Thesis proposals
| TEST TYPE | TOPIC | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | ADVISOR/REFERENCE | CONTACT PROFESSOR | NOTES | ATTACHED |
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| Master thesis | Wave energy | Wave Energy Demonstration Tank project | Thesis in Maynooth, Ireland. Design and construction of an interactive wave energy demonstration tank to show the importance of control in the efficient conversion of wave energy, while highlighting the benefits of renewable sources of energy to diverse audiences, including non-technical public, other technical disciplines, and a range of school children from 4 yrs-18 yrs. | nicolas.faedo@polito.it edoardo.pasta@polito.it | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical engineering Mechatronics engineering | Wave tank demo project |
| Master thesis | Energy system modelling | Long-term energy system modelling: the impact of different time-series clustering algorithms | The reliability of energy system models strongly depends on the temporal detail used in their implementation. Cutting-edge methods for the inclusion of clustered time-series in long-term, optimisation-based energy models have proved to be desirable when planning the energy transition process. However, additional work has to be developed to identify the most suitable clustering algorithms for such applications. The thesis work aims at creating a framework for the development, comparison and testing of different clustering algorithms in long-term energy system models, and their implementation to one or several case studies. The influence of extreme days implementation will be also investigated. The work will be developed through the Python programming language, and will also make use of the OSeMOSYS energy system modelling framework. | riccardo.novo@polito.it | giuliana.mattiazzo@polito.it | ||
| Master thesis | Energy system modelling | Supporting the implementation of long-term energy system models: towards a Typical Energy Year approach | Multi-year energy system models are generally used to study the medium- to long-term transition to a clean and affordable energy supply. Nevertheless, time-series of power demand and renewable energy sources are generally maintained constant along the years, despite their considerable variation in real world. In this view, some approaches have been proposed to make use of the consolidated “Typical Meteorological Year”, which consists in the study of time-series over several past years and to the identification of representative months. However, such approach exclusively takes into account meteorological time-series. The thesis work aims to study the state-of-the-art of the above mentioned field and develop a new methodology for the identification of a “Typical Energy Year”, capable of highlighting the most suitable representative periods (e.g. months, weeks) taking into account the productivity of renewable energy sources and the variability of power consumption. The developed methodology will be applied to the case study of the energy transition of a small italian island. | riccardo.novo@polito.it; enrico.giglio@polito.it | giuliana.mattiazzo@polito.it | ||
| Master thesis | Energy system modelling | Wind energy instantaneous penetration: an optimization strategy | The share of renewable energy has increased in recent years, reaching almost 50% or even more in many countries. Consequently, the role of variable renewable energy sources (VRES) is also increasing, and to use this power storage systems are necessary to reduce the uncertainty associated with the variability of the sources. In fact, the intermittency in the production could lead to instability of the grid in terms of frequency and voltage, and the storage system acts as a buffer between the generation side and the load side. However, the storage system cannot be the only solution to the problem of variability of the RES. Rather, various optimization strategy can be used to increase the percentage of power that can be feed directly from the VRES technologies, without the need for a storage system. This work focuses on wind turbines and aims to show how developments in this technology have affected power variability and instantaneous penetration. Once the framework is clarified, a strategy will be developed to optimize the instantaneous share instead of just generating electricity. | riccardo.novo@polito.it; enrico.giglio@polito.it | giuliana.mattiazzo@polito.it | ||
| Master thesis | Wave and wind energy | Array design and livelised cost of energy of wave farms and offshore wind farms | The MORE-EST Wave and Wind Energy platform is a web-based tool that provides techno-economic evaluation of wave energy converters and offshore wind turbines in European waters. This thesis will advance the development of the platform, analysing appropriate array configurations, w.r.t. external constraints such as bathymetry and ship traffic, and estimate capital and operational expenditures, as well as productivity potential, for any given area of the European Seas. Knowledge of phyton and GIS is encouraged. Relevant material can be found in the DTOcean Plus project documentation. | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it riccardo.novo@polito.it giulia.cervelli@polito.it | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Electric Engineering Energy Engineering Mechatronics Mechanical Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wave | Leveraging parametric resonance to enhance wave energy extraction. | A floating wave energy converter is a device that moves in response to incoming waves. Usually, only the linear resonance is condition is taken into account for the power maximisation. By using a computationally efficient nonlinear Froude-Krylov force calculation approach (doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4682671), nonlinear parametric resonance can be articulated and exploited to enlarge the energy absorption bandwidth. | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechatronics Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Floating islands | Development of a multi-body hydrodynamic interaction framework: Floating islands case study | The scope of the thesis concerns the technological development of interconnected floating platforms for residential use. The goal of the thesis activity is the development of mathematical and numerical models for studying the hydrodynamic interaction of interconnected floating platforms. Subsequently, optimization and preliminary design of modular housing platforms and their connections will be carried out. This thesis activity is part of the "Seaform" project studying the feasibility of creating communities on floating artificial islands (https://www.seaform.it/) | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, mathematics Engineering, Physics of complex systems | |
| Master thesis | Floating islands | Numerical analysis and design of a connection system based on elastomeric material: floating islands case study | The scope of the thesis concerns the numerical study and design of a connection system based on elastomeric material for the connection of floating platforms for residential use. Objectives of the thesis are: - functional design of a connection based on elastomeric material - numerical modeling (FEM) of the elastomeric connection - mechanical design of the connection The thesis activity is part of the "Seaform" project, which studies the feasibility of creating communities on floating artificial islands (https://www.seaform.it/) | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil engineering | |
| Master thesis | Floating islands | Numerical modelling and design of floating breakwaters | The thesis topic concerns numerical modeling and design of floating breakwaters for the protection of future floating cities. Objectives of the thesis are: - Development of the numerical model of floating breakwaters: hydrodynamic interaction and moorings - Definition of system performance - Optimization and design of the floating breakwater This thesis activity is part of the "Seaform" project, which studies the feasibility of creating communities on artificial floating islands (https://www.seaform.it/) | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil engineering | |
| Master thesis | Floating islands | Design of a water ballast management system and its control for offshore floating structures | The topic of this thesis is the design of a water ballast management system for application on offshore floating structures. These systems consist of the presence of several water-containing ballasts within floating structures, the control of which allows the adjustment of the buoyancy of these structures. Objectives of the thesis are: - development of a mechatronic model for the simulation of the water ballast management system - study and synthesis of a control logic of such a system for the adjustment of the buoyancy of floating structures This thesis activity is part of the "Seaform" project, which studies the feasibility of creating communities on floating artificial islands (https://www.seaform.it/) | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, mechatronics engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wave | Building a wave energy converter database for a GIS-based decision platform | A GIS-based decision platform is available for the optimal selection of wave energy converters in a given site, under a techno-economic point of view. This thesis aims at improving the technology database, by generating power production matrices via constrainted optimal control strategies, and investigating appropriate proxies or indicators for capital costs. | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, mechatronics engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wind/Wave | Hydrodynamics modelling of wind-wave devices. | Inclusion of the computation of the hydrodynamic coefficients using the open-source Capytaine in the in-house code MOST for the simulation of floating wind turbines. | alberto.ghigo@polito.it emilio.faraggiana@polito.it massimo.sirigu@polito.it | giovanni.bracco@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | |
| Tesi Triennale | Wind | Resource assessment | The purpose of the thesis is to analyze the meteorological wave and wind data for an offshore site off the island Pantelleria. The aim is to estimate the wind productivity of the site and to understand the feasibility of floating offshore wind projects | alberto.ghigo@polito.it emilio.faraggiana@polito.it massimo.sirigu@polito.it | giovanni.bracco@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wind | Techno-economic analysis of floating wind turbine farm | Development of a numerical code which accounts a detailed computation of main economic cost of a floating wind turbine farm from a scientific literature research | alberto.ghigo@polito.it emilio.faraggiana@polito.it massimo.sirigu@polito.it | giovanni.bracco@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wind | Wind farm modelling | Development of a numerical code in MATLAB to account the effect of aerodynamic interactions between the wind turbines and estimate the power production (reference code: WASP). | alberto.ghigo@polito.it emilio.faraggiana@polito.it massimo.sirigu@polito.it | giovanni.bracco@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wind | Structural modelling of wind turbine blades | Structural modelling and mechanical stress analysis of a wind turbine blades using the open-source SONATA. | massimo.sirigu@polito.it emilio.faraggiana@polito.it alberto.ghigo@polito.it | giovanni.bracco@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | |
| Tesi Triennale | Wind | Life Cycle Assessment | The aim of the thesis is to describe the Life Cycle Assessment of a wind turbine, focusing in particular on the device dismantling and the recycling problem of blades | alberto.ghigo@polito.it emilio.faraggiana@polito.it massimo.sirigu@polito.it | giovanni.bracco@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | |
| Tesi Triennale | Wind | Wake analysis | Describe the problem of wakes in a wind farm: what are the consequences in terms of productivity? How are losses estimated ? What are the most common layout solutions to overcome this problem? | alberto.ghigo@polito.it emilio.faraggiana@polito.it massimo.sirigu@polito.it | giovanni.bracco@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wave | Dynamic simulation of an innovative wave energy converter, based on gyroscopic effects | Development of a numerical model of the electro-mechanical conversion system, using Matlab and/or SimMechanics and/or WEC-Sim. Analysis of the productivity and parametric optimization of the most important features of the device. | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it sergej.sirigu@polito.it fabio.carapellese@polito.it | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it sergej.sirigu@polito.it fabio.carapellese@polito.it | Mechatronics Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wave | Dynamical analysis of an inertial wave energy converter | Thesis in Budapest, Hungary. More information at: https://www.mm.bme.hu/pages/temak/view_en.php?id=134 | habib@mm.bme.hu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechatronics Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | |
| Master thesis | Wave/wind | Thesis 2 in/with Mondragón University | Thesis in Mondragón, Basque country, Spain. Structural integrity of Marine Renewable Energy Devices: Extreme loading See Attachment | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | Mondragon-Penalba-P2 |
| Master thesis | Wave/wind | Thesis 3 in/with Mondragón University | Thesis in Mondragón, Basque country, Spain. Structural integrity of Marine Renewable Energy Devices: Fatigue effects See Attachment | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | Mondragon-Penalba-P3 |
| Master thesis | Wave | Thesis 4 in/with Mondragón University | Thesis in Mondragón, Basque country, Spain. Wave Energy Converter Array Modelling via Harmonic Balance Methods See Attachment | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | Mondragon-Penalba-P4 |
| Master thesis | Wind | Thesis 5 in/with Mondragón University | Thesis in Mondragón, Basque country, Spain. Hidro-Aerolaestic Modelling for +10 MW floating Offshore wind turbines: Evaluation of Uncertainties in wind turbulence intensity See Attachment | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | Mondragon-Penalba-P5 |
| Master thesis | Wind | Thesis 6 in/with Mondragón University | Thesis in Mondragón, Basque country, Spain. Design of a health-informed hidro-aeroelastic model for Offshore wind turbines: Impact of blade erosion, gearbox and electrical generator faults See Attachment | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | Mondragon-Penalba-P6 |
| Master thesis | Wave | Thesis 9 in/with Mondragón University | Thesis in Mondragón, Basque country, Spain. Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modelling for the SparBuoy See Attachment | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | mpenalba@mondragon.edu giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | GIORGI - Code-to-Code Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modelling verification for WECs - WEC-Sim vs. NLFK4ALL - 2021 |
| Master thesis | Electric boat | Developing a static and dynamic Velocity Prediction Programm (VPP) for a zero emission raceboat | Nonlinear dynamics and optimization | mauro.bonfanti@polito.it | mauro.bonfanti@polito.it | Aerospace Engineering | electric_boat_T1 |
| Triennale/Master | Software | Pipeline beetween a computational fluid dynamics software and Simulink for multiphysic simulation | software coupling for multiphysic simulation | pietro.casalone@polito.it | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | Informatic Engineering | Pipeline beetween a computational fluid dynamic software and Simulink for multiphysic simulation |
| Master thesis | Wave | High-fidelity Numerical Modelling of a Wave Energy Converter | Development of a numerical parametric wave tank for WECs in OpenFOAM | beatrice.battisti@polito.it | giuliana.mattiazzo@polito.it | Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | CFD_thesis_OF |
| Master thesis | Wave | Fractional-order modelling of Wave Energy Converters | Thesis in Ireland, Maynooth University, at the Centre for Ocean energy Research | giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it | sergej.sirigu@polito.it edoardo.pasta@polito.it | Mathematical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | MORE-COER internship - 1 |
| Master thesis | Wave | Interpolation-based strategies for the assisted computation of frequency-domain hydrodynamic coefficients in WEC systems | Thesis in Ireland, Maynooth University, at the Centre for Ocean energy Research | sergej.sirigu@polito.it | mauro.bonfanti@polito.it edoardo.pasta@polito.it | Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | MORE-COER internship - 2 |
| Master thesis | Wave | Development of a predictor for relative foil/fluid velocity | Thesis in Ireland, Maynooth University, at the Centre for Ocean energy Research | mauro.bonfanti@polito.it | giuliana.mattiazzo@polito.it edoardo.pasta@polito.it | Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | MORE-COER internship - 3 |