Research Group TEP

The main research activities of the TEP group are the following:

  • Numerical simulation of fluid machine components, with particular interest in the interaction between components, cooling (internal and external), analysis of cavity flows in high-pressure stages and development of secondary flows.
  • Development of enabling components for the realization of innovative cycles for gas turbines, with particular interest in pressure gain cycles (i.e., transition duct, high pressure turbine, end-wall contouring, flow control devices).
  • Numerical simulation of industrial combustors and optimization of components for the estimation and reduction of pollutant emissions, with particular interest in the development of H2-ready components (also in relation to fuel blends) with low NOx emission.
  • Development of an in-house finite volume solver to serve the group's activities, with particular attention to the implementation of high-order methods for the simulation of high- and low-pressure turbines through LES or transition models, as well as of internal refrigeration systems with an approach based on coupled heat exchange.
  • Development of optimization algorithms to serve the group's activities, with particular interest in adjoint methods and in the use of machine learning for the realization of robust designs also using uncertainty quantification methodologies.

 

Financed Projects

  • Research project “H2POWRD” (Department of Energy, Polytechnic of Turin, 2024-2028, funding scheme Horizon Europe, MSCA, Grant Agreement No. 101169009) https://www.h2powrd.eu/ind-projects/dc10
  • Research project “PRIN 2022 – EnaTech-RDE: Enabling Technologies for Turbine Design in CO2-Free Rotating Detonation Engines” (Department of Energy, Polytechnic of Turin, 2023-2026, supported by MUR, protocol 2022BW9SHS)
  • Research project “INSPIRE - Inspiring Pressure Gain Combustion Integration, Research, and Education” (Department of Energy, Polytechnic of Turin, 2021-2024, funding scheme Horizon 2020, MSCA, Grant Agreement No. 956803) https://inspire.cerfacs.fr/en/esr-12/

 

ERC reference

Primary: PE8_5 Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston engines

Other: PE8_1 Aerospace engineering