Almerinda Di Benedetto » Faculties

Informazioni biografiche

Education
Ph.D. University of Naples Federico II Chemical Engineering
M.Sc. University of Naples Federico II Chemical Engineering

Professional Experiences

1998-2000 Senior Researcher  – Centre “G. Natta”, Montell Polyolefins, Ferrara.

2001-2011 Researcher – Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – CNR

2011– Present Associate Professor – Chemical Engineering -University of Naples Federico II

Courses

Fondamenti di Chimica Industriale – Third year Bachelor in Chemical Engineering
Sicurezza e Protezione Ambientale nell’Industria di Processo – MSc in Ingegneria per l’Ambiente ed il Territorio

Research areas

Industrial Catalytic Processes, Safety of Chemical Processes

Research Group

Catalytic Processes and Safety

Laboratory

Catalytic Processes and Safety

Recent Publications

2013
P.S. Barbato, G. Landi, Di Benedetto, A., R. Pirone, G. Russo
High pressure kinetics of CH4, CO and H2 combustion over LaMnO3 catalyst
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, (2013) vol. 134-135 pp. 110-122 DOI information:

Almerinda Di Benedetto, Paola Russo, Roberto Sanchirico, Valeria Di Sarli CFD simulations of turbulent fluid flow and dust dispersion in the 20 liter explosion vessel, AIChE J., (2013) 59 (7) , pp. 2485-2496

A. Di Benedetto, G. Landi, L. Lisi, G. Russo, Role of CO2 on CO preferential oxidation over CuO/CeO2 catalyst, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, (2013), 142-143 , pp. 169-177.

V. Di Sarli, A. Di Benedetto, Effects of Non-Equidiffusion on Unsteady Propagation of Hydrogen-Enriched Methane/Air Premixed Flames, Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38 (18) , pp. 7510-7518,

Di Benedetto A., The thermal/thermodynamic theory of flammability: the adiabatic flammability limits, Chemical Engineering Science, (2013) 99 , pp. 265-273

P. Russo, P. Amyotte, F. I. Khan, A. Di Benedetto, Modelling of the effect of size on flocculent dust explosions, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (2013) 26 1634-1638

Basco, A., Cammarota, F., Di Benedetto, A., Di Sarli, V., Salzano, E., Russo, G., The effect of the hydrogen presence on combustion-induced rapid phase transition of CO/O2/N2 mixtures, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 38 (36) , pp. 16463-16470

Di Benedetto, A., Barbato, P.S., Landi, G. , Effect of CO2 on the methane combustion over a perovskyte catalyst at high pressure, Energy and Fuels 27 (10) , pp. 6017-6023

2012

Di Sarli, Di Benedetto A. and G. Russo, Large Eddy Simulation of transient premixed flame-vortex interactions in gas explosions, Chemical Engineering Science 71 , pp. 539-551, 2012

Salzano E., Cammarota F., Di Benedetto A., Di Sarli V., Explosion Behavior of Hydrogen-Methane/Air Mixtures, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 25 (2012) 443-447

A. Garcia-Agreda, V. Di Sarli, A. Di Benedetto, Bifurcation analysis of the effect of hydrogen addition on the dynamic behavior of lean premixed pre-vaporized ethanol combustion, Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2012)

Di Benedetto A., F. Cammarota, V. Di Sarli, E. Salzano, G. Russo, Reconsidering the flammability diagram for CH4/O2/N2 and CH4/O2/CO2 mixtures in light of combustion-induced Rapid Phase Transition, Chemical Engineering Science 84 , pp. 142-147

Di Benedetto A., F. Cammarota, V. Di Sarli, E. Salzano, G. Russo, Effect of diluents on rapid phase transition of water induced by combustion, AIChE Journal (2012) 58 (9) , pp. 2810-2819

Di Benedetto, A.; Garcia-Agreda, A.; Russo, P.; Sanchirico, R., Combined effect of ignition energy and initial turbulence on the explosion behaviour of lean gas/dust-air mixtures, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2012) 51 (22), pp. 7663-7670

Di Sarli, V.; Di Benedetto, A., Sensitivity to the Presence of the Combustion Sub-Model for Large Eddy Simulation of Transient Premixed Flame-Vortex Interactions, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (2012) 51 (22) , pp. 7704-7712

Salzano, E.; Basco, A.; Cammarota, F.; Di Sarli, V.; Di Benedetto, A., EXPLOSIONS OF SYNGAS/CO2 MIXTURES IN OXYGEN-ENRICHED AIR Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, (2012) 51 (22) , pp. 7671-7678

P.S. Barbato, Di Benedetto, A. , V. Di Sarli, G. Landi, R. Pirone, High-pressure methane combustion over perovskyte catalyst, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, (2012) 51 (22) , pp. 7547-7558

P.Salatino, Di Benedetto, A., R. Chirone, E. Salzano, R. Sanchirico, Analysis of an explosion in a wool-processing plant, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2012) 51 (22) , pp. 7713-7718

Di Benedetto A., Pirone R., Preface for the Gennaro Russo Festchrift, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2012) 51, pp. 7457-7458

Almerinda Di Benedetto, Francesco Cammarota, Valeria Di Sarli, Ernesto Salzano, Gennaro Russo, COMBUSTION-INDUCED RAPID PHASE TRANSITION (cRPT) IN CH4/CO2/O2-ENRICHED MIXTURES, Energy & Fuel, 26 (2012) 4799−4803.

V. Di Sarli, A. Di Benedetto, E.J. Long, G.K. Hargrave, Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry of dynamic interactions between hydrogen-enriched methane/air premixed flames and toroidal vortex structures, International journal of hydrogen energy 37 (2012) 16201-16213

Di Benedetto, A. G. Landi, P.S. Barbato, V. Di Sarli, R. Pirone, G. Russo, High-pressure methane combustion over perovskyte catalyst, Catalysis Today 197 (2012) 206– 213

2011

Di Benedetto A., F. Cammarota, V. Di Sarli, E. Salzano, G. Russo, Anomalous behavior during explosions of CH4 in oxygen-enriched air,Combustion & Flame 158 (2011) 2214–2219.

Murena F., Di Benedetto A., D’Onofrio M., Vitiello G.., Mass Transfer Velocity and Momentum Vertical Exchange in Simulated Deep Street Canyons, Boundary-Layer Meteorol (2011) 140:125–142, DOI 10.1007/s10546-011-9602-8

Sanchirico R., Di Benedetto A., Garcia-Agreda A., Russo P., Study Of The Severity Of Hybrid Mixture Explosions And Comparison To Pure Dust-Air And Vapour-Air Explosions, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 24 (5), pp. 648-655 (2011)

Di Benedetto A., Di Sarli V., Russo G., EFFECT OF GEOMETRY ON THE THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF CATALYTIC MICRO-COMBUSTORS Catalysis Today, (2010) 155 116-122

Di Benedetto A., Di Sarli V., CFD Modeling and Simulation of a Catalytic Micro-Monolith, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering (2011) vol.9, A21.