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Background

Dr Abdelrahman (Abdo) Hegab is a Lecturer in Gas Turbines and the Course Director of "Thermal Power & Propulsion MSc" at the Centre for Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering, and he is part of the Low Emissions Technologies and Combustion Group within the Centre.

Dr Hegab has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham (2017), and prior to joining SWAGºÏ¼¯, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Powertrain Research Centre – University of Nottingham, with fifteen years of experience in IC engines, fuels and powertrain research. Over the past decade, he has been working closely with lead companies in Energy and Automotive sectors on several powertrain research projects funded by the SWAGºÏ¼¯ government and the EU, in close collaboration with numerous prestigious partners from industry (e.g. Shell, Rolls-Royce, Caterpillar, Perkins, MAHLE) and leading SWAGºÏ¼¯ Universities.

Research opportunities

Internal combustion engines technologies, retrofitting, performance and emissions

Flex-fuelling of heavy-duty engines using dual-fuel mode

Renewable and alternative zero/low carbon fuels for sustainable power and propulsion systems

Novel cycles with hydrogen for power and propulsion systems

Combustion initiation-and-development in modern combustion engines, heat recovery, thermal management, and emissions control

Novel combustion modes and disruptive engine technologies, low temperature combustion modes (HCCI, RCCI, PCCI), jet ignition technologies (active, passive), Composite Cycle Engines (CCE), free-piston engines, flex-fuel rotary engines (Wankel)

Current activities

MInimum enviroNmental IMpact ultra-efficient cores for Aircraft propuLsion (MINIMAL)

The MINIMAL project will provide the experimental proof-of-concept that large non-CO2 an CO2 reductions can be achieved by replacing the conventional constant pressure combustion core with intercooled composite cycle engine technology (CCE). Such technology was down-selected and developed to TRL 2 in the H2020 ULTIMATE1 project, showing double digit efficiency improvements relative to the most efficient power plants available for EIS2035 – 2050 are within reach. This is a precursor for reducing all emissions.

More details on: https://www.minimal-aviation.eu/