Dr Michael Evans

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Mawson Lakes Campus (P2-47)
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email Michael.Evans@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Dr Michael Evans is a senior lecturer of mechanical engineering at the University of South Australia and is the program director for the Master of Engineering (Engineering Management). Michael is a previous Endeavour Postgraduate Awardee (2015) and received the Bilger Early Career Researcher Award (2022) from the Australia & New Zealand Section of the The Combustion Institute for "outstanding research in experimental and computational combustion."

Some of Michael's current research interests are focussed on alternative fuels, including hydrogen; turbulence-chemistry interaction and detonation modelling; high pressure, low emissions combustion systems; high-speed reactive flows; two-phase liqid/vapour flows and efficient energy... Read more

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About me

In the media

Date	Title
28/06/2021	Interview on Mornings with David Bevan (ABC Radio Adelaide), https://www.abc.net.au/radio/adelaide/programs/mornings/mornings/13404810

Research

Research focus

Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Engineering
Chemical Sciences
Interdisciplinary Engineering

Highlights

My research focuses on elements of: energy, hydrogen energy, combustion technologies, alternative fuels, high temperature processes, multiphase fluids, laser diagnostics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD, including model development), finite element analyses (FEA).

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2023	Péquin, A, Evans, MJ, Chinnici, A, Medwell, PR & Parente, A 2023, 'The reactor-based perspective on finite-rate chemistry in turbulent reacting flows: a review from traditional to low-emission combustion', Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, In press, article no. 100201. Open access 8 2
2019	Evans, M, Sidey, J, Ye, J, Medwell, P, Dally, B & Mastorakos, E 2019, 'Temperature and reaction zone imaging in turbulent swirling dual-fuel flames', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 2159-2166. Open access 23 18
2019	Evans, MJ & Medwell, PR 2019, 'Understanding and interpreting laser diagnostics in flames: a review of experimental measurement techniques', Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 5, article no. 65, pp. 1-21. Open access 8 6 1
2017	Evans, M, Medwell, P, Wu, H, Stagni, A & Ihme, M 2017, 'Classification and lift-off height prediction of non-premixed MILD and autoignitive flames', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 4297-4304. 52 37
2015	Evans, MJ, Medwell, P & Tian, Z 2015, 'Modeling lifted jet flames in a heated coflow using an optimized eddy dissipation concept model', Combustion Science and Technology, vol. 187, no. 7, pp. 1093-1109. Open access 98 86

Books

Year	Output
2020	Medwell, P, Evans, M & Chan, S 2020, Progress in combustion diagnostics, science and technology, MDPI, Switzerland. Open access 1

Chapters

Year	Output
2022	Riahi, S, Evans, M, Liu, M, Jacob, R & Bruno, F 2022, 'Evolution of melt path in a horizontal shell and tube latent heat storage system for concentrated solar power plants', in M Mobedi, K Hooman & W-Q Tao (eds), Solid–Liquid Thermal Energy Storage: Modeling and Applications, CRC Press Taylor and Francis, UK, ch. 12, pp. 257-273.
2021	Shaw, IJ, Kildare, JA, Evans, MJ, Chinnici, A, Sparks, CA, Rubaiyat, SNH, Chin, RC & Medwell, PR 2021, 'A theoretical review of rotating detonation engines', in S Rao (ed.), Direct Numerical Simulations: An Introduction and Applications, IntechOpen, UK, ch. 7, pp. 1-32. Open access 33

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Kildare, JA, Chung, WT, Evans, MJ, Tian, ZF, Medwell, PR & Ihme, M 2024, 'Predictions of instantaneous temperature fields in jet-in-hot-coflow flames using a multi-scale U-Net model', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 40, no. 1-4, pp. 1-7. Open access 1
2024	Kildare, JA, Evans, MJ, Tian, Z & Medwell, P 2024, 'Estimation and testing of single-step oxidation reactions for hydrogen and methane in low-oxygen, elevated pressure conditions', Fuel: The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy, vol. 360, article no. 130589 , pp. 1-14. Open access
2024	Liu, S, Wang, H, Sun, Z, Foo, KK, Nathan, GJ, Dong, X, Evans, MJ, Dally, BB, Luo, K & Fan, J 2024, 'Reconstructing soot fields in acoustically forced laminar sooting flames using physics-informed machine learning models', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 40, no. 1-4, article no. 105314, pp. 1-7.
2023	Gu, Y, Wiedemann, M, Ryley, T, Johnson, ME & Evans, M 2023, 'Hydrogen-powered aircraft at airports: a review of the infrastructure requirements and planning challenges', Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 21, article no. 15539., pp. 1-14. Open access
2023	Kildare, JA, Evans, MJ, Proud, DB, Chin, R, Tian, Z & Medwell, PR 2023, 'Characterisation of hydrogen jet flames under different pressures with varying coflow oxygen concentrations', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 48, no. 52, pp. 20059-20076. Open access 8
2023	Proud, D, Evans, M, Kildare, J, Chan, Q & Medwell, P 2023, 'Pressurised combustion in hot and low-oxygen environments: Chemiluminescence imaging and modelling', Fuel: The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy, vol. 349, article no. 128538, pp. 1-13. 1
2023	Péquin, A, Evans, MJ, Chinnici, A, Medwell, PR & Parente, A 2023, 'The reactor-based perspective on finite-rate chemistry in turbulent reacting flows: a review from traditional to low-emission combustion', Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, In press, article no. 100201. Open access 8 2
2023	Shaw, IJ, Evans, MJ, Chin, R & Medwell, PR 2023, 'Characterisation of ethylene flames under a range of low-oxygen concentrations', Fuel: The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy, vol. 334, pt. 1, article no. 126495, pp. 1-9. Open access 7 5
2023	Shaw, IJ, Evans, MJ, Chin, R & Medwell, PR 2023, 'Characteristics of ethylene and methane combustion in a range of high temperature and low oxygen environments', Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 147, article no. 110929, pp. 1-11. 3
2023	Wan, Q, Zhai, G, Wang, C, Evans, M, Medwell, P, Yuen, A, Kook, S, Yeoh, G & Chan, Q 2023, 'Parametric study of autoigniting hydrogen-methane jets in direct-injection engine conditions', Energy and Fuels, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 644-656. Open access 3 3
2023	Wang, J, Evans, M, Belusko, M, Zhao, C, Liu, M & Bruno, F 2023, 'Subcooling effect on the optimal performance for a transcritical CO₂ heat pump with cold thermal energy storage', Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 1257-1275. 7 11
2022	Proud, D, Evans, M, Chan, Q & Medwell, P 2022, 'Characteristics of turbulent flames in a confined and pressurised jet-in-hot-coflow combustor', Journal of the Energy Institute, vol. 105, pp. 103-113. 8 7
2022	Proud, DB, Evans, MJ, Chan, QN & Medwell, PR 2022, 'Dilute spray flames of ethanol and n-heptane in the transition to mild combustion', Combustion and Flame, vol. 238, article no. 111918, pp. 1-15. Open access 7 7
2022	Riahi, S, Belusko, M, Lau, T, Flewell-Smith, R, Evans, M & Bruno, F 2022, 'Impact of different types of channels on Thermo-hydraulic performance of a sodium-sCO₂ Printed circuit heat exchanger for supercritical Brayton cycle applications', Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 216, article no. 119098, pp. 1-15. Open access 10 9
2022	Riahi, S, Evans, M, Belusko, M, Liu, M & Bruno, F 2022, 'Orientation impact on structural integrity of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage system', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 12, article no. 104829, pp. 1-13. Open access 2 2
2022	Wang, J, Belusko, M, Evans, M, Liu, M, Zhao, C & Bruno, 2022, 'A comprehensive review and analysis on CO₂ heat pump water heaters', Energy Conversion and Management: X, vol. 15, article no. 100277, pp. 1-16. Open access 26 25
2022	Wang, J, Belusko, M, Semsarilar, H, Evans, M, Liu, M & Bruno, F 2022, 'An optimisation study on a real-world transcritical CO₂ heat pump system with a flash gas bypass', Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 251, article no. 114995, pp. 1-14. Open access 13 11
2021	Evans, M, Proud, D, Medwell, P, Pitsch, H & Dally, B 2021, 'Highly radiating hydrogen flames: effect of toluene concentration and phase', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1099-1106. 10 9
2021	Evans, MJ & Chinnici, A 2021, 'Water vapour effects on temperature and soot loading in ethylene flames in hot and vitiated coflows', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 5383-5391. 6 6
2021	Jocher, A, Evans, MJ, Medwell, PR, Dally, BB, Pitsch, H & Nathan, GJ 2021, 'On the use of oscillating jet flames in a coflow to develop soot models for practical applications', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1309-1317. 2 2
2021	Li, Z, Evans, MJ, Ye, J, Medwell, PR & Parente, A 2021, 'Numerical and experimental investigation of turbulent n-heptane jet-in-hot-coflow flames', Fuel: The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy, vol. 283, article no. 118748, pp. 1-13. Open access 12 12
2021	Proud, DB, Evans, MJ, Medwell, PR & Chan, QN 2021, 'Experimental investigation of the flame structure of dilute sprays issuing into a hot and low-oxygen coflow', Combustion and Flame, vol. 230, article no. 111439, pp. 1-14. Open access 9 9
2021	Riahi, S, Evans, M, Belusko, M, Flewell-Smith, R, Jacob, R & Bruno, F 2021, 'Transient Thermo-mechanical analysis of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage for CSP plants', Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 196, article no. 117327, pp. 1-15. Open access 11 10
2021	Wang, J, Belusko, M, Liu, M, Semsarilar, H, Liddle, R, Alemu, A, Evans, M, Zhao, C, Hudson, J & Bruno, F 2021, 'A comprehensive study on a novel transcritical CO₂ heat pump for simultaneous space heating and cooling - concepts and initial performance', Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 243, article no. 114397, pp. 1-12. Open access 20 18
2020	Medwell, PR, Evans, MJ & Chan, QN 2020, 'Progress in combustion diagnostics, science and technology', Applied Sciences (Switzerland), vol. 10, no. 5, article no. 1586, pp. 1-3. Open access
2019	Evans, M, Petre, C, Medwell, P & Parente, A 2019, 'Generalisation of the eddy-dissipation concept for jet flames with low turbulence and low Damkohler number', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 4497-4505. Open access 55 48
2019	Evans, M, Sidey, J, Ye, J, Medwell, P, Dally, B & Mastorakos, E 2019, 'Temperature and reaction zone imaging in turbulent swirling dual-fuel flames', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 2159-2166. Open access 23 18
2019	Evans, MJ & Medwell, PR 2019, 'Understanding and interpreting laser diagnostics in flames: a review of experimental measurement techniques', Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 5, article no. 65, pp. 1-21. Open access 8 6 1
2019	Evans, MJ, Medwell, PR, Sun, Z, Chinnici, A, Ye, J, Chan, QN & Dally, BB 2019, 'Downstream evolution of n-heptane/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows', Combustion and Flame, vol. 202, pp. 78-89. Open access 17 15
2019	Foo, KK, Evans, MJ, Sun, Z, Medwell, PR, Alwahabi, ZT, Nathan, GJ & Dally, BB 2019, 'Calculated concentration distributions and time histories of key species in an acoustically forced laminar flame', Combustion and Flame, vol. 204, pp. 189-203. 6 6
2018	Ye, J, Medwell, PR, Kleinheinz, K, Evans, MJ, Dally, BB & Pitsch, HG 2018, 'Structural differences of ethanol and DME jet flames in a hot diluted coflow', Combustion and Flame, vol. 192, pp. 473-494. Open access 32 27
2017	Evans, M, Chinnici, A, Medwell, P & Ye, J 2017, 'Ignition features of methane and ethylene fuel-blends in hot and diluted coflows', Fuel: The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy, vol. 203, pp. 279-289. 34 31
2017	Evans, M, Medwell, P, Wu, H, Stagni, A & Ihme, M 2017, 'Classification and lift-off height prediction of non-premixed MILD and autoignitive flames', Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 4297-4304. 52 37
2017	Evans, MJ, Medwell, PR, Tian, ZF, Ye, J, Frassoldati, A & Cuoci, A 2017, 'Effects of oxidant stream composition on non-premixed laminar flames with heated and diluted coflows', Combustion and Flame, vol. 178, pp. 297-310. 19 17
2017	Ye, J, Medwell, PR, Evans, MJ & Dally, BB 2017, 'Characteristics of turbulent n-heptane jet flames in a hot and diluted coflow', Combustion and Flame, vol. 183, pp. 330-342. Open access 44 39
2016	Evans, MJ, Medwell, PR, Tian, ZF, Frassoldati, A, Cuoci, A & Stagni, A 2016, 'Ignition characteristics in spatially zero-, one-and two-dimensional laminar ethylene flames', AIAA Journal: devoted to aerospace research and development, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 3255-3264. 12 11
2016	Medwell, PR, Evans, MJ, Chan, QN & Katta, VR 2016, 'Laminar flame calculations for analyzing trends in autoignitive jet flames in a hot and vitiated coflow', Energy and Fuels, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 8680-8690. 17 14
2016	Ye, J, Medwell, PR, Dally, BB & Evans, MJ 2016, 'The transition of ethanol flames from conventional to MILD combustion', Combustion and Flame, vol. 171, pp. 173-184. Open access 45 39
2015	Evans, MJ, Medwell, P & Tian, Z 2015, 'Modeling lifted jet flames in a heated coflow using an optimized eddy dissipation concept model', Combustion Science and Technology, vol. 187, no. 7, pp. 1093-1109. Open access 98 86

Conferences

Year	Output
2022	Wang, J, Belusko, M, Semsarilar, H, Evans, M, Liu, M & Bruno, F 2022, 'Investigating the effect of interstage pressure on cooling performance of a real-world CO2 heat pump system', in W Tang (ed.), EEEP2021: The Sixth International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection, IOP Publishing, vol. 983, article no. 012077. Open access 1
2021	Wang, J, Belusko, M, Liu, M, Evans, M, Alemu, A & Bruno, F 2021, 'Preliminary study on a novel transcritical CO₂ high-temperature heat pump', in C Wieland eta al. (eds), 6th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, Technical University of Munich, pp. 1-10. Open access 1
2019	Evans, M, Medwell, P & Chan, Q 2019, 'Commissioning a confined and pressurised jet in hot and vitiated coflow burner', 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Combustion Institute, pp. 1-11. Open access
2019	Evans, MJ, Ye, J, Kruse, S, Medwell, PR, Sun, Z, Dally, BB & Pitsch, HG 2019, 'Measurements of oxygenated C8/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows', 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019, Combustion Institute, pp. 1-1.
2019	Foo, K, Evans, MJ, Medwell, PR, Nathan, GJ & Dally, BB 2019, 'Computational study of enhanced soot production in a time-varying laminar non-premixed flame', in (eds), 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019, Combustion Institute, pp. 1-1.
2018	Kirch, T, Evans, M, Medwell, P, Rapp, V, Birzer, C & Gadgil, A 2018, 'Mixing uniformity of emissions for point-wise measurements in exhaust ducts', 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, pp. 1-4. Open access 1
2018	Rowhani, A, Chinnici, A, Evans, M, Medwell, P, Nathan, G & Dally, B 2018, 'Variation of residence time in non-premixed turbulent bluff-body ethylene flames as a function of burner diameter', 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, pp. 1-4. Open access 5
2017	Evans, M, Medwell, P, Sun, Z & Dally, B 2017, 'Temperature imaging of gaseous n-heptane flames in hot vitiated coflows', 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017, Combustion Institute, pp. 1-1.
2017	Evans, M, Petre, C & Parente, A 2017, 'Generalisation of the eddy-dissipation concept for low turbulence, low Damkohler number jet flames', 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017, Combustion Institute, vol. 1, pp. 1043-1046.
2013	Evans, MJ, Tian, ZF & Medwell, PR 2013, 'Modelling ethylene-hydrogen jet flames in the MILD combustion regime', in Piantadosi, J, Anderssen, RS and Boland, J (eds), MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, MSSANZ, pp. 154-1560. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2021	Evans, M, Belusko, M, Taghipour, A, Liu, M, Keane, P, Nihill, J, Amin, R, Liu, A, Assaf, J, Lau, T, Xing, K, Rainey, T, Stanley, C, Date, A, Bonney, B, Leak, J, Hossain, J, Miller, W, Rosengarten, G & Bruno, F 2021, Electrification and renewables to displace fossil fuel process heating: opportunity assessment, RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre, Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Central Queensland University	AUSTRALIA
Glaciem Cooling Technologies	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Innovative Scientific Solutions	UNITED STATES
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	SAUDI ARABIA
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	UNITED STATES
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	UNITED STATES
Mondial Advisory	AUSTRALIA
Polytechnic University of Milan	ITALY
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
Purdue University	UNITED STATES
RWTH Aachen University	GERMANY
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	CHINA
Stanford University	UNITED STATES
University Libre Bruxelles	BELGIUM
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Cambridge	UNITED KINGDOM
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
Zhejiang University	CHINA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Bilger Early Career Researcher Award The Combustion Institute - ANZ Section	2023
Adelaide Section Secretary, University Liaison Officer American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics	2022
Life Membership Golden Key International Honour Society	2020
Member Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)	2020
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	2020
Member Engineers Australia (EA)	2020
Member Combustion Institute (CI)	2020
Invited Talk. Advances in the eddy dissipation concept for improved prediction in distributed combustion regimes 17th International Conference on Numerical Combustion	2019
Life Membership Golden Key International Honour Society	2019
Member Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)	2019
Member Engineers Australia (EA)	2019
Member Combustion Institute (CI)	2019
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	2019
Mini-Symposium Chair 17th International Conference on Numerical Combustion	2019
Organising Committee Member 9th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics	2019
Organising Committee Member, Secretary and Proceedings Co-editor Australian Combustion Symposium	2019
David Warren Travelling Fellowship The Combustion Institute (ANZ Section)	2018
Life Membership Golden Key International Honour Society	2018
Member Engineers Australia (EA)	2018
Member Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)	2018
Member Combustion Institute (CI)	2018
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	2018
Life Membership Golden Key International Honour Society	2017
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	2017
Member Combustion Institute (CI)	2017
Member Engineers Australia (EA)	2017
Member Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)	2017
Session Chair 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion	2017
Life Membership Golden Key International Honour Society	2016
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	2016
Member Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)	2016
Member Combustion Institute (CI)	2016
Member Engineers Australia (EA)	2016
Invited Talk, Experiments and Regimes in MILD Combustion Stanford University	2015
Life Membership Golden Key International Honour Society	2015
Member Engineers Australia (EA)	2015
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	2015
Member Combustion Institute (CI)	2015
Member Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)	2015

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A numerical and experimental study of droplet dispersion in confined spaces to advance the knowledge of diseasepropagation	Current
Investigation of using carbon dioxide as a two-phase transfer fluid in latent heat thermal energy storage systems	Current
Reducing post-harvest loses in stored grains, seeds and nuts ¿ storage and aeration design	Current
Thermal efficiency improvements of electrocaloric cooling using an electrohydrodynamic egenerative heat exchanger	Current
Understanding and characterising optical emissions from hypersonic vehicles to inform real-time detection	Current
Understanding the effects of pressurised containment vessel failures on hydrogen fires	Current
Study on transcritical CO2 heat pumps for simultaneous heating and cooling	Completed

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