Publications by Michele Gaffuri

Readiness evaluation of SOFC-MGT hybrid systems with carbon capture for distributed combined heat and power

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Jan Van Herle, Michele Gaffuri, Victoria Xu Hong He

The aggravation of climate change calls for the timely development and implementation of highly efficient, renewable, zero- or negative-emission energy solutions with high technological readiness and feasibility levels. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) consti ...

Elsevier2023

Experimental investigation of sequential narrow impingement channels for turbine cooling

Peter Ott, Michele Gaffuri

Sequentially stacked impingement channels allow for a more effective use of the cooling fluid and can limit the heat transfer reduction due to the crossflow when the number of jets increases. In this paper, sequential impingement channels are experimentall ...

2021

Experimental investigation and analysis of sequential jet impingement concepts for enhanced turbine cooling

Michele Gaffuri

With the future decarbonization of the electricity production, gas turbines will be an important tool for the stabilization of the electricity grid by meeting the peak of energy demand using zero-carbon fuels like synthetic gas and hydrogen. The combustion ...

EPFL2021

Transient Liquid Crystal Thermography Using a Time Varying Surface Heat Flux

Peter Ott, Michele Gaffuri, Alexandros Terzis

Heat transfer measurements are required in a wide range of fields, for example to validate new cooling concepts in turbomachinery, to assess the performances of heat exchangers, and to provide data for numerical simulations. Thereby transient methods are o ...

2021

Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Double Sequential Impingement Channel

Peter Ott, Michele Gaffuri

Sequential impingement channels can reduce the adverse effect of crossflow in narrow impingement channels, as well as increase the cooling efficiency. In this work, sequential impingement channels are experimentally investigated using the transient liquid ...

2021

Narrow Impingement Channels: Recent Advancements and Future Directions

Peter Ott, Michele Gaffuri, Alexandros Terzis

This paper summarizes the state-of-the-art related to the heat transfer characteristics of narrow impingement cooling channels, which can nowadays be integrated within the external wall of turbine airfoils. Particular emphasis is given to the experimental ...

European Turbomachinery Society2019

Evaluation of Heat Transfer Coefficients for an Impingement Cooling Cascade: Experimental Challenges and Preliminary Results

Peter Ott, Michele Gaffuri, Alexandros Terzis

In this paper, a modification of the widely used transient liquid crystal heat transfer measurement technique for impingement cooling is presented, in which a constant heat flux at the surface is used to drive the experiment, instead of a step change in th ...

2018

IXV CFD simulations for wind tunnel rebuilding and extrapolation to flight

Pénélope Leyland, Michele Gaffuri

2008