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Stefania Falfari

Associate Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering

Academic discipline: IIND-06/A Fluid Machinery

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Keep in touch with SOFFHICE project (funded by PRIN 2022 - PNRR)

On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7163885434283012096/

On website: https://www.polito.it/en/polito/communication-and-press-office/poliflash/sailing-towards-decarbonisation-with-the-soffhice-project

SOFFHICE centers its focus on investigating the retrofit of ships, with short-distance ferries in lakes or Italian minor islands serving as real case studies. The project's dual-fold integration goal strives to maximize ICE efficiency and minimize emissions during open-sea navigation, while emphasizing SOFC operation in ports and coastal areas to reduce pollutants (nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, particulate).

The project's roadmap includes the design of a SOFC+ICE ferry through a comprehensive feasibility study. Partners will model and study the interaction of the two technologies, considering thermodynamics and control aspects. The analysis aims to investigate a variety of scenarios involving different fuel feedings, from natural gas to hydrogen, methanol, and ammonia.

In this framework, UniBO will perform a caracterization of the ICE module in the SOFC+ICE system by means a self-developed 0D engine model combined with chemical kinetics simulations.

Published on: February 16 2024