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Project Listing

Listed below are all the current projects allied with the ESR network. Projects are listed alphabetically by the lead PI and a summary of each project can be found by following the hyper-link under the project title.

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Principal Investigator	Institution	Project title
G C Allen	Bristol	Development and validation of a laser Raman/fibre optic probe for remote inspection of gas turbine blades
Aroussi	Leicester	The development of advanced on line PF flow monitoring and control
M Bache	UW Swansea	Environmentally-assisted fatigue of two low pressure turbine blading steels in steam
D S Balint	Imperial College	Luminescent piezo-spectroscopy for lifetime assessment and improvement of TBCs
M Barnes	Manchester	UK microgrids
K Bell	Strathclyde	Optimisation of network outage schedules
M Belmont	Exeter	Short Term Deterministic Wave Prediction as a Tool for Enhanced Performance with Survivability for Wave Energy Converters
T Bowen	Birmingham	Fracture, fatigue and durability of advanced alloys and composites for high performance applications
T A Coombs	Cambridge	Superconducting fault current limiter
AG Crocker	University of Surrey, Department of Physics	Role of interfaces in fracture resistance of power generation materials: combined multiscale modelling/experimental approach
Crossley	UMIST	GPS synchronised wide area current differential protection
J S Dennis	Cambridge	A novel process for the combustion of coal using an oxygen carrier
Dowling	Cambridge	Oscillations in staged premixed combustors
R W Dunn	Bath	High speed stability constrained optimal power flow using artificial intelligence techniques
V Dupont	Leeds	Unmixed steam reforming of liquid fuels from biomass/waste for hydrogen production
R G Faulkner	Loughborough	Development of reduced activiation ferritic steels for fusion applications
R G Faulkner	Loughborough	Microstructural modelling of ferritic/martensitic steels for supercritical power plant applications
R G Faulkner J F Knott	Loughborough Birmingham	Intergranular segregation in nuclear pressure vessels
PEJ Flewitt	Bristol	Role of interfaces in fracture resistance of power generation materials: combined multiscale modelling/experimental approach
A J Forsyth	Birmingham	Cryogenic power electronics for electrical power management
B Fox	QU Belfast	Increasing wind power capacity and stability with improved control and protection
D Greaves	Plymouth	Extreme wave loading on offshore wave energy devices using CFD: A Hierarchical team approach
T C Green	Imperial College	Single and multiple UPFCs as aids to improvement of supergrid dynamic and transient performance
C Grosvenor M E Fitzpatrick M Preuss	Oxford Open University Manchester	Zirconium alloys for high burn-up fuel in current and advanced light water-cooled reactors
A Haddad	Cardiff	Up-rating of overhead lines
Y Hardalupas	Imperial College	FLAME sensor for efficient gas turbine engine control (FLAMESEEC)
M I Heggie	Sussex	Atomistic model of structural evolution of nuclear graphite
T H Hyde	Nottingham	Structural integrity of high temperature welds in power generation plant
Dr M D Judd	University of Strathclyde	A New Approach to Partial Discharge Measurements for Testing Electrical Insulation Systems
D S Kirschen	UMIST	Computing the value of security: extensions and applications
Knott Burdekin	Birmingham UMIST	Effects of geometry and loading on fracture toughness - the use of local approach concepts
JF Knott	University of Birmingham	Role of interfaces in fracture resistance of power generation materials: combined multiscale modelling/experimental approach
A Kronenburg	Imperial College	NEW CLOSURE STRATEGIES FOR MODELLING FLAME STABILIZATION OF TURBULENT JET FLAMES
W E Leithead	Strathclyde	Effective integration of embedded generation using a synergistic analysis capability
P J Lewin	Southampton	Effect of LN bubble dynamics on insulation for HT superconducting power applications
T B Littler	QU Belfast	Mathematical techniques for modelling problems in power system reliability
F C Lockwood	Imperial College	Prediction of fine particulate emissions from oil- and coal-fired combustors
J R McDonald	Strathclyde	A model based reasoning tool-set for diagnostic applications in power systems
J R McDonald	Strathclyde	Integrated approach to condition monitoring and plant lifetime modelling
T J Marrow	Manchester	Crack nucleation and short crack behaviour by non-destructive in-situ observation
J V Milanovic	UMIST	Power quality: customer damage assessment and effect of network design
Newman	UMIST	Life prediction for stainless steels in alkaline water
J R Nicholls H E Evans	Cranfield Birmingham	Modelling the performance of advanced coatings for power generation turbines
B Pal	Imperial College	Robust Damping of Oscillations in Large Power Grid Through FACTS Controllers Employing Global Signals
C Pollock	Leicester	High speed brushless generator for micro turbine applications
L Ran P A Mawby	Durham Warwick	Condition monitoring of power electronics for reliability (COMPERE)
V Randle	Swansea University	Role of interfaces in fracture resistance of power generation materials: combined multiscale modelling/experimental approach
A H Sherry	Manchester	New approaches to assess fracture under residual stress loading
Song	Brunel	Integrated algorithmic and heuristic techniques for transition-optimised voltage and reactive power
Dr Brian G Stewart	Glasgow Caledonian University	A New Approach to Partial Discharge Measurements for Testing Electrical Insulation Systems
G Strbac	UMIST	Commercial and technical integration of embedded generation
G Strbac	UMIST	Effect of losses on design and pricing of distribution networks
G Strbac	UMIST	Predicting and optimising reliable performanc of distribution systems
N Swaminathan	Cambridge	Micro-mixing in turbulent flames: perspective and model development using DNS
P C Taylor	Durham	Intelligent active energy management for small scale energy zones
D W P Thomas	Nottingham	An advanced single ended fault location scheme
G Y Tian P Withers	Newcastle Manchester	Eddy current sensor arrays for stress and damage mapping
P Williams	Leeds	A novel application of waste tyres and plastics as reburn fuels for NOx reduction in large scale combustion systems
Y Yan	Greenwich	Advanced sensor for online measurement and characterisation of pulverised coal and gas flames
C Zhou	Glasgow	Automation and optimisation of wavelet transform techniques for partial discharge denoising, and pulse shape classification, in power plant

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