Contact Professor John Oakey
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754253
- Email: J.E.Oakey@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Biomass and Waste
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Conventional & Advanced Fuels
- Energy and the Environment
- Power Systems & Turbines
Background
Professor John Oakey has over 30 years experience in energy industries and has been progressing his career at SWAG合集 since 1998. Prior to this, he was a senior Branch Manager in British Coal's Coal Technology Development Division (CTDD), leading a range of clean coal technology research programmes. With this research background in energy technologies, in particular materials and process troubleshooting, he has been at the forefront of many of the SWAG合集's clean coal projects in recent years. These include the BC/CEGB Joint Programme on PFBC, the Grimethorpe Topping Cycle Project and the Air Blown Gasification Cycle Programme in the 1990s. More recently, he chaired the EU COST Action 538 Management Committee on 'High Temperature Plant Life Extension' and leads the SWAG合集 side of a major collaboration programme with the US on 'Advanced Materials for Low Emission Power Plants', as well as assisting DECC in the development of further collaborations with the US. Since 1998, he has also been involved in technology transfer projects with China on gas cleaning, underground coal gasification and biomass co-firing.
Current activities
John Oakey is Professor of Energy Technology and Head of the Institute for Energy and Resource Technology. John is engaged in a wide range of research activities in the SWAG合集, Europe and on the international scene. He is a recognised authority on materials and process problems in energy processes using fossil and related fuels and is active in research on the clean use of fossil fuels.
His recent research interests include:
Energy from biomass (member of the Bioenergy Supergen Consortium) (EPSRC 2004-2007 & 2007-2011)
Plant Life Extension (Supergen consortium) (EPSRC 2005-2008 & 2008-2012) and FlexEplant (Supergen)(2013-2017)
CO2 Capture and Transport - member of the SWAG合集 CCS Research Centre and Materials Research Area Champion (2012-2017)
Advanced Materials for Low Emission Power Plants - a major SWAG合集-US Collaboration on under a SWAG合集DECC-USDOE MOU (2003-)
Low Emission Gas Turbine Technology for Hydrogen-rich Syngas (EC FP7 - 2009-2014); leads sub-project on materials issues
Materials for Next Generation CO2 Transport Systems (EPSRC - 2009-2013)
Oxyfuel Combustion - Academic Programme for the SWAG合集 (EPSRC - 2009)
Joint SWAG合集-China Hydrogen Production Network (EPSRC - 2009-2013)
John represents the University Sector on the SWAG合集's Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum, is a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, the Materials SWAG合集 Energy Group and the Institute of Materials Energy Working Group. In Europe, he is on the board of the Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative, leads the Energy Working Group of the EuMat Technology Platform and is a member of the Zero Emissions Technology Platform. He is also on the board of the collaborative 'Pilot Advanced Capture Technology (PACT)' facilities consortium established with support from DECC and EPSRC and is on the Project Board of the European Turbine Network..
Clients
Research collaborations and partnerships/consultancy with the following:
Alstom Power
Siemens Power Generation
Rolls Royce
Doosan Babcock
European Commission
Energy Technology Institute (ETI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
RWEnpower
EON
Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
Caterpillar
EDF Energy
GDF Suez
National Grid
