Outputs (10)

Enhanced thermal management of lithium-ion pouch cells via hybrid approach of phase change material-liquid cooling (2025)
Journal Article
Sen, S., Mahdi, J. M., Talebizadehsardari, P., La Rocca, A., & Cairns, A. (2025). Enhanced thermal management of lithium-ion pouch cells via hybrid approach of phase change material-liquid cooling. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 165(A), Article 108997

Effective thermal management is crucial for safe, high-performance operation of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EVs). However, conventional passive or active cooling methods alone struggle to provide sufficient heat dissipation while main... Read More about Enhanced thermal management of lithium-ion pouch cells via hybrid approach of phase change material-liquid cooling.

Investigating the Effect of Lubricating Oil Volatility and Ash Content on the Emission of Sub-23 nm Particles (2025)
Journal Article
Lagana, S., Pfau, S. A., Haffner-Staton, E., La Rocca, A., & Cairns, A. (2025). Investigating the Effect of Lubricating Oil Volatility and Ash Content on the Emission of Sub-23 nm Particles. Applied Sciences, 15(4), Article 2212. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15042212

Featured Application: This work highlights the critical role of oil formulation in minimizing sub-23 nm particulates; it is particularly relevant in emerging H2 and NH3 engines, crucial for meeting stricter SPN emission standards in decarbonized fuel... Read More about Investigating the Effect of Lubricating Oil Volatility and Ash Content on the Emission of Sub-23 nm Particles.

The use of ammonia as a zero carbon heavy duty IC engine fuel for low criteria pollutant emissions– Simulation of an I.C. Engine with exhaust reforming (2024)
Journal Article
Heaton, D., & Cairns, A. (2025). The use of ammonia as a zero carbon heavy duty IC engine fuel for low criteria pollutant emissions– Simulation of an I.C. Engine with exhaust reforming. Fuel, 384, Article 133538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133538

Ammonia has many advantages for use as a net-zero fuel, primarily potentially lowest lifecycle cost and reasonable energy storage density (by volume) compared with other zero carbon contenders. Handling and safety is not without concern, but its safe... Read More about The use of ammonia as a zero carbon heavy duty IC engine fuel for low criteria pollutant emissions– Simulation of an I.C. Engine with exhaust reforming.

Accelerated charging dynamics in shell-and-multi-tube latent heat storage systems for building applications (2024)
Journal Article
Said, M. A., Hosseinzadeh, K., Kaplan, S., Rahbari, A., Tiji, M. E., Mahdi, J. M., Cairns, A., & Talebizadehsardari, P. (2024). Accelerated charging dynamics in shell-and-multi-tube latent heat storage systems for building applications. Journal of Energy Storage, 81, Article 110286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.110286

Thermal energy storage (TES) is an emerging technique to store the surplus energy generated during periods of excess supply and utilise it when demand arises. Phase change material (PCM) stands out as a highly efficient TES system. Enhancing heat tra... Read More about Accelerated charging dynamics in shell-and-multi-tube latent heat storage systems for building applications.

A comparative study of twisted and straight fins in enhancing the melting and solidifying rates of PCM in horizontal double-tube heat exchangers (2024)
Journal Article
Boujelbene, M., Mohammed, H. I., Sultan, H. S., Eisapour, M., Chen, Z., Mahdi, J. M., Cairns, A., & Talebizadehsardari, P. (2024). A comparative study of twisted and straight fins in enhancing the melting and solidifying rates of PCM in horizontal double-tube heat exchangers. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 151, Article 107224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2023.107224

This study explores the melting and solidifying behaviour of phase change materials (PCM) in horizontal double-tube heat exchangers equipped with straight and twisted fins. Three-dimensional numerical simulations employing the enthalpy-porosity appro... Read More about A comparative study of twisted and straight fins in enhancing the melting and solidifying rates of PCM in horizontal double-tube heat exchangers.

Investigating the Effect of Volatiles on Sub-23 nm Particle Number Measurements for a Downsized GDI Engine with a Catalytic Stripper and Digital Filtering (2022)
Journal Article
Pfau, S. A., Haffner-Staton, E., La Rocca, A., & Cairns, A. (2022). Investigating the Effect of Volatiles on Sub-23 nm Particle Number Measurements for a Downsized GDI Engine with a Catalytic Stripper and Digital Filtering. Fuels, 3(4), 682-697. https://doi.org/10.3390/fuels3040041

Recent efforts of both researchers and regulators regarding particulate emissions have focused on the contribution and presence of sub-23 nm particulates. Despite being previously excluded from emissions legislation with the particle measurement prog... Read More about Investigating the Effect of Volatiles on Sub-23 nm Particle Number Measurements for a Downsized GDI Engine with a Catalytic Stripper and Digital Filtering.

Automated particle recognition for engine soot nanoparticles (2022)
Journal Article
Haffner-Staton, E., Avanzini, L., La Rocca, A., Pfau, S. A., & Cairns, A. (2022). Automated particle recognition for engine soot nanoparticles. Journal of Microscopy, 288(1), 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13140

A pre-trained convolution neural network based on residual error functions (ResNet) was applied to the classification of soot and non-soot carbon nanoparticles in TEM images. Two depths of ResNet, one 18 layers deep and the other 50 layers deep, were... Read More about Automated particle recognition for engine soot nanoparticles.

Linking operating conditions of a GDI engine to the nature and nanostructure of ultrafine soot particles (2022)
Journal Article
Pfau, S. A., Rocca, A. L., Haffner-Staton, E., Fay, M. W., & Cairns, A. (2022). Linking operating conditions of a GDI engine to the nature and nanostructure of ultrafine soot particles. Combustion and Flame, 245, 112315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112315

Sub-23 nm particulate emissions from internal combustion engines have become a topic of interest for research and legislative regulations in recent years. Many studies focused on electrical mobility measurements of soot particles, but few works emplo... Read More about Linking operating conditions of a GDI engine to the nature and nanostructure of ultrafine soot particles.

Plasma electrolytic oxidation thermal barrier coating for reduced heat losses in IC engines (2021)
Journal Article
Hegab, A., Dahuwa, K., Islam, R., Cairns, A., Khurana, A., Shrestha, S., & Francis, R. (2021). Plasma electrolytic oxidation thermal barrier coating for reduced heat losses in IC engines. Applied Thermal Engineering, 196, Article 117316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117316

The work involved the development and on-engine testing of a new “thermo-swing” barrier coating for reduced wall heat transfer and increased thermal efficiency in future diesel engines utilizing aluminium alloy pistons. Such swing coatings, of low th... Read More about Plasma electrolytic oxidation thermal barrier coating for reduced heat losses in IC engines.

The competing chemical and physical effects of transient fuel enrichment on heavy knock in an optical spark ignition engine (2016)
Journal Article
Vafamehr, H., Cairns, A., Sampson, O., & Mohammadmohsen Moslemin, K. (2016). The competing chemical and physical effects of transient fuel enrichment on heavy knock in an optical spark ignition engine. Applied Energy, 179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.07.038

The work was concerned with improving understanding of the chemical and physical trade-offs when employing transient over-fuelling to control auto-ignition in gasoline spark ignition engines under knock intensities not usually tolerated in optical en... Read More about The competing chemical and physical effects of transient fuel enrichment on heavy knock in an optical spark ignition engine.