MICROFLUIDICS
Numerical and experimental analysis of transport phenomena in
microchannels with single-phase liquid and gas flows.
- Analysis of the main scaling effects playing a role on single
phase forced convection in microchannels
- Theoretical and experimental analysis of laminar-to-turbulent
transition in microchannels
- Rarefaction effects for gaseous flows in microchannels
- Optical techniques for velocity measurements in microchannels
(micro-PIV)
At the Microfluidics lab of DIN have been developed a series of
test rigs for the measurements of pressure drops and convective
coefficients in microchannels having an inner diameter between 1 mm
and 0.025 mm. A micro-PIV system is used for the determination of
the velocity profile within microfluidics devices (T-junctions,
microchannel networks, splitting devices).
Gian Luca Morini has been local coordinator of the Italian
Projects PRIN 2003, PRIN 2005, PRIN 2007 and PRIN 2009 on Microfluidics. He has
been the local coordinator of the European Project
FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008 GASMEMS.
Member of the European Project H2020, MSCA-ITN-2014-ETN, Proposal number: SEP-210155969, Research and training network on MIniaturized Gas flow for Applications with enhanced Thermal Effects (MIGRATE). Nov. 2015 - Oct. 2019
HVAC SYSTEMS
Gian Luca Morini has participated as member of a series of
National projects (PRIN) and European projects focused on the
optimization of HVAC systems:
European Projects
HERB - Holistic Energy-efficient Retrofitting of residential
Buildings - FP7 - EeB.NMP.2012-2 - Grant agreement 314283 - Oct.
15, 2012 - Apr. 15, 2016
R-D-SBES-R - R & D in Sustainable Building Energy Systems
and Retrofitting - FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES - Project number 269205
2011-2015.
National Projects
REGIONE EMILIA-ROMAGNA: Check-in and control activities on the
energy performance certificates in Emilia-Romagna, 2010-2013
UNINDUSTRIA: Energy Audits in LAMBORGHINI, IMA, COOP, GRANAROLO,
POLIGRAFICI, ACER-Bologna, ACER-Rimini, ERIDANIA
GALLETTI SpA: development of a software for the calculation of the seasonal energetic indicators of thermal plants heat pump based.
The main research and didactic activities in this field can be
summarized as follows:
- Energy auditing activities in residential buildings and
industrial sites
- Development of simulation codes for the prediction of energy
consumptions of HVAC systems and buildings
- Interaction with HVAC manufacturers for optimisation of
specific components
- Design of customized data acquisition systems for energy
audits
- Optimization and experimental tests of envelope components
(thermal bridges on windows, ventilated facades, innovative thermal
insulation systems)
- Training of EGE (Expert in Energy Management) and UNI EN
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