Dr Edward Barbour PhD MPhys

Dr Edward Barbour

School of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Energy Systems and Storage

Contact details

Email
e.barbour@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Birmingham Energy Institute
School of Chemical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Edward Barbour is Associate Professor of Energy Systems and Storage at the School of Chemical Engineering. He is a member of the Birmingham Energy Institute, where his research is focused on thermomechanical energy storage and the future role of energy storage in the UK.

Edward has published more than 25 research papers related to energy systems and energy storage, as well as a book chapter on compressed air energy storage. He is the project lead for the EPSRC-funded project SAVE-CAES and co-investigator on the GasNetNew project. He has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Oxford University and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh. He previously held postdoc positions at the University of Birmingham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2019-2024, he was a Lecturer at Loughborough University and the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology.

Qualifications

Associate Professor of Energy Systems and Storage:

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Edinburgh in 2013
  • MPhys in Physics, Hertford College, University of Oxford in 2009
  • Advance HE fellowship

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Pottie, DL, Oliveira, MM, Cardenas, B, Baniamerian, Z, Garvey, S, Rouse, J, Hough, E, Bagdanavicius, A, Ali, AM, Eames, P & Barbour, ER 2024, 'Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage system performance with application-oriented designed axial-flow compressor', Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 304, 118233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118233

Day, J, Donaldson, D, Barbour, E, Cárdenas, B, Jones, C, Urquhart, A, Garvey, S & Wilson, G 2024, 'Estimating primary substation boundaries and the value of mapping Great Britain's electrical network infrastructure', Applied Energy, vol. 376, no. Part B, 124242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124242

Baniamerian, Z, Garvey, S, Rouse, J, Cárdenas, B, Pottie, DL, Barbour, ER & Bagdanavicius, A 2024, 'How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; Part I: Compressors and expanders', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 89, 111791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.111791

Baniamerian, Z, Garvey, S, Rouse, J, Cárdenas, B, Pottie, DL, Barbour, ER & Bagdanavicius, A 2024, 'How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; part II: Heat exchangers', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 86, 111138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.111138

Ali, AM, Bagdanavicius, A, Barbour, ER, Pottie, DL, Garvey, S, Rouse, J & Baniamerian, Z 2024, 'Improving the performance of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage through modifications of heat transfer pipes: A comprehensive investigation on various configurations', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 96, 112678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112678

Pottie, D, Cardenas, B, Garvey, S, Rouse, J, Hough, E, Bagdanavicius, A & Barbour, E 2023, 'Comparative Analysis of Isochoric and Isobaric Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage', Energies, vol. 16, no. 6, 2646. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062646

Raillard-Cazanove, Q & Barbour, E 2022, 'Analysis of Smart Meter Electricity Consumption Data for PV Storage in the UK', Energies, vol. 15, no. 10, 3732. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103732

Barbour, E & Pottie, DL 2021, 'Adiabatic compressed air energy storage technology', Joule, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 1914-1920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.07.009

Pimm, AJ, Palczewski, J, Barbour, ER & Cockerill, TT 2021, 'Using electricity storage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions', Applied Energy, vol. 282, 116199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116199

Pena-Bello, A, Barbour, E, Gonzalez, MC, Yilmaz, S, Patel, MK & Parra, D 2020, 'How does the electricity demand profile impact the attractiveness of pv-coupled battery systems combining applications?', Energies, vol. 13, no. 15, 4038. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13154038

Chapter

Barbour, ER & Pottie, DLF 2022, Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems. in LF Cabeza (ed.), Encyclopedia of Energy Storage. 1st edn, vol. 2, Elsevier, pp. 188-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819723-3.00061-5

Conference contribution

Pottie, DL, Eames, P & Barbour, ER 2023, Adiabatic compressed air energy storage (ACAES) system performance with an application oriented designed axial-flow compressor. in 7th Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium (OSES 2023). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), pp. 234-241, 7th Offshore Energy and Storage Symposium, OSES 2023, St. Julian's, Malta, 12/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2023.1575

Barbour, E & Pottie, D 2023, Exergy analysis of isochoric and isobaric Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage. in 7th Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium (OSES 2023). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), pp. 278-285, 7th Offshore Energy and Storage Symposium, OSES 2023, St. Julian's, Malta, 12/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2023.1581

Pimm, AJ, Barbour, ER, Cockerill, TT & Palczewski, J 2019, Evaluating the regional potential for emissions reduction using energy storage. in 2019 Offshore Energy and Storage Summit, OSES 2019., 8867357, 2019 Offshore Energy and Storage Summit, OSES 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019 Offshore Energy and Storage Summit, OSES 2019, Brest, France, 10/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/OSES.2019.8867357

Review article

Barbour, ER, Pottie, DL & Eames, P 2021, 'Why is adiabatic compressed air energy storage yet to become a viable energy storage option?', iScience, vol. 24, no. 5, 102440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102440

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