Dr Kevin Hughes
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 21 57214
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School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
葫芦影业
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Kevin Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in the Energy Engineering Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has a first degree in Chemistry from the University of Leicester and was awarded his PhD from the same university in 1987. Kevin鈥檚 research is in the general area of fuel combustion, fuel cells, and process modelling in carbon capture and storage systems.
- Research interests
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Dr Hughes鈥檚 research covers a range of topics related to fuel combustion, fuel degradation and deposit formation, pollutant chemistry, proton exchange membrane fuel cells, and process modelling in carbon capture and storage systems.
In the area of combustion, degradation, and pollutant chemistry, the approach is a combination of experimental and theoretical investigation; for example the elucidation of a simple laminar flame structure by a combination of conventional species sampling techniques allied to laser diagnostic probing of the flame structure using the technique of planar laser induced fluorescence.
This provides data that allows for the validation of detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanisms.
These mechanisms are constructed by a variety of means ranging from experimental measurements of individual reaction rates, crude estimation by analogy, group additivity based methods, detailed theoretical calculation using quantum chemistry methods, and the application of master equation models to calculated potential energy surfaces.
Insight is further gained by the application of sensitivity analysis methods to both allow the simplification of detailed mechanisms, and to highlight those regions of particular importance for the phenomena of interest.
In the area of proton exchange membrane fuel cells, the focus is on the CFD modelling and the experimental testing of small scale devices, and the systematic investigation of their performance as a function of operating conditions and the properties of the individual fuel cell components such as electrical conductivity and gas permeability.
This is complemented by an experimental and theoretical investigation of novel catalysts, using quantum chemistry methods to predict behaviour, along with catalyst synthesis, physical and electrochemical characterization, and finally testing in real fuel cell systems.
Carbon capture and storage related research is focused on novel operating procedures related to gas turbines linked to solvent capture plants, with the aim of optimizing the overall system performance, and understanding the chemistry of solvent degradation and emissions.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 98, 576-589.
- . Results in Engineering, 24, 102968-102968.
- . Energy Conversion and Management: X, 100841-100841.
- . Fuel, 371, 131862-131862.
- . Fuel, 371, 131896-131896.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 469, 143143-143143.
- . Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 137, 1619-1634.
- . Fuel, 360, 130470-130470.
- . Chemical Engineering Journal, 484, 149711-149711.
- . Frontiers in Fuels, 1.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 298, 117812-117812.
- . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62(48), 20960-20961.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 139578-139578.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 292, 117427-117427.
- . Renewable Energy, 213, 86-108.
- . International Journal of Energy Research, 2023, 1-18.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- . Fuel, 342, 127865-127865.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute, 101253-101253.
- . Fuel, 334, 126202-126202.
- . Energy and Fuels, 37(3), 2307-2318.
- . Energy, 262, 125531-125531.
- . Fuel, 334(Part 1).
- . International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 33(2).
- . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61(47), 17393-17394.
- . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61(47), 17390-17392.
- . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2022-02(39), 1394-1394.
- . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 119.
- . Energy, 255.
- . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166.
- . Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 52.
- . Renewable Energy.
- . Applied Energy, 312, 118763-118763.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 258, 115495-115495.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 257, 115407-115407.
- . Energy, 250.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 256, 115370-115370.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 255, 115346-115346.
- . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 60(50), 18337-18360.
- . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149, 111411-111411.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 245, 114587-114587.
- . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 60(35), 12864-12882.
- . Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 46, 101248-101248.
- . Heliyon, 7(6).
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 107, 103287-103287.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 134, 110342-110342.
- . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-02(33), 2116-2116.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 227.
- . Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 40, 100743-100743.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 206.
- . Data in Brief, 28.
- . Renewable Energy, 151, 1082-1091.
- . Energy, 186.
- . International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 110, 184-196.
- . Biochemical Engineering Journal, 150, 107290-107290.
- . International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute.
- . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(6), 2346-2352.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute.
- . Fuel, 210, 811-825.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute.
- . International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute.
- . Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 62(7), 2000-2013.
- . Inorganic Chemistry, 56(13), 7566-7573.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute, 90(2), 191-200.
- . Energy, 122, 420-430.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute, 90(1), 145-158.
- . Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 117, 11-23.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(46), 21345-21351.
- . Journal of the Energy Institute, 89(4), 793-806.
- . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 53, 243-253.
- . Fuel Cells.
- . Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 61(7), 2536-2554.
- . Applied Thermal Engineering, 103, 747-758.
- . International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 26(3/4), 1145-1156.
- . Energy, 100, 363-373.
- . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 39, 397-406.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(34), 10994-11010.
- . The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 11(4), 1-20.
- , 2417-2422.
- . Journal of Power Sources, 270, 59-67.
- . Applied Energy, 135, 490-503.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21538-21546.
- . Fuel Cells, 14(5), 709-719.
- . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53(38), 14815-14829.
- . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53(19), 8291-8301.
- . Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, n/a-n/a.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 469(2160), 20130506-20130506.
- . Applied Energy, 111, 529-537.
- . International Journal of Energy Research, 37(13), 1592-1599.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(1), 603-611.
- Effect of inhibitors on biogas laminar burning velocity and flammability limits in spark ignited premix combustion. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 5(6), 4980-4987.
- . Journal of Power Sources, 241, 136-145.
- . Applied Energy, 95, 50-63.
- Laminar burning characteristics of biogas-air mixtures in spark ignited premix combustion. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 8(8), 4126-4132.
- . Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 134(4).
- EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING STUDIES OF THE OXIDATION OF SURROGATE BIO-AVIATION FUELS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME TURBO EXPO 2011, VOL 1, 613-626.
- On the through-plane permeability of microporous layer-coated gas diffusion layers used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36(16).
- . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 29, 1763-1767.
- . Volume 1: Aircraft Engine; Ceramics; Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Wind Turbine Technology.
- . Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 964(1-3), 100-107.
- , 171-175.
- . Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 133(1).
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33(2), 1779-1786.
- . Energy & Fuels.
- . Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 7(5).
- . Combustion Theory and Modelling, 13(4), 589-605.
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32(1), 543-551.
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111(29), 6679-6692.
- . Clean Air: International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment, 8(4), 305-320.
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31(1), 419-427.
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110(9), 2996-3009.
- . Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14(4), 465-476.
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 107(30), 5710-5716.
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 107(12), 1971-1978.
- . International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 33(9), 513-538.
- . Combustion and Flame, 124(4), 573-589.
- . Faraday Discussions, 119(1), 337-352.
- Studies of sulphur-nitrogen interactions in turbulent-spray flames. Journal of the Institute of Energy, 71(488), 137-144.
- . Symposium (International) on Combustion, 27(1), 1419-1426.
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 96(17), 7043-7048.
- . Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft f眉r physikalische Chemie, 96(10), 1352-1359.
- . Chemical Physics Letters, 191(6), 581-586.
- . Symposium (International) on Combustion, 24(1), 645-652.
- . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Physical and Engineering Sciences, 337(1646), 211-221.
- . ChemInform, 21(25).
- . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 347(1-2), 17-25.
- . Annual Reports Section "C" (Physical Chemistry), 85, 91-91.
- . Organometallics, 6(3), 646-650.
- . Organometallics, 6(3), 639-643.
- . Organometallics, 6(3), 644-646.
- . Organometallics, 5(10), 2054-2057.
- . Organometallics, 5(10), 2050-2054.
- . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 108(14), 4022-4026.
- . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 272(1), 11-18.
- . Frontiers in Fuels, 2, 1401691.
- . Energies, 17(11), 2719-2719.
- . Combustion Science and Technology, 1-15.
- . Energies, 17(5), 1103-1103.
- . Energies, 16(22), 7601-7601.
- . Energies, 16(16), 5944-5944.
- . International Journal of Chemical Kinetics.
- . Energies, 16(11), 4363-4363.
- . International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow.
- Reaction zone characteristics of iso-pentanol swirl spray flames using OH-PLIF and 2C-LII. Symposium International on Combustion.
- . International Journal of Energy Research.
- . Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5(13), 3382-3402.
- . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 8(27), 3197-3210.
- . International Journal of Energy Research.
- 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.
- Autoignition of Methane and Methane/Hydrogen Blends in Co2 Bath Gas.
Chapters
- , Applications of Nature-Inspired Computing in Renewable Energy Systems (pp. 166-210). IGI Global
- , Sustainable Biofuels (pp. 269-303). Elsevier
Conference proceedings papers
- Multi-objective optimization of solar power tower hybridization with gas turbine and thermal energy storage back up. Proceedings - Eighth International Conference on Energy Research and Development, ICERD (pp 193-201). Kuwait University City, Kuwait, 28 November 2023 - 28 November 2023.
- . AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
- . AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
- PREDICTING THERMAL STABILITY BEHAVIOR WITH QUANTUM CHEMISTRY. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Stability Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels, IASH 2022
- THE OPTIMISATION OF GRAPHENE-BASED MICROPOROUS LAYERS FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS. Proceedings of WHEC 2022 - 23rd World Hydrogen Energy Conference: Bridging Continents by H2 (pp 754-757)
- . Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference (pp 28-37)
- Multi-objective optimal sizing of a biomass fuelled hybrid Stirling engine coupled with an ORC decentralised micro-CCHP system. Energy Proceedings, Vol. 10
- . SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS : Proceeding of the 4th International Conference and Exhib
- Modelling Investigation into Mercury Oxidation under Oxyfuel Conditions. 18th International IFRF Member Conference - Flexible and Clean Fuel Conversion in Industry, 1 June 2015 - 3 June 2015.
- The effects of the composition of microporous layers on the permeability of gas diffusion layers. Proceedings of the 6th European Fuel Cell - Piero Lunghi Conference, EFC 2015 (pp 275-276)
- . Volume 3: Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Cycle Innovations; Electric Power; Industrial and Cogeneration, 15 June 2015 - 19 June 2015.
- . Energy Procedia, Vol. 63 (pp 1064-1073)
- . Energy Procedia, Vol. 63 (pp 986-996)
- Theoretical study of the ORR mechanism on iron, cobalt and manganese macrocycle active sites. EFC 2013 - Proceedings of the 5th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference (pp 369-370)
- The through-plane thermal conductivity and the contact resistance of the components of the membrane electrode assembly in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. EFC 2013 - Proceedings of the 5th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference (pp 113-114)
- . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 423 (pp 012015-012015)
- Experimental and modelling studies of the combustion of alternative aviation fuels. 13th International Conference on Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels 2013 (pp 176-189)
- Experimental and theoretical investigation of pathways to deposit formation in thermally stressed aviation fuel in the presence of nitrogenous additives. 13th International Conference on Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels 2013 (pp 230-240)
- The effect of anisotropic GDL on the performance of PEM fuel cell. EFC 2011 - Proceedings of the 4th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference and Exhibition (pp 407-408)
- . Volume 3: Combustion Science and Engineering, 13 November 2009 - 19 November 2009.
- . ASME 2009 7th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, 8 June 2009 - 10 June 2009.
- . Volume 3: Combustion Science and Engineering, 31 October 2008 - 6 November 2008.
- . Volume 3: Combustion Science and Engineering
- . 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 25 September 2007 - 28 September 2007.
- . Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Vol. 19(2-3) (pp 227-232)
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- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30(1) (pp 1057-1064)
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30(1) (pp 1083-1091)
- Cool flames in space: Experimental and numerical studies of propane combustion. International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Accepted Papers (pp 27)
- The role and rate of hydrogen peroxide decomposition during hydrocarbon two-stage autoignition. International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Accepted Papers (pp 63)
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29(2) (pp 2431-2437)
- . Combustion and Flame, Vol. 99(3-4) (pp 533-540)
- . Optical Methods in Atmospheric Chemistry
- . Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 376 (pp 79-85)
- Sensitivity analysis of post-combustion CO2 capture at pilot scale level. 3rd Post Combustion Capture Conference (PCCC3). Regina, 8 September 2015 - 11 September 2015.
Reports
- Experimental and modeling study of sulphur and nitrogen doped premixed methane flames at low pressure
- Experimental and modeling study of sulphur and nitrogen doped premixed methane flames at low pressure
Preprints
- Grants
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- Reliable and Efficient Combustion of Oxygen/Coal/Recycled Flue Gas Mixtures (RELCOM) FP7-ENERGY-2010-2
- Gas-FACTS: Gas - Future Advanced Capture Technology Options EP/J020788/1
- Selective Exhaust Gas Recirculation for Carbon Capture with Gas Turbines: Integration, Intensification, Scale-up and Optimisation. EP/M001482/1
- Techno-Economic Assessment of Biomass Pre-Processing (TEABPP) 鈥 Energy Technology Institute
- Integrated anaerobic digestion and gasification systems for sustainable farming in Colombia - British Council