Bringing warm ideas to a chilly Stockholm: meet our new PhDs!
Winter might be settling in Stockholm, but Davide, Delaram, and Zanil have arrived with bright smiles and fresh ideas to warm up our research efforts! Coming from Italy, Iran, and Texas, they’ve joined the HPT division to tackle exciting projects in energy systems and industrial decarbonization.
Meet Davide
Davide will contribute to the EU-funded I-UPS project in collaboration with industrial partners, including Enerin and Kyoto Group . The project focuses on the development of an efficient hybrid energy system that integrates Stirling-based high-temperature heat pumps with molten salt thermal energy storage. This system aims to increase the penetration of renewable energy in the industrial sector while offering the flexibility needed to enable on-demand decarbonization of industrial heat, for process temperatures of up to 400 °C. Davide’s work will support the optimization of the components and the overall system architecture, from both a technological and economic perspective.
Meet Delaram
Delaram joined our research group to explore the technical and economic aspects of seasonal thermal energy storage (TES) systems and their integration into district heating networks (DHN). Under the guidance of Rafael and Silvia , her research will focus on defining KPIs for performance measurement and benchmarking, as well as performing sensitivity analyses on various technical and market inputs. This will help investigate how this as a possible solution can contribute to balancing out heat and electricity grids while preferably decarbonizing the network. With a focus on developing a techno-economic model of underground seasonal TES for DHN and reference energy systems (RES) integration, Delaram collaborates with EU partners on Uses4Heat project.
Meet Zanil
Zanil has joined HPT as a PhD student to research hybrid systems for industrial decarbonization. As a part of the COMHPTES project, Zanil will validate novel heat pumps and thermal energy storage to supply heat and cold energy on demand for industrial applications. This project will also interface with renewable energy systems, waste heat recovery, and district heat networks. The goal will be to enable gradual technology adoption through reducing large upfront investment and operational risks. His role will also involve coordinating research with industrial partners and working closely with Rafael and Silvia .
We’re thrilled to have Zanil, Delaram, and Davide on board.
Welcome to the HPT division!