Professor Khamid Mahkamov

He joined the School from Durham University, where he held academic positions in the Energy Group of their School of Engineering and Computing Sciences.  
Professor Mahkamov is a member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Renewable Energy (Elsevier) and in 2010 he won IMECHE Harold Disney Prize for the best 2009 paper in the power industry.  

The topics of his current research activities are:

• Stirling Engines;
• Internal Combustion Engines;
• Micro- and Commercial CHP systems;
• Solar Thermal Energy (Dish/Engine, Parabolic Trough/Engine; Solar Water Collectors, Solar Thermal Water Pumps);
• Heat/Cold accumulation using phase-changing materials;
• Biofuel combustion in IC engines;
• Biomass gasification;
• Gas/Oil/Biofuel  Burners, Boilers and Incinerators;
• Heat pumps;
• Thermal modelling of electrical generators;
• Thermal  modelling of components of electricity distribution network.
  

Book chapters:

K. Mahkamov. Chapter 8: Stirling Engine Based Micro-Energy Systems (pp 101-144) in the
book by R. Beith, I.P Burdon and M Knowles (editors), “Micro-Energy Systems”, ISBN 1-
86058-426-8, Professional Engineering Publishing , 2004, 254 p.

K Mahkamov. Chapter 18: Thermal Engine based Small and MicroCHP systems for Domestic Application and Modelling System Deployment. In the book by R. Beith (editor),
“Small- and micro-combined heat and power (CHP) systems: advanced design,
performance, materials and applications”, ISBN 1- 84569-795-2. Woodhead Publishing, 2011, 560 pages.

Journal Papers:

D.C.G. Veitch and K Mahkamov (2009). Assessment of economical and ecological benefits of
using a Stirling Domestic CHP unit based on its experimental performance. Proceedings of
the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 223(7): 783-798.

A. Kuleshov and K. Mahkamov (2008). Multi-zone diesel fuel spray combustion model for the
simulation of a diesel engine running on biofuel. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, Part A:  Journal of Power and Energy, 222(3):309-321.

M. Kenisarin and K Mahkamov (2007). Solar energy storage using phase change materials.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review (Elsevier), 11 (9): 913-1965.

K. Mahkamov (2006). Design Improvements to a Biomass Stirling Engine using Mathematical
Analysis and 3-D CFD Modelling. ASME Journal of Energy Resources, 128(3): 203-215.

K. Mahkamov (2006). An Axi-Symmetric CFD Approach to the Analysis of the Working Process
of a Solar Stirling Engine. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 128(1):45-53.

K. Mahkamov and E. Orda (2005). Solar Thermal Water Pumps: A Preliminary Analysis of
Working Process. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 127(1):29-35.

E. Orda and K. Mahkamov (2004). Development of "Low-tech" Solar Thermal Water Pumps
for Use in Developing Countries. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 126(2):768-773.

K. Makhkamov and D.B. Ingham (1999). Two-Dimensional Model of the Heat Transfer and Gas
Dynamics in a Cavity-Type Heat Receiver for a Stirling Engine as Used in a Solar Power
Unit. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 121(4):210-216.

K. Makhkamov and D.B. Ingham (1999). Analysis of the Working Process and Mechanical Losses
in a Stirling Engine for a Solar Power Unit . ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 121(2):121-127.

These include:
Engineering Thermodynamics -   IC engines, Stirling cycle machines; Heat pumps, Refrigeration, Steam Power Plants; Micro-turbines;

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technologies-
High and low temperature solar thermal energy conversion technologies;
Biomass direct combustion, biomass gasification; bio-fuels; Micro- and Small CHP systems based on IC and  Stirling engines and Micro-Turbines;  Hydrogen economy, Fuel Cells;

Previously he  worked with a number of industrial, educational and research establishments in the UK and  other European countries, Brazil, Egypt, New Zealand and in the former USSR on the renewable and sustainable energy technology  projects funded by UK industry, EU, Royal Society, NATO and EPSRC.