Curriculum Vitae business, updated June 2009

1. CISE-CESI-CESI Ricerca-ERSE
NAME: Gianluca LAPINI
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 July 1947
NAZIONALITY: Italian
EDUCATION: Doctor Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 1972
LANGUAGE AND DEGREE OF Italian: Mother tongue
PROFICIENCY English written: excellent read: excellent spoken: excellent
MEMBERSHIP: Institution of Diagnostic Engineers
COUNTRIES OF WORK Italy
EXPERIENCE: Switzerland
Ukraina
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
FROM 2006 TO JUNE 2009
EMPLOYER CESI Ricerca Spa and ERSE SpA
POSITION HELD & Senior Scientist at SSE (Sviluppo dei Sistemi Elettrici)
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Technical-economical studies on rational use of energy in buildings and
industry
FROM 2001 TO 2005
EMPLOYER CESI Spa
POSITION HELD & “On-line Monitoring and Diagnostics” Manager, within the “Power
Generation” Business Unit
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Manager of activities relating to large machinery and steam generator
diagnostics
FROM 2000 TO 2001
EMPLOYER CESI SpA
POSITION HELD & Senior Scientist
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Project Manager for the development of an innovative integrated gas turbine
monitoring and diagnostic system
FROM1998 TO 1999
EMPLOYER ENEL RICERCA – Power Generation Area
POSITION HELD & Product Leader
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Project Manager for the development of new technologies and instruments
for on-line diagnostics of gas turbines
FROM 1986 TO 1998
EMPLOYER CISE SpA
POSITION HELD & Head of the “Machine Vibration and Diagnostics” Section
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Manager of the team and activities dealing with vibration monitoring and
diagnostics of large power plant rotating machinery
FROM1985 TO 1985
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EMPLOYER CISE SpA
POSITION HELD & Senior Researcher in the “Machine Vibration and Diagnostics” Section
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Development of instrumentation systems for on-line diagnostics of rotating
machinery
FROM 1982 TO 1984
EMPLOYER CISE SpA
POSITION HELD & Senior Researcher in the “Alternative Energy Sources” Section
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Technical - economical feasibility studies for the use of renewable energy
sources (waste-to-energy, wind, co-generation)
FROM 1974 TO 1981
EMPLOYER CISE SpA,
POSITION HELD & Junior Researcher in the “Machine Vibration and Diagnostics” Section
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES R&D in the field of vibration diagnostics of rotating machinery
FROM 1973 TO 1974
EMPLOYER Costruzioni Aeronautiche G. Agusta SpA, R&D Department
POSITION HELD & Junior Researcher
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Development of mathematical models to simulate vibration and aero-elastic
phenomena in helicopter blades
DETAILED TASKS ASSIGNED IN
SELECTED PROJECTS
Project Monitoring of electric heat-pumps in large buildings
RdS (Ricerca di Sistema) Reaserch for Italian Electric System
Location Italy
Year 2006-2009
Position Project Manager
Duties Experimental campaigns for monitoring:
- actual performance of electric heat-pumps for heating and cooling of
large buildings
- advantages and drawbacks of geothermal heat-pumps
- seasonal performances of heat-pumps.
Project Supply of new instruments for on-line monitoring of combustion in
coal-fired power units
Enel Produzione
Location Italy
Year 2004-2005
Position Project Manager
Duties Design, manufacture, supply and commissioning of new equipment for on-
line monitoring of:
- pulverised coal velocity / mass flow in feeders from coal mill to burners
- unburnt carbon-in-ashes
- CO / O2 / NOx concentrations in flue gas in different sections of the flue
gas duct.
Project “Diagnostics of Gas Turbines: improving the reliability, availability,
and performance of industrial gas turbines”, in the frame of the
government-funded Research Program for the Italian Electric System
Location Italia
Year 2000-2003
Position Project Manager
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Duties Feasibility, development, in-shop and in-plant validation of advanced
methods and instruments for on-line diagnostics of modern gas turbines
Design, installation and evaluation of performances of diagnostic systems,
based on the integration of different diagnostic techniques (vibration, optical
pyrometry, pressure pulsations, EDMS, etc). Management of different
specialists involved in the project. Management of contracts with customer.
Project TACIS (Technical Assistance to CIS): Improvement of safety and
monitoring systems in nuclear power plants, South Ukraina Nuclear
PP - RPC Vibration Monitoring System
DTN, Madrid (Project Main Contractor appointed by the EC)
Location Ukraina
Year 1996-1997
Position EC Senior Expert
Duties Issuing of purchase specifications and technical – economical evaluation of
offers relating to the updating and renovation of vibration monitoring
systems of the main machinery in the SUK NPP in Ukraina.
Project Development of the prototype of an advanced vibration monitoring
system for rotating machinery in power plants (1st SMAV prototype)
Enel Produzione, Fusina PP
Location Italy
Year 1993-1995
Position Project Manager
Duties Management of the technical and human resources involved in the design,
construction and testing of an advanced computerized system for on-line
acquisition, analysis, display and diagnostic evaluation of vibrations of large
rotating machinery in power plants.
SELECTED PAPERS
- G. Lapini, W. Grattieri, “Il peso dei consumi energetici degli equipaggiamenti ausiliari nel bilancio energetico
complessivo degli impianti geotermici a pompa di calore”, Convegno AICARR “Impianti, energia ed ambiente”,
Tivoli, 7-9 Ottobre 2009
- G. Lapini, W. Grattieri, “Come migliorare l’efficienza energetica nel settore ricettivo”, NUOVA ENERGIA,
Milano, n. 1, 2009
- G, Lapini, L. Croci, G, Mauri, D. Moneta, “Funzioni di automazione in sistemi di termoregolazione bi-
combustibile”, Convegno AICARR “Riduzione dei fabbisogni nel settore residenziale”, Padova, 5 Giugno 2008
- G. Lapini, M. Gallanti, S. Fratti, S Pugliese, “L’impatto dei picchi di carico sulla rete di distribuzione cittadina”,
ENERGIA ELETTRICA, Novembre-Dicembre 2006
- G. Lapini, I.M. Gianinoni, “Tecniche avanzate di misura della temperatura in impianti turbogas”, Convegno
AIPnD, Milano, Ottobre 2007
- G. Lapini, R. Vario, G. A. Zanetta, "Experience in advanced remote vibration monitoring and diagnostics of
large turbine – generator sets”, POWER-GEN Europe 2005, Milan, Italy, 2005
- G. Lapini, E. Mantino, “Advanced monitoring of hydropower machinery: solutions and experiences” (lang.:
Italian), 11th National Conf. On NDT, Monitoring and Diagnostics, Milano, Italy, 2005
- I. M. Gianinoni, E. Golinelli, G. Lapini, S. Musazzi, U. Perini, M. Zippo, "Instrumental systems for pulverised
coal flow and carbon-in-ash monitoring”, 2nd International Conference on Clean Coal Technologies for Our Future,
Cagliari - Italy, 2005
- G. Lapini, M. Zippo, "Some experiences about the use of electrostatic charge measurements in the exhaust
gases as an early warning of distresses in industrial gas turbines" , CAME-GT Conference 10-11 July 2003
Brussels, 2003
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- G. Lapini, M. Zippo, G.Tirone - ENEL "The use of electrostatic charge measurements as an early warning of di
stress in heavy duty gas turbines" , ASME Turbo Expo 2001 - New Orleans, Louisiana USA, 2001
- G. Lapini, R. Vario, A, Vallini, C. Russo, "Recent experiences in the measurement and interpretation of
turbogenerator malfunctions in ENEL power plants", EPRI-CIGRE Colloquium on Maintenance and Refurbishment
of Utility Turbogenerators, Florence, Italy, 1997
- G. Lapini, F. Calabresi, C. Reynaud, C. Frigeri, R. Buscemi, "Experimental monitoring of a hydroelectric unit
for the assessment of diagnostic functions", Modelling, Testing & Monitoring for Hydro Power Plants, Lausanne,
Switzerland, 1996
- R. Bernante, G. Lapini, "A non intrusive method to determine the resonant behaviour of steam turbine blades",
IFToMM Conf. Diagnostics of Rotating Machines in Power Plants - Rome, 1993
- G. Lapini, M. Zippo, N. Bachschmid, "Model-based calculations and experiments for the diagnostics of a crack
in a 320 <MW generator rotor” , CISM/IFToMM Symposium, Udine, Italy, 1993
- G. Lapini, M. Zippo, G. Diana, "Vibrations of a 90 MW gas turbine unit due to a struutural resonance”,
Rotordynamics '92, Venice, Italy, 1992
- G. Lapini, H.R. Simmons, A. J. Smalley, "Instruments to diagnose the deflection and misalignment of an
industrial gas turbine" , ASME Turbo Expo, Cologne, Germany, 1992
- G. Lapini, M. Cappelli, G. Diana, A. Vallini, "Diagnostics of malfunctions of large-sized steam turbine –
generator sets: some examples" , 3rd Int. Conf. on Rotordynamics, Lyon, France, 1990
- R. Bernante, G. Lapini, "An automated system to control turbogenerator alignment” (lang.: Italian), Int. Conf.
on Monitoring, Surveillance and Preventive Maintenance of Plants and Structures - Taormina., 1989
- G. Lapini, A.Clapis, G. Giorgetti "Instrumentation systems for on-line surveillance of steam turbine-generator
sets"(lang.: Italian) , 2nd Intern. Conf. on On-line Surveillance and Monitoring, Venice, Italy, 1986
- A. Clapis, G. Lapini, T. Rossini, "Oil-film instability in a 320 MW turbogenerator bearing: diagnosis, root cause
analysis and problem solution” (lang.: Italian), X° Congress of AIMAN (Italian Maintenance Society) - Maintenance
and Management - Trieste, 1981
- G. Lapini, A. Clapis, T. Rossini, "An instrument for on-stream measurement of alignment variations of
turbogenerator bearings" , Conf. on Vibrations in Rotating Machinery, Cambridge, UK, 1980
- G. Lapini, A. Clapis, T. Rossini, "On-line diagnostics of misalignments in turbogenerator bearings”, Design
Engin. Technical Conf., Chicago, USA, 1977
- G. Lapini, G. Possa, A. Clapis, T. Rossini "Experimental studies on the rotor dynamics of large-sized
turbogenerators" , Conf. on Vibrations in Rotating Machinery, Cambridge, UK, 1976
- G. Lapini, G. Possa, A. Clapis, T. Rossini, "Early diagnosis of unbalance and misalignments in large sized
turbogenerators" , 4th World Cong. on the Theory of Machines & Mechanisms - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, 1975
Updated, June 2009
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