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Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Biography

M.A. (1964), Ph.D. (1965), Sc.D. (1992).
MRSC, F.C.I.

was F.I.Chem.E., F.E.I., C.Eng. until 2019
Fellow, Queens' College, Cambridge 1964 - 72; 1979 - .

Lecturer (Senior) Sheffield University 1972 -79.                   

Distinguished visitor (twice) Department of Chemistry, York University, Canada.                                                         

Steetley Award (1989) of The Institute of Energy for "the best paper on an energy conservation topic published in The Journal of The Institute of Energy"
Sugden Award of the British Section of The Combustion Institute for the most significant contribution to Combustion research, 1990
Honorary Professor, Krakow University of Technology (2004 -)
Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal of The Combustion Institute for distinguished, continuing and encouraging contributions to the field of combustion 2010
Editor, Combustion & Flame, 1994 - 2000
Editor in Chief, Combustion & Flame, 2000 - 2004
Chairman, British Section of The Combustion Institute, 2006-2011.

Editorial Board of "Progress in Energy and Combustion Science" 2000 - 2015

Publications

Key publications: 

E.J. McMurchie, J. Olatunji, K.Y. Kwong, E.J. Marek, A.N. Hayhurst*,  The kinetics and mechanism of the combustion of the carbon in biochar from oak, as studied in an electrically heated, fluidised bed of sand, Fuel, 2024, 378, 132677, 12 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132677

   A.A. Prus, T.D. Slater, E.J. Marek, A.N. Hayhurst*, Using a fluidised bed to measure and investigate the thermal diffusivities and pyrolysis of some woods at temperatures of 200-600oC, Fuel, 2023, 345, 128227, 9 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128227

   D.R. Chadeesingh, A.N. Hayhurst*, On fluidising a heated bed of sand with a mixture of methane and air: When do the bubbles ignite and when does combustion occur between the sand particles?, Combustion and Flame, 2023, 248, 112525, 10 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112525

   T. McCann, E.J. Marek*, Yaoyao Zheng, J.F. Davidson, A.N. Hayhurst, The combustion of waste, industrial glycerol in a fluidised bed, Fuel, 2022, 322, 124169, 10 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124169

   A.N. Hayhurst, The ignition and combustion of mixtures of a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel in air when fluidising a bed of sand, Combustion and Flame, 2022, 240, 112044, 8 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2022

   A.N. Hayhurst, Mass spectrometric sampling of flames: how ionic equilibria in flames produce sampling falsifications and “fake” ions, but provide kinetic and thermodynamic data on the reaction occurring, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2022, 88, 100927, 56 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2021.100927

   A. Volford, T. Redko, E.J. Marek, Z.W.M. Bond, A.N. Hayhurst*, Using a flame ionisation detector to measure the rate and duration of pyrolysis of a biomass particle, Combustion and Flame, 2021, 230, 111438, 13 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.111438

   T. Redko, A. Volford, E.J. Marek, S.A. Scott, A.N. Hayhurst*, “Measurement of the times for pyrolysis and the thermal diffusivity of a pyrolysing particle of wood and also of the resulting char”, Combustion and Flame, 2020, 212, 510 – 518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.10.064

   I. Gibson, C.J. Slim, Yaoyao Zheng, S.A. Scott, J.F. Davidson, A.N. Hayhurst*, “The continuous combustion of glycerol in a fluidised bed”, Combustion and Flame, 2019, 200, 60 – 68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.10.021

   I.A. Gibson, C.J. Slim, Yaoyao Zheng, S.A. Scott, J.F. Davidson, A.N. Hayhurst*, An examination of Wen and Yu’s formula for predicting the onset of fluidization, Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 2018, 135, 103 – 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2018.05.009

   N.A. Burdett, A.N. Hayhurst*, “Kinetic and thermodynamic measurements of the reactions of the positive ions, Mn+ and MnOH+, formed by adding manganese to fuel-rich flames of either H2 + O2 or C2H2 + O2”,  Combustion and Flame, 2018, 189, 315 – 324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.10.022

   A. Menon, N. Walker, Wenting Hu, A.N. Hayhurst*, J.F. Davidson, S.A. Scott, “The combustion of solid paraffin wax and of liquid glycerol in a fluidised bed, Fuel, 2017, 199, 447 – 455. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.02.045

   C.J. Tighe*, M.V. Twigg, A.N. Hayhurst, J.S. Dennis, “The kinetics of oxidation of Diesel soots and a carbon black (Printex U) by O2 with reference to changes in both size and internal structure of the spherules during burnout”, Carbon, 2016, 107, 20 – 35. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.04.075

   H.R.N. Jones, A.N. Hayhurst*, “Measurements of the concentrations of positive and negative ions along premixed fuel-rich flames of methane and oxygen”, Combustion and Flame, 2016, 166, 86 – 97. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.01.003

   D.Allen, A.N.Hayhurst*, “The effect of CaO on emissions of nitric oxide from a fluidised bed combustor”, Fuel, 2015, 158, 898 – 907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.06.030

   D.Allen, A.N.Hayhurst*, “The chemical reactions of nitric oxide with solid carbon and catalytically with gaseous carbon monoxide”, Fuel, 2015, 142, 898 – 907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.10.084

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Emeritus Professor
Professor Allan  Hayhurst

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