SIAD SpA – Hydrogen liquefaction plant. Conceptual design, process simulation, process optimization including ortho-/para-hydrogen conversion modeling via CAPE-OPEN approach. Plant: Hydrogen – Sites: Process systems engineering activities (2021) – ONGOING
ACEA SpA – Phase 2 and 3, GASIFORMING(TM) process for plasmix conversion. Engineering, procurement and construction of the first industrial-scale plant. Plant: plasmix chemical recycling – Sites: Marche (2021 – 2024; 10.4 M€) – ONGOING
SOLÂ – Detailed estimation of syngas / methane production by gasification of second generation biomasses. Plant: Biomass / biorefinery – Sites: feasibility study (2020 – 2021)
Saipem – UZE 2.0 – Phase 2, engineering, procurement, construction, operations management of a new process for ammonia recovey from flue gases of urea plants. Plant: fertilizers – Site: EPC activities (2019 – 2021; 0.56 M€)
Sibur – Process simulation of nonconventional units for tail process and wastewater process retrofitting. Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Tobolsk (2020)
Sibur – Energy optimization of liquified natural gas prossing plant. Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Tobolsk (2020)
Sibur – Crystallization of valuable salts: process design and aprioristic validation. Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Tobolsk (2020)
Sibur – Process conceptual design and simulation of pyrolysis oil splitting process. Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Tobolsk (2020)
Amri Global / Altran – Optimization of production performance by batch reactor analysis and optimization. Plant: Pharma – Site: Origgio (VA) (2020)
Maire Tecnimont’s NextChem – Due diligence for Intellectual Property acquisition. Plant: biogas – Sites: EPC activities (2019)
Fattoria Autonoma Tabacchi – Demo-scale and industrial scale engineering procurement and construction of biogas-to-methanol plants. Plant: biogas – Sites: Giove, Città di Catello (PG) (2019 – 2022; 3.1 M€) – ONGOING
ACEA SpA – Gasiformer process for plasmix conversion. Feasibility study, pilot campaigns and industrial engineering, procurement and construction. Plant: plasmix thermal recovery – Sites: Piedmont, Tuscany (2019 – 2021; 0.39 M€)
Eni SpA – Comparative scouting of plasmix recovery. selection of different processes and technologies including thermal and catalytic systems. Plant: Oil refinery, olephins – Sites: Sannazzaro de’ Borgundi, Livorno, Taranto, Milazzo (2019)
ITT SpA – New technologies for steam methane reforming. Plant: Hydrogen production – Sites: EPC activities (2019 – 2020; 0.16 M€) – ONGOING
SIAD Macchine Impianti SpA – Detailed thermodynamic package for air separation units. Bender-GERG implementation in commercial suites. Plant: ASU – Sites: Digitalization activities (2018 – 2019)
Sibur – Process dynamics for agitated thin-film evaporator. Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Nyost Nonosybirsk (2020)
Sibur – Process simulation of nonconventional units for tail process and wastewater process retrofitting. Plant: Petrochemical – Site: Voronez (2020)
NeoDecorTech srl – Big data analysis and digital twin development for the assessment and optimization of quality-standard productions. Plant: Manifacturer – Sites: Filago (BG) (2019 – 2020)
Eni SpA – Eni Slurry Technology (EST), process and safety verification and validation of decanting section. Plant: Oil refinery, residues – Sites: Sannazzaro de’ Borgundi (2018 – 2019)
Saipem SpA – UZE (Urea Zero Emissions) project. Pre-feasibility study of industrial plant and economic breakeven estimation. Plant: Fertilizers – Sites: EPC activities (2018 – 2019)
Viscolube SpA – Improvement of hydrofinishing and de-asphalting processes by means of experimental campaigns and process simulations. Plant: Lubricants – Sites: Pieve Fissiraga (LO) (2017 – 2020)
Viscolube SpA – AG2S™ application to oil refineries / hydrofinishing. Plant: Lubricants – Sites: Pieve Fissiraga (LO) and Ceccano (FR) (2018 – 2019)
Bitolea SpA – Techno-feasibility study for methyl-acetate process. Plant: Solvent recovery and regeneration – Site: Landriano (PV) (2018 – 2019)
TechnipFMC – AG2S™ feasibility study, techno-economic assessment and application to oil refineries and gas fields. Plant: oil&gas – Site: KAZAKHSTAN, SAUDI ARABIA (2017 – 2018)
SiirtecNigi SpA – Implementation of reduced kinetic models into CFD simulation for the verification of in-line burner design and performances within Sulphur Recovery Units area. Plant: LNG / SRU – Site: unavailable, ITALY (2018-2019)
Radici Chimica SpA – Pre-feasibility of industrial processes for biopolymer synthesis and production. Plant: Chemical – Site: Novara, ITALY (2016)
Techint SpA – Robust optimization. Plant: oil refinery – Site: different sites, ITALY, IRAN, EAST EU, RUSSIA (2016 – 2021)
Radici Chimica SpA – Optimization of large multi-packed distillation unit. Plant: downstream/amine – Site: Novara, ITALY (2016)
Sotacarbo SpA – Syngas production from acid gases and application to the S-rich coal gasification. Plant: coal/biomass gasification – Site: Carbonia, ITALY (2014 – 2021)
Sartec SpA – Pilot-scale project for the syngas production from acid gases. Plant: flue gas plants – Site: Sarroch, ITALY (2015 – 2018)
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Ge – Rigorous simulation of sulfur recovery units. Plant: Claus – Site: Tecnimont plants, WO (2015 – 2016)
Austep SpA – Mass and energy data reconciliation and predictive performance monitoring – Plant: Waste water treatment – Site: ACSDOBFAR, ITALY (2014 – 2016)
Mossi & Ghisolfi Biochemtex SpA – 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
Austep SpA – Process Operations Management course – Site: Austep SpA, Milano, ITALY – Process data reconciliation, process dynamics, process control
Dow AgroScience – Dynamic Simulation and Optimization of Batch Distillation Column – Plant: Bacth amine distillation – Site: Mozzanica (BG), ITALY – Characterization and improvement of the batch distillation operational procedure via process dynamic simulation and optimization of transients.
Linde Gas – SCOOP Technology for the Corporate Bulk Supply Chain Management – Plant: Air separation units, Hydrogen – Sites: Trieste, Bologna, Terni, ITALY – Flexible corporate planning based on innovative technology and BzzMath algorithms. Activation of funded PhD.
Eni Versalis, Honeywell – Online application of rigorous models – Plant: Oil refinery, petrochemical – Site: Porto Marghera, ITALY – Online application of Slim Turbo SPYRO for control purposes of steam cracking furnaces (olefin process).
FBM Hudson Italiana – Detailed simulation of thermal reactor furnace for SRUs for design purposes – Plant: Claus process – Site: Antipisnky, RUSSIA – Kinetic and reactor network modeling of the two-chambers reactor furnace for the prediction of reactor and waste heat boiler outflowing compositions.
Techint-Le Gaz Integrale – Characterization of the reduction process of SO2 using methane – Plant: Sulfur recovery unit – Site: Norilsk, RUSSIA – Detailed kinetic models for the multiphase characterization of gas species and coke formation.
Danieli – Gas-solid modeling of furnace coking and decoking phenomena – Plant: Preheater of natural gas – Site: Monterrey, MEXICO – Detailed models for coking and decoking phenomena using multiphase gas-solid approach for the characterization and prevision of furnace behavior.
DG Impianti – Modeling of non-conventional upstream units – Plant: Refinery – Site: Dijla, SYRIA; EGYPT – Modeling and design of crude oil electrostatic heater-treater for oil-water separation for design and prevision purposes.
Altran-Siemens-Pemex – DCS for oil&gas – Plant: Oil refinery – Site: Salamanca and Tula, MEXICO Technological innovation and transfer.
Linde Gas – Plant: Air separation units, Hydrogen – Sites: Terni, Trieste, Bologna, Milazzo, ITALY – Assessment of existing tools for process simulation and enterprise-wide optimization.
Eni – Process dynamic simulation – Plant: Natural gas – Site: Kashagan, KAZAKHSTAN – Process dynamic simulation and emergency scenarios to validate the breathing-air system for H2S releases at the gas processing plants of Kashgan.
Honeywell – Online application of rigorous models – Plant: steam cracking – Site: Porto Marghera – Online application of rigorous model SPYRO, integration of process models within the DCS.
Altran-Siemens – Value proposition of DCS product line to address the Italian refinery market – Site: Raffinerie di Roma, API Falconara, ISAB Impianti Sud, ITALY – Technical and commercial analysis of distributed control systems for the Oil&Gas area.
Chemprod-Lukoil – Oil refinery process simulation (hydroprocessing) – Site: Khabarovsk Refinery, RUSSIA – Process simulation of ammonia stripping and recovery system for design purposes.
Invensys Operations Management USA – Dynamic Optimization – Plant: large-scale cracking furnace – Site: Confidential – Feasibility study for industrial applications of dynamic optimization solutions. Integration of High performance algorithms (BzzMath library) and detailed kinetics (Spyro model) in ROMeo package.
ERG Energy, Technip-KTI – Robust Data Reconciliation – Plant: Oil refinery – Site: Priolo Gargallo (SR), ITALY – Robust and Reliable Data Reconciliation based on Detailed Model of the Incinerator of the tail gas treatment unit downstream SRU.
Saipem, Chemprod – Process Dynamic Simulation – Site: Nghi Son, VIETNAM – Consultancy for Dynamic Simulation Study and verification of plantwide control of Chemical Plant.
Chemprod, Honeywell – Plant: Ammonia (Processes: H2S MDEA-treatment, Air Compression Train, Hg Removal, etc.) – Site: QAFCO V, QATAR – Dynamic simulation, Plant-wide control, Start-up and shutdown procedures, Large-scale plant simulation, Interfacing process areas, Developing ad hoc scenarios for operator training, Guidelines for OTS developers.
Snamprogetti – Plant: Acid Gas Injection Unit – Site: Kashgan, KAZAKHSTAN – Dynamic simulation, Plant-wide control, OTS, Start-up and shutdown procedures for a 4-stages compressor train, Development of the plant-wide control system, Local and global antisurge system definition, Comparison between dynamic codes AspenHysys and Dynsim.
Termokimik, ENEL – Plant: Coke Power Plant – Site: Brindisi, ITALY – Simulation for verification purposes of the MEA process for the CO2 sequestration in the power plant.
Technip-KTI, GALP Energia – Plant: Sines Oil Refinery, Claus Process – Site: Porto, PORTUGAL – Integrating HYSYS, AMOCO, and VBA for the off-line nonlinear data reconciliation based on rigorous models.
Chemprod, Foster Wheeler – Plant: H2S/Oil Stripper – Site: Confidential – Stripper design and steady simulation using Electrolyte and specific thermodynamic packages.
Technip-KTI, ERG – Plant: ERG refinery, Claus Process – Site: Priolo Gargallo (SR), ITALY – Developing C++ classes for the on-line data reconciliation and the outlier detection based on PRO/II simulation of the plant
Saudi Aramco, Snamprogetti – Plant: LNG – Site: Khurais, SAUDI ARABIA – 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.
APCTech – Plant: Three-stages Let-down – Site: Confidential – Dynamic simulation and training scenarios for grade changes, load changes, pressure peaks, plant-wide control, emergency shutdown procedures.
DepQuest, CimProgetti – Plant: Cement hydration – Site: ITALY – Kinetic modeling and reactor characterization; first-principle modelling; development of a user-friendly interface for the final user.
Invensys Process Systems – Plant: Oil refinery – Site: Samir, MOROCCO – Data reconciliation, Performance monitoring, Scheduling; Setup and implementation of the daily production accounting; Rigorous modelling of final product storages (apparent volume, floating roof, foam).
Invensys Process Systems, Yokogawa – Plant: LNG – Site: Al Ruwais, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Support in modeling, data reconciliation, and outlier detection for Yokogawa Exaquantum system.
Air Liquide – Plant: Air separation – Sites: Limito and San Nazzaro de’ Borgundi, ITALY – 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.
APCTech – Plant: LNG – Site: Confidential – Dynamic simulation, OTS, Development of the operator training simulation, Development of the control system, Emergency shutdown procedures.
Technip-KTI – Plant: Oil refinery, Claus process – Site: Nanjing (CHINA), Mesajeed (UAE), Mumbai (INDIA), Suez (EGYPT) – Development of the detailed kinetic models for sulphur compound pyrolysis and oxydation, modelling of the reaction furnace. Release of the STRESS Suite.