Davide Ziviani

Davide Ziviani

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Director of Center for High Performance Buildings (CHPB)

School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
dziviani@purdue.edu

Office: HLAB 2032

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Ghent University (Belgium), '17
  • M.S. University of Ferrara (Italy), '11
  • B.S. University of Ferrara (Italy),'08

Research Interests

  • Advanced heat pumping/heat engine technologies and their equipment
  • Positive displacement compressors and expanders
  • High performance buildings
  • Thermal Management Systems

Biography

Service:
ASHRAE TC 8.1 “Positive Displacement Compressors”: Research Subcommittee Chair
ASHRAE TC 8.3 “Absorption and Heat Operated Machines”: Chair
International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), Commission B2 “Refrigerating Equipment” : US member
KCORC: Board Member

Awards and Recognitions

  • Best Student Paper (Cooling and Heating track) and Overall Best Paper (Rankine 2020 Conference). Authors: J. Kim, J.E. Braun, E.A. Groll, D. Ziviani
  • 2020 ASHRAE Undergraduate Equipment Research Grant
  • Best Student Paper Award (International Conference on Compressors and their Systems, City University of London, 2019). Authors: X. Zhang, D. Ziviani, J.E. Braun, E.A. Groll
  • Best Student Paper Award (International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue, 2018). Authors: X. Zhang, D. Ziviani, J.E. Braun, E.A. Groll
  • 2013 ASME KCORC Scholarship
  • 2012 ASME IMECE “AES Best Paper Award”

Selected Publications

Ma, J., Ding, X., Horton, T.W., Ziviani, D., “Development of an Automated Compressor Performance Mapping Using Artificial Neural Network and Multiple Compressor Technologies”. International Journal of Refrigeration, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2020.08.001

Ziviani D., Groll E.A., “Past, present and future of refrigeration: Pathways to the next generation heating and cooling technologies”. IIR International Rankine 2020 Conference – Heating, Cooling and Power Generation. July 26-29, 2020, Glasgow UK. Keynote Paper https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.rankine.2020.1232

Kim J., James N.A., Groll E.A., Braun J.E., Ziviani D., “Scalability of chemical looping heat pump technology”. IIR International Rankine 2020 Conference – Heating, Cooling and Power Generation. July 26-29, 2020, Glasgow UK. https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.rankine.2020.1200

Casari N., Fadiga E., Pinelli M., Randi S., Suman A., Ziviani D., “Investigation of flow characteristics in a single screw expander: a numerical approach”. Energy, 2020. Accepted.

Bahman, A.M., Ziviani, D., Groll, E.A., “A generalized moving-boundary algorithm to predict the heat transfer rate of transcritical CO2 gas cooler”, International Journal of Refrigeration, 118(2020) 491-503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2020.05.021

Barta, R., Ziviani, D., Groll, E.A., “Experimental analyses of different control strategies of an R-410A split-system heat pump by employing a turbomachinery expansion recovery device”. International Journal of Refrigeration, 112(2020), 189-200 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.12.027

Zhang, X., Ziviani, D., Braun J.E., Groll E.A., “Experimental validation and sensitivity analysis of a dynamic simulation model for linear compressors”, International Journal of Refrigeration, 117(2020), 369-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2020.04.027

Qu, M., Lu, M. Li, Li, Z., Song, X., Chen, J., Ziviani, D., Braun, J.E., “Thermal energy storage based (TES-based) reverse cycle defrosting control strategy optimization for a cascade air source heat pump”. Energy and Buildings, 219(2020), 110014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110014

Woodland, B.J., Ziviani, D., Braun, J.E., Groll, E.A., “Considerations on Alternative Organic Rankine Cycle Configurations for Low-Grade Waste Heat Recovery”. Energy, 193(2020), 116810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116810

Zhang, X., Ziviani D., Braun J.E., Groll E.A., “Theoretical analysis of dynamic characteristics in linear compressors”. International Journal of Refrigeration, 109(2019), 114-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.09.015

Ziviani, D., Bell, I.H., Zhang, X., De Paepe, M., Braun, J.E., Groll, E.A., “Demonstrating the capabilities of an open-source simulation framework for positive displacement compressors and expanders”. International Journal of Refrigeration, 110(2020), 323-339.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.10.015

Bell, I.H., Ziviani, D., Lemort, V., Bradshaw, C., Mathison, M., Horton, W.T., Braun, J.E., Groll, E.A., “PDSim: A general quasi-steady modeling approach for positive displacement compressors and expanders”. International Journal of Refrigeration, 110(2020), 310-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.09.002

Wang, Q., Wu, W., He, Z., Ziviani, D., “ Analysis of the intake process and its influence on the performance of a two-phase reciprocating expander”. Applied Thermal Engineering, 16(2019), 113943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113943