Dr Tanvir Hussain
Research Fellow in Energy Materials
Location: Building 40, Cranfield campus
E: t.hussain@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x2822
Environmental Science and Technology
Current activities
Dr Tanvir Hussain is currently working on the following projects:
- EU FP7 project- NextGenPower: to increase efficiency in existing and new build pulverised coal power plants with a view to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
- SUPERGEN 2 Conventional power plant lifetime extension consortium
- ASPECT (Technology Strategy Board project)
- Industry funded projects on high temperature materials in power generation
Clients
- EU Framework 7 Programmes
- EPSRC
- MTU
- Siemens
- The Welding Institute (TWI)
Clients through EU and EPSRC projects:
- Doosan Babcock
- E. ON
- RWE npower
- ALSTOM Power
- Goodwin
- Monitor Coatings
- Chromalloy UK
- Rolls-Royce plc
- KEMA
- Saarschmiede
- Aubert & Duvall
- VTT
- Slovakian Welding Institute
- Skoda Power
- TU Dramstadt
Background
Since joining Cranfield University as a research fellow, Dr Tanvir Hussain has been active in the field of high temperature corrosion of materials in power generation industry to improve efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emission. He has been investigating the corrosion behaviour of ferritic steels, austenitic steels and nickel based superalloys for advanced ultra supercritical boilers. The performance of different coatings for fireside corrosion and steamside oxidation in high temperature future boilers are also studied in his research.
Dr Tanvir Hussain completed his doctoral research in the field of surface engineering using cold gas dynamic spraying from the University of Nottingham. He worked in collaboration with The Welding Institute (TWI) to develop a corrosion resistant titanium coating and he was awarded prestigious Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) for his PhD. He was also awarded International Thermal Spray Scholarship for his research. He has authored/ co-authored four papers in prestigious journals in surface engineering from his doctoral research. Before starting his PhD, he finished an MSc from the same university in Manufacturing Engineering with a Chevening scholarship. He is an active member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).
Selected publications
Journal publication
- A.H.M. Khodier, T. Hussain, N.J. Simms, J.E. Oakey, and P.J. Kilgallon, Deposit Formation and Emissions from Co-Firing Miscanthus with Daw Mill Coal: Pilot Plant Experiments, Fuel, Article in Press.
- T. Hussain, D.G. McCartney, and P.H. Shipway, Impact Phenomena in Cold-spraying of Titanium onto Various Ferrous Alloys. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2011. 205: p. 5021-5027.
- T. Marrocco, T. Hussain, D. McCartney, and P. Shipway, Corrosion Performance of Laser Posttreated Cold Sprayed Titanium Coatings. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2011. 20(4): p. 909-917.
- T. Hussain, D. McCartney, P. Shipway, and T. Marrocco, Corrosion Behavior of Cold Sprayed Titanium Coatings and Free Standing Deposits. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2011. 20(1-2): p. 260- 274.
- J.F. Li, P.A. Agyakwa, C.M. Johnson, D. Zhang, T. Hussain, and D.G. McCartney, Characterization and Solderability of Cold Sprayed Sn-Cu Coatings on Al and Cu Substrates. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2010. 204: p. 1395-1404.
- T. Hussain, D.G. McCartney, P.H. Shipway, and D. Zhang, Bonding Mechanisms in Cold Spraying: The Contributions of Metallurgical and Mechanical Components. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2009. 18(3): p. 364-379.
Conference publication
- A. U. Syed, T. Hussain, N. J. Simms and J. E. Oakey, Microscopy of Fireside Corrosion on Superheater Materials for Advanced Power Plants. 8th International Conference on Microscopy of Oxidation, G. J. Tatlock, H. E. Evans, 11-13 April 2011, (Liverpool, UK)
- A. U. Syed, T. Hussain, J. E. Oakey and N. J. Simms, Fireside Corrosion of Superheater Materials in Oxy-fired Power Plants. Developing Solutions for the Global Challenge: EUROCORR 2011, 4-8 September 2011, (Stockholm, Sweden)
- T. Hussain, D. McCartney, P. Shipway, and T. Marrocco, Effect of Heat Treatment on Porosity and Corrosion Performance of Cold Sprayed Titanium Deposits. Thermal spray: Global Solutions for Future Application, Marple, B. R., Agarwal, A., Hyland, M. M., Lau, Y. -C., Li, C.-J., Lima, R. S., and Montavon, G., Eds., 3- 5 May 2010, (Singapore), ASM International, CD- ROM, p. 393-399
- T. Marrocco, D. Harvey, and T. Hussain, Characterisation of Corrosion Resistant Deposits by Cold Gas Dynamic Spray. Thermal spray: Global Solutions for Future Application, Marple, B. R., Agarwal, A., Hyland, M. M., Lau, Y. -C., Li, C.-J., Lima, R. S., and Montavon, G., Eds., 3- 5 May 2010, (Singapore), ASM International, CD-ROM, p. 496-501
Poster presentation
- A. U. Syed, T. Hussain, N. J. Simms and J. E. Oakey, Fireside Corrosion of Superheater Materials in Advanced Biomass/Coal Air- and Oxy-fired Power Plants, High Temperature Corrosion, Gordon Research Conference, 24-29 July 2011, (New London, NH)
- M. Asgaryan, N. Simms, T. Hussain, A. Khodier and S. Wu, Prediction of the Remaining Service Life of Heat Exchangers in Coal-Biomass Fired Power Plants, 7th International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability, 18-19 April 2011, (Cambridge, UK)
- T. Marrocco, T. Hussain, D. McCartney, P. Shipway, and, Corrosion Performance of Laser Post-treated Cold Sprayed Titanium Coatings, TSS: Cold Spray Conference, 27 – 28 Sep 2010, (Akron, Ohio USA), ASM International
