Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental & Materials Engineering (DICAM)

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1 UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA Alma Mater Studiorum Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental & Materials Engineering (DICAM) R&D activities Main R&D Units/Fields ( FacilitiesStructures) Structures & Materials Material Science & Technology Roads & Transportation Topography & Geomatics Geotechniques & Geology Fluidmechanics, Hydraulic & Coastal Eng., Hydrology, Water Res. Manag, Floods & Droughts Geongineering & Natural Resources Industrial & Environmental Biotechnology and Fluid dynamics Industrial Safety & Environmental Sustainability Polymer diffusion & Membrane separation Physical & Macromolecular Chemistry

2 Materials Sciences and Technology Self-compacting concrete preparation Set up of ad hoc characterization techniques Design of advanced materials with tailored properties Materials Sciences and Technology X-rays observations Physical observations Thermal analysis Microstructure analysis

3 Mass Transport in Polymers LAB-1 - Medium and high pressure equipment - Gas Permeation at variable humidity Barrier materials Downstream press. pd t L Time t Gas and vapor Permeation Barrier materials pressure time Vapor Sorption (Pressure Decay) Nylon 6, nanocomposite materials, fluoropolymers High pressure Gas Sorption (Quartz Spring) Barrier and soluble materials Barrier materials for packaging Ultra low permeability and solubility Pervaporation Membranes Vapor Sorption (Pressure Decay) Rubbers, blends pressure time Membranes and materials for special applications (fuel cells, tires, optical and photographic apps., microelectronics) Medium to high permeability and solubility Vapor Sorption (Pressure Decay) Fuel cell membranes, photographic films pressure time Pure and mixed Gas Permeation Membranes, permeable polymers, fluoropolymers Gas Sorption Barrier and Soluble materials Magnetic Suspension Balance Mass Transport in Polymers LAB-2 Low to medium pressure equipment, fragile devices Membranes and materials for special applications (fuel cells, optical, sensors, microelectronics, lubricants. Membranes for gas separation) Vapor Sorption Soluble materials Low pressure Quartz Spring Vapor Sorption Soluble materials Electro Microbalance Vapor Sorption Soluble materials Quartz Crystal Microbalance Vapor and liquid Sorption Soluble materials, castable films FTIR-ATR Vapor Sorption Bending cantilever

4 Environmental Biotechnology Environmental Biotechnology & Soil/Sediment/Wastewater bioremediation Biowaste Biorefinery Applied Fluid Dynamics and Mixing Rheometer Stirred tank fermentor Principal Equipments Digital image Analysis Membrana Sorgente laser Filtro Arancione Filtro verde Electrical tomography Local probes Telecamera Liquido Telecamera gas Particle Image Velocimetry

5 Applied Fluid Dynamics and Mixing Multiphase stirred tank Inertial separators CFD Applications Multi impeller stirred tank Inlet Solid-liquid separators Outle t Membrane separation Perme ate Process Safety and Loss Prevention Advanced Methods for the Assessment of Complex Accident Scenarios Domino Effect: escalation caused by fire, blast waves, fragment projection NaTech Scenarios: accidents in process sites triggered by floods, earthquakes, lightning Atypical Scenarios and Knowledge Management: Unknown knowns and Early Warnings Integrated methods for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Process Installations QRA extension to external hazard factors and vulnerability in complex industrial areas Assessment of non-conventional scenarios and scenarios resulting in environmental damage Methodologies and support tools for integrated QRA (ARIPAR-GIS, TRAT-GIS) Design of Mitigation Barriers Risk-based design for fireproofing application Experimental assessment of the performance of fireproofing materials FEM models for the simulation of equipment behavior in complex fire scenarios

6 Sustainability and Safety Drivers for Process Design Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the design of sustainable processes Approaches and indicators to measure the sustainability performance of product chains Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Process simulation studies (Computer Aided Process Design) Experimental activity for specific new processes Indicators for inherent safety assessment (supporting hazard identification and reduction: fugitive reactions, external threats, process and layout analysis) Chain optimization studies Multi objective approach: reduce environmental burdens, maximize yields and minimize costs Loss of mooring Disconnection during LNG transfer Collision Accident Loss of buoyancy / sinking Natural events Domino from nearby plant Air crash TECHINICAL/ TECHNOLOGICAL HUMAN/ MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE/ COMMUNICATION POLICIES/ REGULATIONS/ STANDARDS Sabotage Terrorist actions Operative causes 0.0E E E E E+09 Potential Hazard Index (m 2 ) Geoengineering Enhanced Oil Recovery Gravimetric mineral separation Excavation and Safety Petrophysical properties of porous media Resonance Imaging and natural porous media Mir Tomography for porous media

7 Deformata tempo [s] Structures & Materials Testing Laboratories Static & Dynamic tests on High Speed Rail Bridge Accelerazione [cm/s 2 ] Larghezza [m ] 9 18 Lunghezza [m ] Materials Testing Laboratory NDT testing of concrete, masonry, timber Masonry layout by GPR radar Masonry testing Concrete testing GPR radar crack pattern analysis of masonry panel

8 X Y Z Computational Mechanical Laboratory Transportation Engineering Roads & Geotechnique Lab Transportation Lab

9 Geomatic Laboratories Station for creating 3D maps from digital images 3D reconstruction of historical landslide Orthophoto of archaeologic construction in Herculaneum Geomatic Laboratories GNSS: Development of Simulation software Mobile Mapping Technology GNSS: Precise Point Positioning approach

10 Fluidmechanics Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering Hydrology, Water Resources Management, Floods and Droughts Scale model of bridge on the Reno river (Bologna) For additional information: Prof. Francesco Ubertini (DICAM Head) Prof. Fabio Fava (DICAM Deputy Head) Prof. Valerio Cozzani (Director of Studies in Chemical Engineering) Prof. Stefano Gandolfi (Director of studies in Environmental Engineering) DICAM web site: