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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.

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.

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) potential in jet fuel production from forestry residues: A combined Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment approach (2022)
Journal Article
Fernanda Rojas Michaga, M., Michailos, S., Akram, M., Cardozo, E., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) potential in jet fuel production from forestry residues: A combined Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment approach. Energy Conversion and Management, 255, Article 115346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115346

In this study, the economic and environmental feasibility of a process configuration based on the Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) concept is assessed. The research analyses the production of jet fuel from forestry residues-derived sy... Read More about Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) potential in jet fuel production from forestry residues: A combined Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment approach.

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.

Design and Techno-economic assessment of a new hybrid system of a solar dish Stirling engine instegrated with a horizontal axis wind turbine for microgrid power generation (2021)
Journal Article
Shboul, B., AL-Arfi, I., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., AL-Zoubi, O. H., Ma, L., …Pourkashanian, M. (2021). Design and Techno-economic assessment of a new hybrid system of a solar dish Stirling engine instegrated with a horizontal axis wind turbine for microgrid power generation. Energy Conversion and Management, 245, Article 114587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114587

The increasing interest in renewable microgrids have motivated the exploration of more sustainable alternatives to traditional energy supply. In this study, a novel hybrid renewable energy-based microgrid power system is proposed, designed and techno... Read More about Design and Techno-economic assessment of a new hybrid system of a solar dish Stirling engine instegrated with a horizontal axis wind turbine for microgrid power generation.

Techno-economic and environmental assessment of BECCS in fuel generation for FT-fuel, bioSNG and OMEx (2021)
Journal Article
Emenike, O., Michailos, S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). Techno-economic and environmental assessment of BECCS in fuel generation for FT-fuel, bioSNG and OMEx. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5(13), 3382-3402. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1se00123j

This study focuses on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in fuel generation and assesses the potential of biofuel generation to decarbonise the fuel economy by reducing CO2emissions to the atmosphere. The research investigates the tech... Read More about Techno-economic and environmental assessment of BECCS in fuel generation for FT-fuel, bioSNG and OMEx.

A new ANN model for hourly solar radiation and wind speed prediction: A case study over the north & south of the Arabian Peninsula (2021)
Journal Article
Shboul, B., AL-Arfi, I., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Ma, L., Hughes, K. J., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). A new ANN model for hourly solar radiation and wind speed prediction: A case study over the north & south of the Arabian Peninsula. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 46, Article 101248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2021.101248

Prediction models for renewable energy sources are frequently used to manage stand-alone micro grid systems. Such prediction models are important due to the high cost or even the unavailability of real-world data in many regions. Herein, a new techni... Read More about A new ANN model for hourly solar radiation and wind speed prediction: A case study over the north & south of the Arabian Peninsula.

Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification (2021)
Book Chapter
Michaga, M. F. R., Michailos, S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification. In R. C. Ray (Ed.), Sustainable Biofuels: Opportunities and challenges (269-303). Duxford: Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820297-5.00012-8

The aviation sector is responsible for at least 2% of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The production and use of new sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) appear as the most relevant strategy to achieve significant GHG emissions reductio... Read More about Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification.

A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine (2020)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine. Energy Conversion and Management, 227, Article 113601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113601

Stirling engines (SE) offer good part load performance and high heat sink temperatures which make it a suitable candidate to serve as a prime mover in micro-combined cooling, heating and power (μ-CCHP) applications. In this study, a novel μ-CCHP conf... Read More about A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine.

Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock (2020)
Journal Article
Emenike, O., Michailos, S., Finney, K. N., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 40, Article 100743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100743

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ultimately play an important role in climate change mitigation. The aim of this research is to compare the techno-economic performanc... Read More about Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock.

A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines (2020)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines. Energy Conversion and Management, 206, Article 112493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112493

In this paper, comprehensive governing differential equations of Stirling engines have been developed by coupling the effect of gas leakage through the displacer gap, gas leakage into the crank case and the shuttle heat loss into the traditional mode... Read More about A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines.

Methane production via syngas fermentation within the bio-CCS concept: A techno-economic assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Emenike, O., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., & Pourkashanian, M. (2019). Methane production via syngas fermentation within the bio-CCS concept: A techno-economic assessment. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 150, Article 107290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.107290

The study provides a comprehensive approach on assessing the feasibility of a novel process configuration that couples synthetic natural gas (SNG) production via syngas fermentation with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The present research constitu... Read More about Methane production via syngas fermentation within the bio-CCS concept: A techno-economic assessment.