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1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Francesco Contino
Professeur
Francesco Contino received his degree in electro-mechanical engineering from the UCLouvain in 2006. He has spent one year learning Chinese in Nankai University, Tianjin, China. He then performed his Ph.D. thesis at UCLouvain between 2007 and 2011 as a Research Fellow of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS. In 2011-2012, he had a post-doc position at Université d'Orléans, where he worked on the impact of valerate esters on engine performances. In 2012, he joined the Vrije Universiteit Brussel as Assistant Professor. Then, in 2019, he was appointed at UCLouvain, where he is since 2020 Professor. He is member of the board of the Belgian Automotive Engineers (www.ubia.be) and Chairman of the Belgian Section of the Combustion Institute (www.combustioninstitute.org).
During his PhD, he has also developed a passion for efficient scientific communication and was among the finalists of Famelab 2015. In the context of his teaching activities, Francesco Contino has also been working with Stefanie Van Damme on a workshop for high-school students about the science behind combustion and explosion: "Will it burn or will it blow?".
- Diploma
Year Label Educational Organization 2003 Candidat ingénieur civil Université catholique de Louvain 2006 Ingénieur civil électro-mécanicien Université catholique de Louvain 2011 (missing information) Université catholique de Louvain
- Courses
Name ID Innovative system management for sustainability LBIRE2235 Sustainability Engineering project LBIRE2236 Energy systems lab. LELME2240 Energetics. LELME2420 Chemistry and Physical chemistry 1 LEPL1301 Research and technological development: energy, electronics and telecommunications LINGE1317 Description and analysis of mechanisms LMECA1210 Internal combustion engines LMECA2220 Robust Optimization of Energy Systems LMECA2675
Francesco Contino focuses his research effort on four strands: Energy systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of reactive systems, Real Driving Emissions and Robust Optimisation — optimisation combined with uncertainty quantification. About energy systems, he works at micro and macro levels to understand what are the key drivers to help us succeed the energy transition. For numerical simulations, he has developed a reduction method (TDAC), in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano, to use detailed mechanisms in CFD simulation; it is included in the official release of OpenFOAM. Francesco Contino also works on real driving emissions of passenger cars and heavy duty; he includes uncertainties in emission factors and uses Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS). Finally, he works on making robust design optimisation affordable by working on efficient optimiser and fast uncertainty quantification methods.
2025
Laterre, Antoine ; Frate, Guido Francesco ; Lemort, Vincent ; Contino, Francesco. Carnot batteries for integrated heat and power management in residential applications: A techno-economic analysis. In: Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 325, no. 119207, p. 22 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119207.
2024
Özden, A. ; Savarese, M. ; Giuntini, L. ; Procacci, A. ; Malpica Galassi, R. ; Coussement, A. ; Contino, Francesco ; Parente, A.. A multi-fidelity framework for developing digital twins of combustion systems from heterogeneous data: Application to ammonia combustion. In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 40, no.1, p. 105608 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.proci.2024.105608.
2024
Pagani, P. ; Malpica Galassi, R. ; Amaduzzi, R. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. An enhanced Sample-Partitioning Adaptive Reduced Chemistry method with a-priori error estimation. In: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 260, p. 113221 (2024).
2024
Tassenoy, R. ; Laterre, Antoine ; Lemort, V. ; Contino, Francesco ; De Paepe, M. ; Lecompte, S.. Assessing the influence of compressor inertia on the dynamic performance of large-scale vapor compression heat pumps for Carnot batteries. In: Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 101, no., p. (2024). doi:10.1016/j.est.2024.113948.
2024
D'Antuono, G. ; Galloni, E. ; Lanni, D. ; Contino, Francesco ; Brequigny, P. ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, C.. Assessment of combustion development and pollutant emissions of a spark ignition engine fueled by ammonia and ammonia-hydrogen blends. In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 85, no., p. 191-199 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.08.210.
2024
Wu, K. ; Contino, Francesco ; Fan, X.. Comprehensive Analyses on the Influential Factors in Supersonic Combustion Simulation Using Dynamic Adaptive Chemistry Method. In: Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 196, no.9, p. 1381-1409 (2024). doi:10.1080/00102202.2022.2115838.
2024
Tonelli, D. ; Rosa, L. ; Gabrielli, P. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. Cost-competitive decentralized ammonia fertilizer production can increase food security. In: Nature Food, Vol. 5, no.6, p. 469-479 (2024). doi:10.1038/s43016-024-00979-y.
2024
Costa, Alexis ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Dubois, Lionel ; Contino, Francesco ; Thomas, Diane ; De Weireld, Guy. Energy, exergy, economic and environmental (4E) analysis of a cryogenic carbon purification unit with membrane for oxyfuel cement plant flue gas. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 357, no.-, p. 122431 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122431.
2024
Limpens, Gauthier ; Rixhon, Xavier ; Contino, Francesco ; Jeanmart, Hervé. EnergyScope Pathway: An open-source model to optimise the energy transition pathways of a regional whole-energy system. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 328, no.122501, p. - (2024). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122501.
2024
Spano, Sara ; Savarese, M. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Experimental and numerical investigation of methane combustion in a HCCI engine under enriched oxygen conditions. In: Fuel, Vol. 362 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130772.
2024
Laterre, Antoine ; Dumont, Olivier ; Lemort, Vincent ; Contino, Francesco. Extended mapping and systematic optimisation of the Carnot battery trilemma for sub-critical cycles with thermal integration. In: Energy, Vol. 304, no.304, p. 132006 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.energy.2024.132006.
2024
Özden, A. ; Procacci, A. ; Malpica Galassi, R. ; Contino, Francesco ; Parente, A.. Incremental sampling methods for multi-fidelity surrogate modeling: Application on a furnace operating in MILD combustion conditions. In: Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 246, no., p. 129902 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122902.
2024
Choisez, Laurine ; Marie-Aline Van Ende ; Bruyr, Zakarie ; Contino, Francesco ; Jacques, Pascal. Influence of impurities on the use of Fe-based powder as sustainable fuel. In: Philosophical Transations A, Vol. 382, p. 20230236 (2024). doi:10.1098/rsta.2023.0236.
2024
Laterre, Antoine ; Dumont, Olivier ; Lemort, Vincent ; Contino, Francesco. Is waste heat recovery a promising avenue for the Carnot battery? Techno-economic optimisation of an electric booster-assisted Carnot battery integrated into different data centres. In: Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 301, no.118030, p. 19 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2023.118030.
2024
Gaitanis, Angelos ; Tiwari, Ravi Nath ; De Paepe, Ward ; Ferrari, Mario Luigi ; Contino, Francesco ; Breuhaus, Peter. Operational Strategies of Two-Spool Micro Gas Turbine With Alternative Fuels: A Performance Assessment. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 146, no.091011, p. 9 (2024). doi:10.1115/1.4064798.
2024
Dachet, Victor ; Benzerga, Amina ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Contino, Francesco ; Fonteneau, Raphaël ; Ernst, Damien. Towards CO2 valorization in a multi remote renewable energy hub framework with uncertainty quantification. In: Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 363, no.-, p. 121262 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121262.
2023
Castellanos, Luisa ; S. M. Freitas, Rodolfo ; Parente, Alessandro ; Contino, Francesco. Deep learning dynamical latencies for the analysis and reduction of combustion chemistry kinetics. In: Physics of Fluids, Vol. 35, no.10, p. 13 (2023). doi:10.1063/5.0167110.
2023
Coppitters, Diederik ; Costa, Alexis ; Chauvy, Remi ; Dubois, Lionel ; De Paepe, Ward ; Thomas, Diane ; De Weireld, Guy ; Contino, Francesco. Energy, exergy, economic and environmental (4E) analysis of integrated direct air capture and CO2 methanation under uncertainty. In: Fuel, Vol. 344, no.-, p. 127969 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127969.
2023
Tonelli, D. ; Rosa, L. ; Gabrielli, P. ; Caldeira, K. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. Global land and water limits to electrolytic hydrogen production using wind and solar resources. In: Nature Communications, Vol. 14, no.1, p. 5532 (2023). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41107-x.
2023
Verleysen, K. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. How does a resilient, flexible ammonia process look? Robust design optimization of a Haber-Bosch process with optimal dynamic control powered by wind. In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 39, no.4, p. 5511-5520 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.proci.2022.06.027.
2023
Coppitters, Diederik ; Contino, Francesco. Optimizing upside variability and antifragility in renewable energy system design. In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, no.9138, p. 17 (2023).
2023
De Meulenaere, Roeland ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Maertens, Tim ; Contino, Francesco ; Blondeau, Julien. Quantifying the impact of furnace heat transfer parameter uncertainties on the thermodynamic simulations of a biomass retrofit. In: Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Vol. 37, no.-, p. 101592 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.tsep.2022.101592.
2023
Thiran, Paolo ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Validation of a Method to Select a Priori the Number of Typical Days for Energy System Optimisation Models. In: Energies, Vol. 16, no.6, p. 2772 (2023). doi:10.5281/zenodo.7527344.
2023
Thiran, Paolo ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Validation of a Method to Select a Priori the Number of Typical Days for Energy System Optimisation Models †. In: Energies, Vol. 16, no.6 (2023). doi:10.3390/en16062772 (Soumis).
2023
Verleysen, Kevin ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Parente, Alessandro ; Contino, Francesco. Where to build the ideal solar-powered ammonia plant? Design optimization of a Belgian and Moroccan power-to-ammonia plant for covering the Belgian demand under uncertainties. In: Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 14, no.-, p. 100141 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.jaecs.2023.100141.
2022
De Paepe, Ward ; Pappa, Alessio ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Montero Carrero, Marina ; Tsirikoglou, Panagiotis ; Contino, Francesco. Control Strategy Development for Optimized Operational Flexibility From Humidified Micro Gas Turbine: Saturation Tower Performance Assessment. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 144, no.6, p. 061012 (2022). doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053704. doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053704.
2022
De Paepe, W. ; Pappa, A. ; Coppitters, D. ; Carrero, M.M. ; Tsirikoglou, P. ; Contino, Francesco. Control Strategy Development for Optimized Operational Flexibility From Humidified Microgas Turbine: Saturation Tower Performance Assessment. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 144, no.6, p. 061012 (2022). doi:10.1115/1.4053704 (Soumis).
2022
Coppitters, Diederik ; Verleysen, Kevin ; De Paepe, Ward ; Contino, Francesco. How can renewable hydrogen compete with diesel in public transport? Robust design optimization of a hydrogen refueling station under techno-economic and environmental uncertainty. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 312, no., p. 118694 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118694.
2022
Tipler, S. ; D’Alessio, G. ; Van Haute, Q. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco ; Coussement, A.. Predicting octane numbers relying on principal component analysis and artificial neural network. In: Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol. 1, no.1, p. 107784 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.107784.
2022
Coppitters, Diederik ; Tsirikoglou, Panagiotis ; De Paepe, Ward ; Kyprianidis, Konstantinos ; Kalfas, Anestis ; Contino, Francesco. RHEIA: Robust design optimization of renewable Hydrogen and dErIved energy cArrier systems. In: Journal of Open Source Software, Vol. 7, no.75, p. 4370 (2022). doi:10.21105/joss.04370.
2022
Gaitanis, Angelos ; Contino, Francesco ; Ward De Paepe. Real Time Micro Gas Turbines Performance Assessment Tool: Comprehensive Transient Behavior Prediction With Computationally Effective Techniques. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 145, no.3, p. 9 (2022). doi:10.1115/1.4055785.
2022
Dumas, Jonathan ; Dubois, Antoine ; Thiran, Paolo ; Jacques, Pierre ; Contino, Francesco ; Cornélusse, Bertrand ; Limpens, Gauthier. The Energy Return on Investment of Whole-Energy Systems: Application to Belgium. In: Biophysical Economics and Sustainability, Vol. 7, no.12, p. 12 (2022). doi:10.1007/s41247-022-00106-0.
2022
Gaitanis, Angelos ; Laterre, Antoine ; Contino, Francesco ; Ward De Paepe. Towards Real Time Transient mGT Performance Assessment: Effective Prediction Using Accurate Component Modelling Techniques. In: Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society, Vol. 6, p. 96-105 (2022).
2022
Gaitanis, Angelos ; Laterre, Antoine ; Contino, Francesco ; De Paepe, Ward. Towards real time transient mGT performance assessment: effective prediction using accurate component modelling techniques. In: Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society, Vol. 2022, no.6, p. 96-105 (2022). doi:10.33737/jgpps/150359.
2021
K. P. Shrestha ; Lhuillier, Charles ; A. A. Barbosa ; Pierre Bréquigny ; Contino, Francesco ; C. Mounaïm-Rousselle ; L. Seidel ; F. Mauss. An experimental and modeling study of ammonia with enriched oxygen content and ammonia/hydrogen laminar flame speed at elevated pressure and temperature. In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 38, no.2, p. 2163-2174 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.197.
2021
Beckers, J. ; Verstraten, T. ; Verrelst, B. ; Contino, Francesco ; Van Mierlo, J.. Analysis of the dynamics of a slider-crank mechanism locally actuated with an act-and-wait controller. In: Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 159, no.1, p. 104253 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2021.104253.
2021
Aversano, Gianmarco ; D’Alessio, Giuseppe ; Coussement, Axel ; Contino, Francesco ; Parente, Alessandro. Combination of polynomial chaos and Kriging for reduced-order model of reacting flow applications. In: Results in Engineering, Vol. 10, no.1, p. 100223 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2021.100223.
2021
Verleysen, Kevin ; Parente, Alessandro ; Contino, Francesco. How sensitive is a dynamic ammonia synthesis process? Global sensitivity analysis of a dynamic Haber-Bosch process (for flexible seasonal energy storage). In: Energy, Vol. 232, no.121016 (2021).
2021
Dyakov, Igor V. ; Bergmans, Benjamin ; Idczak, François ; Blondeau, Julien ; Bram, Svend ; Cornette, Jordi ; Coppieters, Thibault ; Contino, Francesco ; Mertens, Jan ; Breulet, Hervé. Intercomparative measurements of particle emission from biomass pellet boiler with portable and stationary dilution devices. In: Aerosol Science and Technology, Vol. 55, no.6, p. 665-680 (2021). doi:10.1080/02786826.2021.1888865.
2021
Alfonso-Cardero, A. ; Pagés-Díaz, J. ; Contino, Francesco ; Rajendran, K. ; Lorenzo-LLanes, J.. Process simulation and techno-economic assessment of vinasse-to-biogas in Cuba: Deterministic and uncertainty analysis. In: Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Vol. 169, no.1, p. 33-45 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2021.02.031.
2021
Coppitters, Diederik ; De Paepe, Ward ; Contino, Francesco. Robust design optimization of a photovoltaic-battery-heat pump system with thermal storage under aleatory and epistemic uncertainty. In: Energy, Vol. 229, no.1, p. 120692 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.energy.2021.120692.
2021
Rixhon, Xavier ; Limpens, Gauthier ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Taxonomy of the fuels in a whole-energy system. In: Frontiers in Energy Research, Vol. 9, no.660073, p. 1-6 (2021). doi:10.3389/fenrg.2021.660073.
2021
Rixhon, Xavier ; Limpens, Gauthier ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. The Role of Electrofuels under Uncertainties for the Belgian Energy Transition. In: Energies, Vol. 14, no.4027 (2021). doi:10.3390/en14134027.
2020
Pochet, Maxime ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. A 22:1 Compression Ratio Ammonia-Hydrogen HCCI Engine: Combustion, Load, and Emission Performances. In: Frontiers of Engineering Mechanics Research, Vol. 6, no. 43, p. 1-16 (2020). doi:10.3389/fmech.2020.00043.
2020
Žiga Rosec ; Dias, Véronique ; Contino, Francesco ; Tomaž Katrašnik ; Tine Seljak. Comparative analysis of bio-intermediates and waste-derived fuels in experimental gas turbine. In: Frontiers of Engineering Mechanics Research, Vol. 6, p. 71 (2020). doi:10.3389/fmech.2020.00071.
2020
Lorenzo-Llanes, Junior ; Pagés-Díaz, Jhosané ; Kalogirou, Efstratios ; Contino, Francesco. Development and application in aspen plus of a process simulation model for the anaerobic digestion of vinasses in UASB reactors: Hydrodynamics and biochemical reactions. In: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 8, no.2, p. 103540 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.jece.2019.103540.
2020
Tine Seljak ; Guillaume Vanhove ; Christine Mounaïm-Rousselle ; Dias, Véronique ; Contino, Francesco. Editorial: Fundamental Characterization and Performance of Alternative Fuels. In: Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 6, no.Article 609504, p. 1-2 (2020). doi:10.3389/fmech.2020.609504.
2020
Cassiers, Séverine ; Boveroux, François ; Martin, Christophe ; Maes, Rafael ; Martens, Kris ; Bergmans, Benjamin ; Idczak, François ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Emission Measurement of Buses Fueled with Biodiesel Blends during On-Road Testing. In: Energies 2020, Vol. 13, Page 5267, Vol. 13, no.20, p. 5267-5267 (2020). doi:10.3390/EN13205267.
2020
Cassiers, S. ; Boveroux, F. ; Martin, C. ; Maes, R. ; Martens, K. ; Bergmans, B. ; Idczak, F. ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Emission measurement of buses fueled with biodiesel blends during on-road testing. In: Energies, Vol. 13, no.20 (2020). doi:10.3390/en13205267 (Soumis).
2020
Dias, Véronique ; Pochet, Maxime ; Contino, Francesco ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Energy and economic costs of chemical storage. In: Frontiers of Engineering Mechanics Research, Vol. 6:21 (2020) (2020). doi:10.3389/fmech.2020.00021.
2020
Lhuillier, Charles ; Brequigny, Pierre ; Lamoureux, Nathalie ; Contino, Francesco ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, Christine. Experimental investigation on laminar burning velocities of ammonia/hydrogen/air mixtures at elevated temperatures. In: Fuel, Vol. 263, p. 116653 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116653.
2020
Lhuillier, Charles ; Brequigny, Pierre ; Contino, Francesco ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, Christine. Experimental study on ammonia/hydrogen/air combustion in spark ignition engine conditions. In: Fuel, Vol. 269, no., p. 117448 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117448.
2020
Verleysen, Kevin ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Parente, Alessandro ; De Paepe, Ward ; Contino, Francesco. How can power-to-ammonia be robust? Optimization of an ammonia synthesis plant powered by a wind turbine considering operational uncertainties. In: Fuel, Vol. 266, no.1, p. 117049 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117049.
2020
Boveroux, François ; Cassiers, Séverine ; De Meyer, Philippe ; Buekenhoudt, Pascal ; Bergmans, Benjamin ; Idczak, François ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Verhelst, Sebastian ; Contino, Francesco. Impact of Mileage on Particle Number Emission Factors for EURO5 and EURO6 Diesel Passenger Cars. In: Atmospheric Environment, , p. 117975 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117975 (Accepté/Sous presse).
2020
Beckers, Jarl ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Paepe, Ward De ; Contino, Francesco ; Mierlo, Joeri Van ; Verrelst, Björn. Multi-Fidelity Design Optimisation of a Solenoid-Driven Linear Compressor. In: Actuators, Vol. 9, no.2, p. 38 (2020). doi:10.3390/act9020038.
2020
De Paepe, Ward ; Pappa, Alessio ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Montero Carrero, Marina ; Tsirikoglou, Panagiotis ; Contino, Francesco. Recuperator Performance Assessment in Humidified Micro Gas Turbine Applications Using Experimental Data Extended With Preliminary Support Vector Regression Model Analysis. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 143, no. 7 (2021) (2021). doi:10.1115/1.4049266.
2020
Ward De Paepe ; Alessio Pappa ; Marina Montero Carrero ; Laurent Bricteux ; Contino, Francesco. Reducing waste heat to the minimum: Thermodynamic assessment of the M-power cycle concept applied to micro Gas Turbines. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 279, no., p. 115898 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115898.
2020
Coppitters, Diederik ; De Paepe, Ward ; Contino, Francesco. Robust design optimization and stochastic performance analysis of a grid-connected photovoltaic system with battery storage and hydrogen storage. In: Energy, Vol. 213, no., p. 118798 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.118798.
2020
Giorgetti, Simone ; Coppitters, Diederik ; Contino, Francesco ; De Paepe, Ward ; Bricteux, Laurent ; Aversano, Gianmarco ; Parente, Alessandro. Surrogate-Assisted Modeling and Robust Optimization of a Micro Gas Turbine Plant With Carbon Capture. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 142, no.1, p. 011010 (2020). doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2019-91400. doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2019-91400.
2020
Coppitters, Diederik ; Contino, Francesco ; El-Baz, Ahmed ; Breuhaus, Peter ; De Paepe, Ward. Techno-economic feasibility study of a solar-powered distributed cogeneration system producing power and distillate water: Sensitivity and exergy analysis. In: Renewable Energy, Vol. 150, no., p. 1089-1097 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.105.
2020
Contino, Francesco ; Moret, Stefano ; Limpens, Gauthier ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Whole-energy system models: The advisors for the energy transition. In: Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 81, p. 100872 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.pecs.2020.100872.
2019
Iavarone, S. ; Cafiero, M. ; Ferrarotti, M. ; Contino, Francesco ; Parente, A.. A multiscale combustion model formulation for NOx predictions in hydrogen enriched jet flames. In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 44, no. 41, p. 23436-23457 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.07.019.
2019
Pochet, Maxime ; Dias, Véronique ; Moreau, Bruno ; Foucher, Fabrice ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Experimental and numerical study, under LTC conditions, of ammonia ignition delay with and without hydrogen addition. In: Combustion Institute. Proceedings, Vol. 37, p. 621-629. doi:10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.138. doi:10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.138.
2019
Tipler, S. ; Mergulhaõ, C.S. ; Vanhove, G. ; Van Haute, Q. ; Contino, Francesco ; Coussement, A.. Ignition study of an oxygenated and high-alkene light petroleum fraction produced from automotive shredder residues. In: Energy and Fuels, Vol. 33, no. 6, p. 5664-5672 (2019). doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00649.
2019
Carrero, M.M. ; Sánchez, I.R. ; De Paepe, W. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. Is there a future for small-scale cogeneration in Europe? Economic and policy analysis of the internal combustion engine, micro gas turbine and micro humid air turbine cycles. In: Energies, Vol. 12, no. 3 (2019) (2019). doi:10.3390/en12030413.
2019
De Paepe, W. ; Renzi, M. ; Carrerro, M.M. ; Caligiuri, C. ; Contino, Francesco. Micro gas turbine cycle humidification for increased flexibility: Numerical and experimental validation of different steam injection models. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 141, no.2 (2019). doi:10.1115/1.4040859.
2019
Giorgetti, S. ; Parente, A. ; Bricteux, L. ; Contino, Francesco ; De Paepe, W.. Optimal design and operating strategy of a carbon-clean micro gas turbine for combined heat and power applications. In: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 88, p. 469-481 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.07.003.
2019
Coppitters, Diederik ; De Paepe, W. ; Contino, Francesco. Surrogate-assisted robust design optimization and global sensitivity analysis of a directly coupled photovoltaic-electrolyzer system under techno-economic uncertainty. In: Applied Energy, p. 310-320 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.101.
2019
Pochet, Maxime ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Uncertainty quantification from raw measurements to post-processed datas : a general methodology and its application to an homogeneous-charge compression-ignition engine. In: International Journal of Engine Research. doi:10.1177/1468087419892697.
2018
Iavarone, S. ; Oreluk, J. ; Smith, S.T. ; Hegde, A. ; Li, W. ; Packard, A. ; Frenklach, M. ; Smith, P.J. ; Contino, Francesco ; Parente, A.. Application of Bound-to-Bound Data Collaboration approach for development and uncertainty quantification of a reduced char combustion model. In: Fuel, Vol. 232, p. 769-779 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2018.05.113.
2018
Li, Z. ; Lewandowski, M.T. ; Contino, Francesco ; Parente, A.. Assessment of On-the-Fly Chemistry Reduction and Tabulation Approaches for the Simulation of Moderate or Intense Low-Oxygen Dilution Combustion. In: Energy and Fuels, Vol. 32, no.10, p. 10121-10131 (2018). doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b01001.
2018
Bourgeois, Nicolas ; Goldsborough, S.S. ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. CFD simulations of Rapid Compression Machines using detailed chemistry: Evaluation of the ‘crevice containment’ concept. In: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 189, p. 225-239 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.10.033.
2018
Bhaduri, S. ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. EGR control on operation of a tar tolerant HCCI engine with simulated syngas from biomass. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 227, p. 159-167 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.08.233.
2018
Bourgeois, Nicolas ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Winckelmans, Grégoire ; Lamberts, Olivier ; Contino, Francesco. How to ensure the interpretability of experimental data in Rapid Compression Machines? A method to validate piston crevice designs. In: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 198, p. 393-411 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.09.030.
2018
Wu, K. ; Contino, Francesco ; Yao, W. ; Fan, X.. On the application of tabulated dynamic adaptive chemistry in ethylene-fueled supersonic combustion. In: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 197, p. 265-275 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.08.012.
2018
Tipler, S. ; Parente, A. ; Coussement, A. ; Contino, Francesco ; Symoens, S.H. ; Djokic, M.R. ; Van Geem, K.M.. Prediction of the PIONA and oxygenate composition of unconventional fuels with the Pseudo-Component Property Estimation (PCPE) method. Application to an Automotive Shredder Residues-derived gasoline. In: 2018 SAE World Congress Experience, WCX 2018, Vol. 2018-April (2018). doi:10.4271/2018-01-0905.
2018
Abraham, S. ; Tsirikoglou, P. ; Miranda, J. ; Lacor, C. ; Contino, Francesco ; Ghorbaniasl, G.. Spectral representation of stochastic field data using sparse polynomial chaos expansions. In: Journal of Computational Physics: X, Vol. 367, p. 109-120 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2018.04.025.
2018
De Paepe, W. ; Carrero, M.M. ; Bram, S. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. Toward higher micro gas turbine efficiency and flexibility-humidified micro gas turbines: A review. In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 140, no.8 (2018). doi:10.1115/1.4038365.
2018
Ricks, N. ; Abraham, S. ; Contino, Francesco ; Ghorbaniasl, G.. Uncertainty quantification for the aeroacoustics of rotating blades in the time domain. In: Applied Accoustic, Vol. 139, p. 57-68 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2018.04.012.
2017
Tsirikoglou, P. ; Abraham, S. ; Contino, Francesco ; Lacor, C. ; Ghorbaniasl, G.. A hyperparameters selection technique for support vector regression models. In: Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 61, p. 139-148 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2017.07.017.
2017
Abraham, Simon ; Raisee, Mehrdad ; Ghorbaniasl, Ghader ; Contino, Francesco ; Lacor, Chris. A robust and efficient stepwise regression method for building sparse polynomial chaos expansions. In: Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 332, p. 461-474 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2016.12.015.
2017
Pochet, Maxime ; Truedsson, Ida ; Foucher, Fabrice ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Ammonia-Hydrogen Blends in Homogeneous-Charge Compression-Ignition Engine. In: SAE Technical Papers, Vol. 24, no.0087, p. 1-10 (04/09/2017). doi:10.4271/2017-24-0087.
2017
Bourgeois, Nicolas ; Goldsboroug, S. Scott ; Vanhove, Guillaume ; Duponcheel, Matthieu ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. CFD simulations of Rapid Compression Machines using detailed chemistry: Impact of multi-dimensional effects on the auto-ignition of the iso-octane. In: Combustion Institute. Proceedings, Vol. 36, no. 3, p. 383-391 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.proci.2016.08.064.
2017
Giorgetti, S. ; Bricteux, Laurent ; Parente, A. ; Blondeau, Julien ; Contino, Francesco ; De Paepe, W.. Carbon capture on micro gas turbine cycles: Assessment of the performance on dry and wet operations. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 207, p. 243-253 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.090.
2017
Montero Carrero, M. ; De Paepe, W. ; Bram, S. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. Does humidification improve the micro Gas Turbine cycle? Thermodynamic assessment based on Sankey and Grassmann diagrams. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 204, p. 1163-1171 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.067.
2017
Montero Carrero, M. ; De Paepe, W. ; Magnusson, J. ; Parente, A. ; Bram, S. ; Contino, Francesco. Experimental characterisation of a micro Humid Air Turbine: assessment of the thermodynamic performance. In: Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 118, p. 796-806 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.03.017.
2017
Bhaduri, Subir ; Berger, Benjamin ; Pochet, Maxime ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. HCCI engine operated with unscrubbed biomass syngas. In: Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 157, p. 52-58 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.10.011.
2017
Ghorbaniasl, G. ; Ricks, N. ; Siozos-Rousoulis, L. ; Degrez, Ǵ. ; Contino, Francesco. On the refinement of the rotation rate based Smagorinsky model using velocity field gradients. In: Physics of Fluids, Vol. 29, no. 10 (2017) (2017) (2017). doi:10.1063/1.5008764.
2017
Contino, Francesco ; Dagaut, P. ; Halter, F. ; Masurier, J.-B. ; Dayma, G. ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, C. ; Foucher, F.. Screening method for fuels in homogeneous charge compression ignition engines: Application to valeric biofuels. In: Energy and Fuel, Vol. 31, no.1, p. 607-614 (2017). doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02300.
2017
Bhaduri, Subir Swaraj ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco. Tar tolerant HCCI engine fuelled with biomass syngas : combustion control through EGR. In: Energy Procedia, Vol. 105, p. 1764-1770 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.507.
2017
De Paepe, W. ; Montero Carrero, M. ; Bram, S. ; Contino, Francesco ; Parente, A.. Waste heat recovery optimization in micro gas turbine applications using advanced humidified gas turbine cycle concepts. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 207, p. 218-229 (December 2017). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.001.
2016
De Fusco, Lucio ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Contino, Francesco ; Blondeau, Julien. Advanced character ization of available not conventional Mediterranean biomass solid fuels for ash related issues in thermal processes. In: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 50, p. 229-234 (2016). doi:10.3303/CET1650039.
2016
De Fusco, Lucio ; Defoort, F. ; Rajczyk, R. ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Blondeau, J. ; Contino, Francesco. Ash Characterization of Four Residual Wood Fuels in a 100 kWthCirculating Fluidized Bed Reactor Including the Use of Kaolin and Halloysite Additives. In: Energy & Fuels, Vol. 30, no.10, p. 8304-8315 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01784.
2016
Iavarone, S. ; Galletti, C. ; Contino, Francesco ; Tognotti, L. ; Smith, P.J. ; Parente, A.. CFD-aided benchmark assessment of coal devolatilization one-step models in oxy-coal combustion conditions. In: Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 154, p. 27-36 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.07.013.
2016
De Paepe, W. ; Sayad, P. ; Bram, S. ; Klingmann, J. ; Contino, Francesco. Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Steam Dilution on the Combustion of Methane for Humidified Micro Gas Turbine Applications. In: Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 188, no.8, p. 1199-1219 (2016). doi:10.1080/00102202.2016.1174116.
2016
Parente, A. ; Malik, M.R. ; Contino, Francesco ; Cuoci, A. ; Dally, B.B.. Extension of the Eddy Dissipation Concept for turbulence/chemistry interactions to MILD combustion. In: Fuel, Vol. 163, p. 98-111 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2015.09.020.
2016
Montero Carrero, M. ; De Paepe, W. ; Bram, S. ; Musin, F. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. Humidified micro gas turbines for domestic users: An economic and primary energy savings analysis. In: Energy, Vol. 117, p. 429-438 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.energy.2016.04.024.
2016
Pochet, Maxime ; Dias, Véronique ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Verhelst, Sebastian ; Contino, Francesco. Multifuel CHP HCCI engine towards flexible power-to-fuel: numerical study of operating range. In: Energy Procedia, Vol. 105, p. 1532-1538. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.468.
2016
De Paepe, W. ; Pindado, S. ; Bram, S. ; Contino, Francesco. Simplified elements for wind-tunnel measurements with type-III-terrain atmospheric boundary layer. In: Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Vol. 91, p. 590-600 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2016.05.078.
2016
Montero Carrero, M. ; De Paepe, W. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. T100 mGT converted into mHAT for domestic applications: Economic analysis based on hourly demand. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 164, p. 1019-1027 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.032.
2015
Bhaduri, Subir Swaraj ; Contino, Francesco ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Breuer, E.. The effects of biomass syngas composition, moisture, tar loading and operating conditions on the combustion of a tar-tolerant HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) engine. In: Energy, Vol. 87, p. 289-302 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.energy.2015.04.076.
2014
Contino, Francesco ; Masurier, J.-B. ; Foucher, F. ; Lucchini, T. ; D'Errico, G. ; Dagaut, P.. CFD simulations using the TDAC method to model iso-octane combustion for a large range of ozone seeding and temperature conditions in a single cylinder HCCI engine. In: Fuel, Vol. 137, p. 179-184 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2014.07.084.
2014
Obaidullah, M. ; Dyakov, I.V. ; Thomassin, J.D. ; Duquesne, T. ; Bram, S. ; Contino, Francesco ; De Ruyck, J.. CO emission measurements and performance analysis of 10 kW and 20 kW wood stoves. In: Energy Procedia, Vol. 61, p. 2301-2306 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.443.
2014
Contino, Francesco ; Dagaut, P. ; Dayma, G. ; Halter, F. ; Foucher, F. ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, C.. Combustion and emissions characteristics of valeric biofuels in a compression ignition engine. In: Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol. 140, no. 3 (2014) (2014). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000161.
2014
Van Damme, S. ; Bram, S. ; Contino, Francesco. Comparison of biodiesel production scenarios with coproduction of triacetin according to energy and GHG emissions. In: Energy Procedia, Vol. 61, p. 1852-1859 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.228.
2014
D'Errico, G. ; Lucchini, T. ; Contino, Francesco ; Jangi, M. ; Bai, X.-S.. Comparison of well-mixed and multiple representative interactive flamelet approaches for diesel spray combustion modelling. In: Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol. 18, no. 1, p. 65-88 (2014). doi:10.1080/13647830.2013.860238.
2014
Montero Carrero, M. ; De Paepe, W. ; Parente, A. ; Blondeau, J. ; Laget, H. ; Contino, Francesco. Economic analysis of a micro humid air turbine for domestic applications. In: Energy Procedia, Vol. 61, p. 1476-1482 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.151.
2014
De Paepe, W. ; Montero Carrero, M. ; Bram, S. ; Parente, A. ; Contino, Francesco. Experimental characterization of a T100 micro gas turbine converted to full humid air operation. In: Energy Procedia, Vol. 61, p. 2083-2088 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.081.
2014
De Paepe, W. ; Contino, Francesco ; Delattin, F. ; Bram, S. ; De Ruyck, J.. New concept of spray saturation tower for micro Humid Air Turbine applications. In: Applied Energy, Vol. 130, p. 723-737 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.055.
2014
De Paepe, W. ; Contino, Francesco ; Delattin, F. ; Bram, S. ; De Ruyck, J.. Optimal waste heat recovery in micro gas turbine cycles through liquid water injection. In: Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 70, no. 1, p. 846-856 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.05.089.
2014
Lucchini, T. ; D'Errico, G. ; Contino, Francesco ; Jangi, M.. Towards the Use of Eulerian Field PDF Methods for Combustion Modeling in IC Engines. In: SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 7, no. 1, p. 286-296 (2014). doi:10.4271/2014-01-1144.
2013
Bissoli, M. ; Cuoci, A. ; Frassoldati, A. ; Faravelli, T. ; Ranzi, E. ; Lucchini, T. ; D'Errico, G. ; Contino, Francesco. Detailed Kinetic Analysis of HCCI Combustion Using a New Multi-Zone Model and CFD Simulations. In: SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 6, no. 3, p. 1594-1609 (2013). doi:10.4271/2013-24-0021.
2013
Contino, Francesco ; Foucher, F. ; Halter, F. ; Dayma, G. ; Dagaut, P. ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, C.. Engine performances and emissions of second-generation biofuels in spark ignition engines: The case of methyl and ethyl valerates. In: SAE Technical Papers, Vol. 2013-24-0098 (2013) (2013). doi:10.4271/2013-24-0098.
2013
Contino, Francesco ; Foucher, F. ; Dagaut, P. ; Lucchini, T. ; D'Errico, G. ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, C.. Experimental and numerical analysis of nitric oxide effect on the ignition of iso-octane in a single cylinder HCCI engine. In: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160, no. 8, p. 1476-1483 (2013). doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.02.028.
2012
Dias, Véronique ; Duynslaegher, Catherine ; Contino, Francesco ; Vandooren, Jacques ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Experimental and modeling study of formaldehyde combustion in flames. In: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 159, p. 1814-1820 (2012). doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2012.01.006.
2012
Contino, Francesco ; Foucher, Fabrice ; Dagaut, Philippe ; Lucchini, Tommaso ; Mounaïm-Rousselle, Christine. Influence of nitric monoxide on the oxidation of iso-octane in HCCI engines: experimental investigation and numerical analysis using the TDAC method.. In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, no. 34 (2012).
2012
Duynslaegher, Catherine ; Contino, Francesco ; Vandooren, Jacques ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Modeling of ammonia combustion at low pressure. In: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 159, no. 9, p. 2799-2805 (September 2012). doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2012.06.003.
2012
Contino, Francesco ; Lucchini, Tommaso ; D'Errico, Gianluca ; Duynslaegher, Catherine ; Dias, Véronique ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Simulations of advanced combustion modes using detailed chemistry combined with tabulation and mechanism reduction techniques. In: SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 5, no. 2, p. 185-196 (2012). doi:10.4271/2012-01-0145.
2011
Contino, Francesco ; Foucher, Fabrice ; Mounaim-Rousselle, Christine ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Combustion Characteristics of Tricomponent Fuel Blends of Ethyl Acetate, Ethyl Propionate, and Ethyl Butyrate in Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI). In: Energy & fuels, Vol. 25, no. 4, p. 1497-1503 (2011). doi:10.1021/ef200193q.
2011
Contino, Francesco ; Jeanmart, Hervé ; Lucchini, Tommaso ; D'Errico, Gianluca. Coupling of in situ adaptive tabulation and dynamic adaptive chemistry: An effective method for solving combustion in engine simulations.. In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, no. 2, p. 3057-3064 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.proci.2010.08.002.
2011
Contino, Francesco ; Foucher, Fabrice ; Mounaim-Rousselle, Christine ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Experimental Characterization of Ethyl Acetate, Ethyl Propionate, and Ethyl Butanoate in a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine. In: Energy & fuels, Vol. 25, no. 3, p. 998-1003 (2011). doi:10.1021/ef101602q.
2009
Contino, Francesco ; Jeanmart, Hervé. Study of the HCCI Running Zone using Ethyl Acetate.. In: SAE International Journal of Engines, no. 2009-01-0297 (2009). doi:10.4271/2009-01-0297.