Francesca Micheli is a chemical engineer with experience in research projects related to green energy production. She has worked on projects focused on hydrogen production from methane and biomass using sorption enhanced reforming. Her work involved developing bi-functional catalyst/sorbent compounds, laboratory plant design, process simulation, and supervising others. She holds a PhD in industrial engineering from the University of L'Aquila, with a focus on clean coal technologies and CO2 capture.

1. Francesca Micheli
e-mail: francesca.micheli@hotmail.com
 Oct. 15 – today Chemistry teachings - Liceo Artistico Statale Caravaggio
 Mar. 14 – Oct. 14 ASCENT European project - Full time research member-Strasbourg.
Institute de chimie et procédés pour l'énergie, l'environnement et la santé (ICPEES)
Main duties: Hydrogen production from methane and contemporary carbon dioxide removal
(Sorption Enhanced Methane Reforming) under industrial conditions (i.e. pure methane stream);
development of bi-functional compounds (sorbent/catalyst); laboratory scale plant design; simulation of
the whole process by CHEMCAD. Related documentation report. Supervisor of two people.
 Jan. 13 – Feb.14 UNIfHy European project - Full time research member- Strasbourg and L’Aquila
Fluid-dynamics and chemical reactors laboratory of L’Aquila university and ICPEES
Main duties: Hydrogen production from biomass gasification process. Realization, characterization and
catalytic and sorption tests of different combined catalysts/sorbent. Contemporary residual Hydrocarbon
Reforming and CO2 capture. Simulation of the whole process by CHEMCAD and ProSim. Design of the
experiment and of laboratory scale plant.
 Ago. 12 and Nov. 12 – Dec 12 Internship - Material Engineer intern.- Casaccia (Rome).
ENEA (Ente nazionale Energie alternative)
Research activity, development of solid inorganic material for cyclic carbon dioxide removal. Chemical-
physical characterization.
 Mar. 09 – Aug.09 Internship - Process Chemical Engineer intern- Dublin
Ecocern
Feasibility planning and research on economical evaluation of electrical energy distribution from Biomass
plan; related administrative job.
Education
 Nov. 11 – Apr. 15 European Philosophy Doctor (Ph.D.)
Department of industrial engineering – University of L’Aquila.
Dissertation: “Energy saving and micro-distributed generation: clean coal technologies, CO2 capture”
Resume: Studies on process intensification (Sorption Enhanced Steam Hydrocarbon Reforming) for
hydrogen production from biomass and simultaneous carbon dioxide removal (concerning UNIfHy and
ASCENT European projects). Researches on the development of bi-functional compounds: one body
catalysts and sorbents. Process simulation. Supervisor of three Master theses students.
Address: Via Luigi Ornato N°48-Milano Date of Birth: 20.10.1983
mob. +39 348 2920693 Nationality: Italian
Suitable Job Position
Green energy engineer, process engineer, chemical engineer, material engineer, project engineer, project
manager, researcher on: biofuel production, sustainable systems design, process intensification.
Professional Experience
I’m a junior Chemical Engineer expert on working in process and material engineer. I applied my studies (Bac in
Chemical Engineer, Ms in Process Chemical Engineer, PhD in Industrial Engineering) on different fields
(plant/material design, thermodynamics, process intensification and simulation) working in different projects.
As industrial/material engineer I worked at the ICPEES in Strasbourg as full research member in European
projects (ASCENT and UNIfHy) where the main focus was the Sorption Enhanced Steam Reforming Reaction.
As process engineer I mainly worked on thermodynamic simulation of several chemical processes using
Chemcad and Prosim and on plants design.

2.  Oct. 08 – Sep. 11 Ms in Chemical Process Engineering
Department of chemical engineering and material chemistry – University of L’Aquila.
Dissertation: “Biomass gasification valorisation: studies on methane plan design and its purification”.
Resume: Experimental and modelling thesis in Industrial Engineering published in Italian language for
ENEA.
Classification: 108/110.
 Oct. 02 – Jul. 08 Bachelor in Chemical Engineering
Department of chemical engineering and material chemistry – University of L’Aquila.
Dissertation: “Experimental studies of perfect mixed systems through the use of a colored tracer”.
Predictive II order model for RTD (Residence Time Distribution) analysis.
Resume: Predictive second order model for RTD (Residence Time Distribution) analysis
Classification: 94/110.
Schools, talks, publications and other activities
 Feb. 2014 World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) - Wels (Austria) -“Hydrogen from sorption
enhanced reforming processes: double Hydroxide CO2 sorbents at low and high temperature”
 Apr. 2013 9th
European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) – The Hague (Netherlands)
“A comparison between energy efficient low and high temperature sorbent for sorption enhanced
reforming process”.
 Sep. 12 Ph.D. Summer school - Gruppo ricercatori ingegneria chimica Università (GRICU) – Pescara.
Topics: separation processes and transport phenomena
2012-2015 During my Ph.D. I published four technical papers in international journals with focus on chemical
engineering research and design, 1 Book Chapter; my results presented at seven international/national
conferences as oral presentation and in five as poster.
Languages: ITALIAN (Mother Tongue), ENGLISH (Proficiency), FRENCH (Intermediate), SPANISH (Basic)
Computer skills:
I’m able to work with different operating systems (Windows e Linux), to simulate chemical process (CHEMCAD
and Prosim simulators and basic in ASPEN), to program in MathCAD and Matlab language and basic knowledge
of AutoCAD 2D for plant layout design.
Professional skills:
I have over 3 years of experience on Design of Experiments (probability, descriptive statistics, confidence
limits, statistical tests..), material engineering: catalyst and sorbent design and synthesis (Hydrothermal, co-
precipitation, solid state..) for industrial application and their physical-chemical characterization (Thermo-
gravimetric-analysis (TGA), X ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared analysis (FT-IR), gas
chromatography(GC)). In Process engineering I have good technical knowledge of process and plant design,
P&ID, reactor and unit operation design, thermodynamic analysis, mass and energy balances and good
knowledge of numerical methods (Finite difference method, Fast Fourier transform, Laplace transform).
Personals skills
Member of the Italian Association for Blood Donors, practiced agonistic rhythmic gymnastics, competing in
International championships and the A2 National league, contemporary and Jazz dance studies. Course of
Rhythmic gymnastics trainer, hiking and trekking. Widely travelled in Europe and a little around the world
(Russia, Turkey, India, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) Africa (South Africa, Morocco) and South America
(Argentina, Chile, Bolivia).
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