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Università degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Engineering

General Information

Università degli Studi di Palermo
Department of Engineering
Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 7 – 90128 Palermo (PA)
Web site: http://www.unipa.it/dipartimenti/ingegneria
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Contacts
Prof. Antonino VALENZA
+39 09123863701

Detailed information

Staff
73 Full Professors
94 Associate Professors
116 Researchers
16 Structured Technicians
72 Administratives
Registered students
 
Post Lauream Training
40 enrolled in international doctoral programs in Chemical, Environmental, Biomedical, Hydraulic and Materials Engineering
22 Research fellows
64 fellows
Patents

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Pollutants abatement

Photocatalytic processes for the abatement of emerging pollutants
Giuseppe Marcì (+39 09123863738)
giuseppe.marci@unipa.it
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Circular economy

Production of renewable energy via salinity gradients
Giorgio Micale (+39 3204328589)
giorgiod.maria.micale@unipa.it
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Circular economy

Valorisation of brines coming from desalination plants and recovery of critical raw materials for waste saline streams
Giorgio Micale (+39 3204328589)
giorgiod.maria.micale@unipa.it
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Sensors

Development of electrochemical sensors for applications in the environmental, food and biomedical fields
Rosalinda Inguanta (+39 3332751523)
rosalinda.inguanta@unipa.it
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Nanomaterials

Development of nanostructured electrodes for electrochemical devices
Rosalinda Inguanta (+39 3332751523)
rosalinda.inguanta@unipa.it
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Fluid dynamics

Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation in Monophasic and Multiphasic Industrial Systems
Francesca Scargiali (+3909123863714)
francesca.scargiali@unipa.it
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Waste valorisation

Study of thermochemical processes for the valorization of residual organic matrices: -Hydrothermal liquefaction processes for the production of biofuels and the valorization of residual biomass
Alessandro Galia (+39 09123863758)
alessandro.galia@unipa.it
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Microalgae

Development of microalgae cultivation techniques for the accumulation of high-value compounds. Utilization of residual biomass. Application of microalgae in wastewater treatment and removal of emerging contaminants
Francesca Scargiali (+39 09123863714)
francesca.scargiali@unipa.it
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Energy recovery

Reverse electrodyalisis and microbial cells for energy production, waste water treatment and production of fine chemicals
Onofrio Scialdone (+39 09123863754)
onofrio.scialdone@unipa.it
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Biomass

Synthesis of catalysts and catalytic tests for the valorization of biomass
Giuseppe Marcì (+39 09123863738)
giuseppe.marci@unipa.it
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Soil electrodepuration

Electrochemical remediation of soil and sediments contaminated by recalcitrant organic pollutants
Federica Proietto (+39 09123863758)
federica.proietto@unipa.it
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Circular economy

Energy storage processes based on salinity and pH gradients
Giorgio Micale (+39 3204328589)
giorgiod.maria.micale@unipa.it
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Hydrogen

Development of electrocatalysts for the production of green hydrogen
Rosalinda Inguanta (+39 3332751523)
rosalinda.inguanta@unipa.it
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CO2 electro-reduction

Innovative electrochemical process for the waste-CO2 valorisation into added-value chemicals (e.g. formic acid, syngas)
Onofrio Scialdone (+39 09123863754)
onofrio.scialdone@unipa.it
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Polymer functionalisation

Synthesis and modification of polymers by electrochemical methods or in dense CO2-based process media
Alessandro Galia (+39 09123863758)
alessandro.galia@unipa.it
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Circular economy

Low-energy seawater desalination
Giorgio Micale (+39 3204328589)
giorgiod.maria.micale@unipa.it
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Bio-coatings

Development of biocoatings for orthopedic applications
Rosalinda Inguanta (+39 3332751523)
rosalinda.inguanta@unipa.it
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Decarbonization

Chemical processes driven by concentrated solar heat
Alessandro Galia (+39 09123863758)
alessandro.galia@unipa.it
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Waste valorisation

Study of thermochemical processes for the carbonization of single use plastics in molten salts
Claudia Prestigiacomo (+39 09123863758)
claudia.prestigiacomo01@unipa.it
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Supercritical fluids

Supercritical Water Oxidation and Gasification Processes and Supercritical CO2 Extraction
Giuseppe Caputo (+39 09123862658)
giuseppe.caputo01@unipa.it
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Circular economy

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of membrane separation processes and chemical engineering apparatuses. Computational emodynamics for biomedical applications
Giorgio Micale (+39 3204328589)
giorgiod.maria.micale@unipa.it
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Circular economy

Hydrogen productions via electro-membrane processes
Giorgio Micale (+39 3204328589)
giorgiod.maria.micale@unipa.it
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Wastewater treatment

Innovative electrochemical processes for the wastewater treatment polluted by organic recalcitrants
Onofrio Scialdone (+39 09123863754)
onofrio.scialdone@unipa.it
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Supercritical fluids

Supercritical fluids extraction of high added values products.
Alessandro Galia (+39 09123863758)
alessandro.galia@unipa.it
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Circular economy

Reactive crystallisation of alkali and alkaline earth metals
Giorgio Micale (+39 3204328589)
giorgiod.maria.micale@unipa.it
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Pubblicazioni

  • Tamburini A., Tedesco M., Cipollina A., Micale G., Ciofalo M., Papapetrou M., Van Baak W., Piacentino A., "Reverse electrodialysis heat engine for sustainable power production" (2017) Applied Energy, 206, pp. 1334 – 1353
  • Prestigiacomo C., Costa P., Pinto F., Schiavo B., Siragusa A., Scialdone O., Galia A., "Sewage sludge as cheap alternative to microalgae as feedstock of catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction processes", (2019) Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 143, pp. 251 – 258
  • Giacalone F., Catrini P., Tamburini A., Cipollina A., Piacentino A., Micale G., "Exergy analysis of reverse electrodialysis", (2018) Energy Conversion and Management, 164, pp. 588 – 602
  • Patella B., Narayan T., O'Sullivan B., Daly R., Zanca C., Lovera P., Inguanta R., O'Riordan A., "Simultaneous detection of copper and mercury in water samples using in-situ pH control with electrochemical stripping techniques", (2023) Electrochimica Acta, 439, art. no. 141668
  • Proietto F., Schiavo B., Galia A., Scialdone O., "Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to HCOOH at tin cathode in a pressurized undivided filter-press cell", (2018) Electrochimica Acta, 277, pp. 30 – 40
  • Lima S., García-López E.I., Adawy A., Marcì G., Scargiali F., "Valorisation of Chlorella sp. biomass in 5-HMF through a two-step conversion in the presence of Nb2O5 and NbOPO4 and optimisation through reactive extraction", (2023) Chemical Engineering Journal, 471, art. no. 144583
  • García-López E.I., Pomilla F.R., Krivtsov I., Serrano A., Liotta L.F., Villar-Rodil S., Paredes J.I., Marcì G., "Heteropolyacids supported on boron nitride and carbon nitride for catalytic and catalytic photo-assisted alcohol dehydration", (2021) Catalysis Today, 380, pp. 209 – 222