Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) publications

• Journal articles
• Chapters
• Conference proceedings papers
• Preprints

Journal articles

• Wells J, Heeley A, Akram M, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB & Pourkashanian M (2025) Simulation and modelling study of a chemical absorption plant to evaluate capture effectiveness when treating high CO2 content iron and steel industry emissions. Fuel, 380, 133189-133189.
• Ruscillo F, Ismail MS, Gautama ZAR, Nishihara M, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2025) Characterisation of double-sided graphene microporous layers for improved polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell performance. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 98, 576-589.
• Alfailakawi MS, Michailos S, Ingham DB, Hughes KJ, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2024) Enhancing the performance of an aerosols-affected solar power tower in arid regions: A case study of wind turbines hybridization. Results in Engineering, 24, 102968-102968.
• Alzahrani KM, Hee JL, Elsakka M, Ingham D, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2024) Techno-economic assessment of vertical axis wind turbine driven RO desalination with compressed air energy storage for remote communities. Desalination, 592, 118094-118094.
• Tian J, Ismail MS, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2024) Influence of catalyst agglomerate internal structure on PEFC performance investigated by a multiscale numerical model. Fuel, 371, 131862-131862.
• Saraee HS, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M (2024) High-fidelity combustion properties modeling of aviation kerosene with the aid of surrogate construction and its simplified chemical kinetics mechanism. Fuel, 371, 131896-131896.
• Cuevas-Castillo GA, 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, 143143-143143.
• Nor Aznizam Nik Norizam N, Szuhánszki J, Ahmed I, Yang X, Ingham D, Milkowski K, Gheit A, Heeley A, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2024) Impact of the blending of kaolin on particulate matter (PM) emissions in a biomass field-scale 250 kW grate boiler. Fuel, 374. View this article in WRRO
• Aljudaya A, Michailos S, Ingham DB, Hughes KJ, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2024) Techno-economic assessment of molten salt-based concentrated solar power: case study of linear fresnel reflector with a fossil fuel backup under Saudi Arabia’s climate conditions. Energies, 17(11). View this article in WRRO
• Tian Y, Yang X, Ma L, Ingham D & Pourkashanian M (2024) Understanding the effects of mesh smoothing methods in the CFD modelling of Zhundong lignite ash deposition. Fuel, 364, 131077-131077.
• Alborzi E, Yong X, Roostaeinia M, Mielczarek DC, Flyagina IS, Blakey SG & Pourkashanian M (2024) Effect of Zeolite 3.7 ̊ A coated monoliths on improvement of aviation fuel thermal oxidative stability. Fuel, 360, 130498-130498.
• Saraee HS, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M (2024) Construction of a small-sized simplified chemical kinetics model for the simulation of n-propylcyclohexane combustion properties. Energies, 17(5). View this article in WRRO
• Calili-Cankir F, Can EM, Ingham DB, Hughes KJ, Ma L, Pourkashanian M, Lyth SM & Ismail MS (2024) Patterned hydrophobic gas diffusion layers for enhanced water management in polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Chemical Engineering Journal, 484. View this article in WRRO
• Adams C, Alborzi E, Yong X, Blakey S, Meijer AJHM & Pourkashanian M (2024) Experimental and quantum chemical investigation into the nature of jet fuel deposition on surfaces. Fuel, 358, 130101-130101.
• Ercelik M, Ismail MS, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2024) Polymer electrolyte fuel cell operating with nickel foam-based gas diffusion layers: A numerical investigation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
• Adams C, Conte M, Alborzi E, Meijer AJHM, Hughes K & Pourkashanian M (2024) Exploring homolytic aromatic substitution as a driver for fuel deposition with quantum chemistry and experiments. Fuel, 360. View this article in WRRO
• Rabea K, Michailos S, Hughes KJ, Ingham D & Pourkashanian M (2023) Comprehensive process simulation of a biomass-based hydrogen production system through gasification within the BECCS concept in a commercial two-stage fixed bed gasifier. Energy Conversion and Management, 298, 117812-117812.
• Sultan AJ, Ingham DB, Ma L, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M (2023) Comparative techno-economic assessment and minimization of the levelized cost of electricity for increasing capacity wind power plants by row and angle layout optimization. Journal of Cleaner Production, 430, 139578-139578.
• Parks C, Hughes K & Pourkashanian M (2023) Response to “Comment on: ‘Rationalizing Product Formation in Piperazine Degradation: A Computational Study’”. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62(48), 20960-20961.
• Ruscillo F, Zhang K, Ismail MS, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) Characterisation of novel and high performing double-sided microporous-layers-coated gas diffusion layers for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Energies, 16(22). View this article in WRRO
• Fu Y, Zhang R, Xia J, Gough A, Clark S, Upadhyay A, Enemali G, Armstrong I, Ahmed I, Pourkashanian M , Wright P et al (2023) Hybrid Model-Driven Spectroscopic Network for Rapid Retrieval of Turbine Exhaust Temperature. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 1-1.
• Shang Y, Liu T, Chen G, Alborzi E, Yong X & Wang Y (2023) N,P co-doped carbon quantum dots bridge g-C3N4 and SnO2: Accelerating charge transport in S-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 172667-172667.
• Rojas-Michaga MF, Michailos S, Cardozo E, Akram M, Hughes KJ, Ingham D & Pourkashanian M (2023) Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production through power-to-liquid (PtL): A combined techno-economic and life cycle assessment. Energy Conversion and Management, 292, 117427-117427.
• Calili-Cankir F, Ismail MS, Ingham DB, Hughes KJ, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) Air-breathing polymer electrolyte fuel cells: A review. Renewable Energy, 213, 86-108.
• Zhang R, Xia J, Ahmed I, Gough A, Armstrong I, Upadhyay A, Fu Y, Enemali G, Lengden M, Johnstone W , Wright P et al (2023) A fast sensor for non-intrusive measurement of concentration and temperature in turbine exhaust. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 134500-134500.
• Rabea K, Michailos S, Udeh GT, Park J, Lee Y, Kim S, Yang W, Hughes KJ, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) A Comprehensive Technoeconomic and Environmental Evaluation of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System for a Smart Farm in South Korea. International Journal of Energy Research, 2023, 1-18.
• Shboul B, Koh SCL, Veneti C, Herghelegiu AI, Zinca AE & Pourkashanian M (2023) Evaluating sustainable development practices in a zero‑carbon university campus: a pre and post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery study. Science of The Total Environment, 896.
• S.Saraee H, Hughes K & Pourkashanian M (2023) A compact chemical kinetic mechanism for modelling isocetane. Journal of the Energy Institute, 101253-101253.
• Okereke IC, Ismail MS, Ingham DB, Hughes K, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) Single- and double-sided coated gas diffusion layers used in polymer electrolyte fuel cells: a numerical study. Energies, 16(11).
• Nik Norizam NNA, Yang X, Ingham D, Szuhánszki J, Yang W, Rezende J, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) An improved index to predict the slagging propensity of woody biomass on high-temperature regions in utility boilers. Journal of the Energy Institute, 109.
• Tian J, Ismail MS, Ingham D, Hughes KJ, 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 & Fluid Flow, 33(8), 2778-2799.
• Mullen D, Herraiz L, Gibbins J & Lucquiaud M (2023) On the cost of zero carbon hydrogen: a techno-economic analysis of steam methane reforming with carbon capture and storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 126.
• Celik Y, Ingham D, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) Novel hybrid blade design and its impact on the overall and self-starting performance of a three-dimensional H-type Darrieus wind turbine. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 119.
• Zhang G, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) A porous medium approach to the 3D modelling of an entire rotating packed bed for post-combustion carbon capture. Chemical Engineering Science, 274.
• Jiang L, Liu W, Wang RQ, Gonzalez-Diaz A, Rojas-Michaga MF, Michailos S, Pourkashanian M, Zhang XJ & Font-Palma C (2023) Sorption direct air capture with CO2 utilization. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 95, 101069-101069.
• Harman-Thomas JM, Kashif TA, Hughes KJ, Pourkashanian M & Farooq A (2023) Experimental and modelling study of hydrogen ignition in CO2 bath gas. Fuel, 334, 126664-126664.
• Adams C, Alborzi E, Meijer AJHM, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M (2023) Mechanistic investigation into the formation of insolubles in bulk fuel jet fuel using quantum chemical and experimental techniques. Fuel, 334, 126202-126202.
• Ercelik M, Ismail MS, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) X-ray CT-based numerical investigation of nickel foam-based GDLs under compression. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
• Lee FC, Ismail MS, Zhang K, Ingham DB, Aldakheel F, Hughes KJ, Ma L, El-Kharouf A & Pourkashanian M (2023) Optimisation and characterisation of graphene-based microporous layers for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
• Shi S, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M () A quantitative study of OH and NO concentration of a premixed laminar kerosene flame using a flat-flame burner at atmospheric pressure. Frontiers in Fuels, 2, 1401691.
• Saraee HS, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M () Development of a surrogate and its comprehensive compact chemical kinetic mechanism for the combustion of Alcohol-To-Jet fuel. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis.
• Saraee HS, Hughes KJ, Shi S & Pourkashanian M () PLIF Flame Study on the Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement of OH Species for Conventional and Alternative Jet Fuels; Experimental and Theoretical Investigations. Combustion Science and Technology, 1-15.
• Shahrokhi A, Berthaut-Gerentes J, Ma L, Ingham D & Pourkashanian M () Large Eddy Simulation Inflow Generation Using Reduced Length Scales for Flows Past Low-Rise Buildings. Sustainability, 15(17), 12786-12786.
• Neehall ND, Ismail MS, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M () Effect of Microporous Layer Ink Homogenisation on the Through-Plane Gas Permeability of PEFC Porous Media. Energies, 16(16), 5944-5944.
• Harman‐Thomas JM, Ingham DB, Hughes KJ & Pourkashanian M () Role of methyldioxy radical chemistry in high-pressure methane combustion in CO2. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics.
• Poggio D, Sastraatmaja A, Walker M, Michailos S, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M () Experimental Evaluation of Continuous In-Situ Biomethanation of CO2 in Anaerobic Digesters Fed on Sewage Sludge and Food Waste and the Influence of Hydrogen Gas–Liquid Mass Transfer. Processes, 11(2), 604-604.
• Saraee HS, Hughes KJ, Shi S, Ingham DB & Pourkashanian M () Skeletal and Compact Validated Mechanisms for Iso-dodecane Using a Decoupling Methodology. Energy & Fuels.

Chapters

• Dearden LM, Massingham JD, Pourkashanian M, Wild PN & Williams A (2024) The Computational Modelling of a Regenerative Burner to Predict NO and NO2 Emissions, Clean Combustion Technologies (pp. 347-362). CRC Press

Conference proceedings papers

• Zhang R, Xia J, McCann H, Liu C, Ahmed I, Pourkashanian M, Gough A, Armstrong I, Lengden M & Johnstone W (2023) Miniature Modular Sensor for Chemical Species Tomography with Enhanced Spatial Resolution. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST), 17 October 2023 - 19 October 2023.
• Abu Saleh A, Siouris S, Hughes K, Yuan R & Pourkashanian M (2023) Assessment of mixtures of iso-pentanol and Jet A-1 for use in aviation gas turbine engines. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
• Alfailakawi M, Alzahrani K, Ingham D, Hughes K, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) Multi-Objective Optimization of Solar Power Tower Hybridization with Gas Turbine and Thermal Energy Storage Back Up. Proceedings - International Conference on Energy Research and Development, ICERD, Vol. 2023(November) (pp 193-201)
• Al-Fawaz A, Pourkashanian M, Williams A & Yap LT (2023) COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN OXYGEN BASED LIQUID-FUEL SPRAY BURNER FOR UNIFORM HEAT TRANSFER. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, 18 July 1994 - 22 July 1994.

Preprints

• Rabea K, Heeley A, Gheit A, Milkowski K, Hughes K, Ingham D & Pourkashanian M (2024) Experimental Investigation of a bottom fed updraught Gasifier Operation for CHP and syngas Production Applications, Applied Energy Innovation Institute (AEii).
• Mullen D, Braakhuis L, Katariina Knuutila H, Gibbins J & Lucquiaud M (2024) Monoethanolamine (MEA) degradation rates in post-combustion CO2 capture plants with the capture of 100% of the added CO2, American Chemical Society (ACS).
• Shahrokhi A, Berthaut-Gerentes J, Ma L, Ingham D & Pourkashanian M (2023) Large Eddy Simulation Inflow Generation Using Reduced Length Scales for Low-Rise Buildings, MDPI AG.
• Okereke IC, Ismail MS, Ingham D, Hughes K, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2023) Single and Double-sided Coated Gas Diffusion Layers used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Numerical Study, MDPI AG.
• Elamawy K, Michailos S, Udeh G, Park J, Lee Y, Kim S, Yang W, Hughes KJ, Ma L & Pourkashanian M () A Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of a Cchp System Through Systems Modelling: A Case Study of a Smart Farm in the Republic of Korea.