Professor Khamid Mahkamov

Professor

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Khamid Mahkamov has an MEng and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Bauman Moscow Technical University in the field of Thermal Power Engineering. Prior to joining Northumbria University in 2011, he worked in the Academy of Sciences (USSR, 13 years), at Leeds University (Research Fellow, two years) and in the Energy Group of the School of Engineering of Durham University (9 years) where he was Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Thermofluids and Director of MSc in Renewable Energy.

Professor Mahkamov has served as a member of the Editorial Boards of several international journals in the Energy field. He is also a member of International Council for Stirling Cycle Machines and a part of Membership Committee of Energy Institute (UK). In 2010, he won the IMECHE Harold Disney Prize for the best 2009 paper in the power industry.

He teaches modules related to Thermo-Fluids and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technologies.

Since joining Northumbria in 2011 Prof Mahkamov has won, as Principle Investigator, the following externally funded grants for the University:

Research & Enterprise Projects

2026: €1,117,230 - GREEN ENERGY RELIEF, EU (Horizon Europe), 48 months (Project Coordinator).

2023: £211,228 - Joule-Tesla Bridge, EPSRC (EP/Y023749/1), 30 Months.

2020: £21,400 - UK/Brazil Workshop on Renewable Energy Technologies, British Council.

2019: £225,000 - LA- SOLAR ENHANCE, The Royal Society, 36 months.

2018: £150,000 - GREEN REFUGE, British Council, 24 months.

2017: £149, 789 - ReFreshTEC, British Council, 24 months.

2016: €4,000,000 - INNOVA MICROSOLAR, EU (Horizon 2020), 48 months (Project Coordinator).

2016: €195,235 - THERMOSTALL, EU, 24 months.

2014: €309,235 - ENTAS, EU, 24 months.

2013: €299,558 - BIO-GREEN IC ENGINE, EU, 24 months.

2012: £128,104 – KTP: Air fan and water pump improvements for automotive applications, TSB & AVID, 24 months.

Learning & Teaching Projects

2019: €121,083 - ERASMUS PLUS/610258, EU, 36 months.

2017: €1,000,000 - ERASMUS PLUS/585849, EU, 36 months (won as a Project Coordinator).

2015: €1,000,000 - ERASMUS PLUS/561807, EU, 36 months (Project Coordinator).

2013: €107,000 - TEMPUS/544339, EU, 36 months.

2011: €172,000 - TEMPUS/511069, EU, 36 month.

Completed PhD supervision (at Northumbria as Principal Supervisor)

Abba Mustafa. Improvement of the design of solar field of a small thermal power plant with linear Fresnel mirrors, 2022 (Funded by Ministry of Energy, Nigeria).
John Nkor. Mathematical modelling and optimisation of the design of a solar thermal plant with Fresnel mirror concentrating field, 2022 (Self-funded, Nigeria).
Mr Hassan Mahmood, Enchaining performance of a small solar thermal Combined Heat and Power plant, 2021 (Self-Funded, Pakistan).
Mohammed Ismail, Intensification of Heat Transfer in Thermal Storage Systems with Phase Change Materials, 2020 (RDF of Northumbria University).
Atainu Ernest Mbikan, Development of a Small Biomass Gasifier for Production of Synthesis Gas with Enhanced Calorific Value, 2019 (Self-funded, Nigeria).
Nabil Abd A Elsharif, Solar Water Desalination using Multistage Water Stills with Reduced Pressure, 2018 (Libyan Government Scholarship).
Khaled M A Hossin, Dynamic Modelling and Experiments of a Small-Scale Solar Organic Rankine Cycle for Power Generation, 2017 (Libyan Government Scholarship).
Gamal G S Hashem, Development of Solar Cooling Systems Based on a Fluid Piston Converter 2016, (Libyan Government Scholarship).
Ayodeji Olubayo Sowale, Modelling and Optimization of Free Piston Stirling Engine for Micro-CHP Application, 2016 (Self-funded Nigerian student).
Georgios Gkounis, Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of mCHP Systems Based on Various Technologies, 2015 (Self-funded EU student).
Maher Al-Maglhalseh. Compact Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems using Phase Change Materials, 2014 (Funded by Northumbria).
Athanasious Alexakis. CFD Modelling of Stirling Engines with Complex Design Topologies, 2013 (Self-funded EU student).
Basim Belgasim. Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Dynamic Solar Water Desalination Unit, 2013 (Libyan Government Scholarship).
Kwanchai Kraitong. Solar-Powered Low Temperature Difference Stirling Engine with Optimal Design for Energy Production in Climatic Conditions of Thailand, 2012 (Thailand Government Scholarship).

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Key Publications

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Design and experimental investigation of a thermally managed solar latent heat storage system using hydrogenated palm stearin as a sustainable phase change material under high-altitude Andean conditions, Mahkamov, K., Kafarov, V., Lizcano-González, V., Makhkamova, I. 1 May 2026, In: Energy Conversion and Management: X
Dynamic modelling of a small-scale hybrid concentrated solar-biomass trigeneration system for residential applications and comparison of operational strategies, Lombardi, G., Cioccolanti, L., Del Zotto, L., Mahkamov, K. 15 Nov 2025, In: Applied Thermal Engineering
Analysis of Natural Convection During the Melting Process of Hydrogenated Palm Stearin for use as Phase-Change Material, Lizcano-González, V., Kafarov, V., Mahkamov, K., Aguilera-Duarte, V., Blanco-Beltran, A. 15 Jun 2024, In: Chemical Engineering Transactions
Numerical study of the melting process of a novel phase change material using a rectangular shell-coil heat exchanger, Cabrera, N., Alexis Lizcano-González, V., Kafarov, V., Mahkamov, K. 1 Jun 2024, In: Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
Thermal Performance of Hydrogenated Palm Stearin as Phase Change Material in a Pilot Solar Thermal Energy Storage System, Lizcano-González, V., Kafarov, V., Mahkamov, K. 15 Jun 2024, In: Chemical Engineering Transactions
Low and high-temperature phase change materials, Kenisarin, M., Mahkamov, K., Combrinck, M., Makhkamova, I. 17 Mar 2023, Multifunctional Phase Change Materials, Oxford, Woodhead Publishing
Production of Fatty Esters from Palm Oil By-Products for use as Phase Change Materials, Lizcano-González, V., Kafarov, V., Mahkamov, K. 1 Sep 2022, In: Chemical Engineering Transactions
Analysis of labour market needs for engineers with enhanced knowledge in sustainable renewable energy solutions in the built environment in some Asian countries, Cioccolanti, L., Moglie, M., Mahkamov, K., Paksoy, H., Chen, C., Lin, J., Li, C., Guan, Y., Zhou, W., Abdullah, E., Mohd Radzi, M., Shafie, S., Alimuddin, Z., Yusof Idroas, M., Yew Heng, T., Azmier Ahmad, M., Azman Miskam, M., Kraitong, K., Wongsapai, W., Chaichana, C., Damronsak, D. 16 Feb 2021, In: E3S Web of Conferences
Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes, Arteconi, A., Ferracuti, F., Tascioni, R., Mahkamov, K., Kenisarin, M., Costa, C., Cabeza, L., de Gracia, A., Halimic, E., Mullen, D., Lynn, K., Cioccolanti, L. 1 Apr 2021, In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Development and experimental investigation of a novel solar-powered cooling system, Hashem, G., Mahkamov, K., Belgasim, B., Benghazi, U., Makhkamova, I. 15 Sep 2021, In: Energy Conversion and Management