The research activities in this area concern the following topics:

  • Fluid Mechanics: turbulent boundary layer in channels with smooth or vegetated walls; rheology of biphasic mixtures (fluid-solid);
  • Numerical fluid dynamics in turbomachinery;
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD);
  • Hydrodynamic characteristics of natural and artificial rivers;
  • Phenomena of air exchange;
  • Analysis of hydraulic localized phenomena:  valves regulation, design of microturbine;
  • Management and protection of underground water resources;
  • Numerical modeling for the hydrogeological risk;
  • Morphodynamics and transport processes of waterways;
  • Coastal protection;
  • Design and management of systems and hydraulic structures: urban networks for water distribution; urban networks for drainage; rural networks for drainage; irrigation networks; active control of pressures and production of renewable energy systems in water distribution; energy optimization in systems for water distribution; intelligent water networks; seismic reliability of hydraulic infrastructures;
  • Integrated management of waste cycle: landfilling of municipal solid waste; co-digestion of municipal waste and animal and agricultural waste; energy from waste; biogas and bio-hydrogen from organic waste;
  • Remediation of contaminated soils and sediments: removal of metals thorugh washing systems; Removal of organic pollutants by means of biological systems;
  • Water treatment systems: innovative biological treatments of sewage; removal systems of nutrients from water; adsorption of metals from water; reaction kinetics of chemical disinfectants and formation of by-products; anaerobic digestion of sludge;
  • Water protection from contamination

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