Publications by Raffaele Bolliger

Méthodologie de la synthèse des systèmes énergétiques industriels

This work presents a synthesis method that leads to the preliminary design of industrial energy systems. Such systems are composed of several technologies that transform, through a set of physical unit operations, raw materials and energy into products and ...

EPFL2010

Optimisation of buildings solar irradiation availability

Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Darren Robinson, Marylène Montavon, Raffaele Bolliger, Josep Bunyesc Palacín

In order to improve the sustainability of new and existing urban settlements it is desirable to maximise the utilisation of the solar energy incident on the building envelope, whether by passive or active means. To this end we have coupled a multi-objectiv ...

2009

New generic approach for the analysis of energy conversion system models

François Maréchal, Helen Carla Becker, Raffaele Bolliger

This paper proposes a new approach in the field of energy conversion systems analysis and synthesis. The method is based on a generic and multi-platform description syntax, that clearly separates the information concerning the physical behavior of the mode ...

Elsevier2009

On the use of process integration techniques to generate optimal steam cycle configurations for the power plant industry

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Raffaele Bolliger

The integration of steam cycles in the power plant industry aims at optimizing the conversion of the available heat into mechanical power. The proposed method uses process integration techniques and a multi-objective optimisation procedure to generate opti ...

Aidic Servizi Srl, Via Giuseppe Colombo 81/A, Milano, Mi 20133, Italy2009

Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) costs and performances estimation for multi-period operation

François Maréchal, Francesca Palazzi, Raffaele Bolliger

This paper addresses the problem of modeling and estimating the cost of the heat exchanger network (HEN) in multi-period operation using pinch technique concepts. The developed method improves the vertical heat exchanges technique originally proposed by Ah ...

Elsevier2008

Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) costs and performances estimation for multi-period operation

François Maréchal, Francesca Palazzi, Raffaele Bolliger

This paper addresses the problem of modeling and estimating the cost of the heat exchanger network (HEN) in multi-period operation using pinch technique concepts. The developed method improves the vertical heat exchanges technique originally proposed by Ah ...

2008

Advanced Power Plant Design Methodology using Process Integration and Multi-Objective Thermo-Economic Optimisation

François Maréchal, Daniel Favrat, Raffaele Bolliger

Thermo-economic modelling techniques are well known techniques to optimise power plant designs. These methods are usually based on the definition of a superstructure that includes the major options of the design. If this approach has proved to be appropria ...

2005