Visits, experimental campaigns and collaborations from the AURIGA project. Select an item to read the full story.
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Djamel Eddine Aissaoui concludes his research stay at HZDR
Djamel Eddine Aissaoui, has concluded his research stay at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics of Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), carried out within the AURIGA project (bubble-scale work…
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Tianrou Zhang joins the AURIGA team
In November 2026, Tianrou Zhang joins the AURIGA project as a Research Fellow at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. Tianrou holds a Master’s degree…
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Experimental campaign on bubble coalescence starts at Politecnico di Milano
A new experimental campaign has started at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano within the AURIGA project, aiming to investigate bubble coalescence in aqueous…
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Djamel Eddine Aissaoui’s second research period at HZDR
Djamel Eddine Aissaoui has started the second period of his research stay at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, within AURIGA’s bubble-scale work package. Bubble-scale…
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An AIPT contribution on aqueous ionic liquids for CO₂ absorption
At the AIPT 2026 Conference in Milan, Alberto Arici presented the first experimental results on the characterization of aqueous ionic-liquid systems for CO₂ absorption, combining thermophysical…
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A seminar at IFP Energies Nouvelles on Euler–Euler simulation of bubble columns
The online seminar “Euler-Euler Simulation of Two-Phase Bubble Columns” was presented by Nicolò Varallo on September 22, 2026, at IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN), upon invitation from…
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AURIGA at the 21st UIT Summer School
Two AURIGA doctoral students — Vitor Regert and Djamel Eddine Aissaoui — took part in the 21st UIT Summer School, Pushing the frontiers of thermal-fluid simulations,…
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SDEWES contribution on ionic liquids for CO₂ capture in bubble columns
At the 2026 Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) in Gran Canaria, Alberto Arici presented an oral contribution on the use…
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CHISA 2026: three talks and a best poster award
Three AURIGA doctoral students — Alberto Arici, Vitor Regert and Djamel Eddine Aissaoui — presented their work at CHISA 2026, the 28th International Congress of Chemical…
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A database of bubble column experiments
Within AURIGA, a database of bubble column experiments has been compiled. It is the common basis for the assessment of existing correlations and for the development…
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Khaled Sayed Gad joins AURIGA
On 31st of July 2026 Khaled Sayed Gad joined the AURIGA team as a contracted researcher, bringing to the project a specialisation in energy system modelling…
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Dr. Stefanie Rauchenzauner’s visiting period
Stefanie Rauchenzauner, postdoctoral researcher at Johannes Kepler University Linz, spent a visiting period at the Department of Energy from 6 July to 30 September 2026, working…
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Djamel Eddine Aissaoui’s research stay at HZDR
Within AURIGA’s bubble-scale work package, Djamel Eddine Aissaoui is characterising the lift force on single bubbles in linear shear flow, using Particle Shadow Velocimetry at HZDR.…
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Stefano Puricelli joins AURIGA
On 1 July 2026 Stefano Puricelli joined the AURIGA team as a contracted researcher, bringing to the project a specialisation in Life Cycle Assessment. Stefano is…
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A UIT contribution on the drag of single bubbles in ionic-liquid mixtures
At the 43rd UIT International Heat Transfer Conference in Turin, Nicolò Varallo presented the project’s first measurements of the drag coefficient of single bubbles rising in…
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The small-scale facilities are complete
The small-scale experimental facilities of the project have been designed, built and commissioned — closing tasks C.1 and C.2 and opening the measurement campaigns of the…
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Nicolò Varallo teaches a PhD course at OIST
In June 2026, Nicolò Varallo served as an Invited Lecturer at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), upon invitation from Prof. Marco Edoardo Rosti…
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Dr. Hessenkemper’s visiting period
On the 4th of February Dr. Hessenkemper started a three week visiting period to share his expertise on experimental techniques for bubble-image analysis and give a…
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Nicolò Varallo joins AURIGA
In June 2026, Nicolò Varallo joined the AURIGA project as a post-doctoral researcher on gas–liquid fluid dynamics and mass transfer, the first of the post-doctoral appointments…
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A visit to the Institute of Multiphase Flows in Hamburg
Giorgio Besagni, Alberto Arici and Nicolò Varallo travelled to the Hamburg University of Technology to work with the Institute of Multiphase Flows, the partner group behind…
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A visit from Prof. Michael Schlüter
Prof. Michael Schlüter, head of the Institute of Multiphase Flows at the Hamburg University of Technology, spent the week of 11–15 May 2026 at the Department…
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AURIGA at the 55th European Two-Phase Flow Group Meeting
On 11 May 2026 Giorgio Besagni presented AURIGA at the 55th European Two-Phase Flow Group Meeting, in a talk on the current status of the project…
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Experimental campaign at TUHH
The team ran an experimental campaign at the Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg University of Technology, commissioning a bubble column rig for optical measurements. What was…
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Alberto Arici’s research stay at TUHH
During a research stay at the Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg University of Technology, Alberto Arici carried out a systematic experimental investigation of aqueous ionic-liquid mixtures…
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A DECHEMA contribution on CO₂ absorption in ionic liquids
At the 2026 Annual Meeting of the DECHEMA/VDI Working Party on Multiphase Flows in Dresden, Felix Kexel presented the first preliminary results obtained by Alberto Arici…
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Prof. Rosti’s visiting period
Prof. Rosti spent a visiting period with Prof. Giorgio Besagni’s group at the Department of Energy, from 24 November 2025 to 24 March 2026. The stay…
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Francesco Pierini joins AURIGA
On 12 November 2025 Francesco Pierini joined the AURIGA team as a PhD student at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, bringing to the project…
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Three PhD students join AURIGA
On 12 September 2025 Vitor Augusto Regert dos Santos, Alberto Arici and Djamel Eddine Aissaoui joined the AURIGA team as PhD students at the Department of…