Our vision is to bring together the expertise of
the Universities of Nottingham, Sheffield and Cardiff, industrial sponsors, and
cohorts of doctoral students to tackle major challenges facing industry and
society.
Harman-Thomas JM, Kashif TA, Hughes KJ, Pourkashanian M, Farooq A. Autoignition of methane and methane/hydrogen blends in CO2 bath gas. Fuel (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133229
Wells J, Heeley A, Akram M, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB, Pourkashanian M. Simulation and modelling study of a chemical absorption plant to evaluate capture effectiveness when treating high CO2 content iron and steel industry emissions.Fuel (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133189
Lilonfe S, Dimitriou I, Davies B, Abdul-Manan A F N, McKechnie J. Comparative techno-economic and life cycle analyses of synthetic “drop-in” fuel production from UK wet biomass. Chemical Engineering Journal 2024; 479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147516
Fernandez M C, Grund S, Phillips C, Fradet J, Hage J, Silk N, Zeilstra N, Barnes C, Hodgson P McKechnie J. Attribution of Global Warming Potential impacts in a multifunctional metals industry system using different system expansion and allocation methodologies. Int J Life Cycle Assess (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02274-7
Lilonfe S, Davies B, Abdul-Manan A F N, Dimitriou I, McKechnie J. A review of techno-economic analyses and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomass-to-hydrocarbon “drop-in” fuels. Sustainable Production and Consumption (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.04.016
Ragab R, Sun W, Liu T. Phase-field finite element modelling of creep crack growth in martensitic steels Engineering Fracture Mechanics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.110491
Sato D, Davies J, Mazzotta L, Mashruk S, Valera-Medina, Kurose R. A. Effects of Reynolds number and ammonia fraction on combustion characteristics of premixed ammonia-hydrogen-air swirling flames.Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2024). 10.1016/j.proci.2024.105283
Davies J, Mazzotta L, Sato D, Mashruk S, Pugh D, Borello D, Valera-Medina A. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of NH3/H2/N2 Combustion in a Premixed/Stratified Swirl Burner, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (2024). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066207
Pugh D, Navaratne R, Goktepe B, Giles A, Valera Medina A, Morris S, Vivoli R . Influence of Variable Swirl on Emissions in a Non-Premixed Fuel-Flexible Burner at Elevated Ambient Conditions. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power (2024). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063786
Harman-Thomas J M, Ingham D B, Hughes K J, Pourkashanian M. Role of Methyldioxy Radical Chemistry in High-Pressure Methane Combustion in CO2. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 2023; 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21672
Harman-Thomas J M , Kashif T A, Hughes K J, Pourkashanian M, Farooq A.Experimental and modelling study of syngas combustion in CO2 bath gas.Fuel. 2023; 342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127865
Harman-Thomas J M , Kashif T A, Hughes K J, Pourkashanian M, Farooq A. Experimental and modelling study of hydrogen ignition in CO2 bath gas. Fuel. 2023; 334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126664
Ruscillo F, Zhang K, Ismail M S, Hughes K J, Ingham D B, Ma L, Pourkashanian M. Characterisation of Novel and High Performing Double-Sided Microporous-Layers-Coated Gas Diffusion Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. Energies 2023; 16(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/en16227601
Harman-Thomas J M , Hughes K J, Pourkashanian M. The development of a chemical kinetic mechanism for combustion in supercritical carbon dioxide. Energy. 2022; 255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.124490
Ragab R, Parker J, Li M, Liu T, Morris A, Sun W. Requirements for and challenges in developing improved
creep ductility-based constitutive models for tempered martensitic CSEF steels. Journal of Materials Research and Technology 2022; 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.02.047
Ragab R, Parker J, Li M, Liu T, Sun W. Creep crack growth modelling of Grade 91 vessel weldments using a modified ductility based damage model. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 2022; 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2021.104424
Ragab R, Liu T, Li M, Sun W. Membrane stretching based creep damage analytical solutions for thin disc small punch problem. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2022; 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104928
Carr-Whitworth R, Styles R, Wilson O, Barrett J, Betts Davies S, Colechin M, Cox E, Pidgeon N, Watson A. Delivering Net Zero: Key Themes from the Academic Community. 2022. 9a8b80_a07f39f27e314c5781f7b6a5a1f12b20.pdf(deliveringnetzero.org)
Carr-Whitworth R, Styles R, Wilson O, Barrett J, Betts Davies S, Colechin M, Cox E, Pidgeon N, Watson A. Delivering Net Zero: Key Themes from Public, Private and Third Sector Stakeholders. 2022. 9a8b80_d0df3edd929b421fbace48418de3d983.pdf(deliveringnetzero.org)
Carr-Whitworth R, Styles R, Wilson O, Barrett J, Betts Davies S, Colechin M, Cox E, Pidgeon N, Watson A. Delivering Net Zero: Final Synthesis Report. 2022. 9a8b80_9527065701cf4dc89d777c9b61de6cf0.pdf(deliveringnetzero.org)
Mounaïm-Rousselle C, Brequigny, P, Valera-Medina A, Boulet E, Emberson D, Løvås T Ammonia as Fuel for Transportation to Mitigate Zero Carbon Impact. Engines and Fuels for Future Transport. 2022. DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-8717-4_11
Ragab R, Parker J, Li M, Liu T, Sun W. Modelling of a Grade 91 power plant pressurised header weldment under ultra super-critical creep conditions. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 2021;192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2021.104389
Most of our first cohort of students have submitted their theses and/or passed their vivas. We already have one graduate. The majority of our students have gone into industry, with one student staying in academia.
Our CDT had a predecessor, the CDT in EPSRC Doctoral Training Centres in Carbon Capture
and Storage and Cleaner Fossil Energy. We regularly invite alumni back
to our residential schools to hear about their careers.
The known destinations of 36 alumni are shown below with the
majority of alumni now working in industry. The graphs below depict the alumni
destination of the predecessor CDT in Carbon Capture
and Storage and Cleaner Fossil Energy.
Jobs in industry are very varied and our alumni work in the following roles: