Current Role
Gabriele Milanese is a research fellow of the Thermochemical Power Group (TPG) of the University of Genoa. He joined TPG in 2023. He is active in the field of Computational Fluid-Dynamics, and his main areas of research are design and analysis of turbomachinery, ejectors for fuel cells applications, combustion chambers for gas turbines, industrial furnaces, turbulence modelling, integrated use of CFD simulations and machine learning techniques.
Education
- PhD in Energy Engineering with specialization in Development and Validation of Turbulence Models.
- MS in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Computational Fluid-dynamics.
Research Activities and Work Experience
- Johnson Electric GATE, February 2000 – January 2018
- Main activities:
- Thermofluid-dynamics and aeroacoustics R&D,
- Development and validation of design tools, Design of new products,
- Organization and analysis of experimental activities,
- Interaction with CAD design and structural analysis activities,
- Customer technical support (Jaguar-Land-Rover, Ford, GM, PSA, Mercedes, etc)
- University of Genova, February 2018 – Present, Associate Researcher
- Main activities:
- Development, validation and application of a CFD based design environment (1D, 2D, 3D tools) for a generic turbomachinery (with focus on axial fans, pumps and compressors).
- Development and validation of CFD combustion models for turbulent diffusion autoigniting flames (methane, H2, syngas, etc.) and of a fully coupled model for the analysis of industrial glass furnaces (with focus on the process efficiency and emission reduction)
- Development and validation of a new turbulence model, with applications on the design of supersonic ejectors for fuel cells, and reactive jets
- Development, validation and application of a CFD model for the analysis of a gas turbine combustor, focusing on the use of ammonia-based fuels.
Contact Information
Work Address
University of Genoa, Polytechnic School
Department of Mechanical Engineering (DIME)
via Montallegro 1, 16145, Genoa, Italy
Email Address
gabriele.milanese@unige.it