Search results for "ENERGIA"

Il recupero energy driven delle ex aree industriali quale possibile risposta al consumo di suolo

2014

Il consumo di suolo si qualifica come problema, non solo perché si perde il suolo quale sedime ma anche perché si determina una frattura delle qualità ecologiche del suolo stesso. Il consumo di suolo rappresenta, infatti, insieme ai Trasporti e all’Energia, uno dei tre ambiti prioritari in cui è possibile riassumere le questioni energetico-ambientali che riguardano il governo del territorio. Se è vero che il maggior ricorso alla “nuova energia” – oltre ad essere diventato obbligatorio dopo il recepimento delle direttive dell’UE – costituisce una delle misure necessarie per la lotta contro i cambiamenti climatici, è pur vero che uno degli aspetti senz’altro più delicati del tema FER è legato…

Higgs lepton flavour violation: UV completions and connection to neutrino masses

2016

We study lepton violating Higgs (HLFV) decays, first from the effective field theory (EFT) point of view, and then analysing the different high-energy realizations of the operators of the EFT, highlighting the most promising models. We argue why two Higgs doublet models can have a $\mathrm{BR}(h\rightarrow \tau \mu)\sim 0.01$, and why this rate is suppressed in all other realizations including vector-like leptons. We further discuss HLFV in the context of neutrino mass models: in most cases it is generated at one loop giving always $\mathrm{BR}(h\rightarrow \tau \mu) < 10^{-4}$ and typically much less, which is beyond experimental reach. However, both the Zee model and extended left-right s…

Green Data Centres providing ancillary services to power grid

2015

This work investigates the possibility for a Data Centre to provide services to the Grid. In particular, the paper simulates a sudden shift of frequency because of a power decrease and estimates how a real-life Data Centre can contribute the secondary frequency regulation.

Real-time pricing for aggregates energy resources in the Italian energy market

2015

Abstract Over the last decade, the architecture of the energy market has radically changed. In many countries end-users are now able to directly access the market, which has given rise to the question of how they can actively participate in that market. End-users can comprise a critical mass through aggregation that is carried out by a third party – to wit the “loads aggregator.” This paper proposes a new framework for generating feasible real-time price curves for those end-users in a demand-response management process. The underlying algorithm generates output curves as the solution to a constrained optimization problem whose objective function is the aggregator's economic benefit. A case…

Legal Liability of Professional Engineers: The Case of a Fire at a Shopping Center

2019

In this paper, the authors discuss the legal liabilities of the professional engineer as both the engineer of record of a project and the construction site manager. In particular, this paper analyzes the case of a fire at an end-user MV/LV substation of a shopping center in Italy, occurred a few years after maintenance works on the electrical installation. The professional engineer who had designed and overseen the construction of the substation was accused of criminal negligence. The authors through the examination of applicable technical standards, as well as of safety regulations, demonstrate that the professional engineer had acted diligently and that there was no ground for the neglige…

Permeability and its effect on the utilization of geothermal energy

2008

Nuove frontiere della fotosintesi clorofilliana: la foglia artificiale

2013

Per molti anni la scienza ha tentato di riprodurre il processo fotosintetico delle piante, che permette di utilizzare la luce del sole e l'anidride carbonica dell'atmosfera per produrre gli zuccheri necessari al loro metabolismo. Nella primavera del 2010 sui quotidiani compare la notizia rivoluzionaria della creazione di una foglia artificiale, capace di trasformare la luce in una fonte di energia utilizzabile dall'uomo. Su quali principi si basa questa scoperta? Quanto ha di analogo con i processi che avvengono nelle foglie? E quanto siamo vicini all'applicazione su vasta scala di questa innovazione tecnologica?

Low cost, efficient hybrid solar cells

2017

Actualmente, existen diversas estrategias para producir energía limpia mediante fuentes renovables, pero es la explotación directa de la energía del Sol la que se presenta como una solución ideal, siendo la mayor fuente de energía verde en la Tierra. La potencia de la energía solar que llega a la Tierra cada año es del orden de 86000 TW (Terawatt, 1012 Watt). Esto representa 4800 veces la demanda energética anual del mundo, estimada en 18 TW. Además, todos los depósitos de energía fósil reconocidos (petróleo, carbón y gas) contienen todos juntos tan sólo una cantidad de energía equivalente a la recibida del Sol durante 56 días. Esta situación muestra claramente la necesidad de aprovechar es…

Support Policies for Photovoltaic Systems in Europe

2010

Simple measures to improve the performances of the backward/forward method for radial distribution network analysis

2005

In the paper, after having presented the general backward/forward methodology for radial systems analysis, the main changes that have been proposed in the past to improve their convergence and speed performance are shown. Some measures aimed at a further reduction of the number of iterations and calculation times are here described. In order to identify, among the available alternatives, the best methodology, in terms of precision and/or speed of convergence, some evaluations on networks taken from the literature have been carried out. The analysis of the attained results allows the definition, on the basis of specific features of the problem at hand, the most suitable configuration to be i…