Dr. Charles Stuart
Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Peter Martin, Stephen Spence, Charles Stuart, Thomas Leonard, Andre Starke, Marco Geron, Investigating the Suitability of Multi-Scroll Volutes for Improving Spanwise Incidence of Mixed Flow Turbine Rotors With Varying Blade Cone Angles in Automotive Turbocharging Applications, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 146, (6), 2024
Pangbo Ren; Charles Stuart; Stephen Spence; Ryosuke Inomata; Takayuki Kobayashi; Isao Morita, Using Machine Learning for Loss Prediction in a Hybrid Meanline Modeling Method to Deliver Improved Radial Turbine Performance Prediction, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2023
Laura McLaughlin, Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Erich Kreiselmaier Kwok Kai So Marco Geron, Daniel Rusch, , A NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DESIGN POINT PERFORMANCE FOR A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WITH A PARAMETERIZED VOLUTE, ASME Turbo Expo 2023, Boston, MA, 26th -30th June 2023, 2023
Conor Gallagher, Charles Stuart and Stephen Spence, Energy Analysis of Fleet Operations Using Green Liquid Hydrogen and Synthetic Kerosene, AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, San Diego, USA, 12-16 June 2023, 2023, pphttps://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023
Peter Martin, Marco Geron, Stephen Spence, Charles Stuart, Andre Starke, Thomas Leonard , INVESTIGATING THE SUITABILITY OF MULTI-SCROLL VOLUTES FOR IMPROVING SPANWISE INCIDENCE OF MIXED FLOW ROTORS WITH VARYING BLADE CONE ANGLES IN AUTOMOTIVE TURBOCHARGING APPLICATIONS, ASME Turbo Expo 2023, Boston, MA, 26th - 30th June, 2023
Conor Gallagher, Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Energy Analysis of Fleet Operations using Green Liquid Hydrogen and Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium 2023, University of Limerick, 14092023 - 15092023, 2023
Morrison, R., Spence, S, Stuart, C., Leonard, T., Starke, A., & Kim, S., INVESTIGATION OF A NOVEL TURBINE HOUSING TO PRODUCE A NON-UNIFORM SPANWISE FLOW FIELD AT THE INLET TO A MIXED FLOW TURBINE AND PROVIDE VARIABLE GEOMETRY CAPABILITIES, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2023
Lee Gibson; Stephen Spence; Charles Stuart; Andre Starke; Sung In Kim, On the Effect of Side Clearance in the Vaned Diffuser of a Centrifugal Compressor, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2023
Conor Gallagher, Charles Stuart and Stephen Spence, Validation and Calibration of Conceptual Design Tool SUAVE, AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, San Diego, USA, 12-16 June 2023, 2023, pphttps://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023
Laura McLaughlin, Stephen Spence, Daniel Rusch, Charles Stuart, Marco Geron, Kwok Kai So, Magnus Fischer, Investigation of the Map Width Improvement in a Radially Reduced Diffuser Design Concept for a Centrifugal Compressor, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, 2022
Ren, P., Stuart, C., Spence, S., Inomata, R., Kobayashi, T., & Morita, I., USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR LOSS PREDICTION IN A HYBRID MEANLINE MODELING METHOD TO DELIVER IMPROVED RADIAL TURBINE PERFORMANCE PREDICTION, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 13-17 2022, GT2022-80186, 2022
McLaughlin, L., Spence, S., Rusch, D., Stuart, C., Geron, M., Kwok, K.S., & Fischer, M., INVESTIGATION OF THE MAP WIDTH IMPROVEMENT IN A RADIALLY REDUCED DIFFUSER DESIGN CONCEPT FOR A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, GT2022-78684, 2022
Gibson, L., Spence, S., Stuart, C., Starke, A., & Kim, S., ON THE EFFECT OF SIDE CLEARANCE IN THE VANED DIFFUSER OF A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 13-17 2022, GT2022-82423, 2022
Xing, H, Stuart, C, Spence, S and Chen, H, Fuel cell power systems for maritime applications: Progress and perspectives, Sustainability, 13, (3), 2021
Xing H., Stuart C., Spence S., Chen H., Alternative fuel options for low carbon maritime transportation: Pathways to 2050, Journal of Cleaner Production, 297, 2021
Morrison, R, Stuart, C., Spence, S, Leonard, T, and Kim, S, Investigation of a Novel Turbine Housing to Produce a Non-Uniform Spanwise Flow Field at the Inlet to a Mixed Flow Turbine and Provide Variable Geometry Capabilities, ASME Turbo Expo, Virtual, Online, 7 - 11 June 2021, GT2021-58382, 2021
Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Sönke Teichel, Andre Starke, Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Impact of an Integrated Active Pre-Swirl Generator on Turbocharger Compressor Performance and Operating Range, Energies, 2021
Pangbo Ren, Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Ryosuke Inomata, Takayuki Kobayashi, Isao Morita, Using AI for Loss Prediction in a Hybrid Meanline Modelling Method to Deliver Improved Turbocharger Map Prediction, Turbocharging Seminar 2021, Dalian, China, 2021
Stuart, C, Spence, S, Teichel, S and Starke, A, Design and evaluation of an active inlet swirl control device for automotive turbocharger compressors, Proc. of IMechE 14th International Conference on Turbochargers and Turbocharging, IMechE 14th International Conference on Turbochargers and Turbocharging, London, May 2020, 2020, pppp. 1-14
Gibson, L, Spence, S, Kim, S, Schwitzke, M, Starke, A, and Filsinger, D, An investigation into the effect of clearance aspect ratio on the performance of a variable geometry vaned diffuser for automotive turbocharger application, ASME Turbo Expo, Virtual, Online, 21-25 September 2020, GT2020-14905, 2020
Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., A three-zone modeling approach for centrifugal compressor slip factor prediction, Journal of Turbomachinery, 141, (3), 2019
Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., Characterizing the influence of impeller exit recirculation on centrifugal compressor work input, Journal of Turbomachinery, 140, (1), 2018
Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., A three-zone modelling approach for centrifugal compressor slip factor prediction, 2B-2018, 2018
Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., Characterising the influence of impeller exit recirculation on centrifugal compressor work input, 2C-2017, 2017
Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., Harley, P., An evaluation of vaneless diffuser modelling methods as a means of improving the off-design performance prediction of centrifugal compressors, 2C, 2015
Charles Stuart, How 110 Years of Turbocharging Changed the World, 2015
Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Sung In Kim, Dietmar Filsinger, Andre Starke, A 1-D Vaneless Diffuser Model Accounting for the Effects of Spanwise Flow Stratification, 2015
Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Sung Kim, Dietmar Filsinger, Andre Starke, A 1-D radial vaneless diffuser model accounting for the effects of aerodynamic blockage, 2015
Charles Stuart, Peter Harley, Stephen Spence, Sung Kim, Dietmar Filsinger, Andre Starke, An analysis of stage performance in automotive turbocharger centrifugal compressors, 2014
Murtagh, M., Kee, R., McCullough, G., Stuart, C., Bradley, C., Trimble, S., Allen, M., Chen, C., Kolkemo, A., Reichenbach, D., Development and Validation of a Forklift Truck Powertrain Simulation, SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles, 6, (1), 2013, p150-160
Research Expertise
Projects
- Title
- ÉirPlANE (Éire's Plan for Aviation Net-zero Emissions)
- Summary
- Air travel connects the world efficiently, safely and quickly. Islands such as Ireland are in a unique position where there is no alternative to air travel in the context of European interconnectivity targets, and Ireland also a global player in the aviation industry. Aviation is faced with possibly the most difficult decarbonisation challenge of all sectors for 2050, in part because of the high energy densities needed for commercial flights (meaning electrification with batteries is not possible), but also because change is difficult in a high-value, safety critical industry. The aviation problem is a complex mix of immature new technologies, complicated supply chains and insufficient scientific direction for the enormous industry investments required. Ireland needs to take a leading role in sustainable aviation. A wide variety of stakeholders must engage in and invest heavily in the transition. By engaging with them, the proposed project will develop a techno-economic roadmap for making the first significant step towards zero-carbon aviation. This will combine validated physics-based models of various future zero-carbon aircraft with state-of-the-art fleet scheduling techniques to evaluate the feasibility of different aircraft concepts and fuels from technical and business perspectives, relying on real-world flight and operational data from our societal impact partners, Ryanair. These fleet-wide considerations will exploit the interdependency of aircraft design and mission scheduling to minimize climate impact and cost. Furthermore, the advanced modelling framework will enable characterisation of the ability to supply power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (P2L SAF) and liquified green hydrogen (LH2) in the context of Ireland"s renewable energy plans. By combining the technical work with an understanding of the whole sector, we will ensure that the project generates pragmatic, data driven solutions to the challenge of decarbonising aviation for Ireland.
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 01/01/2023
- Date To
- 30/04/2025
- Title
- Centrifugal Compressor Surge Inception
- Summary
- The details of this project are subject to a commercial non-disclosure agreement.
- Funding Agency
- Industry funded
- Date From
- 01/12/2021
- Date To
- 30/11/2025
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Queen's Merit Award in recognition of achieving Associate Fellowship of HEA
ASME IGTI Young Engineer Travel Award
Nominated for Best Paper Award - IGTI Turbomachinery Committee
Nominated for Best Paper Award - IGTI Turbomachinery Committee
Winner of ABB 110 Years of Turbocharging White Paper Competition
Emily Sarah Montgomery Travel Award
1st place in QUB Sir Bernard Crossland Presentation Competition (3rd in All Ireland final)
Dunville Studentship in support of PhD project (Centrifugal Compressor Aerodynamics)
Sir Bernard Crossland Prize for highest average mark in Stage 4 MEng Mechanical Engineering
Mark Sweeney Prize for highest average mark across Energy Theme Modules in Stage 4 MEng
Best Stage 4 Project (Formula Student - Drive-by-Wire throttle system design and testing, vehicle modelling)
NACCO Bursary for contributions to SAE Paper 2013-01-0817 (Forklift truck torque converter study)
Harry Ferguson Prize for best Stage 3 Engineering Design Project
McCormick Prize for best Stage 3 Project (Formula Student - Gearbox Optimisation and Acceleration Run Modelling)
Foundation Scholarship for highest average mark in Stage 3 MEng Mechanical Engineering
Foundation Scholarship for highest average mark in Stage 2 MEng Mechanical Engineering
IMechE award and Foundation Scholarship for highest average mark in Stage 1 MEng Mechanical Engineering
Caterpillar / FG Wilson scholarship for having at least three A grades at A-Level and having a Stage 1 average mark of at least 60%
All Ireland Scholarship
Memberships
Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK)
Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)