Simone A. Zavattoni

About

Simone Zavattoni works as researcher in the thermo-fluid dynamics laboratory of the University of applied sciences of southern Switzerland dealing with modelling and simulation activities in the area of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, multi-phase flows, energy transfer and storage. His research interests are mainly in the field of concentrating solar thermal technologies, synhetic fuels, waste heat recovery and energy storage with special focus on thermal energy storage systems.

Experience

• Executive PhD student at Politecnico di Milano
  Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Researcher at SUPSI
  Oct 2010 - Present · 15 yrs 9 mos

  - Thermo-fluid dynamics modelling and advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. - Research in the field of renewable energy and thermal energy storage (TES) systems. - Solar receivers anaysis and performance evaluation. - Teaching activities in the fields of Thermodynamics and energy storage (Bachelor and Master courses).

• Early stage researcher on secondment at Whirlpool Corporation
  Oct 2011 - Mar 2012 · 6 mos

  - Development of the work package 2 (WP2), “Advanced heat recovery technologies in a kitchen environment”, of the European FP7 “GREEN KITCHEN” project. - Analysis upon the wasted energy of the household appliances.

• Scholarship at Sarix SA
  Sep 2009 - Jul 2010 · 11 mos

  Master thesis, developed at Sarix SA, aimed at improving and optimizing the overall performances of a new EDM machine.