Research interests
energy storage, energy vectors, energy materials,
sustainable production of high-value chemicals,
carbon capture and drawdown,
fluidisation, discrete element modelling, particle-scale modelling, fluid dynamics, CFD-DEM
microbial induced calcium carbonate (CaCO3) precipitation (MICP)
Research
Leading the Energy Reactions and Carriers Group
Sustainable process engineering
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119821
Chemical looping and new energy vectors
Chemical Engineering Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127942
Advanced modelling of chemical reactions and reactive multiphase flows (percolation, CFD, DEM)
Chemical Engineering Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126845
Microbial-induced mineral precipitation for geoengineering application
(collaboration with Dr Clarà Saracho, EPFL and King's College Fellow)
Scientific Reports, 10.Characterisation of CaCO<inf>3</inf> phases during strain-specific ureolytic precipitation.
New materials for energy production
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102891
Publications
2021
Gabra, S and Marek, EJ and Poulston, S and Williams, G and Dennis, JS (2021) The use of strontium ferrite perovskite as an oxygen carrier in the chemical looping epoxidation of ethylene. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 286. ISSN 0926-3373
Kwong, KY and Mao, R and Scott, SA and Dennis, JS and Marek, EJ (2021) Analysis of the rate of combustion of biomass char in a fluidised bed of CLOU particles. Chemical Engineering Journal. ISSN 1385-8947
2020
Jovanovic, R and Marek, EJ (2020) Percolation theory applied in modelling of Fe2O3 reduction during chemical looping combustion. Chemical Engineering Journal, 406. ISSN 1385-8947
Görke, RH and Marek, EJ and Donat, F and Scott, SA (2020) Reduction and oxidation behavior of strontium perovskites for chemical looping air separation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 94. ISSN 1750-5836
Redko, T and Volford, A and Marek, EJ and Scott, SA and Hayhurst, AN (2020) 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, 212. pp. 510-518. ISSN 0010-2180
Clarà Saracho, A and Haigh, SK and Hata, T and Soga, K and Farsang, S and Redfern, SAT and Marek, E (2020) Characterisation of CaCO3 phases during strain-specific ureolytic precipitation. Scientific Reports, 10.
Marek, EJ and Conde, EG-C (2020) Effect of catalyst preparation and storage on chemical looping epoxidation of ethylene. Chemical Engineering Journal. p. 127981. ISSN 1385-8947
Zheng, Y and Marek, E and Scott, SA (2020) The effect of CO on CO2-char gasification. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. ISSN 1540-7489
2019
Marek, EJ and Gabra, S and Dennis, JS and Scott, SA (2019) High selectivity epoxidation of ethylene in chemical looping setup. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 262. p. 118216. ISSN 0926-3373
Zheng, Y and Marek, EJ and Scott, SA (2019) H2 production from a plasma-assisted chemical looping system from the partial oxidation of CH4 at mild temperatures. Chemical Engineering Journal, 379. ISSN 1385-8947
Zheng, Y and Grant, R and Hu, W and Marek, E and Scott, SA (2019) H2 production from partial oxidation of CH4 by Fe2O3-supported Ni-based catalysts in a plasma-assisted packed bed reactor. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37. pp. 5481-5488. ISSN 1540-7489 (Unpublished)
Hu, W and Marek, E and Donat, F and Dennis, JS and Scott, SA (2019) A thermogravimetric method for the measurement of CO/CO2 ratio at the surface of carbon during combustion. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37. pp. 2987-2993. ISSN 1540-7489
Zheng, Y and Grant, R and Hu, W and Marek, E and Scott, SA (2019) H-2 production from partial oxidation of CH4 by Fe2O3 -supported Ni-based catalysts in a plasma-assisted packed bed reactor. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 37. pp. 5481-5488. ISSN 1540-7489
2018
Marek, E and Hu, W and Gaultois, M and Grey, CP and Scott, SA (2018) The use of strontium ferrite in chemical looping systems. Applied Energy, 223. pp. 369-382. ISSN 0306-2619
Chan, MSC and Marek, E and Scott, SA and Dennis, JS (2018) Chemical looping epoxidation. Journal of Catalysis, 359. pp. 1-7. ISSN 0021-9517
Marek, EJ and Zheng, Y and Scott, S (2018) Enhancement of char gasification in CO2 during chemical looping combustion. Chemical Engineering Journal, 354. pp. 137-148. ISSN 1385-8947 (Unpublished)
Teaching and Supervisions
MPhil in Energy Technology (Department of Engineering), thesis supervisor
MPhil in Advanced Chemical Engineering, thesis supervisor and examiner
CEBT Sustainabilit, part IA