Dr Ahmad Najjaran-Kheirabadi, Research Associate at Durham University presents on some of the findings from his recent research.
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Dr. Andrew Lyden presents findings from the Network funded project “The impact of REMA on the electrification of heat”
Dr Andrew Lyden is a Lecturer in Energy System Economics and Management at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on advancing open-source energy system science.
Dr. Xiaoxiong Xie presents findings from the Network funded project “Increasing urban overheating risk from cooling”
Dr Xiaoxiong Xie is a research associate at the Welsh School of Architecture, specialising in the link between outdoor and indoor environments. With expertise in city- and building-scale modelling, his research focuses on investigating the impact of global warming and local climate on urban occupants.
Dr. Lu Xing presents her findings from the Network funded project “Distributed green hydrogen for building heating and cooling”
Dr Xing is Associate Professor from Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering at Northumbria University. She obtained a master’s and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Oklahoma State University (United States) where she participated in multiple research projects in renewable energy technology and software development funded by the US Department of Energy and cooperated with Oakridge National Laboratory.
Dr Jake Barnes presents his research from the Network funded project “Pump priming” reviewing the take up of heat pump technologies.
Dr Barnes is a researcher at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. His research interests include the politics and sociology of innovation and change at community through city-regional scales to national systems.
Dr Sumit Konar, University of Lincoln presents on the findings of the Network funded project “Solid-Solid Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications”
Dr Konar completed his PhD at Stockholm University in 2015 and is a Principal Investigator at the University of Lincoln.
Professor Fiona Fylan, Head of Sustainable Behaviour, Leeds Sustainability Institute presents some of recent research on the public perceptions of using hydrogen for heating homes.
Professor Fylan is a Health Psychologist who applies behavioural sciences to better understand behaviour and to develop and evaluate interventions to change behaviour. her research interests include energy use, transport choices, road user behaviour and healthcare provision.
Professor Rachael Rothman, Professor of Sustainable Chemical Engineering at Sheffield University. Director South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre, presents her research in Hydrogen production methodologies.
Eric Schuenemann, System Engineer for Powertrain Subsystems (PS/EPS) Bosch, presents “Hydrogen Engine Powertrains – Attractive Solutions for Future Mobility” A presentation covering the activities Bosch has undertaken so far and the challenges and next steps in making H2 ICE a realisation
Professor David Manning, Professor of Soil Science, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, will present on the EPSRC funded “Netzero GeoRDIE” project – Net Zero Geothermal Research for District Infrastructure Engineering”
Yong Zhang, Postgraduate Student in the Buildings, Energy and Environment Research Group at Nottingham University, presents research findings for the “Modelling Analysis of a Thermochemical Energy Storage Reactor Embedded with a Novel Internal Heat Exchanger” project
Professor Poul Ostergaard, is a Professor in energy planning within the Department of Planning in Aalborg Universitet, Denmark. Poul presents recent research in “The four generations of district cooling – A categorization of the development in district cooling from origin to future prospect”
Dr Gareth Thomas is a Research Associate in the school of Psychology in Cardiff University. Gareth’s presentation covers research on “Deliberating disruption:public perceptions of low carbon heating technologies and infrastructure”
Dr Mark Brend, Research Fellow in the Applied Aerodynamics group at Loughborough University presents his research on “Hydrogen Combustion for Aerospace Gas Turbines”
Dr Iain Staffell from the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College, London presents his research in “Modelling Building, national and global heating & cooling with Demand.ninja”
Dr Matthew Aylott, Electrification of Heat Policy Lead for the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, presents on the Department’s recent demonstration project “The Electrification of Heat”
Dr Saleh Meibodi, Research Associate at Durham University, presents findings from the EPSRC funded Solar S&HP project. “Advanced Seasonal Solar Thermal Energy using Thermochemical-Compression Technology for Domestic Space Heating Applications”
Professor Patrick James, Professor of Energy and Buildings, University of Southampton, presents the findings of the Residential Heat as an Energy System Service – ”LATENT” project. Professor James is the Principal Investigator of LATENT, an EPSRC funded study looking into the potential of heat as a service to support the decarbonisation of electrical (heat pump) heating in the UK.
Professor Alasdair Cairns is Chair in Propulsion Systems at the Faculty of Engineering, Nottingham University. His presentation covers the MariNH3 project, which seeks to overcome the key related technical, economic and social unknowns of ammonia as a fuel through flexible, multidisciplinary research.
Dr Xinyan Wang, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow on advanced fuel and propulsion technologies for future low carbon and zero carbon transport at Brunel University, presents his research in “Hydrogen Powered Zero-Emission Engines for Future Transport.”
Dr David Barns, Research Fellow at Leeds University, presents his research in “Opportunities and costs for shared ground heat exchange”
Dr Michael Taylor and Dr Wu Gao, Research Associates in the School of Engineering, Cardiff University, present their research “Balanced Heating and Cooling Networks – Modelling and Simulation”
The launch of the European Energy Research Alliance’s Joint Programme for Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes White Paper on “Industrial Thermal Energy Storage – Supporting the transition to decarbonise industry” which took place on the 13th September.
Further details of the paper and to download a copy here : DU WP Ind TES web or from the EERA website here: Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes – News & Resources (eera-eeip.eu)
Dr Jesus Lizana is a Marie Curie Fellow in the Future of Cooling Programme at Oxford Martin School. His research interests are the cross-disciplinary challenges to support the transition towards low carbon climate-responsive buildings. His presentation covers his research on “Low carbon climate-responsive buildings”.
Dr Jesus Lizana is a Marie Curie Fellow in the Future of Cooling Programme at Oxford Martin School. His research interests are the cross-disciplinary challenges to support the transition towards low carbon climate-responsive buildings. His presentation covers his research on “Low carbon climate-responsive buildings”.
Dr Andrew Peacock is an Associate Professor in the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at Heriot-Watt University. His research interests include renewable energy generation, energy management and energy efficiency in buildings
Professor David Jenkins is Professor of Energy and Buildings, leading the Urban Energy Research Group (UERG) at Heriot-Watt’s Centre for Excellence in Sustainable Building Design. His presentation covers some of his research in the recent CEDRI project “Community-scale Energy Demand Reduction in India”
Dr Ángeles Rivero Pacho, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick presents her research as part of LoT-NET, Low Temperature Heat Recovery and Distribution Network Technologies
Dr Lirong Liu, Lecturer at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey presents the findings of her project “Heat4All: Economics-informed optimisation model for future equitable decarbonised distributed heating systems”.
Presentations from; Claire Thornhill, Frontier Economics, Tian Zhao, University of Copenhagen, Sally Springer, Forschungszentrum Julich, IEK-STE, Professor Stuart Hillmansen, University of Birmingham, Panagiotis Manias, University of Southampton, Amber Conway, Durham University
Presentations from; Dr Naomi Allen, Aerospace Technology Institute, Fangyu Zhang, University of Birmingham, Dr Penny Atkins, University of Brighton, Dr Alessandro Giampieri, Durham University, Dr Colleen Jackson, Imperial College, Professor Tim Mays, University of Bath, Aaron Keith, Queen Mary’s University, London, Dr Efstathios Tingas, Edinburgh Napier University and Dr Sumit Roy, Durham University
Presentations from; William Darby, Element Energy, Dr Ramin Raeesi, University of Kent Dr Christa Searle, Heriot-Watt University, Dr Eni Oko, Newcastle University, Jessie Smith, Cambridge University’ Philippa Oldham, Advanced Propulsion Centre, Dr Sivaprakash Sengodan, Imperial College and Dr Tamer Kamel, University of Plymouth
Professor Daniel Friedrich, Chair of Energy Systems at Edinburgh University presents the research within the INTEGRATE: Integrating seasoNal Thermal storagE with multiple enerGy souRces to decArbonise Thermal Energy’ project which will evaluate the potential of Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage (STES) systems to facilitate the decarbonisation of heating and cooling.
Professor Yunting Ge, Professor of Building service Engineering at London South Bank University, presents on the H2-Heat project, which is investigating strategies for a novel concept of decarbonising district heating and cooling system (H2-heat) using the integration of metal hydride (MH) heat pump on site, long distance hydrogen and heat transport, and MH heating and cooling for end users.
Dr Tamer Kamel, University of Birmingham, presents interim findings from the Network H2 funded project “Development of a smart hybrid drive system with advanced hydrogen refuelling logistics for railway applications”
Dr Stuart Hillmansen, Reader in Railway Traction Systems, University of Birmingham, presents on the Network H2 funded project researching Safety Standards for Hydrogen in the Rail Sector.
Professor Carlos Ugalde, Professor of Electrical Power Systems, Cardiff University and Dr Mehri Khosravi, an Environmental Social Scientist from University of Exeter present findings from EPSRC funded “Flex-Cool-Store” project.
Dr Yousaf Khalid, Research Associate at Durham University discusses his findings from the EPSRC funded, Church of England Digital Twin project, which seeks to identify the most effective pathway to reaching Netzero Heat by 2030.
Dr Ramin Raeesi, Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Management Science at Kent Business School (KBS), presents the findings of the Network-H2 funded project “Techno-economic feasibility study of hydrogen-fuelled freight transport”.
Dr Christa Searle, Assistant Professor in operations management and logistics at Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh presents the findings of the Network-H2 funded research project ATHENA “Analysis of a Strategic Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure”
Fiona Landy is Delivery Manager for Scottish Cities Alliance’s Hydrogen Strategy – ‘Kick Starting a Hydrogen Economy across Scottish Cities’, and will present on recent work supporting the H2 Accelerator.
Dr Stathis Tingas of Edinburgh Napier University presents the interim results of his research project looking at “Computational analysis of a zero-carbon hydrogen fuelled thermal engine for heavy duty transport applications”
Dr Eni Oko of University of Hull and Professor Edward Gobina of Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen present the interim findings from the research project looking at “Development of a compact and highly efficient onboard ammonia cracking system to produce hydrogen in a hydrogen-fuelled long haul civil airliner”
Dr Richard Hanna of Imperial College, London presents on the recent report “The future of Home Heating – The roles of heat pumps & hydrogen”
Dr Anna McClean from the NetZero GeoRDIE project presents her research on “Using Geothermal Energy to Heat our Homes”.
Dr Richard Lowes, Senior Associate with RAP (Regulatory Assistance Project) presents his thoughts on “Heat decarbonisation in the midst of a global gas crisis”
Sarah Bailey, Network Impacts of Electrification of Heat Lead, Clean Heat Directorate, BEIS, presents on the UK Government strategy for decarbonising heat
Carin Biegnole, Consultant with Conversion presents on her work supporting public-private partnership development in Utrecht as part of the EU LIFE NEW HYTS: reNEWable green Hydrogen for TranSport Provincie Utrecht project.
Tom Greenshields, Business Development Manager for Wrightbus presents the company development to date and plans for the future of sustainable mobility.
Jorge Agueverre, Principal Consultant Engineer and Practice Director for Electrochemical Cells and Reactors at Siemens presents on their approach to model-based process design for green hydrogen systems.
Dr Sheila Samsatli from the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Bath presents on her research into the whole-system hydrogen value chain optimisation.
A joint event with the Energy Technology Partnership, Scotland. The presentations cover the current policy landscape in Scotland and the rest of the UK for Energy Performance Certification.
Speakers are:
Dr Jenny Crawley, University College London, Prof David Jenkins, Heriot-Watt University, Dr Janie Ling-Chin, Durham University, Patrick Mason, Scottish Government, Josh Wakeling, Elmhurst Energy
Chris Smith, Managing Director of G-Volution presents on their current work on developing cleaner fuels for diesel trains.
Chris founded G-volution in 2008 and remains the Managing Director, and a major shareholder in the company.
Presentation from Paul Baines, Sales Director, Siemens Mobility Limited, Rolling Stock His presentation covers the joint project between Siemens and Deutsche Bahn.
Paul leads the commercial and bid development teams within Siemen’s.
Presentation from Steven Hart, Lead Strategic Planner, Network Rail covering Network Rails’ Traction Decarbonisation Strategy.
Presentation from Thalia Skoufa, Transport Practice Manager – Energy Systems Catapult on their research and publications on the decarbonisation of the transport sector, energy supply for electric and hydrogen vehicles, and infrastructure requirements to support the uptake of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
Presentation from Martin Lambert, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies on “Hydrogen production, supply challenges and transport applications”. Martin joined OIES in 2017 and now specialises in renewable gas and hydrogen.
Presentations from Bill Kirkup, CAG Consultants, Belinda Humphrey, Gateshead Council, Dr Charlotte Adams, Coal Authority and Professor Jeroen Van Hunen, Durham University all exploring the challenges and recommendations recently published in the NELEP White Paper on “Minewater Heat – Unlocking Opportunities”
Presentation from Dr Bob Moran, Head of Environment Strategy at the UK’s Department for Transport covering the latest government thinking around Hydrogen for Transport and its place in the Transport Decarbonisation Strategy.
Presentation from Dr Marcel Wetegrove of the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Research and Technology covering his research on novel hydrogen barrier coatings
Presentation from Kristina Floche Juelsgaard, Director Business Development, Ballard Power Systems
Presentation from David Yorke, Marketing Manager with Ballard Power Systems Europe
Presentation from Julian Renz of Zeroavia, leading the work on the Cranfield-based HyFlyer I and II programmes, which aims to demonstrate 300mile zero-emission flights. https://www.zeroavia.com/
Presentation from Dr Cristina Garcia Duffy, Head of Technology at the Aerospace Technology Institute with responsibility for the development and delivery of the Institute’s sustainability vision for the aerospace sector.
https://www.ati.org.uk/
A half day seminar on 25th February 2021, exploring the challenges in meeting the skills and training needs within the Heat Sector for the net zero transition. Featuring presentations from the; North East LEP, Enginuity, Association for Decentralised Energy, New College Durham, the Heat Academy and Durham University Centre for Doctoral Training In Energy.
Chaired by Dr Barbara Vest
Dr Stefano Barberis of RINA , presents on the work and findings of the EVERYWH2ERE project (www.everywh2ere.eu)
Dr Lorenzo Di Fresco of BluEnergy Revolution provides a presentation on their developed hydrogen based energy pack for nautical sector. Further details on BluEnergy Revolution can be found here.
Presentation from Dr Stuart Hawksworth, Head Of the Centre for Energy & Major Hazards and President of the International Association for Hydrogen Safety (IAHySafe). Stuart’s presentation covers “Safety around high pressure h2storage”
Presentation from Assistant Professor Julian Jepsen of Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht on “Compact and safe hydrogen storage in metal hydrides”
Heat Storage Research, Technology and Practical Applications
Presentations from Drs Huashan Bao and Zhiwei Ma of Durham Energy Institute, Dr Charlotte Adams from the Coal Authority, Dr Stephen Thomas, OGI Groundwater Specialists and Lukas Bergmann of Sunamp.
from Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens, Professor of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, University of Birmingham
from Beth Dawson, Major Projects Lead, Fuel Cell Systems
Presentations from Durham County Council, National Energy Action, East Durham Community Trust, Northern Powergrid, Solar Capture Technologies and Durham Energy Institute
by Dr Christina Wulf of Forschungszentrum Julich
by Joe Stevenson, Commercial Director of Arcola Energy
Fourth Year Engineering student, David Walker describes his research on the economics of hydrogen technology
Fourth year Engineering student, Ellie Bacon presents her research on Hydrogen fuelled Aviation.
Fourth year Engineering student, Imogen Sheppard. presents her research on Hydrogen for maritime use.
Fourth year Engineering student, Megan Wilkes presents her research on Hydrogen buses.
Durham Energy Institute researcher, Alessandro Giampieri presents his research on Hydrogen fuelled cars and trucks.
Durham Energy Institute Fellow, Dr Janie Ling-Chin summarises the options for Hydrogen.
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