Thermo-Fluids Research Centre (TFRC)

The TFRC is an internationally leading centre in fundamental and applied research in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer and fluid-structure interactions

About the Centre
Research Areas
People
Facilities
Research Projects
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About the Centre

The TFRC is committed to interdisciplinary research methods needed for understanding the intrinsic physical phenomena in thermo- and fluid flow processes, as realised from molecular/nano- to macro-scales and their wide range of engineering applications addressing global challenges such as energy efficiency, emissions reduction and bio-engineering applications aiming towards improving well-being.

The centre computational and analytical tools and experimental facilities are devoted to conducting research in a range of applications from micro-scale devices to waste heat recovery, renewable energy systems, compressors, turbines, fuels and additives technology for a wide range of combustion engines, electrification technologies and various hydraulic/lubrication fluids and systems. Application areas include power generation, transport, oil and gas, marine, food and health.

Advanced optical, laser and X-ray diagnostic techniques are assisting in the development of computational mechanics software for turbulent compressible and incompressible flows incorporating real-fluid thermodynamics. Heat and mass transfer, phase-change, fluid-structure interactions and complex chemical processes are addressed. Research is conducted in collaboration with global centres of excellence and relevant industry.

Research in the ThermoFluids Research Centre is organised in three areas:

Multi-phase flow research group led by Professor Manolis Gavaises
Turbomachinery and Energy Systems research group led by Professor Abdulnaser Sayma
Centre for Compressor Technology led by Professor Ahmed Kovacevic

Research Areas

The TFRC research areas are conducted experimentally and numerically and can be categorised under the following themes:

Experiments for for quantifying physical phenomena from nano- to meso- & macro-scales and their wide range of application:

Advanced optical, laser and X-ray diagnostic techniques
Gas turbines, compressors and expanders, fuel and hydraulic systems, fuel sprays for IC engines, propellers
Organic Rankine Cycles and supercritical carbon dioxide cycles
Microfluidics and nanofluidics

Development of in-house computational mechanics multi-phase & multi-physics and design and analysis codes:

Turbulent, compressible/incompressible flows
Real-fluid thermodynamics, elastic, plastic and soft materials
Heat and sass transfer & phase-change
Fluid-structure interactions
Chemical processes
Turbomachinery analysis and design tools for ideal and non-ideal fluids

People

Academic staff

Post doctoral Researchers

Facilities

A number of well-equipped test cells operate in the centre. Expertise exists in flow optical and laser diagnostics, instrumentation and design. Equipment/techniques available include: RIM, LDV, PDA, SPIV, PLIF, LIEF, LE and LSD, Yag and Excimer lasers, numerous high speed cameras for shadowgraphy/Schlieren imaging, LIF-based lubricant film diagnostic system, fourier transform infrared analyser, fast-response FID Hydrocarbon, CO, CO₂, and NOx analysers, transparent fuel nozzles, dynamic balancing machine for high speed shafts, high speed air motor drive (100,000 rpm), high speed motor drives (20 kW, 50,000 rpm), instrumented marine propellers and ultrasound system for erosion studies. Moreover, the Centre has exclusive use to PC clusters with more 1000cores, utilised for parallel CFD simulations.

Screw Compressor test laboratory

The screw compressor laboratory has three test rigs:

Oil-injected air Screw Compressor test rig with variable frequency motor of 75kW, maximum air flow of 15 m3/min and maximum pressure up to 14 bar. The test rig meets CAGI and PNEUROP test standards where the testing procedures are carried out according to ISO 1706. The rig is certified by Lloyd’s register.
Oil-free test rig for screw compressors up to 4 bar discharge pressure and discharge temperatures up to 225 deg C. The test rig allows classic performance testing and LDV testing of flows in the suction of oil free compressors.
The Optical Roots blower test rig is used for study of leakage flows in narrow gaps in rotating machinery using LDV, PIV and high speed camera.Screw Co

Refrigeration and ORC test laboratory for compressors, expanders and turbines

The expander test facility is a modified vapour-compression system with partial cooling/condensation using modern refrigerants. This test facility can replicate typical operating conditions within an ORC system, and will be used to conduct experiments on two-phase expansion using twin-screw expanders.

Micro Gas Turbine Test rig

City has developed a state-of-the-art test facility for micro gas turbines and compressor and turbine characterisation. The test facility includes a high-pressure air supply, shop air, cooling water, combustion system, programmable electrical loading and an array of instrumentation with data acquisition and processing tools.

High Speed Linear Cascade Rig

A new high speed linear cascade test rig is available and can be utilised in the City Transonic Wind Tunnel. The rig is instrumented with PIV system, Infrared Camera and multi-hole probes. With modular design of the test section, various aerofoil profiles could be tested over a wide range of Mach and Reynolds numbers.

Research Projects

Ongoing Projects

AHEAD - ‘Advanced Techniques for Quantification and Modelling of Phase-Change Processes of Renewable Fuels and their Blends’

Call: H2020-MSCA-IF-2017
Fellow: Dr I. Karathanassis, PI: Prof M. Gavaises, Co-I: Dr Lyle Pickett, Sandia National Labs, US
Budget: €252,000

Current international policies dictate the gradual disengagement of industry from fossil fuels within the next three decades. In order such a transition to become a reality, novel fuel delivery and combustion concepts capable of efficiently utilising biomass-derived fuels must be designed and developed. The main objective of ‘AHEAD’ is the simultaneous experimental characterisation of the phase-change processes within fuel injectors (cavitation and flash boiling) and at the nozzle exit (evaporation and trans/supercritical phase-change) under realistic injector configurations and air thermodynamic conditions for liquid biofuels, as well as their blends with fossil fuels. The obtained measurements will guide the formulation of novel numerical models quantifying the relevant mass/heat transfer processes. The project innovative nature spans across diverse research aspects with emphasis on renewable alternatives for Diesel and gasoline; it is expected to assist major energy and automotive industries to meet the goals imposed regarding the utilisation of renewable fuels.

EDEM - Experimentally Validated DNS and LES Approaches for Fuel Injection, Mixing and Combustion of Dual-Fuel Engines

Call: H2020-MSCA-EID-2018
PI: Prof M. Gavaises, Co-I: Dr I. Karathanassis
Budget: ⁓ €4,150,000 in total - €1,170,000 awarded to City

Economical, geopolitical and social trends, apart from the well-posed environmental concerns, have precipitated legislative actions for the partial substitution of Diesel by cleaner fuels and have boosted industrial interest on the development of IC engines capable of handling both liquid/gaseous fuel mixtures. The combustion process in these, so-called, dual-fuel engines comprises the compression ignition of Diesel fuel injected in a homogenized gaseous (or liquid) fuel/air mixture. At dual-fuel combustion, most Diesel fuel is burned in premixed combustion and, thus, soot formation is less. Furthermore, depending on the carbon content of the primary fuel, dual fuel operation mode can lead to significant decrease in CO2 emissions. The aim of ‘EDEM’ is to develop and validate DNS/LES methodologies for fuel injection, mixing and combustion processes relevant to conditions and fuels combustion strategies realised in dual-fuel engines. Furthermore, to apply the newly derived models to the design of more efficient engines and to estimate the environmental impact of the proposed concept.

I-BAT - Immersed-cooling Concepts for Electric Vehicle Battery Packs using Viscoelastic Heat Transfer Liquids

Call: H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01
PI: Dr I. Karathanassis, Co-I: Prof M. Gavaises
Budget: ⁓ €2,950,000 in total - €838,000 awarded to City

The penetration of plug-in EVs in the world market faces considerable technological challenges. The performance of battery electric drives is influenced, among others, by the power density and efficiency of the EV Battery Thermal System (BTMS). Lithium-ion batteries require a temperature of 15-60 °C for optimal operation, with high demands on temperature uniformity between the cells. The power density of the battery cooling systems has to be doubled compared to current state-of-the-art to enable powerful and compact drives. This challenge is met by innovative coolants, which have shown considerable potential for increasing the cooling effect and reducing pump losses in basic investigations. The subject of work is the synthesis and characterisation of oil-based coolants with optimal rheological and thermal properties suitable for EV BTMSs. The novel fluids to improve heat transfer consist of a viscoelastic liquid carrier matrix with suspended nanoparticles. The newly developed nano-coolants will be tested in a BTMS prototype to prove that these improvements have the potential to revolutionise the relevant transport sector.

Next generation waste-heat recovery systems based on two-phase expansion (RAEng Research Fellowship)

PI: Dr Martin White
Funder: RAEng
Project title: Next generation waste-heat recovery systems based on two-phase expansion
Start: Sep 2020
End: Aug 2024

The generation of power from waste heat using organic Rankine cycles (ORC) could be enhanced by up to 30% through two-phase expansion. However, this has not been successfully realised due to a lack of two-phase expanders. Dr White’s RAEng Research Fellowship seeks to explore the design of two-phase turbomachinery for this application through a combination of numerical and experimental investigations of two-phase expansion processes, and system optimisation of thermodynamic systems involving two-phase expansion. The ultimate aim of this research is to develop fundamental understanding, alongside advanced modelling and simulated methods, of the two-phase expansion of unconventional working fluids, and to investigate the concept at a laboratory scale.

NextMGT- Next Generation of Micros Gas Turbines for High Efficiency, Low Emissions and Fuel Flexibility

PI: Prof Naser Sayma
Co-I: Dr Jafar Al Zaili
Funder: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019
Project title: NextMGT- Next Generation of Micros Gas Turbines for High Efficiency, Low Emissions and Fuel Flexibility
Start: January 2020
End: December 2023
Website here

The overarching aim of this multidisciplinary, inter-sectoral project aims to train fifteen outstanding early stage researchers to be ready to meet the challenges in the field of micro gas turbine technology, economics, policy and regulations in addition to industrial and interdisciplinary training to contribute to realising the impact on the society and their career prospects. The primary objective of this four-year work programme is to undertake cutting edge multidisciplinary research and development to make a step change in understanding of MGT systems’ technology and commercialisation aspects to enable large increase in their share in the energy market and contribution to the low carbon economy while providing specialised training for 15 researchers to help establish the backbone of an important industry. Examine cycle innovations required to achieve high overall MGT efficiency to match other prime movers of similar power range and develop advanced methods to optimise micro gas turbine systems for several applications based on a standard core technology as well as smart integration with energy systems (WP1).

Investigation of advanced combustion technologies for achieving low emissions and fuel flexibility including biofuels in solid, liquid and gaseous forms and combustible industrial residues (WP2).
Develop innovative methods to enhance aerodynamic, mechanical and electrical aspects of MGTs and utilisation of new materials and to develop suitable storage systems to enable effective operation (WP3).
Investigate the enabling measures to commercialisation of the technology focusing on dependence of innovation and industry growth on intellectual/industrial property management, energy policy and regulatory framework and standardisation requirements (WP4).
To train ESRs using a structured programme which covers: individual personalised research projects that lead to their PhDs; specialised training courses offered by the participating institutions; network-wide training activities in the format of seminar, workshop, conference and summer schools, and knowledge exchange with the members of the network through activities such as secondments and events (WP5).
To create wider impact in the relevant scientific arena and applications fields that come together in energy systems through wide communications dissemination of results including the general public (WP6).
To manage the proposed programme according to the guidelines of the Marie-Skłodowska Curie Action and disseminate the knowledge that it acquires through international publications (WP7).

NextORC

PI: Prof Naser Sayma
Co-I: Prof Ahmed Kovacevic, Dr Matthew Read
Funder: EPSRC
Project title: NextORC – Fundamental studies on organic Rankine cycle expanders
Start: May 2017
End: April 2020 (extended until April 2021)
Website here

The over-arching aim of this project is to improve the understanding of ORC expander design and off-design performance through developing, and validating, suitable tools to accurately predict design point and off-design performance of ORC systems. This will be achieved by targeting research towards five objectives:

improve the fundamental understanding of design point scaling and off-design performance of supersonic turbines operating with non-ideal gases, and develop improved performance models;
improve the fundamental understanding of the performance of screw expanders during two-phase expansion and to develop improved screw expander performance models;
to upgrade an existing experimental test facility to enable the characterisation of loss mechanisms present within ORC expanders and provide validation of performance models and CFD codes;
to understand how single and cascaded systems, comprising of both turbine and screw expanders, operate under different heat source conditions and with different working fluids;
to identify system configurations that can operate over a range of operating conditions and provide the best compromise between design and off-design performance, and system cost.

SCOTWOHR

PI: Prof Naser Sayma
Co-I: Prof Manolis Gavaises, Dr Mathew Read, Dr Martin White
Funder: EPSRC
Project title: SCOTWOHR – Industrial waste heat recovery using supercritical carbon dioxide cycles
Start: Jan 2021
End: Dec 2023

Increased pressure on reducing the carbon footprint from energy intensive industry with substantial waste heat streams is leading to the need to develop efficient and cost-effective waste heat recovery technologies. Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) systems have significant potential for these applications, but there remain significant technical challenges that need to be overcome in relation to the key system components. The focus of this project is to improve the fundamental understanding of the performance sCO2 cycles and the design aspects of the key components, through targeting the following objectives:

to identify the optimal cycle configuration for sCO₂ power systems with power outputs of a few hundred kilowatts for WHR applications (~ 400-800 °C) based on multi-objective techno-economic optimisation accounting for design and off-design operation with variable or intermittent heat stream;
to explore design innovations for small-scale sCO₂ turbomachines that can extend beyond current state-of-the-art operating conditions, and improve fundamental understanding of condensation, non- ideal gas effects, and stability of sCO₂ compressors operating near the critical point;
to investigate innovative heat exchanger designs, materials and fabrication methods for different cycle configurations and develop heat exchangers for direct high temperature (up to 800 °C) waste heat to supercritical fluid heat recovery;
to characterise the transient operation of small-scale sCO₂ power systems operating at design and off-design conditions with variable or intermittent heat streams and identify suitable real-time control strategies to maximise system performance across a wide range of operating conditions.

Find more information about SCOTWOHR: Industrial waste heat recovery using supercritical carbon dioxide cycles here.

SCARABEUS

PI: Prof Naser Sayma
Co-I: Dr Martin White
Funder: H2020
Project title: SCARABEUS -Supercritical carbon dioxide/alternative fluid blends for efficiency upgrade of solar power plant
Start: Apr 2019
End: Mar 2023
Website here

City is leading the turbomachinery work package of the SCARABEUS project. The project aims to demonstrate that the application of supercritical CO2 blends to concentrated-solar power plants has the potential to reduce CAPEX by 30% and OPEX by 35% with respect to state-of-the-art steam cycles, thus exceeding the reduction achievable with standard supercritical CO2 technology. This translated into a levelized cost of electricity lower than 96 €/MWh, which is 30% lower than currently possible.

As the leader of work package 3, the team at City is focussing on the design of the turbomachinery components for the SCARABEUS project. The objectives are:

to develop innovative turbomachinery designs that can operate with high efficiency across the range of anticipated variable operating conditions;
to provide data to enable accurate calculations of cycle performance and costing of the proposed plant;
to identify a suitable pump for the system.

UNIFIED - Fuel injection from subcritical to supercritical P-T conditions: a unified methodology for coupled in-nozzle flow, atomisation and air-fuel mixing processes

Call: H2020-MSCA-IF-2016
Fellow: Dr Foivos Koukouvinis, PI: Prof M. Gavaises, Co-I: Dr Lyle Pickett, Sandia National Labs, US
Budget: €344,000

Fossil fuel consumption is expected to almost double over the next 3 decades in order to meet the increasing demand for infrastructure, trade and transportation. Development of engines complying with the forthcoming 2020 emission legislations, relies on the effective design of advanced high pressure fuel injection systems and represents a key industrial priority. Emissions can be reduced when fuel is injected against air at P-T conditions well above the fuel’s critical point; the prevailing supercritical fluid conditions result to disappearance of the liquid-gas interface, which in turn, reduces vaporisation time and enhances significantly air-fuel mixing. Combination of experiments (outgoing phase) with CFD simulations (return phase) of the in-nozzle flow, fuel atomisation and mixing processes under such conditions form the core subject of the proposed research. The experimental work includes currently unknown physical properties measurements near the fuel’s critical point; these will be modelled with complex equations of state for a wide range of P-T conditions. Moreover, the state-of-the-art experimental techniques and equipment of the US host, will be employed for quantifying the near-nozzle fuel atomisation and mixing at those conditions. These experimental data will guide the development and validation of a new state-of-the-art CFD model able to couple the aforementioned multi-phase flow processes through a combination of physical models and numerical methods. These include interface capturing of immiscible and diffused interfaces, scale-resolved turbulence, mass transfer rate (cavitation and vaporisation) and real-fluid thermodynamics addressing the compressibility effects for the liquid-vapour-air mixture. The project brings together research, academic and industrial experts from the US and Europe. It will advance scientific knowledge and will facilitate the design of less polluting engines for the benefit of the European area and society as a whole

UCOM – Ultrasound Cavitation in Soft Materials

Call: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018
PI: Prof M. Gavaises, Co-I: Dr F.Koukouvinis
Budget: €4,211,733 (€1,1170,000 awarded to City)

The pressures and temperatures developing during the interactions of shockwaves with cavitation bubbles and soft matter induce complex phenomena, both at physical and biochemical levels. These have a non- exhaustive range of relevant applications including ultrasound-based therapies, surface cleaning and food processing. Our aim is to explore these processes both in micro and macroscales using experiments and to develop new computational capabilities for their simulations. Measurements will include temperature/ species forming in collapsing bubbles, identifying chemical reactions and possible tissue interaction, such as protein denaturation and agglomeration; tissue cavitation threshold and its control using nanoparticles, allowing development of new cavitation-mimicking-tissue materials extrapolating to actual tissue properties that will be used for in-vitro testing of equipment with minimum collateral damages. Computations will be based on advanced multi-resolution methods coupling fluid flow, chemical reactions and deforming material mechanics solvers, with physically consistent thermodynamic closure models for the involved materials; pressure wave propagation, bubble nucleation and material damage effects will link microscale phenomena to macroscale. Uncertainty quantification techniques will link computations with experimental data. UCOM builds upon the strong foundations of the PIs and their teams in training researchers in computational and experimental methods on cavitation and their strong record to successfully integrate research and technical applications. The final goal of the research and training program is to explore the enormous potential of the new and experimentally validated computational tools to guide breakthrough innovations and high-impact, high-tech technologies ranging across different sectors that all eventually enhance their careers and will be serving the well-being.

Completed projects

Research councils and funding bodies

PI	Co-I	Funder	Project Title	Start/End
Prof Manolis Gavaises	Prof John Carlton	The LRF	International Institute for Cavitation Research	01/01/12 31/09/17
Prof Abdulnaser Sayma	Prof Keith Pullen	FP7 – Energy	OMSoP - Optimised Microturbine Solar Power	01/01/13 31/07/17
Prof Manolis Gavaises		FP7- MSCA - IOF	Cavitation bubble cloud dynamics and surface erosion in high pressure fuel systems for medium/heavy duty Diesel engines, Grant ID: 329286	16/02/14 14/02/17
Prof Manolis Gavaises		EPSRC	Investigation of non-spherical droplets in high-pressure fuel sprays	05/02/14 04/02/17
Prof Manolis Gavaises		FP7- MSCA - IAPP	Simulation of cavitation and erosion in FUEL injection SYSTEMs of medium/heavy duty Diesel engines at injection pressures reaching 3000bar, Grant ID: 324313	01/01/13 31/12/16
Prof Keith Pullen	Prof Jamshid Nouri	TSB	Low cost laminated electric flywheel	01/04/14 31/03/16
Prof Manolis Gavaises		FP7 – MSCA - IOF	Characterisation of Fuel Additives Effect on Fuel Injector Design’, Grant ID: 300410	01/04/13 31/03/16
Prof Manolis Gavaises		FP7 – MSCA - IEF	Understanding non-spherical droplet vaporisation of single-component hydrocarbon fuels and multi-component biofuel blends’, Grant ID: 329116	02/02/14 01/02/16
Prof Keith Pullen	Prof Abdulnaser Sayma	TSB	SLaME (Selective Laser Melting for Engines)	01/09/13 31/09/15
Prof Keith Pullen		EPSRC	Vehicle Electrical System Integration (VESI) Phase 2	01/10/13 30/09/15
Prof Manolis Gavaises		FP7 -MSCA - IEF	Droplet Impingement on Non-flat Surfaces’, Grant ID: 329500	01/07/13 30/06/15
Prof Keith Pullen		Developing Technologies	Appropriate technology development	01/01/09 30/06/15
Prof Abdulnaser Sayma		FP7 Clean Coal Tech.	H2-IGCC – Low emissions gas turbine technology for hydrogen rich syngas	01/01/13 31/10/13
Prof Keith Pullen		TSB	Fuel cell air management system	01/02/10 30/03/12

Industry-funded

PI	Co-I	Funder	Project Title	Start/End
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic		HOWDEN COMPRESSORS LTD	Howden Chair in Engineering Design and Compressor Technology	01/06/16 31/06/17
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/16 31/12/16
Prof Nikola Stosic		INCDT COMOTI Bucharest	Design of high pressure compressor	05/09/16 31/12/16
Prof Keith Pullen		AVL Powertrain UK Ltd	Electric supercharging	01/09/15 31/08/16
Prof Manolis Gavaises		Delphi Diesel System and Luxemburg NRC	Support for MC Fellowship of Dr Yan Meslem	01/09/14 31/08/16
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic		HOWDEN COMPRESSORS LTD	Howden Chair in Engineering Design and Compressor Technology	01/06/15 31/05/16
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/15 31/12/15
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Design 2 compressors for Frick India	01/01/15 31/12/15
Prof Nikola Stosic		Knorr-Bremse, France	Performance calculation of a small screw compresor	01/01/15 31/12/15
Prof Nikola Stosic		DV Systems, Ontario, Canada	Licence Disco/Scorpath	01/01/13 31/12/15
Dr Russel Lockett		SHELL INTL LTD	Fundamentals of Cavitation Inception in Immersed Fuel Jets	01/09/09 31/12/15
Dr Russel Lockett		SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS	The Effect of of Hydrodynamic Cavitation on Diesel	01/11/13 30/09/15
Prof Keith Pullen		AVL Powertrain UK Ltd	eSC electric Supercharging	01/09/14 31/08/15
Prof Kovacevic		HOWDEN COMPRESSORS LTD	Howden Chair in Engineering Design and Compressor Technology	01/06/14 31/05/15
Prof John Carlton		WARTSILA NETHERLANDS BV	Singing propellers: Understanding the Mechanisms and the Development of Design Guidance	01/01/12 31/01/15
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Design 2 compressors for CMP USA	01/01/14 31/12/14
Prof Nikola Stosic		Holland Knopps, The Netherlands	Study of ammonia-water compressor and expander	01/01/14 31/12/14
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic	Prof Nikola Stosic	Dunham-Bush, UK	Design of the family of refrigeration compressors	01/01/14 31/12/14
Prof Nikola Stosic		Bryton Energy	Study in subatmospheric Brayton cycle plant	01/01/14 31/12/14
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Design 2 compressors for Frick India	01/01/14 31/12/14
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/14 31/12/14
Prof Jamhsid Nouri		BP International Ltd	EPSRC CASE Studentship - Ioannis Vasilakos	01/10/10 30/04/14
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic	Dr Ashvin Dhunput	HOWDEN COMPRESSORS LTD	Measurements of Howden M127 Prototype compressor	01/05/12 31/03/14
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic	Dr Ashvin Dhunput	HOWDEN COMPRESSORS LTD	Measurements of Howden M127 prototype compressor variants 5.2-.4	03/02/14 31/03/14
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic		DENSO CORPORATION	Consultancy - Analysis of fuel screw pump	15/10/13 31/03/14
Prof Manolis Gavaises		BP International Ltd	Modelling Diesel Fuel and Cavitation in Injectors	01/04/13 31/01/14
Prof Keith Pullen		Dynamic Boosting Systems	Investigation of Turboclaw operation at higher Reynolds number	01/02/11 31/01/14
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/13 31/12/13
Prof Nikola Stosic		Holroyd Precision	Design of 5 screw compressors for Wuxi China	01/01/13 31/12/13
Prof Nikola Stosic		Mainstream, Rockledge, USA	Software licence, Compressor Course	01/01/13 31/12/13
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic		HOWDEN COMPRESSORS LTD	Integration of Maketing and R&D in New Product Development	01/01/09 31/05/13
Prof Manolis Gavaises		AFTON CHEMICAL	Characterisation of Fuel injection Phenomena using standard diesel fuel and diesel enriched with additives	01/09/12 30/06/13
Prof Manolis Gavaises		Lubrizol Ltd UK	Engine power gaining investigation	01/10/12 30/05/13
Prof Nikola Stosic		T.M.C. S.p.a Termomeccanica Compressori	Software Licence - Disoc Scorpath	01/04/11 28/02/13
Prof Ahmed Kovacevic	Dr Nusa Fain	HOWDEN COMPRESSORS LTD	Integration of Maketing and R&D in New Product Development	01/03/11 28/02/13
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/12 31/12/12
Prof Nikola Stosic		MAhle, UK	Study for use screw machines as methyl alcohol expanders	01/01/12 31/12/12
Prof Nikola Stosic		Airplus, Korea	Consultation in water screw compressors	01/01/12 31/12/12
Prof Manolis Gavaises		Delphi Diesel Systems UK	The Delphi Chair	01/06/09 31/12/12
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Full Mechanical Design of 7 Compressors	20/09/10 31/01/12
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/11 31/12/11
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Design 2 compressors for Frick India	01/01/11 31/12/11
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/10 31/12/10
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Elthom, Cyprus	01/01/10 31/12/10
Prof Nikola Stosic		Airplus, Korea	Consultation in dry screw compressors	01/01/10 31/12/10
Dr Russel Lockett		SHELL INTL LTD	The Characterisation of Diesel Cavitation using Time Resolved Imaging - top up	01/10/09 31/12/10
Prof Nikola Stosic		HOLROYD PRECISION LTD	Support Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology	01/01/09 31/12/09
Prof Nikola Stosic		INCDT COMOTI Bucharest	Design of the first high pressure compressor	05/09/09 31/12/09
Prof Nikola Stosic		Bitzer, Germany	Scorpath/Disco licence	01/01/09 31/12/09
Prof Nikola Stosic		Ansto, Australia	Compressor failure study	01/01/09 31/12/09

News and Events

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Upcoming Events

Previous Seminars and Events

16-17^th September 2020: NextMGT First Workshop

The first workshop for the NextMGT project was hosted by City via Zoom for the 15 Early Stage Researchers on 16 and 17 September 2020. The two-day event included several talks, social activities, and sessions by experts in the field. The ESRs got an overview of the project, were introduced to nicro gas turbines, and received valuable information on integral transferable skills through sessions delivered by internal City staff and external speakers from other institutions.

10^th September 2020: TFRC Poster Competition

Given that many PhD students within the Thermo-Fluids Research Centre have missed opportunities to attend conferences and events this year due to the current Coronavirus situation, an online poster competition for all was held during the week 7-11th September 2020 in the aim of discussig their research with other members of the centre.During the event, the posters were made available online where a voting system was set up. 12 posters were presented, with the winner getting a prize of £150 and the two highly commended posters receiving a prize of £75 each. An online social event followed the prize-giving ceremony.

Find all poster entries here.

14-15^th December 2017: 1st European Micro Gas Turbine Forum (EMGTF)

The first European Micro Gas Turbine Forum (EMGTF) was held at City, University of London on the 14th and 15th of December 2017. The meeting was co-organised by City, University of London and University of Seville.

The European Micro Gas Turbine Forum is an initiative launched to foster the commercial deployment of micro gas turbines by setting the scenario where all stakeholders have a platform to share knowledge and experience, collaborate and discuss a roadmap to move the technology forward. The main objective is thus to make fast progress that would otherwise not be possible under business as usual scenario.

News

Horizon Europe funding success for Engineering researchers

April 13, 2023

Researchers in the School of Science and Technology have been awarded a grant of €616k for the ‘SCALE’ research project....