F. (Fabio) Beltrame

F. (Fabio) Beltrame

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Room: 62.8.20

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Expertise

  • Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems 
  • Heat transfer
  • Compact Heat exchanger design and analysis
  • Combined Cycle Propulsion Systems
  • Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics (NICFD)
  • Flow characterization and Mach line detection

Résumé

  • Nov 2020 - present: PhD candidate in the ARENA projcet, P&P group
  • Oct 2019 - Apr 2020: Guest researcher at TU Delft for the M.Sc thesis: Accuracy assessment of the SU2 flow solver for non ideal organic vapor supersonic expansions using experimental data;
  • Oct 2017 - Apr 2020: M.Sc in Aerospace engineering - fluid dynamics and propulsion - Politecnico di Torino, IT;
  • Oct 2017 - Dec 2019: Scientific research area manager & performance engineer, Polito Sailing Team, Torino, IT;
  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2017: B.Sc in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, IT;

Biografie

After completing his Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in 2017,  Fabio started to develop a strong interest in fluid dynamics, system modeling, and thermodynamics as these disciplines are key for developing more sustainable technologies for the future.

In 2017, as he started his M.Sc degree in aerospace engineering with courses focusing on fluid dynamics and propulsion, he joined a sailing team and founded the ship's dynamics and performance department, with the aim of studying the optimal design of a sailing yacht. As the manager of the scientific research area of the team, at that time comprised of fluid dynamics, dynamics, and structure departments, he coordinated the team research from AA 2017 to 2019 and contributed to placing the team in 2nd and 1st place in the European 1001 vela cup. 

In October 2019 Fabio joined the Propulsion and Power group to carry out his M.Sc thesis, an accuracy assessment of the SU2 flow solver in the case of non-ideal organic vapor supersonic expansions. He graduated with honors from Politecnico di Torino in 2020 and wanted to keep pushing the research toward innovative technologies that can reduce energy waste and increase the sustainability of human activities. For this reason, after publishing the work on the experimental characterization of non-ideal supersonic flows at the NICFD 2020 conference, he joined the Propulsion & Power group as a PhD candidate.

His research focuses on high-performance compact heat exchanger design and analysis for aerospace applications, and on thermal energy harvesting using ORC technology.
 

Hobbies

  • Skiing
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving and Underwater Photography
  • Basketball, Tennis
  • Playing Musical Instruments (Bass, Guitar, Drums)
  • Fitness and Calisthenics.
  • Climbing & hiking

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