Orla Williams

Contact

• workRoom C4 Coates
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Orla.Williams@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Advanced Materials research group. I completed an Engineering Doctorate with BF2RA and EDF Energy at the Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies group at the University of Nottingham in 2016. My EngD project investigated the milling of biomass for the power generation sector.

I completed a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath, and following this, I worked as a Chartered Building Services engineer for Buro Happold Consulting Engineers in the UK and USA, where I specialised in developing passive and sustainable design solutions for the built environment. I was a project leader on multidisciplinary projects in the educational, sport, commercial, cultural and high end residential sector all over the world, I also has experience in the transport sector, having worked for the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and as an environmental engineer at Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace.

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Recent Publications

• WILLIAMS, O., EASTWICK, C., KINGMAN, S., GIDDINGS, D., LORMOR, S. and LESTER, E., 2017. Overcoming the caking phenomenon in olive mill wastes: Industrial Crops and Products Industrial Crops and Products. 101, 92-102
• ROLLINSON A N and WILLIAMS O, 2016. Experiments on torrefied wood pellet: study by gasification and characterization for waste biomass to energy applications Royal Society Open Science. 3, 150578
• ORLA WILLIAMS, GARY NEWBOLT, CAROL EASTWICK, SAM KINGMAN, DONALD GIDDINGS, STEPHEN LORMOR and EDWARD LESTER, 2016. Influence of mill type on densified biomass comminution Applied Energy. 182, 219-231
• ORLA WILLIAMS, CAROL EASTWICK, SAM KINGMAN, DONALD GIDDINGS, STEPHEN LORMOR and EDWARD LESTER, 2015. Investigation into the applicability of Bond Work Index (BWI) and Hardgrove Grindability Index (HGI) tests for several biomasses compared to Colombian La Loma coal Fuel. 158, 379–387

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• WILLIAMS, O., EASTWICK, C., KINGMAN, S., GIDDINGS, D., LORMOR, S. and LESTER, E., 2017. Overcoming the caking phenomenon in olive mill wastes: Industrial Crops and Products Industrial Crops and Products. 101, 92-102
• ROLLINSON A N and WILLIAMS O, 2016. Experiments on torrefied wood pellet: study by gasification and characterization for waste biomass to energy applications Royal Society Open Science. 3, 150578
• ORLA WILLIAMS, GARY NEWBOLT, CAROL EASTWICK, SAM KINGMAN, DONALD GIDDINGS, STEPHEN LORMOR and EDWARD LESTER, 2016. Influence of mill type on densified biomass comminution Applied Energy. 182, 219-231
• ORLA WILLIAMS, CAROL EASTWICK, SAM KINGMAN, DONALD GIDDINGS, STEPHEN LORMOR and EDWARD LESTER, 2015. Investigation into the applicability of Bond Work Index (BWI) and Hardgrove Grindability Index (HGI) tests for several biomasses compared to Colombian La Loma coal Fuel. 158, 379–387
• O WILLIAMS, C EASTWICK, E LESTER, D GIDDINGS and S LORMOR, 2015. Impact of Mill Type on Biomass Milling Behaviour In: 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting.
• ROBERT DAWSON, LEE A. STEVENS, ORLA S. A. WILLIAMS, WEIXING WANG, BENJAMIN O. CARTER, SAM SUTTON, TREVOR C. DRAGE, FRÉDÉRIC BLANC, DAVE J. ADAMS and ANDREW I. COOPER, 2014. ‘Dry bases’: carbon dioxide capture using alkaline dry water Energy & Environmental Science. 7, 1786-1791
• O WILLIAMS, C EASTWICK, E LESTER, D GIDDINGS and N BYRNE, 2014. The impact of moisture on the milling behaviour of different biomasses In: 22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition.
• O WILLIAMS, C EASTWICK, E LESTER, D GIDDINGS and N BYRNE, 2013. Optimisation of Biomass Milling for Conveyance and Combustion In: 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition.
• O WILLIAMS, C EASTWICK, S GRAHAM and A COOPER, 2013. The Impact of Storage on the Optimisation of Milling of Biomasses used in Power Generation In: 3rd IEA CCC Workshop on Cofiring Biomass with Coal.