Anthony Robinson
Associate Professor
Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
My specific expertise is in experimental and computational thermal sciences. I have 20 years experience in heat transfer, fluid mechanics and applied energy research in Ireland, France, Canada and parts of Africa. I am the author of over 100 peer reviewed papers. Also author of 60 technical reports for industry, business and professional organisations and 5 patents. In-line with national and global energy priorities, myself and my team perform research that specifically targets the critical need for improved energy efficiency of thermal energy transport and conversion technologies as well as developing novel clean energy devices. The research underpins the rational use of energy with regard to the reduction of energy use as well as clean generation with their consequent reduction of green house gas emissions. To achieve this, the research focuses on both the fundamental science of enhanced heat transfer as well as innovative systems level engineering of clean technologies for biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, energy storage and waste heat recovery applications.
Research Interest
Applied thermodynamics and energy; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Heat Transfer; Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning; Space technology; Thermal Engineering; Thermosciences Engineering
Publications
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S. Siedel, S. Cioulachtjian, A.J. Robinson, J. Bonjour, Lateral Coalescence of Bubbles in the Presence of a DC Electric Field, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 76, 2015, p127-132
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Seamus M O Shaughnessy, Maurice Deasy; Vincent Doyle; Anthony Robinson, Performance analysis of a prototype small scale electricity-producing biomass cooking stove, Applied Energy, 156, 2015, p566 - 576
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G.P. Celata, F. Commisso, P. Di Marco, A.J. Robinson, L. Saraceno, and G. Zummo , Effect of Electric Field on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer at Microgravity and at Normal Gravity, Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, Boulder, Colorado, USA, April 26-30, 2015
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Robinson, A J, Using cooking fires to generate electricity for charging LED lights and mobile phones in rural Malawi, Trinity Week Seminars: Light & Sustainability, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland., 2015
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Robinson A.J, Lyons A.M, Kempers R, Modelling the effective thermal conductivity of compressing structures including contact resistance, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 67, 2016, p74 - 88
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Gibbons M.J, Howe C.M, Di Marco P, Robinson A.J, Local Heat Transfer to an Evaporating Sessile Droplet in an Electric Field, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 745, (3), 2016, p032066-
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R. Jenkins, R. Lupoi, R. Kempers, A.J. Robinson, Heat Transfer Performance of Boiling Jet Array Impingement on Micro-Grooved Surfaces, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 80, 2016, p293 - 304
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Sara Battaglioi; Robin Patrick Mooney; Anthony Robinson; Shaun McFadden, Macroscale modelling of Bridgman furnace solidification for the prediction of texture evolution and columnar to equiaxed transition, 8th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, Dijon, France, 9/10/2016, Institute of Physics, 2016
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R. Jenkins, C. De Brún, R. Kempers, R Lupoi, A. J. Robinson, Thermal-hydraulic performance of convective boiling jet array impingement , 745, 2016, p1 - 10
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Smith K, Byrne G, Kempers R, Robinson A.J, Electrohydrodynamic augmentation of a reflux thermosyphon, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 79, 2016, p175 - 186
