Professor Pericles Pilidis

FRAeS, FHEA

Professor Gas Turbine Performance

Centre for Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering

Contact Professor Pericles Pilidis

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754646
Email: p.pilidis@cranfield.ac.uk
ORCID

Areas of expertise

Gas Turbines & Propulsion
Power Systems & Turbines

Background

Professor Pilidis completed a doctorate in Gas Turbine Engineering at Glasgow University. His first employment was with the British Caledonian group in the gas turbine overhaul business. He joined Cranfield in 1986 as a lecturer and was promoted to the Director of the Thermal Power Masters course and Head of the Gas Turbine Engineering Group. From 2006 to 2021 he was Head of the Power and Propulsion Department and Head of Propulsion Engineering.

Over the years, he has applied performance modelling techniques to understand issues of relevance to operation, maintenance, control and technoeconomic environmental risk analysis (TERA). From 1994 he has been working on Hydrogen projects for gas turbines in air, land & sea applications.

Professor Pilidis has organised and contributed to many international teaching and applied research programmes in the power, gas, oil and aviation industries. Much of his research has been focused on the needs of equipment users in various countries. He has acted as a consultant to several organisations and his active contributions have resulted in many international honours. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was Chairman of the ASME Cycle Innovations. He has been ISABE Vice President and is currently the UK National Representative to this organisation.

Throughout his career at Cranfield, he has supervised 200+ postgraduate students.

Research opportunities

Hydrogen for air, land and sea applications.

Gas turbine design performance and operation

TERA (Technoeconomic Environmental Risk Analysis)

Current activities

Gas turbine research and postgraduate education.
Course Director of the MSc in Thermal Power
Contribution to hydrogen projects

Clients

Current and previous clients include:

Rolls Royce
Airbus
Shell
Alstom
Boeing
Easyjet
Siemens
SNECMA
Numerous EU project partnerships.

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Karuppiah S, Pilidis P, Sampath S & Muthuveerappan N (2023) A study on variable geometries and component matching of variable cycle engine for aircraft with supercruise capability. In: AIAA SciTech Forum 2023, National Harbor, 23-27 January 2023.
Nikolaidis T, Pellegrini A, Saravanamuttoo HIH, Aslanidou I, Kalfas A & Pilidis P (2021) Off-design performance comparison between single and two-shaft engines: part 1 — fixed geometry. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2020), London: Virtual Event, 21-25 September 2020.
Osigwe EO, Gad-Briggs A, Pilidis P, Nikolaidis T & Sampath S (2019) Inventory control systems for nuclear powered closed-cycle gas turbine: technical studies on effect of working fluid options. In: ICONE-27: 27th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Ibaraki, 19-24 May 2019.
Osigwe EO, Gad-Briggs A, Pilidis P, Nikolaidis T & Sampath S (2019) Effect of working fluid on selection of gas turbine cycle configuration for Gen-IV nuclear power plant system. In: ICONE-27: 27th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Ibaraki, 19-24 May 2019.
Gad-Briggs A, Pilidis P & Nikolaidis T (2018) A framework and model for assessing the design point performance, off-design point performance, control, economics and risks of Brayton helium gas turbine cycles for Generation IV nuclear power plants. In: 26th International Conference on Nucear Engineering, London, 22-26 July 2018.
Osigwe EO, Gad-Briggs A, Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P & Sampath S (2018) Performance analysis of Generation IV nuclear reactor power plant using CO2 and N2: case study of a recuperated Brayton gas turbine cycle. In: 26th International Conference on Nucear Engineering, London, 22-26 July 2018.
Gad-Briggs A, Pilidis P & Nikolaidis T (2018) A review of Brayton helium gas turbine cycles for GFR and VHTR Generation IV nuclear power plants. In: 26th International Conference on Nucear Engineering, London, 22-26 July 2018.
Osigwe EO, Gad-Briggs A, Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P & Sampath S (2018) Multi-fluid gas turbine components scaling for a Generation IV nuclear power plant performance simulation. In: 26th International Conference on Nucear Engineering, London, 22-26 July 2018.
Gad-Briggs A & Pilidis P (2017) Analyses of off-design point performances of simple and intercooled Brayton helium recuperated gas turbine cycles for Generation IV nuclear power plants. In: 25th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2017, Shanghai, 2-6 July 2017.
Musa G, Igie U, Pilidis P & Sule G (2017) Economic viability of on-line compressor washing for different rated capacity. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2017), Charlotte, NC, 26-30 June 2017.
Goldberg C, Nalianda D, Pilidis P & Singh R (2017) Economic viability assessment of NASA’s blended wing body N3-X aircraft. In: 53rd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference 2017, Atlanta, GA, 10-12 July 2017.
Gad-Briggs A & Pilidis P (2017) Analyses of the off-design point performance of a high pressure ratio intercooled Brayton helium gas turbine cycle for Generation IV nuclear power plants. In: 25th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2017, Shanghai, 2-6 July 2017.
Loukopoulos P, Sampath S, Pilidis P, Zolkiewski G, Bennett I, Duan F & Mba D (2017) Dealing with missing data for prognostic purposes. In: 2016 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference (PHM-Chengdu), Chengdu, 19-21 October 2016.
Almutairi A, Pilidis P & Al-Mutawa N (2016) Exergetic, exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental analysis of intercooled gas turbine engine. In: 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, 2016, Salt Lake City, Utah, 25-27 July 2016.
Goldberg C, Nalianda D, MacManus DG & Pilidis P (2016) Installed performance assessment of a boundary layer ingesting distributed propulsion system at design point. In: 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, 2016, Salt Lake City, Utah, 25-27 July 2016.
Mourouzidis C, Igie U, Pilidis P & Singh R (2015) Water injection on aircraft engines: a performance, emissions and economic study. In: ISABE 2015: 22nd International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines, Phoenix, AZ, 25-30 October 2015.
Monge B, Sánchez D, Savill M, Pilidis P & Sánchez T. (2015) Influence of design parameters on the performance of a multistage centrifugal compressor for supercritical carbon dioxide applications. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2015: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2015), Montreal, Québec, 15-19 June 2015.
Blinstrub J, Li YG, Newby M, Zhou Q, Stigant G, Pilidis P & Honen H (2014) Application of Gas Path Analysis to Compressor Diagnosis of an Industrial Gas Turbine Using Field Data. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2014), Dusseldorf, 16-20 June 2014.
Monje B, Sánchez D, Savill M, Pilidis P & Sánchez T (2014) A design strategy for supercritical CO2 compressors. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2014), Dusseldorf, 16-20 June 2014.
Fakhre A, Pachidis V, Goulos I, Tashfeen M & Pilidis P (2013) Helicopter mission analysis for a regenerated turboshaft. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2013: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, (GT2013), San Antonio, TX, 3-7 June 2013.
Goulos I, Giannakakis P, Pachidis V & Pilidis P (2013) Mission Performance Simulation of Integrated Helicopter-Engine Systems using an Aeroelastic Rotor Model. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2013: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, (GT2013), San Antonio, TX, 3-7 June 2013.
Khani N, Venediger B, Segovia C, Sethi V, Pilidis P & Li YG (2013) Effects of Aero-ENGINE Component Degradation on Flight Missions Fuel Burn and NOx Emissions. In: International Symposium of Air Breathing Engines (ISABE), Busan, 16 September 2013.
MacManus D & Pilidis P (2012) The next generation of aerial vehicle propulsion - a view on requirements. In: Unmanned Aerial Systems Conference, 2012, Cranfield Defense and Security, Shrivenham, 25-28 June 2012.
Mahmood T, Jackson A, Rizvi SH, Pilidis P, Savill AM & Sethi V (2012) Thrust reverser for a mixed exhaust high bypass ratio turbofan engine and its effect on aircraft and engine performance. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2012), Copenhagen, 11-15 June 2012.
Mohamed W, Sethi V, Pilidis P, Pervier H & Khan RSR (2012) A method to evaluate the emissions of gas turbine for power generation. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2012), Copenhagen, 11-15 June 2012.
Tsoutsanis E, Li YG, Pilidis P & Newby M (2012) Part-Load Performance of Gas Turbines – Part I: A Novel Compressor Map Generation Approach Suitable for Adaptive Simulation. In: ASME 2012 Gas Turbine India Conference, Mumbai, 1 December 2012.
Di Lorenzo Giuseppina, Pilidis Pericles, Witton John & Probert Douglas (2012)
A Framework for the Evaluation of Investments in Clean Power-Technologies
. In: ESCAPE: 22nd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, 2012, London, 17-20 June 2012.
Tsoutsanis E, Li YG, Pilidis P & Newby M (2012) Part-Load Performance of Gas Turbines – Part II: Multi-Point Adaptation with Compressor Map Generation and GA Optimization. In: ASME 2012 Gas Turbine India Conference, Mumbai, 1 December 2012.
Di Lorenzo G, Pilidis P, Witton J & Probert D (2012)
A Framework for the evaluation of investments in clean power-technologies
. In: 22nd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering 2012 (ESCAPE22), London, 17 June 2012.
Monje B, Sanchez D, Chacartegui R, Sanchez T, Savill M & Pilidis P (2012) Comparing the pressure rise of air and supercritical carbon dioxide in conical diffusers. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, Copenhagen, 11 June 2012.
Pilidis P, Sethi V, Singh R, Di Lorenzo G, Nalianda Karumbaiah D, Pervier H & Marzal Espi R (2011) Powerplant selection, depolyment and asset management: The TERA (TECHNOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ANALYSIS). In: 24th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management (COMADEM2011), Stavanger, Norway, 30 May - 1 June 2011.
Igie U, Pilidis P, Fouflias D, Ramsden K & Lambart P (2011) On-Line Compressor Cascade Washing for Gas Turbine Performance Investigation. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2011: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2011), Vancouver, BC, 6-10 June 2011.
Rojo I, Psarra A, Pachidis V & Pilidis P (2010) Evaluation of the Energy Dissipated as Friction/Heat Between Turbines Following Shaft Failure. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2010), Glasgow, Scotland, 14-18 June 2010.
Di Lorenzo G, Pilidis P & Witton J (2010) Supporting the development of advanced low-carbon power plants: Risk analysis and TRL concept. In: 9th International Power & Energy Conference (IPEC 2010), Singapore, 27-29 October 2010.
Khan RSR, Lagana MC, Ogaji SOT, Pilidis P & Bennett I (2010) Risk analysis of gas turbines for natural gas liquefaction. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2010), Glasgow, Scotland, 14-18 June 2010.
Kyprianidis KG, Gronstedt T, Ogaji SOT, Pilidis P & Singh R (2010) Assessment of Future Aero Engine Designs With Intercooled and Intercooled Recuperated Cores. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2010), Glasgow, Scotland, 14-18 June 2010.
Capozzi P, Psarra A, Pachidis V & Pilidis P (2010) A Finite Element Approach of Turbines in Contact Following a Shaft Failure Event. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2010), Glasgow, Scotland, 14-18 June 2010.
Aref P, Pilidis P, Ogaji S, Di Lorenzo G, Adams M & Ghoreyshi M (2010) Development of a framework for thermoeconomic optimization of combined cycle power plants. In: 8th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Nashville, TN, 25 July 2010.
Zachos PK, Pengue F, Pachidis V & Pilidis P (2009) Flowfield investigation of a compressor cascade at high incidence-part II: Numerical analysis.
Doulgeris G, Cometto O & Pilidis P (2009) The effect of utilization strategy on the CO2 footprint of a long haul aircraft. In: 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Hilton Head, South Carolina, 21-23 September 2009.
Zachos PK, Pachidis V, Charnley B & Pilidis P (2009) Flowfield investigation of a compressor cascade at high incidence-part I: Pneumatic probe measurements.
Kyprianidis KG, Sethi V, Ogaji SOT, Pilidis P, Singh R & Kalfas AI (2009) Thermo-fluid modelling for gas turbines - Part I: Theoretical foundation and uncertainty analysis.
Kyprianidis KG, Sethi V, Ogaji SOT, Pilidis P, Singh R & Kalfas AI (2009) Thermo-fluid modelling for gas turbines - Part II: Impact on performance calculations and emissions predictions at aircraft system level.
Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P, Teixeira JA & Pachidis V (2008) Water film formation on an axial flow compressor rotor blade. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2008: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2008), Berlin, 9-13 June 2008.
Sethi V, Diara F, Atabak S, Jackson A, Bala A & Pilidis P (2008) Advanced modeling of fluid thermodynamic properties for gas turbine performance simulation. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2008: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2008), Berlin, 9-13 June 2008.
Pachidis V, Pilidis P & Li YG (2007) Training Future Gas Turbine Performance Engineers. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2007), Montreal, Québec, 14-17 May 2007.
Bala A, Sethi V, Lo Gatto E, Pachidis V & Pilidis P (2007) Study of VSV effects on performance via integrated aerodynamic component zooming process.
Templalexis I, Pachidis V, Pilidis P & Kotsiopoulos P (2006) Development of A 2-D compressor streamline curvature code. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2006), Barcelona, 8-11 May 2006.
Lo Gatto E, Li YG & Pilidis P (2006) Gas Turbine Off-Design Performance Adaptation Using a Genetic Algorithm. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2006), Barcelona, 8-11 May 2006.
Basendwah AA, Pilidis P & Li YG (2006) Turbine Off-Line Water Wash Optimization Approach for Power Generation. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2006), Barcelona, 8-11 May 2006.
Templalexis I, Pilidis P, Pachidis V & Kotsiopoulos P (2006) Quasi-three-dimensional compressor performance simulation using streamline curvature and multi-parallel compressor theory. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2006), Barcelona, 8-11 May 2006.
Pachidis V, Pilidis P, Templalexis I, Alexander T & Kotsiopoulos P (2006) Prediction of engine performance under compressor inlet flow distortion using streamline curvature. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2006), Barcelona, 8-11 May 2006.
Li YG, Pilidis P & Newby M (2005) An adaptation approach for gas turbine design-point performance simulation. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2005), Reno, NV, 6-9 June 2005.
Zilli A, Pachidis V, Jackson A & Pilidis P (2005) CFD investigation of the performance of a military HP axial turbine subjected to inlet temperature distortion. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2005), Reno, NV, 6-9 June 2005.
Templatexis I, Pilidis P, Guindeuil G, Kotsiopoulos P & Pachidis V (2005) Aero engine axi-symmetric convergent-constant area intake 3D simulation using a panel method approach. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2005), Reno, NV, 6-9 June 2005.
Templalexis I, Pilidis P, Guindeuil G, Lekas T & Pachidis V (2005) 3D simulation of a convergent - Divergent aero engine intake, using two different CFD methods. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2005), Reno, NV, 6-9 June 2005.
Gullia A, Laskaridis P, Ramsden KW & Pilidis P (2005) A preliminary investigation of thrust measurement correction in an enclosed engine test facility. In: 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, 10 January 2005.
Pachidis V, Pilidis P, Talhouarn F, Kalfas A & Templalexis I (2005) A fully integrated approach to component zooming using computational fluid dynamics. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2005), Reno, NV, 6-9 June 2005.
Pachidis V, Pilidis P, Guindeuil G, Kalfas A & Templalexis I (2005) A partially integrated approach to component zooming using computational fluid dynamics. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2005), Reno, NV, 6-9 June 2005.
Laskaridis P, Pilidis P & Kotsiopoulos P (2005) An integrated engine-aircraft performance platform for assessing new technologies in aeronautics. In: 17th International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines (ISABE), Munich, 4-9 September 2005.
Jackson AJB, Laskaridis P & Pilidis P (2004) A test bed for small aero gas turbines for education and for university - Industry collaboration. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2004: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (GT2004), Vienna, 14-17 July 2004.
Backus NE, Ramsden KW, Yates MK, Laskaridis P & Pilidis P (2003) The feasibility of using an air turbine to drive an afterburner fuel pump. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2003 (GT2003), Atlanta, Georgia, 16-19 June 2003.
Loukopoulos P, Sampath S, Pilidis P, Zolkiewski G, Bennett I, Duan F, Sattar T & Mba D Reciprocating compressor prognostics. In: CMSM 2017: Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems III, Hammamet, 27-29 March 2017.
Mohamed W, Eshati S, Pilidis P, Ogaji S, Laskaridis P & Nasir A A Method to Evaluate the Impact of Power Demand on HPT Blade Creep Life. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2011: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2011), Vancouver, BC, 6-10 June 2011.

Books

Gad-Briggs AA, Osigwe EO, Grochowina F, Pilidis P, Nikolaidis T, Sampath S & Amaral Teixeira JA (2022) Closed Brayton-cycle configurations for gas-cooled fast reactors (GFRs) and very-high-temperature reactors (VHTRs). In: Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors: A Guidebook, Elsevier, p. 777-835.
Block A, Garcia Duffy C, Weeks S, Scavuzzi J & et al (2022) Integration of sustainable aviation fuels into the air transport system. Quebec: Airports Council International.

Contact Professor Pericles Pilidis

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754646
Email: p.pilidis@cranfield.ac.uk
ORCID

Professor Pericles Pilidis

FRAeS, FHEA

Contact Professor Pericles Pilidis

Areas of expertise

Background

Research opportunities

Current activities

Clients

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Books

Contact Professor Pericles Pilidis

Research students

Dr Andrew Martin Rolt

Dr Oluwatayo Ojo

Abdualla Abdualla

Shahzada Janjua

Jon Huete

Jarief Farabi

Esmaeil Alssalehin

Ali Abdulla Mohammed Alkhubouli

Professor Pericles Pilidis

FRAeS, FHEA

Contact Professor Pericles Pilidis

Areas of expertise

Background

Research opportunities

Current activities

Clients

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Books

Contact Professor Pericles Pilidis

Related Research

Transition to Low Emission Airport Infrastructure from an Energy Systems Perspective (TRILEMA)

Research students

Dr Andrew Martin Rolt

Dr Oluwatayo Ojo

Abdualla Abdualla

Shahzada Janjua

Jon Huete

Jarief Farabi

Esmaeil Alssalehin

Ali Abdulla Mohammed Alkhubouli

Aerospace

Thermal Power and Propulsion MSc