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Papers by C. Amorese

Research paper thumbnail of A techno-economic comparison of fluidized bed gasification of two mixed plastic wastes

Research paper thumbnail of Near-IR mode-locked laser assisted sintering and morphological engineering of biomaterials - a new approach for integrative manufacturing of hard-soft tissues for in-theatre use!

2017 19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2017

The emergence of mode-locked near-IR (NIR) lasers has opened novel and exciting opportunities in ... more The emergence of mode-locked near-IR (NIR) lasers has opened novel and exciting opportunities in dental and orthopaedic medicine. In a mode-locked laser cavity the pulse duration and repetition rates may be controlled between 10–100s of femtosecond (fs) and kHz-GHz ranges, respectively. This unique capability for controlling the incident laser power in a near-IR mode-locked laser has been explored for studying the materials phase transformation, sintering and bonding mechanisms in calcium phosphate and chitosan/calcium phosphate suspensions as biomaterials. The investigation primarily focusses on interaction of such a laser in a linear regime, resulting in a plethora of phase combinations and morphologically controlled structures, which are well suited for in-theatre processing of hard-soft tissues for personalized therapy. In this article, the engineered medical device which combines the materials and laser power delivery at the point of tissue restoration is also discussed. The ar...

Research paper thumbnail of Modeling and predictive control of a new injection system for Compressed Natural Gas engines

2006 IEEE Conference on Computer Aided Control System Design, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, 2006

The accurate metering of the air/fuel mixture in internal combustion engines equipped with common... more The accurate metering of the air/fuel mixture in internal combustion engines equipped with common rail injection systems strictly depends on the injection pressure regulation. This is a critical objective to be accomplished in compressed natural gas injection systems, as the gas compressibility makes the fuel delivery process more complex. Since the design of a controller requires a model of the

Research paper thumbnail of Fuel injector device for an internal combustion engine

Research paper thumbnail of A system and method for feeding LPG by injection for an internal combustion engine

Research paper thumbnail of Level-sensor device for a liquid-fuel tank, particularly for a system for supplying LPG to an internal-combustion engine

Research paper thumbnail of Prediction of the Behavior of a CNG Tank Exposed to Flames

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2005

The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safe... more The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safety issues related to this kind of fuel should be analyzed more and more thoroughly. So far, the minimum requirement for a CNG tank is to set up a Pressure Relief Device (PRD) triggered by temperature.

Research paper thumbnail of A techno-economic comparison of fluidized bed gasification of two mixed plastic wastes

Waste Management, 2011

A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of g... more A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of gasification based, plastics-to-energy cogenerators in the 2-6 MWe range is presented. A pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed air gasifier, having a feeding capacity of 100 kg/h, provided experimental data: the syngas complete composition, the characterization of the bed material, the entrained fines collected at the cyclone and the purge material from the scrubber. Mass and energy balances and material and substance flow analyses have been therefore drawn to assess and compare design solutions utilizing two mixed plastic wastes (MPW) obtained from separate collection of plastic packaging, after different levels of pre-treatments. The related techno-economic performances have been finally estimated on the basis of the manufacturer's specifications. The study concludes that the MPW obtained after a very simple pretreatment and fed to a gasifier coupled with a steam turbine is the solution that currently offers the higher reliability and provides the higher internal rate of return for the investigated range of electrical energy production.

Research paper thumbnail of Prediction of the Behavior of a CNG Tank Exposed to Flames

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2005

The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safe... more The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safety issues related to this kind of fuel should be analyzed more and more thoroughly. So far, the minimum requirement for a CNG tank is to set up a Pressure Relief Device (PRD) triggered by temperature.

Research paper thumbnail of A techno-economic comparison of fluidized bed gasification of two mixed plastic wastes

Waste Management, 2011

A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of g... more A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of gasification based, plastics-to-energy cogenerators in the 2-6 MWe range is presented. A pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed air gasifier, having a feeding capacity of 100 kg/h, provided experimental data: the syngas complete composition, the characterization of the bed material, the entrained fines collected at the cyclone and the purge material from the scrubber. Mass and energy balances and material and substance flow analyses have been therefore drawn to assess and compare design solutions utilizing two mixed plastic wastes (MPW) obtained from separate collection of plastic packaging, after different levels of pre-treatments. The related techno-economic performances have been finally estimated on the basis of the manufacturer's specifications. The study concludes that the MPW obtained after a very simple pretreatment and fed to a gasifier coupled with a steam turbine is the solution that currently offers the higher reliability and provides the higher internal rate of return for the investigated range of electrical energy production.

Research paper thumbnail of A techno-economic comparison of fluidized bed gasification of two mixed plastic wastes

Research paper thumbnail of Near-IR mode-locked laser assisted sintering and morphological engineering of biomaterials - a new approach for integrative manufacturing of hard-soft tissues for in-theatre use!

2017 19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2017

The emergence of mode-locked near-IR (NIR) lasers has opened novel and exciting opportunities in ... more The emergence of mode-locked near-IR (NIR) lasers has opened novel and exciting opportunities in dental and orthopaedic medicine. In a mode-locked laser cavity the pulse duration and repetition rates may be controlled between 10–100s of femtosecond (fs) and kHz-GHz ranges, respectively. This unique capability for controlling the incident laser power in a near-IR mode-locked laser has been explored for studying the materials phase transformation, sintering and bonding mechanisms in calcium phosphate and chitosan/calcium phosphate suspensions as biomaterials. The investigation primarily focusses on interaction of such a laser in a linear regime, resulting in a plethora of phase combinations and morphologically controlled structures, which are well suited for in-theatre processing of hard-soft tissues for personalized therapy. In this article, the engineered medical device which combines the materials and laser power delivery at the point of tissue restoration is also discussed. The ar...

Research paper thumbnail of Modeling and predictive control of a new injection system for Compressed Natural Gas engines

2006 IEEE Conference on Computer Aided Control System Design, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, 2006

The accurate metering of the air/fuel mixture in internal combustion engines equipped with common... more The accurate metering of the air/fuel mixture in internal combustion engines equipped with common rail injection systems strictly depends on the injection pressure regulation. This is a critical objective to be accomplished in compressed natural gas injection systems, as the gas compressibility makes the fuel delivery process more complex. Since the design of a controller requires a model of the

Research paper thumbnail of Fuel injector device for an internal combustion engine

Research paper thumbnail of A system and method for feeding LPG by injection for an internal combustion engine

Research paper thumbnail of Level-sensor device for a liquid-fuel tank, particularly for a system for supplying LPG to an internal-combustion engine

Research paper thumbnail of Prediction of the Behavior of a CNG Tank Exposed to Flames

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2005

The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safe... more The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safety issues related to this kind of fuel should be analyzed more and more thoroughly. So far, the minimum requirement for a CNG tank is to set up a Pressure Relief Device (PRD) triggered by temperature.

Research paper thumbnail of A techno-economic comparison of fluidized bed gasification of two mixed plastic wastes

Waste Management, 2011

A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of g... more A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of gasification based, plastics-to-energy cogenerators in the 2-6 MWe range is presented. A pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed air gasifier, having a feeding capacity of 100 kg/h, provided experimental data: the syngas complete composition, the characterization of the bed material, the entrained fines collected at the cyclone and the purge material from the scrubber. Mass and energy balances and material and substance flow analyses have been therefore drawn to assess and compare design solutions utilizing two mixed plastic wastes (MPW) obtained from separate collection of plastic packaging, after different levels of pre-treatments. The related techno-economic performances have been finally estimated on the basis of the manufacturer's specifications. The study concludes that the MPW obtained after a very simple pretreatment and fed to a gasifier coupled with a steam turbine is the solution that currently offers the higher reliability and provides the higher internal rate of return for the investigated range of electrical energy production.

Research paper thumbnail of Prediction of the Behavior of a CNG Tank Exposed to Flames

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2005

The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safe... more The increasing request of vehicles fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) requires that the safety issues related to this kind of fuel should be analyzed more and more thoroughly. So far, the minimum requirement for a CNG tank is to set up a Pressure Relief Device (PRD) triggered by temperature.

Research paper thumbnail of A techno-economic comparison of fluidized bed gasification of two mixed plastic wastes

Waste Management, 2011

A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of g... more A comparison between the most promising design configurations for the industrial application of gasification based, plastics-to-energy cogenerators in the 2-6 MWe range is presented. A pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed air gasifier, having a feeding capacity of 100 kg/h, provided experimental data: the syngas complete composition, the characterization of the bed material, the entrained fines collected at the cyclone and the purge material from the scrubber. Mass and energy balances and material and substance flow analyses have been therefore drawn to assess and compare design solutions utilizing two mixed plastic wastes (MPW) obtained from separate collection of plastic packaging, after different levels of pre-treatments. The related techno-economic performances have been finally estimated on the basis of the manufacturer's specifications. The study concludes that the MPW obtained after a very simple pretreatment and fed to a gasifier coupled with a steam turbine is the solution that currently offers the higher reliability and provides the higher internal rate of return for the investigated range of electrical energy production.