All Outputs (12)

Development of high performance recycled carbon fibre composites with an advanced hydrodynamic fibre alignment process (2020)
Journal Article
Liu, Z., Turner, T. A., Wong, K. H., & Pickering, S. J. (2021). Development of high performance recycled carbon fibre composites with an advanced hydrodynamic fibre alignment process. Journal of Cleaner Production, 278, Article 123785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123785

Carbon fibre composites have great potential for vehicle lightweighting but the high cost and environmental impact of their production tends to largely undermine the advantages in nonaerospace applications. Recycled fibre has the potential to signifi... Read More about Development of high performance recycled carbon fibre composites with an advanced hydrodynamic fibre alignment process.

From aviation to aviation: Environmental and financial viability of closed-loop recycling of carbon fibre composite (2020)
Journal Article
Meng, F., Cui, Y., Pickering, S., & McKechnie, J. (2020). From aviation to aviation: Environmental and financial viability of closed-loop recycling of carbon fibre composite. Composites Part B: Engineering, 200, Article 108362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108362

© 2020 By 2050, the aviation sector is expected to generate about 500,000 tonnes of accumulated carbon fibre reinforced plastic waste from the production and end-of-life phase. In this study, aircraft interior applications of recycled carbon fibre (r... Read More about From aviation to aviation: Environmental and financial viability of closed-loop recycling of carbon fibre composite.

Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Bearing Chambers of a High-Speed Starter/Generator (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rocca, A. L., Connor, P. H., Xu, Z., Eastwick, C. N., Pickering, S. J., & Gerada, C. (2019). Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Bearing Chambers of a High-Speed Starter/Generator. In 2019 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC) (322-328). https://doi.org/10.1109/iemdc.2019.8785357

This paper describes the thermal-mechanical characterisation methodology for the bearing chambers of a high-speed (32,000 rpm) electrical starter/generator [1]; presenting a low cost analysis approach and design guideline for future machines. The met... Read More about Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Bearing Chambers of a High-Speed Starter/Generator.

Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry (2019)
Journal Article
La Rocca, S., Pickering, S. J., Eastwick, C. N., Gerada, C., & Rönnberg, K. (2019). Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 3831-3835. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8026

Here, a typical small low-voltage totally enclosed fan-cooled (TEFC) motor (output power ∼10 kW) has been studied using computational fluid dynamics. The complexity of the end-winding geometries, often consisting of several insulated copper strands b... Read More about Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry.

The influence of non-ionic surfactants on electrosynthesis in extended channel, narrow gap electrolysis cells (2019)
Journal Article
Folgueiras-Amador, A. A., Jolley, K. E., Birkin, P. R., Brown, R. C., Pletcher, D., Pickering, S., …Rincón, J. A. (2019). The influence of non-ionic surfactants on electrosynthesis in extended channel, narrow gap electrolysis cells. Electrochemistry Communications, 100, 6-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2019.01.009

It is demonstrated that the addition of a non-ionic surfactant (Triton X-100 or Brij L23) to the electrolyte medium leads to a significant improvement to the current efficiency for the methoxylation of N-formylpyrrolidine in a flow electrolysis cell... Read More about The influence of non-ionic surfactants on electrosynthesis in extended channel, narrow gap electrolysis cells.

Recycling graphene from supercapacitor electrodes as reinforcing filler for epoxy resins (2017)
Journal Article
Jiang, G., & Pickering, S. J. (2019). Recycling graphene from supercapacitor electrodes as reinforcing filler for epoxy resins. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 10(1), 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-017-0039-2

A wet shredding process has been developed for recycling graphene from the electrodes of supercapacitors into polymer composites. At first, supercapacitors are cut open to expose the interior graphene based electrodes. The electrodes are heat-treated... Read More about Recycling graphene from supercapacitor electrodes as reinforcing filler for epoxy resins.

Stator and rotor vent modelling in a MVA rated synchronous machine (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Connor, P. H., Eastwick, C., Pickering, S. J., Gerada, C., & Rolston, R. (2016). Stator and rotor vent modelling in a MVA rated synchronous machine. In 2016 XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) (571-577). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2016.7732583

An investigation into the solution dependence of a conjugate heat transfer computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of a synchronous generator, with respect to meshing, has been carried out. Utilising CFD as a tool for investigating the airflow and t... Read More about Stator and rotor vent modelling in a MVA rated synchronous machine.

A comparative study of open and closed heat-engines for small-scale CHP applications (2016)
Journal Article
Eames, I. W., Evans, K., & Pickering, S. (2016). A comparative study of open and closed heat-engines for small-scale CHP applications. Energies, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/en9030130

In this paper the authors compare and contrast open and closed-cycle heat engines. First of all, by way of example and to aid discussion, the performance of proprietary externally heated closed-cycle Stirling engines is compared with that of internal... Read More about A comparative study of open and closed heat-engines for small-scale CHP applications.

The shear viscosity of carbon fibre suspension and its application for fibre length measurement (2015)
Journal Article
Jiang, G., Turner, T. A., & Pickering, S. J. (2016). The shear viscosity of carbon fibre suspension and its application for fibre length measurement. Rheologica Acta, 55(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-015-0890-7

The viscosity of short carbon fibre suspensions in glycerol aqueous solution was measured using a bespoke vane-in-cup viscometer, where the carbon fibre has an aspect ratio from 450 to 2209. In the semi-concentrated regime, nL3 ranging from 20 to 440... Read More about The shear viscosity of carbon fibre suspension and its application for fibre length measurement.

Recycling supercapacitors based on shredding and mild thermal treatment (2015)
Journal Article
Jiang, G., & Pickering, S. J. (2016). Recycling supercapacitors based on shredding and mild thermal treatment. Waste Management, 48, 465-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2015.10.027

Supercapacitors are widely used in electric and hybrid vehicles, wind farm and low-power equipment due to their high specific power density and huge number of charge–discharge cycles. Waste supercapacitors should be recycled according to EU directive... Read More about Recycling supercapacitors based on shredding and mild thermal treatment.

Structure–property relationship of recycled carbon fibres revealed by pyrolysis recycling process (2015)
Journal Article
Jiang, G., & Pickering, S. J. (2015). Structure–property relationship of recycled carbon fibres revealed by pyrolysis recycling process. Journal of Materials Science, 51(4), 1949-1958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9502-2

The structure-property relationship for recycled carbon fibres is investigated by characterisation of the structure changes induced by the pyrolysis recycling process. Two important factors influencing the properties of recycled carbon fibres are ide... Read More about Structure–property relationship of recycled carbon fibres revealed by pyrolysis recycling process.

CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Connor, P. H., Pickering, S. J., Gerada, C., Eastwick, C. N., & Micallef, C. (2012). CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management. . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2012.0290

This paper is the first in a series dedicated to investigating the airflow and thermal management of electrical machines. Due to the temperature dependent resistive losses in the machine's windings any improvement in cooling provides a direct reducti... Read More about CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management.