Alberto Cuoci
Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano
Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Phone: +390223993283
Fax: +390270638173
Research Interest
My main research interests are focused on the kinetic modeling of pyrolysis, oxidation and combustion processes and on fluid dynamic analyses of devices for combustion processes. In particular, my current research activities cover the following fields:
Interactions between turbulence and kinetics: coupling between detailed kinetics and complex fluid dynamics to predict and to study the formation of pollutant species (unburned hydrocarbons, aldehydes, PAHs, NOx and soot) in combustion devices (combustors for aeromobiles, burners, industrial furnaces, etc.). The main goals are the understanding of physical and chemical phenomena occurring in combustion processes and the creation of new and more efficient combustion devices, characterized by a reduction of pollutant emissions. In this context large attention is devoted to the problem of interactions between turbulence and chemistry, to better understand the effects of turbulent fluctuations on the formation of pollutant species.
Energy and transports: kinetic modeling and fluid dynamic analyses of internal combustion engines and new engines (low temperature oxidation mechanisms, cool flames, autoignition and knocking, evaporation and autoignition of fuel droplets, etc.). At present, particular attention is devoted to the definition of surrogate mixtures to mimic the combustion behavior of real transportation fuels.
External links
CRECK Modeling: Chemical Reaction Engineering and Chemical Kinetics Group at Politecnico di Milano
catalyticFOAM: A numerical framework for the numerical modeling of laminar flows with heterogeneous reactions
laminarSMOKE: A numerical framework for the numerical modeling of laminar, reacting flows with detailed kinetics
Recent publications
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Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Ranzi, E., OpenSMOKE++: An object-oriented framework for the numerical modeling of reactive systems with detailed kinetic mechanisms (2015) Computer Physics Communications, Article in Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2015.02.014
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Matera, S., Maestri, M., Cuoci, A., Reuter, K., Predictive-quality surface reaction chemistry in real reactor models: Integrating first-principles kinetic Monte Carlo simulations into computational fluid dynamics (2014) ACS Catalysis, 4 (11), pp. 4081-4092 DOI: 10.1021/cs501154e
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Ranzi, E., Cavallotti, C., Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Pelucchi, M., Faravelli, T., New reaction classes in the kinetic modeling of low temperature oxidation of n-alkanes (2014) Combustion and Flame, Article in Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.11.030
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Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Ranzi, E., Numerical modeling of auto-ignition of isolated fuel droplets in microgravity (2014) Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Article in Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2014.06.035
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Jin, H., Yuan, W., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Qi, F., Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Experimental and kinetic modeling study of laminar coflow diffusion methane flames doped with 2-butanol (2014) Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Article in Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2014.05.128
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Stagni, A., Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Ranzi, E., Lumping and reduction of detailed kinetic schemes: An effective coupling (2014) Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (22), pp. 9004-9016, DOI: 10.1021/ie403272f
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Jin, H., Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Qi, F., Experimental and kinetic modeling study of PAH formation in methane coflow diffusion flames doped with n-butanol (2014) Combustion and Flame, 161 (3), pp. 657-670, DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.10.020
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Monaghan, R.F.D., Tahir, R., Bourque, G., Gordon, R.L., Cuoci, A., Faravelli, T., Frassoldati, A., Curran, H.J., Detailed emissions prediction for a turbulent swirling nonpremixed flame (2014) Energy and Fuels, 28 (2), pp. 1470-1488, DOI: 10.1021/ef402057w
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Saggese, C., Sánchez, N.E., Frassoldati, A., Cuoci, A., Faravelli, T., Alzueta, M.U., Ranzi, E., Kinetic modeling study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and soot formation in acetylene pyrolysis (2014) Energy and Fuels, 28 (2), pp. 1489-1501, DOI: 10.1021/ef402048q
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Pelucchi, M., Bissoli, M., Cavallotti, C., Cuoci, A., Faravelli, T., Frassoldati, A., Ranzi, E., Stagni, A., Improved kinetic model of the low-temperature oxidation of n-heptane (2014) Energy and Fuels, 28 (11), pp. 7178-7193, DOI: 10.1021/ef501483f