Dr Alfonso Chinnici

Senior Researcher and Project Manager

School of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Career
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Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2018	Research Manager & Head Secretariat	Centre for Energy Technology, The University of Adelaide,
2017 - 2017	Visiting Researcher	ETH Zurich
2016	Senior Researcher	Centre for Energy Technology, The University of Adelaide
2014 - 2016	Research Associate	Centre for Energy Technology, The University of Adelaide
2011 - 2014	Research Fellow	Combustion Institute Research, IRC CNR

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2014	University Federico II of Naples	Italy	PhD Chemical Engineering
2010	University Federico II of Naples	Italy	Ms Chemical Engineering
2007	University Federico II of Naples	Italy	BE Chemical Engineering

Certifications

Date Title Institution name Country
— Chartered Industrial Engineer Order of the Engineer (Italy) —

Date	Title	Institution name	Country
—	Chartered Industrial Engineer	Order of the Engineer (Italy)	—

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Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Davis, D., Troiano, M., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., Lau, T., Solimene, R., . . . Nathan, G. (2020). Particle residence time distributions in a vortex-based solar particle receiver-reactor: An experimental, numerical and theoretical study. Chemical Engineering Science, 214, 14 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Alipourtarzanagh, E., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2020). The coupling between the internal and external flows through a hybridized solar cavity receiver under isothermal conditions. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 113, 110028-1-110028-19. DOI
2020	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2020). Experimental and numerical study of the influence of syngas composition on the performance and stability of a laboratory-scale MILD combustor. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 115, 1-8. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Alipourtarzanagh, E., Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2020). Experimental insights into the mechanism of heat losses from a cylindrical solar cavity receiver equipped with an air curtain. Solar Energy, 201, 314-322. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Alipourtarzanagh, E., Chinnici, A., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2020). Impact of Flow Blowing and Suction strategies on the establishment of an aerodynamic barrier for solar cavity receivers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 180, 1-13. DOI
2020	Evans, M. J., & Chinnici, A. (2020). Water vapour effects on temperature and soot loading in ethylene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. DOI
2020	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2020). Experimental investigation of the influence of solar-to-fuel ratio on performance and stability characteristics of hybrid solar-MILD hydrogen processes. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. DOI
2019	Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Lim, J., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). Thermal performance analysis of a syngas-fuelled hybrid solar receiver combustor operated in the MILD combustion regime. Combustion Science and Technology, 191(1), 1-16. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2019	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). An experimental study of the stability and performance characteristics of a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor operated in the MILD combustion regime. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(4), 5687-5695. DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2019	Davis, D., Jafarian, M., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., & Nathan, G. (2019). Thermal performance of vortex-based solar particle receivers for sensible heating. Solar Energy, 177, 163-177. DOI Scopus7 WoS5
2019	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., Ye, J., Chan, Q., & Dally, B. (2019). Downstream evolution of n-heptane/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. Combustion and Flame, 202, 78-89. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2019	Lu, Z., Chinnici, A., Jafarian, M., Arjomandi, M., & Nathan, G. (2019). Numerical investigation of the isothermal flow field and particle deposition behaviour in a rotating fluidized bed solar receiver. Solar Energy, 182, 348-360. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2019	Lee, K., Chinnici, A., Jafarian, M., Arjomandi, M., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2019). The influence of wall temperature distribution on the mixed convective losses from a heated cavity. Applied Thermal Engineering, 155, 157-165. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2019	Saha, M., Dally, B., Chinnici, A., & Medwell, P. (2019). Effect of co-flow oxygen concentration on the MILD combustion of pulverised coal. Fuel Processing Technology, 193, 7-18. DOI Scopus10 WoS9
2019	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2019). Characteristics of swirling and precessing flows generated by multiple confined jets. Physics of Fluids, 31(5), 055102-1-055102-14. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2019	Lee, K., Chinnici, A., Jafarian, M., Arjomandi, M., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2019). The influence of wind speed, aperture ratio and tilt angle on the heat losses from a finely controlled heated cavity for a solar receiver. Renewable Energy, 143, 1544-1553. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2019	Davis, D., Troiano, M., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., Lau, T., Solimene, R., . . . Nathan, G. (2019). Particle residence time distributions in a vortex-based solar particle receiver-reactor: the influence of receiver tilt angle. Solar Energy, 190, 126-138. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2018	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Combined solar energy and combustion of hydrogen-based fuels under MILD conditions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(43), 20086-20100. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
2018	Saha, M., Gitto, G., Chinnici, A., & Dally, B. (2018). Comparative study of the MILD combustion characteristics of biomass and brown coal. Energy and Fuels, 32(4), 4202-4211. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2018	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Experimental demonstration of the hybrid solar receiver combustor. Applied Energy, 224, 426-437. DOI Scopus13 WoS10
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). Iso-thermal flow characteristics of rotationally symmetric jets generating a swirl within a cylindrical chamber. Physics of Fluids, 30(5), 055110-1-055110-16. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2018	Lee, K., Chinnici, A., Jafarian, M., Arjomandi, M., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). Experimental investigation of the effects of wind speed and yaw angle on heat losses from a heated cavity. Solar Energy, 165, 178-188. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). The influence of aspect ratio on the iso-thermal flow characteristics of multiple confined jets. Physics of Fluids, 30(12), 1-15. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2017	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of the iso-thermal flow characteristics within a cylindrical chamber with multiple planar-symmetric impinging jets. Physics of Fluids, 29(10), 105111-1-105111-18. DOI Scopus9 WoS6
2017	Saha, M., Dally, B., Medwell, P., & Chinnici, A. (2017). Effect of particle size on the MILD combustion characteristics of pulverised brown coal. Fuel Processing Technology, 155, 74-87. DOI Scopus50 WoS50
2017	Chinnici, A., Xue, Y., Lau, T., Arjomandi, M., & Nathan, G. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of the flow characteristics within a Solar Expanding-Vortex Particle Receiver-Reactor. Solar Energy, 141, 25-37. DOI Scopus10 WoS6
2017	Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Lim, J., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2017). Comparison of system performance in a hybrid solar receiver combustor operating with MILD and conventional combustion. Part II: Effect of the combustion mode. Solar Energy, 147, 479-488. DOI Scopus19 WoS16
2017	Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Lim, J., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2017). Comparison of system performance in a hybrid solar receiver combustor operating with MILD and conventional combustion. Part I: Solar-only and combustion-only employing conventional combustion. Solar Energy, 147, 489-503. DOI Scopus17 WoS14
2017	Lim, J., Dally, B., Chinnici, A., & Nathan, G. (2017). Techno-economic evaluation of modular hybrid concentrating solar power systems. Energy, 129, 158-170. DOI Scopus7 WoS4
2017	Evans, M., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P., & Ye, J. (2017). Ignition features of methane and ethylene fuel-blends in hot and diluted coflows. Fuel, 203, 279-289. DOI Scopus12 WoS7
2016	Chinnici, A., Arjomandi, M., Tian, Z., & Nathan, G. (2016). A novel solar expanding-vortex particle reactor: experimental and numerical investigation of the iso-thermal flow field and particle deposition. Solar Energy, 133, 451-464. DOI Scopus16 WoS16
2016	Saha, M., Dally, B., Medwell, P., & Chinnici, A. (2016). Burning characteristics of Victorian brown coal under MILD combustion conditions. Combustion and Flame, 172, 252-270. DOI Scopus44 WoS41
2016	Lim, J., Chinnici, A., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2016). Assessment of the potential benefits and constraints of a hybrid solar receiver and combustor operated in the MILD combustion regime. Energy, 116, 735-745. DOI Scopus20 WoS18
2015	Chinnici, A., Arjomandi, M., Tian, Z., Lu, Z., & Nathan, G. (2015). A novel solar expanding-vortex particle reactor: influence of vortex structure on particle residence times and trajectories. Solar Energy, 122, 58-75. DOI Scopus34 WoS31
2015	Saha, M., Chinnici, A., Dally, B., & Medwell, P. (2015). Numerical study of pulverized coal MILD combustion in a self-recuperative furnace. Energy and Fuels, 29(11), 7650-7669. DOI Scopus32 WoS32
2015	Sabia, P., Sorrentino, G., Chinnici, A., Cavaliere, A., & Ragucci, R. (2015). Dynamic behaviors in methane MILD and oxy-fuel combustion. Chemical effect of CO₂. Energy and Fuels, 29(3), 1978-1986. DOI Scopus52 WoS46
2012	de Joannon, M., Chinnici, A., Sabia, P., & Ragucci, R. (2012). Optimal post-combustion conditions for the purification of CO₂-rich exhaust streams from non-condensable reactive species. Chemical Engineering Journal, 211-212, 318-326. DOI Scopus11 WoS10
2012	Sabia, P., Joannon, M., Picarelli, A., Chinnici, A., & Ragucci, R. (2012). Modeling Negative Temperature Coefficient region in methane oxidation. Fuel, 91(1), 238-245. DOI Scopus33 WoS31

Books

Year	Citation
2019	Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., Evans, M., Chan, Q., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., & Dally, B. (Eds.) (2019). Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Combustion Institute Australia & New Zealand Section.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2019	Shaw, I. J., Kildare, J. A. C., Evans, M. J., Chinnici, A., Sparks, C. A. M., Rubaiyat, S. N. H., . . . Medwell, P. R. (2019). A Theoretical Review of Rotating Detonation Engines. In S. P. Rao (Ed.), Direct Numerical Simulations - An Introduction and Applications [Working Title] (pp. 32 pages). London, UK: IntechOpen. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2019	Evans, M., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P., & Dally, B. (2019). Autoignition of Hydrogen/Ammonia Blends at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (pp. 1-12). online: International Association for Hydrogen Safety (ICHS).
2019	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). Performance characteristics of a hybrid solar receiver combustor utilising hydrogen or syngas. In C. Richter (Ed.), AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2126 (pp. 090004-1-090004-8). online: AIP. DOI
2019	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). Stability and performance characteristics of a laboratory-scale MILD combustor fed with syngas. Effect of H2/CO ratio. In Proceedings of the 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC 2019). Fukuoka, Japan: The Combustion Institute.
2019	Rowhani, A., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). Effect of bluff-body diameter on the flow field and residence time of turbulent ethylene/nitrogen flames. In 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019 (pp. 1-5). online: The Combstion Institute. Scopus1
2018	Alipourtarzanagh, E., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Experimental Investigation of the Interaction of the Flow Inside and Outside a Cavity Receiver. In Proceeding of APSRC 2018 (pp. 1-19). online: Australian PV Institute.
2018	Alipourtarzanagh, E., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Experimental Investigation of the Flow Characteristics Near the Aperture of a Model Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). online: AFMS.
2018	Rowhani, A., Chinnici, A., Evans, M., Medwell, P., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Variation of residence time in non-premixed turbulent bluff-body ethylene flames as a function of burner diameter. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Lee, K., Chinnici, A., Jafarian, M., Arjomandi, M., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). Experimental investigation of the effects of wind speed, aperture ratio and tilt angle on the convective heat losses from a solar cavity receiver. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Performance characteristics of a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor fed with Hydrogen and operating in the MILD combustion regime. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-3). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Chinnici, A., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Performance of a hybrid solar receiver combustor. In Proceedings of the 23rd SolarPACES International Conference Vol. 2033 (pp. 180004-1-180004-8). Santiago, Chile: AIP. DOI
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). The effect of aspect ratio on the flow characteristics of a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Alipourtarzanagh, E., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Experimental investigation of the flow characteristics near the aperture of a model hybrid solar receiver combustor. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018.
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z. F., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). Effect of jet azimuthal angle on the flow field within a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor. In Proceedings of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC) (pp. 1-11). Melbourne, Australia: Australian PV Institute.
2018	Davis, D., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2018). Particle residence time distributions in a solar vortex receiver. In Proceedings of the 2017 Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC) (pp. 1-13). Melbourne, Australia: Australian PV Institute.
2017	Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2017). An experimental investigation of the heat transfer performance in a hybrid solar receiver combustor operating with the solar-only and combustion-only modes. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017 Vol. 2017-December (pp. 1-4). online: The Combustion Institute.
2017	Lim, J., Chinnici, A., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2017). Assessing the techno-economics of modular hybrid solar thermal systems. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES 2016), as published in AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1850 (pp. 110007-1-110007-8). Online: AIP Publishing. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2017	Coventry, J., Arjomandi, M., Asselineau, C., Chinnici, A., Corsi, C., Davis, D., . . . Saw, W. (2017). Development of ASTRI high-temperature solar receivers. In AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1850 (pp. 030011-1-030011-9). Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: AMER INST PHYSICS. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2017	Lu, Z., Jafarian, M., Chinnici, A., Arjomandi, M., & Nathan, G. (2017). Flow behavior inside a novel rotating fluidized bed for solar gasification of biomass. In AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1850 (pp. 110009-1-110009-8). Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: AMER INST PHYSICS. DOI
2016	Lim, J., Nathan, G., Dally, B., & Chinnici, A. (2016). Techno-economic assessment of a hybrid solar receiver and combustor. In V. Rajpaul, & C. Richter (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1734 (pp. 8 pages). Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA: AIP. DOI Scopus14 WoS9
2016	Long, S., Tian, Z., Chinnici, A., Lau, T., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2016). Effect of jet inclination angle on the flow field within a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor. In Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). online: AFM.
2016	Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Lim, J., Long, S., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2016). Effect of combustion mode on heat transfer inside a hybrid solar receiver combustor. In Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). Australia: AFMS.
2015	Long, S., tian, Z., nathan, G., chinnici., & dally, B. (2015). CFD Modelling of Isothermal Multiple Jets in a Combustor. In Eleventh International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries (pp. 1-6). Online: CSIRO.
2015	Chinnici, A., Xue, Y., Lau, T., Arjomandi, M., & Nathan, G. (2015). Experimental characterisation of the vortex structure within a Solar Expanding-Vortex Particle Receiver-Reactor. In D. Honnery, & D. Edgington-Mitchell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 41-44). Clayton, Victoria: Monash University.
2015	Saha, M., Dally, B., Medwell, P., & Chinnici, A. (2015). Effect of Turbulence on the MILD Combustion Characteristics of Victorian Brown Coal. In Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 92-95). Online: The Combustion Institute.
2015	Saha, M., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P., & Dally, B. (2015). Numerical investigation of pulverised coal combustion in a self-recuperative MILD combustion furnace. In ASPACC 2015 - 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (pp. 1-6). online: The Combustion Institute. Scopus2

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2019	Chinnici, A., & Evans, M. J. (2019). Influence of steam dilution on flame structure and soot formation of hot, diluted ethylene flames. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.
2019	Kildare, J. A., Evans, M., Chinnici, A., & Medwell, P. (2019). Classification of MILD and autoignitive ethylene flames diluted with N₂, O₂ and CO₂. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. online: The Combustion Institute.

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2020	Co-Supervisor	Effect of Hydrogen Blending on the Characteristics of Industrial Flames	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Adam John Gee
2018	Co-Supervisor	Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Gas-Particle Flows in Solar Receivers	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yining Tang
2017	Co-Supervisor	Design and Development of Fluidic Barrier for Solar Cavity Receivers	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Elham Alipour

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2017 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Characterising the Performance of Vortex-Based Solar Thermal Particle Receiver-Reactors	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dominic Michael Walldorf Davis
2016 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	The Influence of Wind on the Heat Losses from Solar Cavity Receivers	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Leok Lee
2015 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Techno-Economic Analysis of Hybrid Concentrating Solar Power Systems	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Jin Han Lim

Position: Senior Researcher and Project Manager
Phone: 83132307
Email: alfonso.chinnici@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 4367
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Engineering South, floor 3
Room: 3 24f
Org Unit: School of Mechanical Engineering