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
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).
Stampfli, J. A., Atkins, M. J., Olsen, D. G., Walmsley, M. R. W., & Wellig, B. (2019). Practical heat pump and storage integration into non-continuous processes: A hybrid approach utilizing insight based and nonlinear programming techniques. Energy, 182, 236-253. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.05.218
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
Ong, B. H. Y., Walmsley, T. G., Atkins, M. J., Varbanov, P. S., & Walmsley, M. R. W. (2019). A heat- and mass-integrated design of hydrothermal liquefaction process co-located with a Kraft pulp mill. Energy, 189. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.116235
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