Ilaria Sorrenti

Biography

Background:
My background is a comprehensive set of industrial engineering covering mathematics, energy, thermodynamics, thermofluid dynamics, nuclear, mechanical, electrical, chemical. My current specialisation is hybrid energy systems with renewables and Power-to-X with today's promising new resource: hydrogen carrier in a multiproducts plant. I have knowledge in electric gas and heating systems, optimization algorithms and linearization of convex problems, thermodynamics, system modelling, scenario simulations, hydrogen and P2X.

Bachelor: Energy Engineering in Politecnico di Torino (IT) DENERG Department

Internship: Energy certificates in ATAP (TO, Italy)

Master: Energy and Nuclear Engineering in Politecnico di Torino (IT) DENERG Department

Master thesis: ‘Techno-economic analysis of the performance of an HT-TES unit based on the rock-bed technology’ DTU Energy and conversion technology'

Research assistant: NUR, WP4 Energy Planning on Bethlehem Municipality Politecnico di Torino (IT) DENERG Department joint with Turin Municipality

PhD DTU Wind Energy and Power: 'Sustainability of Optimal planning and operation of Power-to-Gas in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems'

Currently: External Research stay: Aarhus University - BTECH, 3 months.

Main topics: The general PhD purpose is to reveal the benefit of a P2X component from a cost and carbon emission perspective in optimal planning and operation in a Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES). Currently, the cost of P2X is unsustainable due to the materials and the electric and hydrogen market that does not support either the investment cost or the sale of the hydrogen energy carrier. Therefore, my research question is to investigate the sustainability (i.e., carbon emissions) in planning and operation to justify its high cost by evaluating the great advantage from a sustainable point of view in a HRES in order to achieve the carbon target in Denmark by 2030