Profile
Position: Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240/2010
Unit: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale
Scientific-disciplinary sector: Teoria Dello Sviluppo dei Processi Chimici ICHI-01/C
Born in 1987 and graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2012 from the University of Pisa, where he also received the PhD degree in Chemical Engineering in 2016. Currently employed as a Research Fellow at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa. The primary research activities focus on process modeling, control, monitoring, and optimization. Teacher of Process Dynamics & Control and Advanced Process Control in the MS programs of Energy Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Paper and Cardboard Technology at the University of Pisa. Author and reviewer of more than 40 scientific papers submitted to sector journals, as JPC, CEP, and I&ECR. Took part in the last decade IFAC Symposiums in process control (DYCOPS, ADCHEM) and the related World Congresses. Part of the organization of the ADCHEM 2021 congress. Team member in 7 Regional Projects of Regione Toscana in collaboration with local industrial companies and active member of two European Union Projects (FrontSeat and DAEDALOS) with international academic and industrial partners.
Teaching
Teaching activity
Teaching responsibility for modules/courses
- Automation and drives a (modulo dell'insegnamento automation and drives cod. 940ii) per Laurea Magistrale in Engineering of paper and cardboard
- Dinamica e controllo dei processi (cod. 864II) per Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria energetica
Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli/insegnamenti
- Controllo Avanzato di Processo (Cod. 202II) per Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria chimica
Student consultation hours
Mode of office hours: previo appuntamento tramite mail (riccardo.bacci@unipi.it) via Microsoft Teams
Location: CPCLab - DICI - ex Dip. Ing. Chimica, primo piano
Time: Mercoledì pomeriggio ore 15:00 - 17:00
Research
Publications
- Frequency and Time-frequency-based Analysis of Pressure Drop Signals in Structured Packed Columns (Giustacori, Pietro; Zandò, Leonardo; Bacci Di Capaci, Riccardo; Brunazzi, Elisabetta - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Improving Process Monitoring via Dynamic Multi-Fidelity Modeling (Fáber, Rastislav; Vaccari, Marco; Bacci Di Capaci, Riccardo; Lubušký, Karol; Pannocchia, Gabriele; Paulen, Radoslav - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Advancing Industrial Automation: Highlights from Recent Research (Bacci Di Capaci, Riccardo; Errico, Massimiliano; Tronci, Stefania - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Soft-Sensor-Enhanced Monitoring of an Alkylation Unit via Multi-Fidelity Model Correction (Fáber, Rastislav; Vaccari, Marco; Capaci, Riccardo Bacci Di; Lubušky, Karol; Pannocchia, Gabriele; Paulen, Radoslav - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Offset-Free Model Predictive Control of the Van De Vusse Reaction (Okienková, Kristína; Pannocchia, Gabriele; Vaccari, Marco; Bacci Di Capaci, Riccardo; Málik, Róbert; Dodek, Martin; Paulusová, Jana; Tárník, Marián - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Thermal Stress Control of a Two-Stage Steam Turbine System via Efficient NMPC Strategies (Di Capaci, Riccardo Bacci; Vaccari, Marco; Pannocchia, Gabriele - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Recurrent Neural Network-Based NMPC for Nonlinear Processes (Bacci Di Capaci, Riccardo; Pannocchia, Gabriele; Vaccari, Marco; Nocente, Arianna - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Integrated Testing of Model Predictive Control on Industrial PLC (Horvath, Dusan; Di Capaci, Riccardo Bacci; Stremy, Maximilian; Pannocchia, Gabriele - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Efficient NMPC strategies for thermal stress control of steam turbines (Garrucciu, Vittoria; Bacci di Capaci, Riccardo; Vaccari, Marco; Manara, Silvia; Bucciarelli, Federico; Signorini, Annamaria; Pannocchia, Gabriele - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)
- Advanced Methods for Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Control Loops in Common Rail Systems (BACCI DI CAPACI, Riccardo; Pannocchia, Gabriele - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
All publications by Riccardo Bacci Di Capaci on ARPI, the Research Archive of the University of Pisa