Profile
Position: Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240/2010
Unit: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale
Scientific-disciplinary sector: Impianti Nucleari IIND-07/D
Current Position: Senior Researcher IIND-07/D Impianti Nucleari (former ING-IND19)
Email: andrea.pucciarelli.unipi.it
Phone: +39 050 2218060
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8814-9026
WORK EXPERIENCE
• May 2024- ongoing: Senior Researcher IIND-07/D (RTDb) at DICI – University of Pisa
• April 2021- March 2024: Research Fellow IIND-07/D (RTDa) at DICI – University of Pisa
• May 2018- March 2021 : Post-Doc at DICI – University of Pisa
• May 2018 15/06/2024 Achieved the “Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore universitario di Seconda Fascia nel Settore Concorsuale 09/C2 - FISICA TECNICA E INGEGNERIA NUCLEARE.”
EDUCATION
• 2013- 2016 : PhD Student at DICI – University of Pisa
• Scolarship Grant (2017) at DICI – University of Pisa
• Master-Degree in Energy Engineering (Ingegneria Energetica)- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Pisa
SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
•Roles in the Department: contact person for digital transition (Referente per la transizione Digitale)
•Conferences: President of the Organizing Committee for the “11th International Symposium on Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors, Pisa il 3-5 February 2025
•Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (2024- ongoing)
•Reviewer for International Journals: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Annals of Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Applied Thermal Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Energy, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES / LABS
•Responsible for Univeristy of Pisa of the EU Projects EASI-SMR, ANSELMUS, TANDEM.
•Principal Investigator for University of Pisaand WP leader for the for the IAEA CRP “Benchmark of Transition from Forced to Natural Circulation Experiment with Heavy Liquid Metal Loop”.
•Participation to EU Projects: THINS, MYRTE, SESAME, PATRICIA, TRANSPARANT, CAMIVVER, ECC-SMART, TANDEM, ANSELMUS, EASI-SMR
•Participation to IAEA CRPs: IAEA Cordinated Research Project “Understanding and Prediction of Thermal-Hydraulics Phenomena Relevant to SCWRs”
CURRENT RESEARCH FIELDS
▪ CFD analyses (ANSYS Fluent and STAR-CCM+) of heat transfer phenomena relevant for applications supporting the development of GEN IV LMFRs. Lead and LBE thermal-hydraulics analyses.
▪ Analysis of nuclear systems adopting STH codes (RELAP5)
▪ Multiscale STH/CFD calculations code coupling (RELAP5 and Ansys Fluent/STAR-CCM+) for the simulation of Liquid Metals systems
▪ CFD analyses (STAR-CCM+) and development of heat transfer correlations for supercritical fluids in support of the development of GEN IV SCWRs.
▪ Development of a Fluid-to-Fluid scaling methodology for heat transfer to supercritical fluids
PUBLICATIONS
Publications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57219566917
A complete list of publications can be found at the following link:
https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp02348
Email: andrea.pucciarelli.unipi.it
Phone: +39 050 2218060
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8814-9026
WORK EXPERIENCE
• May 2024- ongoing: Senior Researcher IIND-07/D (RTDb) at DICI – University of Pisa
• April 2021- March 2024: Research Fellow IIND-07/D (RTDa) at DICI – University of Pisa
• May 2018- March 2021 : Post-Doc at DICI – University of Pisa
• May 2018 15/06/2024 Achieved the “Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore universitario di Seconda Fascia nel Settore Concorsuale 09/C2 - FISICA TECNICA E INGEGNERIA NUCLEARE.”
EDUCATION
• 2013- 2016 : PhD Student at DICI – University of Pisa
• Scolarship Grant (2017) at DICI – University of Pisa
• Master-Degree in Energy Engineering (Ingegneria Energetica)- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Pisa
SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
•Roles in the Department: contact person for digital transition (Referente per la transizione Digitale)
•Conferences: President of the Organizing Committee for the “11th International Symposium on Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors, Pisa il 3-5 February 2025
•Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (2024- ongoing)
•Reviewer for International Journals: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Annals of Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Applied Thermal Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Energy, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES / LABS
•Responsible for Univeristy of Pisa of the EU Projects EASI-SMR, ANSELMUS, TANDEM.
•Principal Investigator for University of Pisaand WP leader for the for the IAEA CRP “Benchmark of Transition from Forced to Natural Circulation Experiment with Heavy Liquid Metal Loop”.
•Participation to EU Projects: THINS, MYRTE, SESAME, PATRICIA, TRANSPARANT, CAMIVVER, ECC-SMART, TANDEM, ANSELMUS, EASI-SMR
•Participation to IAEA CRPs: IAEA Cordinated Research Project “Understanding and Prediction of Thermal-Hydraulics Phenomena Relevant to SCWRs”
CURRENT RESEARCH FIELDS
▪ CFD analyses (ANSYS Fluent and STAR-CCM+) of heat transfer phenomena relevant for applications supporting the development of GEN IV LMFRs. Lead and LBE thermal-hydraulics analyses.
▪ Analysis of nuclear systems adopting STH codes (RELAP5)
▪ Multiscale STH/CFD calculations code coupling (RELAP5 and Ansys Fluent/STAR-CCM+) for the simulation of Liquid Metals systems
▪ CFD analyses (STAR-CCM+) and development of heat transfer correlations for supercritical fluids in support of the development of GEN IV SCWRs.
▪ Development of a Fluid-to-Fluid scaling methodology for heat transfer to supercritical fluids
PUBLICATIONS
Publications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57219566917
A complete list of publications can be found at the following link:
https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp02348
Teaching
Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli/insegnamenti
- Termofluidodinamica Computazionale (Modulo dell'insegnamento Termofluidodinamica Computazionale e Sistemi Multifase Cod. 924II) per Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria energetica
- Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics (Cod. 1088I) per Laurea Magistrale in Nuclear engineering
Student consultation hours
Location: Ufficio del Docente, Terzo Piano Sede DICI
Time: Thursday 14:00 - 16:00
Research
Publications
- Analyses of Ibscth tests using thermal-hydraulics and fluid dynamic codes (Mazzini, Guido; Musa, Alis Ruscak; Spacek, Jakub; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Kassem, Sara; Dominguez, Armando Nava - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Clarifying the trends of hydraulic resistance parameters for supercritical pressure fluids with the aid of CFD (Ahmed, M. R.; Kassem, S.; Pucciarelli, A.; Ambrosini, W. - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Development of an improved turbulent heat flux model for the heat transfer of supercritical fluids (Alasif, Abdullah; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Shams, Afaque - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- SOLPS-ITER numerical simulations of ITER-scale Snowflake divertors: low-field-side SF-/SF+ and high-field-side SF-/SF+ configurations (Wu, H. S.; Subba, F.; Wigram, M. R. K.; Pan, O.; Lo Frano, R.; Pucciarelli, A.; Zanino, R. - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- A state-of-the-art review of R&D for the super critical water-cooled reactor technology. Part I economics, thermalhydraulics, safety and licensing (Nava Dominguez, Armando; Azih, Chukwudi; Mendoza España, Alberto D'Ansi; Zahlan, Hussam; Mazzini, Guido; Musa-Ruscak, Alis; Kassem, Sara; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Ambrosini, Walter; Wiltschko, Fabian; Otic, Ivan; Varju, Tamás; Kiss, Attila; Wu, Pan; Poplavskaia, Elena - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- A multi-task Transformer-Mamba-Seq framework for real-time estimation of spatiotemporal thermal stratification in passive residual heat exchanger (He, Shaopeng; Wang, Mingjun; Forgione, Nicola; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Tian, W. X.; Qiu, S. Z.; Su, G. H. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Validation of a coupled STH and low-fidelity CFD approach using experimental data from NACIE-UP test facility (Stefanini, P.; Pucciarelli, A.; Abedelhalim, O.; Forgione, N.; Di Piazza, I. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Simulation of Relevant Transient Scenarios for a lead-cooled Reference SMR using a STH Code (Robazza, Chiara; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Forgione, Nicola; Nallo, Giuseppe Francesco; Rostagno, Matteo Maria - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- An overview of the prediction methods for the heat transfer of supercritical fluids (Pucciarelli, Andrea - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- HPC modelling for nuclear safety assessment (Cancemi, S A; Lo Frano, R; Angelucci, M; Pucciarelli, A; Subba, F; Wu, H - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Coupled STH/CFD calculations in support of the upcoming CIRCE-THETIS Experimental Campaign (Stefanini, Pietro; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Di Piazza, Ivan; Martelli, Daniele; Forgione, Nicola - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- A comparative analysis of detailed and reduced CFD approaches to model wire-wrapped fuel bundles for LMFBRs applications (Abedelhalim, O.; Galleni, F.; Forgione, N.; Di Piazza, I.; Pucciarelli, A. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CFD APPROACHES TO MODEL WIRE-WRAPPED FUEL BUNDLE AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION (Abedelhalim, OSSAMA MOHAMED MOHAMED; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Forgione, Nicola - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- APPLICATION OF DETERMINISTIC SAMPLING FOR UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION OF CFD MODEL OF WRAPPED WIRE FUEL BUNDLE (Abedelhalim, O.; Pucciarelli, A.; Forgione, N. - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Pre-Test Analysis of a PLOFA Scenario for CIRCE-THETIS Facility by Means of Coupled STH/CFD Calculations (Stefanini, Pietro; Pucciarelli, Andrea; Forgione, Nicola; Di Piazza, Ivan - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)