Professor Solomon Brown
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Professor of Process and Energy Systems
Research Centre Director: CDT Energy Storage
MEE Year in Industry Co-ordinator
+44 114 222 7597
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room C04
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I graduated from King’s College London in 2007 with an MSci (Hons) in Mathematics. I completed a PhD from UCL in 2011 on the modelling of fluid flow and ductile fractures, in the course of which I was a co-recipient of the IChemE Frank Lees Medal for my collaborative work with the HSE on CO2 pipelines safety.
I took up a research associate followed by a Teaching Fellowship at UCL, during which I participated in a number of projects sponsored by the EC, EPSRC, UKCCSRC and Industry.
In December 2015 I joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Sheffield as a Lecturer.
- Research interests
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My research focusses on mathematical modelling, process analysis and optimisation with a particular focus on clean energy processes, energy storage and energy systems. Key areas include:
- the development of agent-based models for energy systems and technology adoption
- techno-economic analysis of energy storage technologies
- scheduling and supply chain analysis
- Uncertainty quantification and Gaussian Processes
I welcome applications from prospective PhD students. If you are interested in projects in any of the above research areas, please contact me for further information (s.f.brown@sheffield.ac.uk)
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Robust and computationally efficient design for run-of-river hydropower. Environmental Modelling & Software, 183, 106220-106220.
- A robust decision-making approach in climate policy design for possible net zero futures. Environmental Science & Policy, 162, 103886-103886.
- An Experimental and Modeling Approach to Study Tangential Flow Filtration Performance for mRNA Drug Substance Purification. Biotechnology Journal, 19(11).
- Importance of Variable Turbine Efficiency in Run‐Of‐River Hydropower Design Under Deep Uncertainty. Water Resources Research, 60(6).
- Achieving emission reduction through the utilisation of local low-grade heat sources in district heating networks. Applied Thermal Engineering, 242. View this article in WRRO
- Adoption Dynamics of District Heat Networks: An Agent-Based Commercial Model, 325-330.
- Cost-competitive manufacture of porous-silicon anodes via the magnesiothermic reduction: a techno-economic analysis. Journal of Power Sources, 588. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the value of electric vehicles to domestic end-users. Energy Policy, 175, 113474-113474.
- The Work and Preliminary Results of the C4u Project on Advanced Carbon Capture for Steel Industries Integrated in Ccus Clusters.
- Perspectives on Future CCUS Infrastructure Design.
- CO2 MEA Capture: A Gaussian Process-Based Global Sensitivity Analysis.
- Going, Going, Gone: Optimising the bidding strategy for an energy storage aggregator and its value in supporting community energy storage. Energy Reports, 8, 10518-10532.
- Decarbonising the lime industry : state-of-the-art. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 168. View this article in WRRO
- Linking CO2 capture and pipeline transportation: sensitivity analysis and dynamic study of the compression train. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 111, 103449-103449.
- Value of aggregator-led community energy storage systems with degradation constraints. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 50.
- Analysing the robustness of multi-stage bioseparations to measurement errors. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 50.
- Clean Electricity Generation from Sewage: a novel Ultra-Supercritical Water Oxidation Technology with integrated CCS. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 50.
- Towards Automated HAZOPs. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 50.
- Exploring the economics of large scale lithium ion and lead acid batteries performing frequency response. Energy Reports, 7, 34-41.
- DC to turnkey: An analysis of the balance of costs for behind the meter BESS at commercial/industrial sites. Energy Reports, 7, 20-23.
- Long term energy storage with reversible solid oxide cells for microgrid applications. Energy Reports, 7, 24-33.
- Social & locational impacts on electric vehicle ownership and charging profiles. Energy Reports, 7, 42-48.
- The future of frequency response in Great Britain. Energy Reports, 7, 56-62.
- Machine learning approach for electric vehicle availability forecast to provide vehicle-to-home services, 7, 71-80.
- Evaluating the role of behavior and social class in electric vehicle adoption and charging demands. iScience, 24(8), 102914-102914.
- Advanced abuse modelling of Li-ion cells – A novel description of cell pressurisation and simmering reactions. Journal of Power Sources, 474, 228396-228396. View this article in WRRO
- Improving the feasibility of household and community energy storage : a techno-enviro-economic study for the UK. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 131. View this article in WRRO
- Accounting for interface behaviour in multi-stage aqueous two-phase extraction. Chemical Engineering Science.
- A study of the thermal runaway of lithium-ion batteries: A Gaussian Process based global sensitivity analysis. JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 456.
- Techno-enviro-economic assessment of household and community energy storage in the UK. Energy Conversion and Management, 205. View this article in WRRO
- The electricity demand of an EV providing power via vehicle-to-home and its potential impact on the grid with different electricity price tariffs. Energy Reports, 6, 132-141. View this article in WRRO
- Flow batteries for energy management : novel algebraic modelling approaches to properly assess their value. Journal of Energy Storage, 26. View this article in WRRO
- Pursuing safer batteries: Thermal abuse of LiFePO4 cells. Journal of Power Sources, 414, 557-568. View this article in WRRO
- A closed-loop analysis of grid scale battery systems providing frequency response and reserve services in a variable inertia grid. Applied Energy, 236, 961-972. View this article in WRRO
- A fully coupled fluid-structure interaction simulation of three-dimensional dynamic ductile fracture in a steel pipeline. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 101, 224-235. View this article in WRRO
- Methodology to determine the heat capacity of lithium-ion cells. Journal of Power Sources, 395, 369-378.
- Flow characteristics and dispersion during the leakage of high pressure CO2 from an industrial scale pipeline. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 73(2), 70-78.
- Computational and Experimental Study of Solid-Phase Formation during the Decompression of High-Pressure CO2 Pipelines. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(20), 7054-7063. View this article in WRRO
- Carbon capture and storage (CCS): the way forward. Energy & Environmental Science, 11(5), 1062-1176. View this article in WRRO
- Efficient simulation of chromatographic separation processes. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 110, 69-77. View this article in WRRO
- Metal recovery from jarosite waste - A resin screening study. Separation Science and Technology, 53(1), 22-35. View this article in WRRO
- Modeling of CO2 Decompression across the Triple Point. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56(37), 10491-10499. View this article in WRRO
- CO2 capture and storage (CCS) cost reduction via infrastructure right-sizing. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 119, 130-139. View this article in WRRO
- Under-expanded jets and dispersion in high pressure CO2 releases from an industrial scale pipeline. Energy, 119, 53-66. View this article in WRRO
- Thermodynamic interpolation for the simulation of two-phase flow of non-ideal mixtures. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 95, 49-57. View this article in WRRO
- Techno-economic assessment of CO2 quality effect on its storage and transport: CO2QUEST. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 54, 662-681. View this article in WRRO
- Hybrid fluid–structure interaction modelling of dynamic brittle fracture in steel pipelines transporting CO2 streams. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 54(P2), 702-715. View this article in WRRO
- Impact of stream impurities on compressor power requirements for CO2 pipeline transportation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. View this article in WRRO
- Integral Multiphase Turbulence Compressible Jet Expansion Model for Accidental Releases from Pressurized Containments. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. View this article in WRRO
- Modelling brittle fracture propagation in gas and dense-phase CO2 transportation pipelines. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 46, 39-47.
- Modelling emergency isolation of carbon dioxide pipelines. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 44, 88-93.
- A multi-source flow model for CCS pipeline transportation networks. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 43, 108-114.
- A geometrically based grid refinement technique for multiphase flows. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 82, 25-33.
- Simulation of two-phase flow through ducts with discontinuous cross-section. Computers & Fluids, 120, 46-56.
- Assessment of Integral Thermo-Hydraulic Models for Pipeline Transportation of Dense-Phase and Supercritical CO2. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 54(34), 8587-8599.
- Modelling the non-equilibrium two-phase flow during depressurisation of CO 2 pipelines. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 30, 9-18.
- Modelling three-phase releases of carbon dioxide from high-pressure pipelines. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 92(1), 36-46.
- An integrated, multi-scale modelling approach for the simulation of multiphase dispersion from accidental CO2 pipeline releases in realistic terrain. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 27, 221-238.
- Optimal Valve Spacing for Next Generation CO2 Pipelines, 265-270.
- Modelling choked flow for CO2 from the dense phase to below the triple point. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 19, 552-558.
- A homogeneous relaxation flow model for the full bore rupture of dense phase CO2 pipelines. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 17, 349-356.
- An extended Peng-Robinson equation of state for carbon dioxide solid-vapor equilibrium. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 3(2), 136-147.
- Global sensitivity analysis of the impact of impurities on CO2 pipeline failure. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 115, 43-54.
- Modelling the impact of stream impurities on ductile fractures in CO2 pipelines. Chemical Engineering Science, 74, 200-210.
2 pipelines, 9(4), 265-276.
A dynamic boundary ductile-fracturepropagation model for CO - Understanding Costs in Hydrogen Infrastructure Networks: A Multi-Stage Approach for Spatially-Aware Pipeline Design. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- Blending biomass fuels for next-generation Power-BECCS plants. Energy Conversion and Management.
- Lead acid battolysers as a route to cleaner cooking in sub-Saharan Africa. Energy for Sustainable Development.
- P2P trading of heat and power via a continuous double auction. Applied Energy.
- Agent-Based Modelling of Policy Interventions on District Heating Adoption. International Sustainable Energy Conference - Proceedings, 1.
- Review of Gas Emissions from Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Runaway Failure – Considering Toxic and Flammable Compounds. Journal of Energy Storage.
- Overcoming the performance limitations of hybrid redox flow batteries with modular operation. Journal of Energy Storage.
- A review of ultrasonic monitoring: Assessing current approaches to Li-ion battery monitoring and their relevance to thermal runaway. Journal of Power Sources.
- Technical note: Statistical generation of climate-perturbed flow duration curves. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(13), 2499-2507.
- Towards a Micro-Kinetic Model of Li-Ion Battery Thermal Runaway - Reaction Network Analysis of Dimethyl Carbonate Thermal Decomposition. Journal of Power Sources.
- Cost of Small-Scale Dispatchable Co2 Capture: Techno-Economic Comparison and Case Study Evaluation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.
- Predicting the cost of a 24 V soluble lead flow battery optimised for PV applications. Journal of Power Sources.
- Going, Going, Gone: Optimising the bidding strategy for an energy storage aggregator and its value in supporting community energy storage. Energy Reports.
- Integrating Machine Learning techniques into Optimal Maintenance Scheduling. Computers and Chemical Engineering.
- The Economics of Firm Solar Power from Li-ion and Vanadium Flow Batteries in California. MRS Energy & Sustainability.
- Flexible CO2 capture for open-cycle gas turbines via vacuum-pressure swing adsorption: a model-based assessment. Energy.
- To Trade or Not to Trade: Simultaneously optimising energy storage for arbitrage and ancillary services. Journal of Energy Storage.
- The Economic Impact of Location on a Solar Farm Co-Located with Energy Storage.
- Efficient Global Sensitivity-Based Model Calibration of a High-Shear Wet Granulation Process. Chemical Engineering Science.
- Grid frequency volatility in future low inertia scenarios: challenges and mitigation options. Applied Energy.
- Peer-to-peer electricity trading as an enabler of increased PV and EV ownership. Energy Conversion and Management.
- Designing bioinspired green nanosilicas using statistical and machine learning approaches. Molecular Systems Design && Engineering.
- Suitability of energy storage with reversible solid oxide cells for microgrid applications. Energy Conversion and Management.
- Pathways to economic viability: a pilot scale and techno-economic assessment for algal bioremediation of challenging waste streams. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
- Transient CO2 capture for open-cycle gas turbines in future energy systems. Energy.
- The role of cycle life on the environmental impact of Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 based solid state batteries. Advanced Sustainable Systems.
- Establishing the Value of Community Energy Storage: a comparative analysis of the UK and Germany. Journal of Energy Storage.
- Direct Measurements of CO2 Capture are Essential to Assess the Technical and Economic Potential of Algal-CCUS. Journal of Co2 Utilization.
- Evaluating the role of behaviour and social class in electric vehicle adoption and charging demands. iScience.
- Linking CO2 capture and transportation: sensitivity analysis and dynamic study. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.
- Green Hydrogen Investments: Investigating the Option to Wait.
- Active Subsets as a Tool for Structural Characterisation and Selection of Metal-Organic Frameworks. Chemical Engineering Research and Design.
- Vacuum-Pressure Swing Adsorption of CO 2 for Flexible Power Generation.
- The Economic Impact of Location on a Solar Farm Co-Located with Energy Storage.
- Cost of Small-Scale Co2 Capture: Techno-Economic Comparison and Case Study Evaluation.
- Battery Age Monitoring: Ultrasonic Monitoring of Long Term Cycling and Degradation of Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Chapters
- Process simulation of BECCS-to-X: Investigating the potential of Hydrogen and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 2125-2130). Elsevier
- Technoeconomic process modelling of waste remediation within a supply chain network, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 2649-2654). Elsevier
- Predicting the Evolution of Flammable Gases During Li-ion Battery Thermal Runaway Using Micro-Kinetic Modelling, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 1077-1082). Elsevier
- An MINLP model for the optimal design of CO2 transportation infrastructure in industrial clusters, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 3085-3090). Elsevier
- An iterated double auction model for peer-to-peer electricity trading, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 3141-3146). Elsevier
- Simulation of low-temperature district heat networks from mine water energy, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 1463-1468). Elsevier
- The Water–Food–Energy Nexus CRC Press
Conference proceedings papers
- A genetic algorithm-based design for hydrogen pipeline infrastructure with real geographical constraints. 34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering, Vol. 53 (pp 631-636). Florence, Italy, 2 June 2024 - 2 June 2024. View this article in WRRO
- Techno-economic comparison of peaking power plants: OCGT+CCS vs Lithium-ion batteries (pp 2891-2896)
- Exploring the possibility to provide black start services by using vehicle-to-grid. Energy Reports, Vol. 8(11) (pp 74-82), 5 April 2022 - 6 April 2022.
- A flexible energy storage dispatch strategy for day-ahead market trading. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
- Compression system power requirements for various CO2 sources and transportation options. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol. 50
- Computational modelling of thermal runaway propagation potential in lithium iron phosphate battery packs. Energy Reports, Vol. 6(Supplement 5) (pp 189-197). Southampton, UK, 9 July 2019 - 10 July 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Impact of household heterogeneity on community energy storage in the UK. Energy Reports, Vol. 6(Supplement 5) (pp 117-123). Southampton, UK, 9 July 2019 - 10 July 2019. View this article in WRRO
- An analysis of frequency events in Great Britain. Energy Reports, Vol. 6(Supplement 5) (pp 63-69). Southampton, UK, 9 July 2019 - 10 July 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Identifying calendar-correlated day-ahead price profile clusters for enhanced energy storage scheduling. Energy Reports, Vol. 6(Supplement 5) (pp 35-42). Southampton, UK, 9 July 2019 - 10 July 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Can thermal storage assist with the electrification of heat through peak shaving?. Energy Reports, Vol. 6(Supplement 5) (pp 124-131). Southampton, UK, 9 July 2019 - 10 July 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Validation and application of agent-based electric vehicle charging model. Energy Reports, Vol. 6(Supplement 5) (pp 53-62). Southampton, U.K, 9 July 2019 - 10 July 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Optimisation of Aqueous Two-Phase Systems (pp 283-288)
- Parameter Estimation for Thermal Runaway of Li-ion cells: a Gaussian Process approach (pp 775-780)
- Residential PV-BES Systems: Economic and Grid Impact Analysis. Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 199-208), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Assessment of thermal runaway in commercial lithium iron phosphate cells due to overheating in an oven test. Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 74-78), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Investigating organic phase change behavior with thermal photography. Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 52-56), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Flow characteristics and dispersion during the vertical anthropogenic venting of supercritical CO2 from an industrial scale pipeline. Energy Procedia, Vol. 154 (pp 66-72)
- Modelling the Adsorption-desorption Behavior of CO2 in Shales for Permanent Storage of CO2 and Enhanced Hydrocarbon Extraction. Energy Procedia, Vol. 114 (pp 6942-6949) View this article in WRRO
- Assessment of Fracture Propagation in Pipelines Transporting Impure CO2 Streams. Energy Procedia, Vol. 114 (pp 6685-6697) View this article in WRRO
- Assessment of brittle fractures in CO2 transportation pipelines: A hybrid fluid-structure interaction model. Procedia Structural Integrity, Vol. 2 (pp 2439-2446) View this article in WRRO
- Numerical modelling of heat transfer phenomena in accidental CO2 pipeline releases with experimental validation. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 0 (pp 791-794)
- Analytical modelling and validation of the expansion of a CO2 jet released from a ruptured pipeline. Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium On Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer
- A coupled two-phase flow model for predicting the flashing of liquid CO2 during pipeline decompression. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 0 (pp 423-426)
- A model of the near-field expansion of CO2 jet released from a ruptured pipeline. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 0 (pp 795-798)
- CO2PipeHaz: Quantitative Hazard Assessment for Next Generation CO2 Pipelines. Energy Procedia, Vol. 63 (pp 2510-2529)
- CO2QUEST: Techno-economic Assessment of CO2 Quality Effect on Its Storage and Transport. Energy Procedia, Vol. 63 (pp 2622-2629)
2 pipelines. Rio Pipeline Conference and Exposition, Technical Papers, Vol. 2011-September
Influence of line pressure and temperature on fracture propagation behaviour in CO2 pipelines material and safety considerations. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series(155) (pp 423-429)
Co- From cradle to burial: High pressure phase equilibrium behaviour of CO2 during CCS. Conference Proceedings - 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting, 09AIChE
- View this article in WRRO Predictive hazard level assessment of Li-ion cell thermal runaway failure. IET Powering Net Zero Week Energy Storage conference. Glasgow, United Kingdom, 16 November 2023 - 16 November 2023.
- Predicting the evolution of flammable gases during Li-ion battery thermal runaway using micro-kinetic modelling. 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Vol. 52 (pp 1075-1080). Athens, Greece, 18 June 2023 - 18 June 2023.
- Multiple-output Gaussian Process based Global Sensitivity Analysis for the cost-performance of electric vehicle in the United Kingdom. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
- View this article in WRRO Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) – power generation coupled with hydrogen production. 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Vol. 52. Athens, Greece, 18 June 2023 - 18 June 2023.
- Optimising onshore wind with energy storage considering curtailment. Energy Reports
- An Efficient Hybridization of Gaussian Processes and Clustering for Electricity Price Forecasting. Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
- EVALUATING THE TRANSIENT OPERATION OF PCC FOR FAST RESPONSE GAS TURBINES IN A FUTURE LOW-CARBON ENERGY SYSTEM. Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
- Value of aggregator-led community energy storage systems with degradation constraints. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
- Compression system power requirements for various CO2 sources and transportation options. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
- Clean Electricity Generation from Sewage: a novel Ultra-Supercritical Water Oxidation Technology with integrated CCS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
- Analysing the robustness of multi-stage bioseparations to measurement errors. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
- Towards Automated HAZOPs. Proceedings of the 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
Other
- Modernising RoR Hydropower: A Study on Retrofitting Aged Turbines for Optimal Performance.
- Advancing Small Hydropower Design: A Novel Framework for Robust and Sustainable Solutions.
- Computationally inexpensive robust design of run-of-river hydropower plants.
- Perturbing the flow duration curve to explore future flow conditions without a hydrological model.
- Run of River hydropower: in an uncertain world, is smaller financially smarter? .
Preprints
- Technical note: Statistical generation of climate-perturbed flow duration curves, Copernicus GmbH.
- Decarbonizing the Lime & Cement Industry Using BECCS: a Mini-Review.
- Techno-Economic Comparison of BECCS-to-X Pathways: Co-Production of Power and Low-carbon Fuels.
- Cost of Small-Scale Co2 Capture: Techno-Economic Comparison and Case Study Evaluation.
- Cost of CO2 capture for small-scale dispatchable power generation.
- Perspectives on Future CCUS Infrastructure Design.
- CO2 MEA Capture: A Gaussian Process-Based Global Sensitivity Analysis.
- The Economic Impact of Location on a Solar Farm Co-Located with Energy Storage.
- Green Hydrogen Investments: Investigating the Option to Wait.
- Vacuum-Pressure Swing Adsorption of CO <sub>2</sub> for Flexible Power Generation.
- Cost of Small-Scale Dispatchable Co2 Capture: Techno-Economic Comparison and Case Study Evaluation.