In a webinar on 30 March, Professor Nazmiye Ozkan, Professor in Sustainable Energy Transitions and Head of Centre for Energy Systems and Strategy was joined by Dr Peter Clough, Senior Lecturer in Energy Engineering Centre for Renewable and Low Carbon Energy; Professor Bobby Sethi (MSc Thermal Power 2004, PhD School of Engineering 2007) Deputy Director of Research for the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing; and Professor Upul KG Wijayantha, Professor and Head of Centre for Renewable and Low Carbon Energy to explore whether hydrogen could take over the world in the UK's path to net-zero.

During the session, Professor Nazmiye Ozkan and guests discussed the:

  • Challenges and current status of their research,
  • Latest technology developments,
  • Predictions for the development of the hydrogen economy in the UK and internationally over the coming years.

Whether you attended the event and would like to conduct some background reading, or if you couldn’t make it but would like to know more about the topic, your free Alumni Library Online (ALO) service can help you stay informed.

Here are a few examples of the articles you can read via your ALO:

In AIAA Journals and Meeting Papers:
Zin W. Thu, Jae-Hyun Ahn, Jae-Lyun Lee, Do-Youn Kwon, Yeon-Ju Choi, Woon-Jae Won, Maxim Tyan and Jae-Woo Lee. Enhanced Performance Prediction of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered eVTOL UAV, AIAA 2022-3382. AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum. June 2022.

Elias G. Waddington, Jason M. Merret and Phillip J. Ansell. Impact of Liquid-Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Propulsion on Aircraft Configuration and Integration, Journal of Aircraft. Published Online: 9 Mar 2023.

Chrysoula L. Pastra, Gokcin Cinar and Dimitri N. Mavris. Feasibility and benefit assessments of hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery configurations on a regional turboprop aircraft, AIAA 2022-3290. AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum. June 2022.

Wanyi Ng and Anubhav Datta. Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Batteries for Electric-Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft, Journal of Aircraft. 2019 56:5, 1765-1782

Pragya Berwal, Sudarshan Kumar and Bhupendra Khandelwal. Laminar Burning Velocity Measurement of NH3/H2/CH4 Fuel Blends at Elevated Temperature and Pressure, AIAA 2023-0201. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. January 2023.

In ASME Digital Collection:
Domingues, R, Brójo, F, & Oliveira, P. CFD Analysis of the Combustion of Hydrogen Fuel on a CFM56-3 Combustor, Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 3: Advanced Materials: Design, Processing, Characterization and Applications; Advances in Aerospace Technology. Columbus, Ohio, USA. October 30–November 3, 2022. V003T04A023. ASME.

Baukal, C, Whelan, M, Londerville, S, Haag, M, Theis, G, & Johnson, B. Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future? Proceedings of the ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 8A: Energy. Virtual, Online. November 1–5, 2021. V08AT08A012. ASME.

Benson, CM, Holborn, PG, Rolt, AM, Ingram, JM, & Alexander, E. Combined Hazard Analyses to Explore the Impact of Liquid Hydrogen Fuel on the Civil Aviation Industry, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 3: Ceramics; Coal, Biomass, Hydrogen, and Alternative Fuels. Virtual, Online. September 21–25, 2020. V003T03A009. ASME. 

Shaalan, A, Nasim, MN, Mack, JH, Van Dam, N, & Assanis, D. Understanding Ammonia/Hydrogen Fuel Combustion Modeling in a Quiescent Environment, Proceedings of the ASME 2022 ICE Forward Conference. ASME 2022 ICE Forward Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. October 16–19, 2022. V001T06A011. ASME.

In ICE Virtual Library:
Richard Clarke and Alberto Abánades. Briefing: Pyrolysis of natural gas to hydrogen: a key energy transition tool, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy 2021 174:3, 98-102.

In IEEE:
C. Hartmann, J. K. Nøland, R. Nilssen and R. Mellerud. Dual Use of Liquid Hydrogen in a Next-Generation PEMFC-Powered Regional Aircraft With Superconducting Propulsion, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(4), 4760-4778, Dec. 2022.

2022. Zhang, W. Yu and W. Hua. Design and Key Technology of Oil-Free Centrifugal Air Compressor for Hydrogen Fuel Cell, CES Transactions on Electrical Machines and Systems, 6(1), 11-19, March 2022.

2022. Wu, H. Li, X. Wang and W. Zhao. Cooperative Operation for Wind Turbines and Hydrogen Fueling Stations With On-Site Hydrogen Production, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 11(4), 2775-2789, Oct. 2020.

2022. Sun and G. P. Harrison. Active Load Management of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations for Increasing the Grid Integration of Renewable Generation, IEEE Access, 9, 101681-101694, 2021.

In Sage:
Frankl S, Gleis S, Karmann S, Prager M, Wachtmeister G. Investigation of ammonia and hydrogen as CO2-free fuels for heavy duty engines using a high pressure dual fuel combustion process. International Journal of Engine Research. 2021;22(10):3196-3208.

Chu L-M, Hsu H-C, Huang Y-S, Su W-Y, Hong J-Y, Wu S-H. Study on energy saving and environmental protection generator with hydrogen–oxygen–gasoline compound fuel. Science Progress. 2021;104(3_suppl).

Sattarzadeh M, Ebrahimi M, Jazayeri SA. Maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by complete replacement of natural gas with pure hydrogen as a sole low reactive fuel in a RCCI engine. International Journal of Engine Research. 2022;0(0). 

Cole C, Sun Y, Wu Q, Spiryagin M. Exploring hydrogen fuel cell and battery freight locomotive options using train dynamics simulation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 2023;0(0).

Machado, J. T. M., Flynn, B., & Williamson, I. (2022). The national shaping of Europe’s emerging hydrogen strategies: Cooperative or competitive hydrogen Politics? Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 23(1), 77–96. 

Open Access articles in ScienceDirect from Elsevier:
Although Elsevier do not generally permit alumni access to ScienceDirect material, don’t forget there are many articles available via open access (the author has paid to allow their article to be publicly available without subscription).

Here are some examples of open access articles in this subject area with direct links to the full text:

Borim Ryu, Phan Anh Duong, Hokeun Kang, Comparative analysis of the thermodynamic performances of solid oxide fuel cell–gas turbine integrated systems for marine vessels using ammonia and hydrogen as fuels, International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 2023, 100524.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnaoe.2023.100524

S.T.P. Purayil, Mohammad O. Hamdan, S.A.B. Al-Omari, M.Y.E. Selim, E. Elnajjar, Review of hydrogen–gasoline SI dual fuel engines: Engine performance and emission, Energy Reports, 9, 2023, 4547-4573.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.03.054

Yew Heng Teoh, Heoy Geok How, Thanh Danh Le, Huu Tho Nguyen, Dong Lin Loo, Tazien Rashid, Farooq Sher, A review on production and implementation of hydrogen as a green fuel in internal combustion engines, Fuel, 333(2), 2023, 126525
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126525

F.S. Almutairi, K.K.J. Ranga Dinesh, J.A. van Oijen, Modelling of hydrogen-blended dual-fuel combustion using flamelet-generated manifold and preferential diffusion effects, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(4), 2023, 1602-1624.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.10.078

Chana Anna Saias, Ioannis Roumeliotis, Ioannis Goulos, Vassilios Pachidis, Marko Bacic, Assessment of hydrogen fuel for rotorcraft applications, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(76), 2022, 32655-32668.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.06.316

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