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
Lal, N. S., Atkins, M. J., Walmsley, T. G., Walmsley, M. R. W., & Neale, J. R. (2019). Insightful heat exchanger network retrofit design using Monte Carlo simulation. Energy, 181, 1129-1141. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.06.042
Schlosser, F., Peesel, R. H., Meschede, H., Philipp, M., Walmsley, T. G., Walmsley, M. R. W., & Atkins, M. J. (2019). Design of robust total site heat recovery loops via Monte Carlo simulation. Energies, 12(5). doi:10.3390/en12050930
Kaggwa, A., Carson, J. K., Atkins, M., & Walmsley, M. (2019). The effect of surfactants on viscosity and stability of activated carbon, alumina and copper oxide nanofluids. In Materials Today: Proceedings Vol. 18 (pp. 510-519). doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2019.06.240
Bertram, D. V., Bostock, H., Walmsley, M. R. W., Atkins, M. J., & Glasgow, G. (2019). Geospatial multi-criteria analysis for site selection of wave energy farms in New Zealand. In Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference (pp. 99-105).
Keywords
Energy; Engineering
Process Integration
Energy Sector Planning
Contact Details
Email: michael.walmsley@waikato.ac.nzRoom: EF.2.02
Phone: +64 7 838 4701
Cellphone: 027 5734293