Outputs (19)

A new hydrogen production route through biomass gasification in a two-stage fixed bed reactor within the BECCS concept: A techno-economic and life cycle assessment study (2025)
Journal Article
Rabea, K., Michailos, S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). A new hydrogen production route through biomass gasification in a two-stage fixed bed reactor within the BECCS concept: A techno-economic and life cycle assessment study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 124, 140-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.03.441

Hydrogen is projected to be a major contributor to the renewable and sustainable energy mix in the near future. Among the different routes of hydrogen production, the Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) approach has gained much interest... Read More about A new hydrogen production route through biomass gasification in a two-stage fixed bed reactor within the BECCS concept: A techno-economic and life cycle assessment study.

A comprehensive process modelling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a power to ammonia process (2025)
Journal Article
Cuevas-Castillo, G. A., Michailos, S., Hughes, K., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). A comprehensive process modelling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a power to ammonia process. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 76, Article 104278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2025.104278

Ammonia is currently produced through H2 derived from fossil sources and hereby alternative low carbon ammonia routes are essential for mitigating emissions. The present study for the first time investigates the feasibility of the whole supply chain... Read More about A comprehensive process modelling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a power to ammonia process.

Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of power-to-formic acid production using direct air capture and green hydrogen (2025)
Journal Article
Cuevas-Castillo, G. A., Michailos, S., Hughes, K., Ingham, D., Navarro-Pineda, F., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of power-to-formic acid production using direct air capture and green hydrogen. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 26, Article 100929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2025.100929

The chemical industry is responsible for a significant portion of global carbon emissions. Defossilising the chemical industry is crucial for achieving climate change targets. Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) has emerged as a promising alternativ... Read More about Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of power-to-formic acid production using direct air capture and green hydrogen.

A techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a new power and biomass to liquids (PBtL) configuration with negative emissions for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) (2024)
Journal Article
Rojas-Michaga, M. F., Michailos, S., Cardozo, E., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). A techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a new power and biomass to liquids (PBtL) configuration with negative emissions for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Energy Conversion and Management: X, 25, Article 100841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2024.100841

A novel configuration of the hybrid Power-and-Biomass to Liquids (PBtL) pathway for producing sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) has been developed and assessed from a techno-economic and environmental perspective. The proposed configuration can achiev... Read More about A techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a new power and biomass to liquids (PBtL) configuration with negative emissions for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Techno economic and life cycle assessment of olefin production through CO2 hydrogenation within the power-to-X concept (2024)
Journal Article
Cuevas-Castillo, G. A., Michailos, S., Akram, M., Hughes, K., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2024). Techno economic and life cycle assessment of olefin production through CO2 hydrogenation within the power-to-X concept. Journal of cleaner production, 469, Article 143143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143143

The paper deals with exhaustive process modelling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment (TEA/LCA) of olefin (ethylene and propylene) production through captured CO2 and electrolytic hydrogen. Olefins are important building block chemicals with s... Read More about Techno economic and life cycle assessment of olefin production through CO2 hydrogenation within the power-to-X concept.

Multiphase, three-dimensional PEM fuel cell numerical model with a variable cross-sectional area flow channel (2023)
Journal Article
Tian, J., Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2023). Multiphase, three-dimensional PEM fuel cell numerical model with a variable cross-sectional area flow channel. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 33(8), 2778-2799. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-02-2023-0075

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the impact of three different flow channel cross sections on the performance of the fuel cell. Design/methodology/approach: A comprehensive three-dimensional polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell model has bee... Read More about Multiphase, three-dimensional PEM fuel cell numerical model with a variable cross-sectional area flow channel.

Multi-Objective Optimal Performance of a Hybrid CPSD-SE/HWT System for Microgrid Power Generation (2022)
Book Chapter
Shboul, B., Al-Arfi, I., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Udeh, G. T., Ma, L., Hughes, K., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). Multi-Objective Optimal Performance of a Hybrid CPSD-SE/HWT System for Microgrid Power Generation. In M. A. Mellal (Ed.), Applications of Nature-Inspired Computing in Renewable Energy Systems (166-210). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8561-0.ch009

A new integrated hybrid solar thermal and wind-based microgrid power system is proposed. It consists of a concentrated parabolic solar dish Stirling engine, a wind turbine, and a battery bank. The electrical power curtailment is diminished, and the l... Read More about Multi-Objective Optimal Performance of a Hybrid CPSD-SE/HWT System for Microgrid Power Generation.

An improved kinetic modelling of woody biomass gasification in a downdraft reactor based on the pyrolysis gas evolution (2022)
Journal Article
Rabea, K., Michailos, S., Akram, M., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). An improved kinetic modelling of woody biomass gasification in a downdraft reactor based on the pyrolysis gas evolution. Energy Conversion and Management, 258, Article 115495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115495

Biomass gasification technology is evolving and more research through modelling alongside the experimental work needs to be performed. In the past, all the attention has been concentrated on the combustion and reduction stages to be the controlling r... Read More about An improved kinetic modelling of woody biomass gasification in a downdraft reactor based on the pyrolysis gas evolution.

A modified rule-based energy management scheme for optimal operation of a hybrid PV-wind-Stirling engine integrated multi-carrier energy system (2022)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). A modified rule-based energy management scheme for optimal operation of a hybrid PV-wind-Stirling engine integrated multi-carrier energy system. Applied energy, 312, Article 118763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118763

In this study, rule-based energy management strategies (EMS) based on the modifications of the traditional load following (LF) and circuit charging (CC) have been proposed and developed to effectively coordinate the operation of an integrated multi-c... Read More about A modified rule-based energy management scheme for optimal operation of a hybrid PV-wind-Stirling engine integrated multi-carrier energy system.

Optimal sizing of a hybrid PV-WT-battery storage system: Effects of split-ST and combined ST + ORC back-ups in circuit charging and load following (2022)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). Optimal sizing of a hybrid PV-WT-battery storage system: Effects of split-ST and combined ST + ORC back-ups in circuit charging and load following. Energy Conversion and Management, 256, Article 115370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115370

This study explores the opportunities in deploying split Stirling and combined Stirling and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) in circuit charging and load following dispatch modes, respectively as the back-up of a hybrid renewable energy system. The optima... Read More about Optimal sizing of a hybrid PV-WT-battery storage system: Effects of split-ST and combined ST + ORC back-ups in circuit charging and load following.