Biography
Peter Ireland holds the Donald Schultz Chair in Turbomachinery and is Head of the Oxford Thermofluids Institute. His research group focusses on the technologies used to cool aero-engines and to decarbonise flight.
Peter’s career has been characterised by introducing innovative solutions to heat transfer measurement or cooling problems. His research pioneered the use of temperature sensitive liquid crystals in heat transfer experiments. The technique is now used by most of the major aero-engine manufacturers in their research and/or evaluation of new turbine blade cooling systems. He is co-inventor of a number of high performance turbine cooling systems used in industry.
Between 2007 and 2011 he was the UK Corporate Specialist in Heat Transfer at Rolls-Royce Aerospace where he held the senior heat transfer specialist role for projects involving turbines, fuel cells, nuclear power, fire modelling, manufacture, instrumentation, heat exchangers, power electronic cooling and combustion.
He has published more than 230 papers, supervised 34 D.Phil. doctoral graduates and is co-inventor for over 25 patents. He directly supervises a group of 16 students and postdoctoral researchers. He is co-founder of two companies spun out from Oxford and consults in the field of heat exchangers, cooling technologies and zero carbon flight. He is a Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, St. Anne’s College, the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Most Recent Publications
Combining high power laser modules with compound parabolic concentrators to test components at high heat fluxes
Combining high power laser modules with compound parabolic concentrators to test components at high heat fluxes
High heat flux tests in support of the 3-D computational modeling of melting for the EU-DEMO first wall limiters
High heat flux tests in support of the 3-D computational modeling of melting for the EU-DEMO first wall limiters
The integrated engineering design concept of the upper limiter within the EU-DEMO LIMITER system
The integrated engineering design concept of the upper limiter within the EU-DEMO LIMITER system
Genetic algorithm-based optimisation of a double-wall effusion cooling system for a high-pressure turbine nozzle guide vane
Genetic algorithm-based optimisation of a double-wall effusion cooling system for a high-pressure turbine nozzle guide vane
The Manufacturing and Experimental Validation of a Nickel Superalloy Double-Wall, Effusion Test Specimen
The Manufacturing and Experimental Validation of a Nickel Superalloy Double-Wall, Effusion Test Specimen
Research Interests
- Turbine Cooling
- Fusion reactor cooling and high heat flux research
- Transpiration cooling
- Heat transfer in advanced manufacture
- Jet engine installation research
Research Groups
Most Recent Publications
Combining high power laser modules with compound parabolic concentrators to test components at high heat fluxes
Combining high power laser modules with compound parabolic concentrators to test components at high heat fluxes
High heat flux tests in support of the 3-D computational modeling of melting for the EU-DEMO first wall limiters
High heat flux tests in support of the 3-D computational modeling of melting for the EU-DEMO first wall limiters
The integrated engineering design concept of the upper limiter within the EU-DEMO LIMITER system
The integrated engineering design concept of the upper limiter within the EU-DEMO LIMITER system
Genetic algorithm-based optimisation of a double-wall effusion cooling system for a high-pressure turbine nozzle guide vane
Genetic algorithm-based optimisation of a double-wall effusion cooling system for a high-pressure turbine nozzle guide vane
The Manufacturing and Experimental Validation of a Nickel Superalloy Double-Wall, Effusion Test Specimen
The Manufacturing and Experimental Validation of a Nickel Superalloy Double-Wall, Effusion Test Specimen
