Professor Michael R. W. Walmsley

Professor
Qualifications: BE (Chem & Mat) Auckland, PhD Auckland, MAIChE, MAppita
Personal Website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/staff-profiles/people/walmsley/_recache
Papers Taught
Research Interests
Innovative development of process and mechanical engineering techniques for reducing energy use and carbon emissions for industrial processes and national energy systems. Involves analysis and methodology development in Heat Integration, Total Site and regional integration, integration and utilisation of renewables, process optimisation, retrofit of Heat Exchange Networks (HEN) and industrial utility systems, reduction of key environmental and societal footprints, biorefineries and industrial clusters.
Recent Publications
Ong, B. H. Y., Walmsley, T. G., Atkins, M. J., & Walmsley, M. R. W. (2020). A kraft mill-integrated hydrothermal liquefaction process for liquid fuel co-production. Processes, 8(10), 1-23. doi:10.3390/pr8101216
Schlosser, F., Wiebe, H., Walmsley, T. G., Atkins, M. J., Walmsley, M. R. W., & Hesselbach, J. (2020). Heat Pump Bridge analysis using the Modified Energy Transfer Diagram. Energies, 14(1), 137. doi:10.3390/en14010137 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14092
Tarighaleslami, A. H., Ghannadzadeh, A., Atkins, M. J., & Walmsley, M. R. W. (2020). Environmental life cycle assessment for a cheese production plant towards sustainable energy transition: Natural gas to biomass vs. natural gas to geothermal. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122999
Bertram, D. V., Tarighaleslami, A. H., Walmsley, M. R. W., Atkins, M. J., & Glasgow, G. D. E. (2020). A systematic approach for selecting suitable wave energy converters for potential wave energy farm sites. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 132. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2020.110011
Keywords
Energy; Engineering
Process Integration
Energy Sector Planning
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]Room: EF.2.02
Phone: +64 7 838 4701
Cellphone: 027 5734293