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Of The Window And Door Supply Chain

Company: Legnolegno sc

Tutor: Elisabetta Palumbo

The literature gives evidence of how sustainability and resilience of production chains play a crucial role for both more robust market positioning and beneficial for growth.

It is well known that in order to achieve standards consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the United Nations 2030 Agenda and have a greater impact issues, the involvement of the entire supply chain is crucial.

This is the direction in which the proposed research project intends to work, to integrate sustainability strategies and objectives into the window and door supply chain.

To do so, it will develop a model for managing the environmental, economic-financial and ethical-social impacts of current and future supply chains.

The focus will be on encouraging the interaction between innovation, increased production quality and consequently differentiation and competitiveness of the final product and/or service.

Identification, analysis and optimization of energy storage systems in highway applications for powering technological and electric charging facilities

Company: Milano Serravalle – Milano Tangenziali S.p.A.

Tutor: Giuseppe Franchini

The objective of the Ph.D. is to investigate the important topic of electric energy distribution and storage along the highway network, particularly with regard to the infrastructure required to support the future needs of electric vehicle charging points and associated technological installations.

The research aims to identify effective and efficient solutions to rationally manage electricity, produced from renewable energy sources (mainly through photovoltaic systems) considering the time difference between production and consumption.

In this context, the main objective is the analysis, evaluation and optimization of energy storage systems in order to improve the balance between energy availability and demand, minimizing the operating and maintenance costs of the whole infrastructure.

In addition, the project involves the comparative analysis of different technological solutions in terms of energy storage, from those already commercially available to those to be introduced to the market in the medium term: this will allow the performance, reliability and efficiency of such systems to be evaluated over time, providing valuable insights for future large-scale implementations.

In the context of this research, hydrogen storage and accumulation is excluded, as these aspects are already the subject of ongoing study and experimentation.

Life Cycle Thinking approach for the design of multifunctional construction elements with high technological content in resilient buildings and assemblable through innovative construction sites

Company: Impresa Percassi

Tutor: Alessandra Marini

The objective of this research is to design and build prefabricated and multifunctional building components that can be easily repaired or replaced in the event of damage (for example from an earthquake).

These are construction elements that integrate several functions (mechanical resistance, thermal and acoustic insulation, air and water tightness, fire and earthquake protection, customizable finishing layer, etc.) and which are equipped with standardized connections and smart sensors.

The approach adopted is based on Life Cycle Thinking, which considers the building in its life cycle and aims at environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

The research aims to consider innovative construction sites that use digital tools (BIM-based) and Industry 4.0 logic to optimize times and costs of construction, worker safety, and work quality.

Study of innovative electric market configurations to support integration of distributed resources and flexible demand into the electric system

Company: RSE S.p.A.

Tutor: Maria Teresa Vespucci

The EU Directive 2018/2001-REDII, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, and the EU Directive 2019/944-EMI, on common rules for the internal market in electricity, aim to give a central role to distributed resources and demand.

The proposed research activity will start from an in-depth study of the state of the art of regulation with respect to the future needs of energy systems with the aim of identifying, in accordance with the aforementioned Directives, possible innovative market configurations that allow increasing the integration of distributed generation and the active participation of demand.

Particular attention will be paid to:

• decentralised configurations, such as local energy markets, and innovative contracting and market clearing methodologies made possible by the evolution of enabling IT tools (e.g. blockchain);

• new roles of network operators in managing flexibility services provided by resources connected to the distribution network, and the related impacts on the electricity system downstream of the adoption of different supply techniques.

These innovative configurations for the energy market and ancillary services (aimed at transmission and distribution network operators) will be represented through the development of mathematical models.

The tools developed (including the models mentioned above) will be used to carry out feasibility and impact analyses on the energy system for the configurations identified, in particular by verifying the support they can give to the fulfilment of decarbonisation objectives.

The main objective of the project is to analyse innovative configurations for the electricity market that facilitate active participation of distributed resources - both generation and demand.

Analyses of such configurations will be carried out:

• from a regulatory point of view, to identify any barriers that may exist in current regulation and the necessary innovations;

• from a quantitative point of view, through the use of appropriate models for the mathematical description of the interaction of the various participants - among themselves and with the electricity system; at the distribution level to the transmission level.

The development of these models is also an objective of this project.