Using sustainable aviation fuels is one of the ways to reduce the amount of those emissions produced from the aviation sector. Sustainable aviation fuels can be made from a variety of feedstocks and biomass, as opposed to traditional jet fuels. The research on aviation sustainable fuels (SAF) is still ongoing to build a solid fundamental […]
Read MoreToday it has become vital to decrease greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the impacts of climate change. For instance, the primary strategy to decarbonize the power sector is to employ trustworthy energy technologies such as wind turbines, solar photovoltaics, biomass gasification etc. A rising challenge with these technologies is the ability to store the excess […]
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Within the UK electricity generation portfolio renewable sources continue to rise with 43.1% of all electricity generated in 2020 coming from renewable sources – the largest share of this generation coming from offshore wind. However an increase in offshore wind presents challenges with regards to the integration of intermittent energy production into the national grid. […]
Read MoreBiofuels present an alternative to petroleum-based fuels with reduced environmental impact due to the photosynthetic life-cycle of their plant-based feedstocks. First and second generation biofuels are limited by their reliance on arable land to grow crops, leading to deforestation and reduction of biodiversity. Third generation biofuels include those produced from algae, and are characterised by increased growth yields and reduced land-use requirements.
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Project Details: Thermal management plays a vital role in the modern vehicle design and delivery. It enables the thermal analysis and optimisation of energy distribution to improve performance, increase efficiency and reduce emissions. Due to the complexity of the overall vehicle system, it is necessary to use a combination of simulation tools. Therefore the co-simulation […]
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Project Details This PhD work focuses on swirl-stabilised spray flames of various fuels at conditions close to lean stability limits. This is to compare flames of fuels with different volatility, and to develop further understanding on local flame extinctions, and how these result in global extinction. A variety of optical diagnostics methods were used to […]
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Duration: 2015-2018 Project Details: Design and development of advanced combustion chambers for low emission IC engines rely on increasing extent on experimental data on flowfield properties obtained for in-cylinder combustion process. These data mainly comprise distributions of spray, soot, relevant molecular and radical species, velocity fields, and temperature fields. The measurement data could help improve […]
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Duration: September 2019 – 2022 Project Details: This 3 year EPSRC David Clarke Fellowship funded research project aims to apply state-of-the-art diagnostics to gather new data for a range of bio-derived fuels and develop models addressing soot and NOx emissions for the identified biofuels to aid the design of low-emission combustion systems. It focuses on […]
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