Industrial

A2A

IN PROGRESS (2022)

Slugde HTC processing

Plant: HTC – Sites: Milano, Bolzano

SIAD Macchine Impianti

ACCOMPLISHED (2020 – 2021)

Liquid hydrogen processing

Plant: Hydrogen – Sites: EPC activity

SOL SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2020 – 2021)

Synthetic natural gas

Plant: Waste conversion – Sites: Milano

PERI SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2021)

Plant optimization

Plant: Biogas – Site: Melegnano (MI)

HBI Group

ACCOMPLISHED (2020 – 2021)

Technical advising for sludge HTC processing plant scale-up

Plant: HTC – Site: Bolzano

3 patents filed and transferred

San Marino Energia e Ambiente

IN PROGRESS (2020 – 2022)

Technical advising, procurement, construction

Plant: Biogas – Site: Città di Castello (PG)

TWT srl

ACCOMPLISHED (2020 – 2021)

Operations management and optimization

Plant: Biogas – Site: Grumello del Monte (BG)

AZOT

ACCOMPLISHED (2020)

Digital twin for acid nitric process (jointly with TPU)

Plant: Fertilizer – Site: Siberian O’blast, Russian Fed.

SIBUR Corporate

ACCOMPLISHED (2021)

Pyrolysis oil purification

Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Tobolsk, Russian Fed.

SIBUR Corporate

ACCOMPLISHED (2021)

Energy optimization of natural gas plant

Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Tobolsk, Russian Fed.

ACEA SpA

IN PROGRESS (2020 – 2023)

Gasiforming process

Plant: Waste conversion – Sites: Ancona, Italy

Process license conferred (2021-2036)

ITELYUM REGENERATION srl

IN PROGRESS (2020 – 2023)

Digitalization

Plant: Exhausted Oil Refinery – Sites: Pieve Fissiraga (LO), Ceccano (FR)

2 patents filed and transferred

SITIP SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2020)

Tech transfer for medical devices

Plant: Textile fibers – Sites: Cene (BG)

Patent filed and transferred

CAPGEMINI ENGINEERING

ACCOMPLISHED (2020)

Batch process modeling, simulation and optimization

Plant: Pharma – Sites: Varese

Fattoria Autonoma Tabacchi – FAT

IN PROGRESS (2019 – 2023)

Demo-scale for BIGSQUID™

Plant: Biogas – Sites: Città di Castello

IP portion transferred

ENI SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2019)

EST – Eni Slurry Technology

Plant: refinery – SIte: Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi (PV)

HBI Group

ACCOMPLISHED (2020)

Hydrothermal char process engineering

Plant: Slurry waste conversion – Sites: Bolzano

Patent filed and transferred

SIAD MACCHINE IMPIANTI SpA / ASPENTECH LTD

ACCOMPLISHED (2018 – 2020)

Detailed thermodynamics and CAPE-OPEN implementation

Plant: Air Separation Units – Sites: Bergamo

SAIPEM SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2019 – 2022)

Urea Zero Emissions 2.0

Plant: Fertilizers – Sites: EPC activities

SIBUR Corporate

ACCOMPLISHED (2020)

Process Operations management

Plant: Petrochemical – Sites: Novosibirsk, Voronezh

SAIPEM SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2018 – 2019)

Urea Zero Emissions

Plant: Fertilizers – Sites: EPC activities

ENI SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2019)

Plastic wastes chemical recycling

Plant: refinery – SIte: Taranto

VISCOLUBE srl

ACCOMPLISHED (2017 – 2020)

AG2S™ application to oil refineries / hydrofinishing

Plant: Lubricants – Sites: Pieve Fissiraga (LO), Ceccano (FR)

BITOLEA srl

ACCOMPLISHED (2018)

Techno-feasibility study for methyl-acetate process

Plant: Lubricants – Sites: PIEVE FISSIRAGA, CECCANO

Patent filed and transferred

TECHNIPFMC

ACCOMPLISHED (2017 – 2018)

AG2S™ application to oil refineries and gas fields

Plant: oil&gas – Site: KAZAKHSTAN, SAUDI ARABIA

SIIRTECNIGI

ACCOMPLISHED (2018-2019)

Reactive CFD

Plant: LNG/SRU – Site: EPC activity, ITALY

RADICI CHIMICA SPA

ACCOMPLISHED (2016)

Pre-feasibility of industrial processes

Plant: Chemical – Site: Novara, ITALY

TECHINT SPA

ACCOMPLISHED (2016-2021)

Robust optimization

Plant: oil refinery – Site: different sites, ITALY, IRAN, EAST EU, RUSSIA

RADICI CHIMICA SPA

ACCOMPLISHED (2016)

Optimization of distillation unit

Plant: downstream/amine – Site: Novara, ITALY

SOTACARBO

ACCOMPLISHED (2015-2021)

Syngas production from acid gases and application to the S-rich coal gasification

Plant: coal/biomass gasification – Site: Carbonia, ITALY

SARTEC SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2015-2018)

Pilot-scale project for the syngas production from acid gases

Plant: flue gas plants – Site: Sarroch, ITALY

VMGe Canada

ACCOMPLISHED (2015-2016)

Rigorous simulation of sulfur recovery units

Plant: Claus – Site: Tecnimont plants, WO

AUSTEP SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2014-2016)

Mass and energy data reconciliation and predictive performance monitoring

Plant: Waste water treatment – Site: ACSDOBFAR, ITALY

BIOCHEMTEX SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2013-2015)

Multi-scale modeling of the catalytic production and purification of bio-based glycols of industrial interest from polyols hydrogenolysis

Plant: Biorefinery – Site: Crescentino, ITALY

Activation of funded PhD

FBM HUDSON ITALIANA SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2013)

Detailed simulation of thermal reactor furnace for SRUs for design purposes

Plant: Claus process – Site: Antipisnky, RUSSIA

DOW AGROSCIENCE

ACCOMPLISHED (2013-2014)

Dynamic Simulation and Optimization of Batch Distillation Column

Plant: Batch amine distillation – Site: Mozzanica (BG), ITALY

BIOCHEMTEX SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2013-2017)

Development of Conceptual Layout and Industrial scale-up for LIDIA Biorefinery (project of the National Cluster Green Chemistry, in collaboration with Engico, Entsorga, Spike Renewables, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Bari, Università di Torino)

Plant: Biorefinery – Site: ITALY

TECHINT SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2012-2013)

Characterization of the reduction process of SO2 using methane

Plant: Sulfur recovery unit – Site: Norilsk, RUSSIA

DANIELI SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2012-2013)

Gas-solid modeling of furnace coking and decoking phenomena

Plant: Preheater of natural gas – Site: Monterrey, MEXICO

WHIRLPOOL EUROPE Srl

ACCOMPLISHED (2012)

Dynamic simulation of the transformation processes of food matrices subject to thermal treatments

Site: ITALY

Activation of funded PhD

DG IMPIANTI

ACCOMPLISHED (2011-2012)

Modeling of non-conventional upstream units

Plant: Refinery – Site: Dijla, SYRIA

ALTRAN SpA / PEMEX

ACCOMPLISHED (2011-2012)

DCS for oil&gas

Plant: Oil refinery – Site: Salamanca and Tula, MEXICO

LINDE GAS

ACCOMPLISHED (2011-2014)

SCOOP Technology for the Corporate Bulk Supply Chain Management

Plant: Air separation units, Hydrogen – Sites: Trieste, Bologna, Terni, ITALY

Activation of funded PhD

LINDE GAS

ACCOMPLISHED (2011)

Assessment of existing Level-3 solutions

Plant: Air separation units, Hydrogen – Sites: Terni, Trieste, Bologna, Milazzo, ITALY

ENI SpA / SNAMPROGETTI

ACCOMPLISHED (2011)

Process dynamic simulation

Plant: Natural gas – Site: Kashagan, KAZAKHSTAN

POLIMERI EUROPA / ENI

ACCOMPLISHED (2011)

Online application of rigorous models

Plant: Oil refinery, petrochemical – Site: Porto Marghera, ITALY

HONEYWELL Ltd

ACCOMPLISHED (2011)

Online application of rigorous models

Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Porto Marghera, ITALY

ALTRAN SpA / SIEMENS GmbH

ACCOMPLISHED (2010-2011)

Value proposition of DCS product line to address the Italian refinery market

Site: Raffinerie di Roma, API Falconara, ISAB Impianti Sud, ITALY

CHEMPROD / LUKOIL Inc

ACCOMPLISHED (2010)

Oil refinery process simulation (hydroprocessing)

Site: Khabarovsk Refinery, RUSSIA

INVENSYS PROCESS SYSTEMS Inc USA

ACCOMPLISHED (2010)

Dynamic Optimization

Plant: Steam cracking

ERG ENERGY SpA / TECHNIP-KTI SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2010)

Robust Data Reconciliation

Plant: Oil refinery – Site: Priolo Gargallo (SR), ITALY

SAIPEM SpA / ENI

ACCOMPLISHED (2009-2010)

Process Dynamic Simulation

Site: Nghi Son, VIETNAM

HONEYWELL Inc

ACCOMPLISHED (2009)

Plant: Ammonia (Processes: H2S MDEA-treatment, Air Compression Train, Hg Removal, etc.)

Site: QAFCO V, QATAR

SAIPEM SpA / ENI

ACCOMPLISHED (2009)

Plant: Acid Gas Injection Unit – Site: Kashgan, KAZAKHSTAN

TERMOKIMIK SpA / ENEL SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2009)

Simulation for verification purposes of the MEA process for the CO2 sequestration in the power plant

Plant: Coke Power Plant – Site: Brindisi, ITALY

TECHNIP-KTI SpA / GALP ENERGIA Ltd

ACCOMPLISHED (2008-2009)

Integrating HYSYS, AMOCO, and VBA for the off-line nonlinear data reconciliation based on rigorous models

Plant: Sines Oil Refinery, Claus Process – Site: Porto, PORTUGAL

CHEMPROD / FOSTER WHEELER ITALIANA

ACCOMPLISHED (2008-2009)

Stripper design and steady simulation using Electrolyte and specific thermodynamic packages

Plant: H2S/Oil Stripper

TECHNIP-KTI SpA / ERG SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2008-2009)

Developing C++ classes for the on-line data reconciliation and the outlier detection based on PRO/II simulation of the plant

Plant: ERG refinery, Claus Process – Site: Priolo Gargallo (SR), ITALY

SAUDI ARAMCO Inc / SNAMPROGETTI-ENI

ACCOMPLISHED (2007)

Development of the mass and energy data reconciliation system on KUC, KGC, KCC processes; Data coaptation and node condensation; Definition of the performance monitoring and the production accounting systems

Plant: LNG – Site: Khurais, SAUDI ARABIA

APCTECH Srl

ACCOMPLISHED (2007)

Dynamic simulation and training scenarios for grade changes, load changes, pressure peaks, plant-wide control, emergency shutdown procedures

Plant: Three-stages Let-down

DEPQUEST / CIMPROGETTI

ACCOMPLISHED (2007 – 2008)

Kinetic modeling and reactor characterization; first-principle modelling; development of a user-friendly interface for the final user

Plant: Cement hydration – Site: Tunisi, TUNISIA

INVENSYS PROCESS SYSTEMS Inc

ACCOMPLISHED (2006)

Data reconciliation, Performance monitoring, Scheduling; Setup and implementation of the daily production accounting; Rigorous modelling of final product storages (apparent volume, floating roof, foam)

Plant: Oil refinery – Site: Samir, MOROCCO

YOKOGAWA MIDDLE-EAST Ltd / SNAMPROGETTI SpA-ENI

ACCOMPLISHED (2006)

Support in modeling, data reconciliation, and outlier detection for Yokogawa Exaquantum system

Plant: LNG – Site: Al Ruwais, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

AIR LIQUIDE SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2005 – 2006)

Supply Chain Management, Planning, Enterprise-wide (multisite) optimization of industrial gases production and distribution in the north of Italy, Optimization of branched network and pipelines for gas oxygen transportation

Plant: Air separation – Sites: Limito and San Nazzaro de’ Borgundi, ITALY

APCTECH Srl

ACCOMPLISHED (2005)

Dynamic simulation, OTS, Development of the operator training simulation, Development of the control system, Emergency shutdown procedures

Plant: LNG

TECHNIP-KTI SpA

ACCOMPLISHED (2002 – 2004)

Development of the detailed kinetic models for sulphur compound pyrolysis and oxydation, modelling of the reaction furnace

Plant: Oil refinery, Claus process – Site: Nanjing (CHINA), Mesajeed (UAE), Mumbai (INDIA), Suez (EGYPT)