Clean Energy Processes
Welcome to the Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory
The Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory is based in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. Currently, ~40 members are at the core of the laboratory, whose activities have attracted a research income of ~£30M over the last 5 years. Our mission is to conduct significant research in collaboration with industry, international research centres and universities on fundamental aspects of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat and mass transfer processes, as well as their applications to a range of components, devices, technologies and systems for energy recovery, conversion and storage. Our research covers theoretical, experimental and modelling approaches and the full range of scales from molecules to systems, with outputs that have led to the publication of >400 papers, which have been published in high-impact journals or presented at important international conferences.
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2024: Professor Christos N. Markides is in the 2% most cited scientists in the world according to updated Stanford University List using Scopus database. The list can be found here!
2023: Our article "Solar combined cooling, heating and power systems based on hybrid PVT, PV or solar-thermal collectors for building applications" received the "Most Cited Paper" Award for being the most cited paper presented in the SDEWES 2018 Conference.
2023: Our article "Thermo-economic assessments of pumped-thermal electricity storage systems employing sensible heat storage materials" by Zhao et al. published in Renewable Energy has been flagged as an ESI Highly Cited Paper.
2023: Our article "A thermally-driven seawater desalination system: Proof of concept and vision for future sustainability" by Alrowais et al. was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: GeologyRN: Water Resources Engineering (Topic).
2023: In our new open-access review article in Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, we provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in hybrid PVT collectors and the wider systems within which they can be implemented: A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems
2022: Our article "Operational optimisation of an air-source heat pump system with thermal energy storage for domestic applications" has been featured in the PV Magazine.
2022: Our article "Efficiency limits of concentrating spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) solar collectors and systems" by Huang et al. was selected by Light: Science & Applications (LSA) as one of the 2021 Top Downloaded Papers!
Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory
- Imperial-Sainsbury's partnership
- Energy Engineering Research Focus Area
- Fluid Mechanics Research Focus Area
- Polymer and Composite Engineering
- Current and past industry collaborations: AGCCE, Alfa Laval, Baxi/BDR Thermea, BP, British Glass, Cameron/Schlumberger, Chevron, Dearman, DRD Power, EDF Energy, Ener-G, Entropea Labs, Foster Wheeler, Heatcatcher, Hubbard Products, IAV, Isentropic, Libertine FPE, Minus7, Naked Energy, NSG Pilkington, P&G, PCM Materials, Praxair, Sabic, Sainsbury's, Saint Gobain, Shell, Skanska, Solar Polar, Syngenta, Synthomer, Tata Steel, Thermaflex, Total, TTP
2021: The CEP Laboratory will be involved in one of the new EPSRC & NERC projects aimed at decarbonising the heating and cooling of UK buildings.
2020: The CEP Laboratory is one of the grant winners of the Chill Challenge award by Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA). The team will develop exciting solar-powered refrigeration solutions for developing regions.
2020: Discovery UK programme ‘Disasters Engineered’ featured Professor Christos N. Markides in Episode 2 (22 January 2020) examining and commenting on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy, their consequences and how could they have been avoided.
2019: Professor Christos N. Markides was interviewed by CNN. The interview can be found here.
2019: Invited speech at the ‘International Meeting of Specialists on Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics at Supercritical Pressure’, Beijing.
2019: Plenary speech at the First World Energy Storage Conference (WESC), Beijing.
2019: National Representative Participant, Keynote Speaker and Panel Coordinator at the UK-China Cold Chain Workshop, Gangzhou.
2018: Invited speech at the 10th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT2018), Nagasaki.
2018: Invited speech at the EF III Energy Conference, Sydney.
2018: Invited speech on ‘Thermal Energy Storage’ and Invited Panel Participant ‘The Techno-Economic Potential of Energy Storage’ at the Scientific Meeting on ‘Transforming our Future - Energy Storage: Automotive and grids’, hosted at the Royal Society.
2018: Professor Christos N. Markides spoke at the SR Solar Conference in Edinburgh about solar-thermal and hybrid photovoltaic-thermal systems for renewable heating and power.
2018: Plenary speech at the 10th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT2018, http://www.icbcht2018.org), Mar. 2018, Japan.
2018: Keynote speech at the EF III Energy Conference (https://www.ausenergyfuture.com), Feb. 2018, Australia.
2018: Speech on ‘Thermal Energy Storage’ and Panel Participation on ‘The Techno-Economic Potential of Energy Storage’ at the Scientific Meeting on ‘Transforming our Future - Energy Storage: Automotive and grids’, hosted at the Royal Society, Jan. 2018.
2017: Panel participant ‘Solar-thermal and hybrid photovoltaic-thermal systems for renewable heating’, 24th July, Imperial College London.
2017: As part of the UNIHEAT team, Dr Markides was awarded the President’s Medals for Outstanding Research Team at the graduation ceremony on 3 May. More details can be found here and here.
2017: Plenary Speaker at the 9th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (ExHFT-9), Iguazu Falls, Brazil
2017: Invited speech on ‘Clean Energy’ at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering for Development Symposium, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 13- 15 Feb.
2016: Dr Markides was awarded the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. More details can be found here and here.
2016: Plenary Speaker at the 7th Heat Powered Cycles Conference (HPC 2016)
2016: Keynote speech on ‘Next-generation high-efficiency hybrid solar to hydrogen conversion with integrated storage’ at the AIChE Annual Meeting 2016, Philadelphia.
2016: Plenary speech at the Engine ORC Consortium 2016, Belfast.
2016: Contributor to the roundtable consultation on ‘Optimising Industrial and Commercial Heat Management’ organized by the New Energy Forum
2015: Contributor to the Solar Technology Innovation Needs Assessment Workshop ‘Innovation in Solar Technologies’ organized by the Solar KTN at the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
2015: Contributor to the programme meeting and consultation on ‘Innovation in Solar Technologies’ organized by FROnT (Intelligent Energy Europe) at the Energy Saving Trust (EST)
2015: Plenary Speaker on ‘Linear Expanders for Power and Storage Applications’ at the International Conference on Linear Power (Linear Power 2015)
2015: Plenary Speaker on ‘Technologies for Low-Grade and Waste-Heat Recovery and Conversion: Opportunities for Thermal Storage’ at the 1st UK Thermal Energy Conference (UK-TES 2014)
2014: Invited Speaker by the IChemE on ‘Higher Efficiency Power Stations: Opportunities and Technologies for Waste Heat Recovery’ presented at the UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)
2014: Plenary Speaker on ‘Next Generation Heat Conversion Technologies’ at the International Conference on Energy and Sustainability in Engineering Systems (ICESES 2014)
2014: Plenary Speaker on ‘Opportunities and Challenges for Waste Heat Recovery and Utilisation in the UK Steel Industry’ at the European Steel Environment & Energy Congress (ESEC 2014)
2014: Plenary Speaker on ‘New Insights into Interfacial Waves and Flow Velocity in Annular Flows’ at The Geoff Hewitt Celebration Conference on Multiphase Flow
2014: Plenary Speaker on ‘Distributed Heat Conversion Technologies Based on Organic-Fluid Cycles for a High-Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Future’ at the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2014), Orlando
2014: The CEP group presents its research on 'Interfacial Waves and Flow Velocity in Annular Flow' at the Geoff Hewitt Celebration Conference on Multiphase Flow.
2014: Keynote Speech on 'Distributed Heat Conversion Technologies Based on Organic-Fluid Cycles for a High-Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Future' by CEP head Dr Christos Markides at the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics in Orlando, Florida (USA). The CEP Laboratory was awarded three prizes for best paper at this conference.
CEP recently purchased an FLIR Systems infrared camera for use in an experimental rig. This news has been covered in a number of journals and websites, including The Engineer, azom.com and Process & Control Today.
Fraunhofer ISE , Group Building Systems Technology Seminar at CEP, 8 May 2017
Dr. Ing. Constanze Bongs and Axel Oliva from Fraunhofer ISE, Group Building Systems Technology visited the CEP group and gave the seminar “The German Fraunhofer Society and it´s pathway to energy efficient buildings".
Professor Pietro De Palma from Politecnico di Bari Seminar at CEP, 13 March 2017
Professor Pietro De Palma from Politecnico di Bari visited the CEP group and gave the seminar "An advanced CFD tool for conjugate-heat-transfer problems in complex geometries".
Professor Michel De Paepe from Ghent Umiversity Seminar at CEP, 12 October 2016
Michel De Paepe Professor of Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer in the Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University visited the CEP group and gave a semirar "Waste heat recovery by ORC technology: How to make it happen".
3rd International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, Brussels, Belgium, 12-14 October 2015
James Freeman, Klaus Hellgardt, Christos N. Markides, Andrew J Haslam, Christoph Kirmse, Oyeniyi Oyewunmi and Aly Taleb presented their work at the 3rd International Seminar on ORC Power Systems.
11th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Kruger National Park, 20-23 July 2015
Alexandros Charogiannis, Fabian Denner, M. Pradas, Serafim Kalliadasis, Berend Van Wachem, Christos N. Markides, Ilaria Guarracino, N.J. (Ned) Ekins-Daukes, Roberto Ibarra, Ivan Zadrazil, Omar K Matar, Andrew J Haslam, Christoph Kirmse, Oyeniyi Oyewunmi and Aly Taleb presented their work at the 11th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics.
SusTEM 2015 International Conference, Newcastle, UK, 7-8 July 2015
James Freeman, Klaus Hellgardt, Christos N. Markides, Andrew J Haslam, Christoph Kirmse, Oyeniyi Oyewunmi, Aly Taleb, A. Samoilov and V.A. Kirillov presented their work at the SusTEM 2015 International Conference.
17th International Conference on Multiphase Technology, Cannes, 10-12 June 2015
Roberto Ibarra, Omar K Matar, Christos N. Markides and Ivan Zadrazil presented their work at the 17th International Conference on Multiphase Technology.
ASME-ATI-UIT 2015 Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, Naples, Italy, 17– 20 May 2015
Ilaria Guarracino, Christos N. Markides, N.J. (Ned) Ekins-Daukes, Richard Mathie, C. Willich and Niccolò Le Brun presented their work at the ASME-ATI-UIT Conference.
9th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES 2015), Messe Dusseldorf, 9-11 March 2015
Richard Mathie, Christos N. Markides, C. Willich, Alexander J. White and Joshua McTigue presented their work at the International Renewable Energy Storage Conference.
International Workshop on ORC Technologies and Applications, Athens, Greece, 11th December 2014
In this International Workshop on ORC Technologies and Applications, current research on ORCs was discussed by academics from universities from across Europe. The CEP Laboratory was represented by Christoph Kirmse who presented the recent research results of the group activities in this area.
UNIHEAT's Second Annual Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23rd October 2014
Christos N. Markides along with Professor Valeriy Kirillov of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, present their joint research on Thermodynamic Power Generation Cycles for Improved Efficiency at the UNIHEAT annual conference in St. Petersburg, Russia.
10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Orlando, 14-16 July 2014
Christos N. Markides, R.G. Morgan, Roberto Ibarra, Ivan Zadrazil, Richard Mathie, Alexander J. White and Alexandros Charogiannis presented their work at the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics.
17th International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, 7-10 July 2014
Alexandros Charogiannis, Christos N. Markides and Ivan Zadrazil presented their work at the 17th International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics.
52nd European Two-Phase Flow Group Meeting, Dresden, 7-9 May 2014
Ivan Zadrazil, Christos N. Markides, Alexandros Charogiannis, Richard Mathie, Serafim Kalliadasis and Berend Van Wachem presented their work at the 52nd European Two-Phase Flow Group Meeting.
2020-2021
2021: The conference paper “Thermo-economic assessment of flexible nuclear power plants in the UK’s future low-carbon electricity system: Role of thermal energy storage” by Al Kindi et al. presented at SDEWES 2021 has been awarded one of the Best Paper awards!
2021: The paper “Efficiency limits of concentrating spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) solar collectors and systems” published in Light Science & Applications by Dr Huang et al. has been selected as the Featured Paper.
2021: The review paper “Challenges and opportunities for nanomaterials in spectral splitting for high-performance hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal applications: A review” published in Nano Materials Science by Dr Huang et al. has been selected as the Front-Cover Paper.
2021: Dr. Jingyuan Xu has been awarded the George T. Mulholland Memorial Award for Excellence in Cryogenic Engineering by the Cryogenics Society of America! The award is given for notable engineering development in a particular area leading to a major contribution in the cryogenic field.
2021: Dr. Jingyuan Xu was awarded the MIT Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering.
2020: The paper "Performance analysis of fluid-based spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar collectors" by Dr Huang et al. presented at ECOS 2020 has been selected as one of the three best papers!
2018-2019
2019: Solar Flow reported as one of the start-ups that can shape the future of solar power - (more info here)
2019: Professor Christos Markides is now Editor-in-Chief of "Applied Thermal Engineering’, Elsevier (1/1/2019)
2018: Winner of ‘Best Research Project’ Award at the IChemE Global Awards & Highly Commended (Top 3) shortlisted entry in category ‘Energy’ (more info here).
2018: Shortlisted entry in category ‘Innovative Technology’ at the Energy Institute Awards (more info here).
2018: Winner of ‘Donald Julius Groen Prize’ by the IMechE, awarded to the authors of outstanding papers 2018.
2018: Winner of ‘Highly Cited Original Paper’ Award (top 1%) by Applied Energy (IF = 9.6), at the International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE)
2018: Winner of ‘Best Paper’ Award by the organizers of ORC2017 (more info here)
2018: Winner of ‘Best Research Paper’ Award at 3rd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC) awarded by the American Society of Thermal Fluid Engineers (ASTFE).
2018: ‘Editors Suggested Paper’ in Physical Review Fluids ‘Experimental Investigations of Liquid Falling Films Flowing under an Inclined Planar Substrate’.
2017-2018
2018: The paper “Experimental investigations of liquid falling films flowing under an inclined planar substrate” by Alexandros Charogiannis, Fabian Denner, Berend G. M. van Wachem, Serafim Kalliadasis, Benoit Scheid and Christos N. Markides has been selected by the editors of Physical Review Fluids (PRF) as an "Editors' Suggestion" paper. The paper can be found here.
2018: Winner of ‘Highly Cited Original Paper’ Award by Applied Energy, at the International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE) for paper 'An assessment of solar-powered organic Rankine cycle systems for combined heating and power in UK domestic applications', Applied Energy 138, 605-620. The paper can be found here.
2018: Winner of ‘Best Research Project’ award and commended entry (top 3) in category 'Best Energy Project' at the IChemE Global Awards 2018, for project 'Next-generation spectrally split hybrid solar panels'.
2018: 7th Most Read Article (since records began in 2011) in Heat Transfer Engineering (Taylor & Francis) for paper ‘A framework for the analysis of thermal losses in reciprocating compressors and expanders’, Heat Transfer Engineering 35(16-17), 1435-1449. The paper can be found here.
2017: Winner of ‘Highly Cited Original Paper’ Award by Applied Energy, at the International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE) for paper 'Hybrid PV and solar-thermal systems for domestic heat and power provision in the UK: Techno-economic considerations', Applied Energy 161, 512-532. The paper can be found here.
2017: Shortlisted nominee in category 'Best Energy Project' at the IChemE Global Awards 2017 for project 'Next-generation spectrally split hybrid solar panels'
2017: Outstanding Paper Awards by the organizers of HEFAT2017 for Best Papers in: (i) Energy and Environmental Systems 1, ‘Exploring optimal working fluids and cycle architectures for organic Rankine cycle systems using advanced computer-aided molecular design methodologies; (ii) Energy and Environmental Systems 2, ‘Potential of organic Rankine cycles (ORC) for waste heat recovery in an electric arc furnace (EAF)’; (iii) Solar Energy, ‘A novel optical technique for accurate planar measurements of film-thickness and velocity in annular flows’
2017: President’s Award by Imperial College for Research Excellence and Medal for Outstanding Research Team
2017: As part of the UNIHEAT team, Dr Markides was awarded the President’s Medals for Outstanding Research Team at the graduation ceremony on 3 May. More details can be found here and here.
2017: The paper “A Framework for the Analysis of Thermal Losses in Reciprocating Compressors and Expanders” by Richard Mathie, Christos N. Markides and Alexander J. White is now the 8th all-time most downloaded paper published in journal Heat Transfer Engineering.
2017: Dr Alba Ramos et al published a briefing paper with the Grantham Institute: 'Solar-Thermal and Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal Systems for Renewable Heating', Grantham Institute Briefing paper No 22, 2017. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10473.29280. Download the article here.
Before 2017
2016: Winner of ‘Donald Julius Groen Prize’ by the IMechE, awarded to the authors of outstanding papers for paper 'Analysis and optimisation of packed-bed thermal reservoirs for electricity storage applications', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy 230(7), 739-754
2016: Dr Markides was awarded the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. More details can be found here and here.
2015: The research paper published by Dr Alexandros Charogiannis, Jae Sik An and Dr Christos Markides has been the most downloaded Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science article since December 2015. Download the article here.
2015: Top 25 Hottest Article in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science: ‘A Simultaneous Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence, Particle Image Velocimetry and Particle Tracking Velocimetry Technique for the Investigation of Thin Liquid-Film Flows’ (3rd in Q4/2015)
2015: 11th Most Read Article (since recording began in 2011) in Heat Transfer Engineering (Taylor and Francis): ‘A Framework for the Analysis of Thermal Losses in Reciprocating Compressors and Expanders’ by http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01457632.2014.889460)
, &2014: Three Outstanding Paper Awards by the organisers of HEFAT2014 for Best Papers in: (i) Turbulence, ‘A Mechanism of Polymer Induced Drag Reduction in Turbulent Pipe Flow’; (ii) Multiphase Flows, ‘On the Role of Inlet Flow Instabilities on Horizontal Initially Stratified Liquid-Liquid Flow Development’; and (iii) Applications, ‘Combined PLIF-IR Thermal Measurements of Wavy Film Flows Undergoing Forced Harmonic Excitation’
2012-14: Three Top 25 Hottest Articles in International Journal of Multiphase Flow: (i) ‘Characteristics of Horizontal Liquid–Liquid Flows in a Circular Pipe using Simultaneous High-Speed Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Particle Velocimetry’ (19th in Q4/2012); (ii) ‘Disturbance Wave Development in Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Upwards Vertical Annular Flow’ (6th in Q3/2013, 13th over full year 2013); (iii) ‘An Experimental Characterization of Downwards Gas-Liquid Annular Flow by Laser-Induced Fluorescence: Flow Regimes and Film Statistics’ (16th in Q1/2014)
2012: Outstanding Paper Award by the organisers of HEFAT2012 for Best Paper in Thermodynamics ‘A Framework for the Analysis of Thermal Losses in Reciprocating Compressors and Expanders’
2010: Young Scientist Award for Best Quality Paper ‘Flame Dynamics in a Micro-Channelled Combustor’ at the 8th International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (HEFAT2014), Orlando
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Thermodynamics of and heat transfer effects in unsteady devices, machines and heat exchangers
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Turbulence and mixing
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Drag reduction in pipe flows
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Interfacial flows
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Heat and fluid flows in the urban environment
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Autoignition, combustion and post-ignition flame propagation phenomena
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Gasification of heavy oil and coal and syngas production
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Novel bioreactor design and bioreactor characterisation
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Characterisation of physiological flows
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High-Efficiency Hybrid PV-Thermal Solar Systems
CALGAVIN visits CEP
On 1 March 2018, delegates from the heat exchanger manufacturer CALGAVIN visited CEP’s laboratories and discussed current projects and potential collaborations.
INPEX visits CEP Laboratories
On 9 February 2018, a delegate from the Japanese oil company INPEX visited CEP's Multiphase Flow Laboratories to see current facilities and capabilities, and discuss potential collaborations.
Dearman visits CEP
On 9 February 2018 and 11 November 2017, delegates from Dearman visited CEP.
Terrapower visits CEP Laboratories
On 2 November 2017, delegates from Terrapower visited CEP.
Moltex visits CEP
On 8 September 2017, Moltex visited CEP.
Fraunhofer ISE , Group Building Systems Technology visits CEP
On 8 May 2017, Dr. Ing. Constanze Bongs and Axel Oliva from Fraunhofer ISE, Group Building Systems Technology visited the CEP group and gave the seminar “The German Fraunhofer Society and it´s pathway to energy efficient buildings".
Professor Pietro De Palma from Politecnico di Bari visits CEP
On 13 March 2017, Professor Pietro De Palma from Politecnico di Bari visited the CEP group and gave the seminar "An advanced CFD tool for conjugate-heat-transfer problems in complex geometries".
Libertine visits CEP
On 10 November 2016, delegates from Libertine visited CEP.
Professor of Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer from Ghent Umiversity visits CEP
On 12 October 2016, Michel De Paepe Professor of Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer in the Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University visited the CEP group and gave a semirar "Waste heat recovery by ORC technology: How to make it happen".
Petronas visits CEP Laboratories
On 2 November 2015, Petronas visited the CEP Laboratories.
Distinguished people from Imperial College London visit CEP Laboratories
On 28 October 2015, the President of Imperial College London, the Provost of Imperial College London, the Head of Engineering Faculty, the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and other professors visited the CEP Laboratories.
BP visits Multiphase Flow Laboratory
On 11 August 2015, a project progress visit took place which consisted on a visit to the Multiphase Flow Laboratory and a review of the experimental data to date (flow regimes for low water cuts).
On 12 February 2015, a project progress visit took place which consisted a review of preliminary results on oil-water flow in horizontal pipes (flow regimes for water cuts from 0 to 1).
On 25 November 2014, a project progress visit took place which involved the verification of the operability of the flow loop (flow lines, data acquisition system, safety devices, sensor calibration).
Shell visits Multiphase Flow Laboratory
On 27 January 2015, a delegate from Shell visited the CEP’s Multiphase Flow Laboratory to see the progress on the construction of our new counter-current annular flow facility.
Solar-Polar visits CEP Laboratories
On 18 June 2014, Solar-Polar visited the CEP Laboratories to test and run the sorption refrigeration cycle.
ABB visits CEP Laboratories
On 21 March 2014, ABB visited the CEP Laboratories for the discussion regarding areas of common interest.
Alstom visits CEP Laboratories
On 4 March 2014, delegates from Alstom visited the CEP Laboratories to see CEP's thermal and electricity energy storage research facilities.
Other visits
Other visits to the CEP Laboratories include visitors from Cynar, Lukoil and Cameron.
Video Highlights
IChemE Global Award 2018
Professor Christos Markides wins the IChemE Global Award for Best Research Project
IChemE Research Project Award Winner - Next-Generation Hybrid Solar Systems
Royal Society event 2018
Professor Christos Markides talks about thermal energy storage technologies
A video recording of the Royal Society event (23 January 2018) "Energy storage: Automotive and grids" (see event ) on Thermal Energy Storage Technologies in a Sustainable UK Energy Future
Grantham Institute event 2017
Grantham Institute event on solar thermal and hybrid photovoltaic thermal systems
A video recording of the Grantham Institute event (24 July 2017) to discuss technology developments and policy that accompanied the release of the briefing paper "Solar thermal and hybrid photovoltaic thermal systems for renewable heating" by A. Ramos, I. Guarracino, A. Mellor, D. Alonso-Álvarez, P. Childs, N.J. Ekins-Daukes, C.N. Markides (see paper)
ASME-ORC conference 2013
CEP researcher James Freeman at the ASME-ORC conference in Rotterdam, October 20
Researcher James Freeman gives a talk on "Towards the optimisation of a domestic-scale organic Rankine cycle system for combined heat and power in the UK"