skip to content

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

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

samuel_mixed Perovskites

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

Key publications: 
Up to date publication list can be found on Google Scholar
 
Recent 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

Teaching: 

Nano DTC, Sensors DTC, research project supervisor and guest lecturer

MPhil in Energy Technology (Department of Engineering), ETB1 Clean energy technologies

MPhil in Advanced Chemical Engineering, thesis supervisor and examiner

CET IIB Energy Technology

CET IB Design project

CET IA Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer

Other Professional Activities

Leading the CEB Green Challenge Team (see our regular newsletters!)

Associate Professor
Director of Studies in CEBT
Fellow of Jesus College

Contact Details

(01233) 334776
Email address: 
Takes PhD students