulating fluidized bed reactor system for chemical looping combustion with focus on industrial applicability and pressurization”. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 5, No 3, pp. 467 – 474. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.09.005. Book chapters: L.Taccari, E.Amaldi, A.Bischi, E.Martelli (2015), “Short-term planning of cogeneration energy systems via MINLP”, in T. Terlaky, M. Anjos and S. Ahmed (Eds.), Advances and Trends in Optimization with Engineering Applications. MOS-SIAM Series on Optimization, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia.

Research Interest

Distributed power generation optimization; Combined Cooling, Heat and Power generation & Renewable energy sources integration District Heating Fluidization engineering; Combustion, Gasification, Catalytic processes Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Chemical Looping Combustion & Reforming (CLC/CLR), Calcium Looping Hybrid geothermal-biomass power plants Electric and Thermal Energy Storage Hydrogen production; conventional & unconventional technologies