Below is a list of all of my scientific publications to date. If you are interested in any of these and want to find out more, please get in touch.

Journal articles

  • White, M., 2024, “pocketTHERM: A web-based tool for teaching non-ideal thermodynamic cycles”, SoftwareX, 27, 101806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2024.101806
  • Aqel, O., White, M., 2024, “Loss analysis in radial inflow turbines for supercritical CO2 mixtures”, Journal of Turbomachinery, 146(5), 051003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064193
  • Salah, S., Abdeldayem, A., White, M., Sayma, A., 2024, “Off-design performance assessment of an axial turbine for a 100 MWe concentrated solar power plant operating with CO2 mixtures”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 238, 122001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.122001
  • Abdeldayem, A., Paggini, A., Diurnal, T., Orazi, C., White, M., Ruggiero, M., Sayma, A., 2024, “Integrated aerodynamic and mechanical design of a large-scale axial turbine operating with supercritical carbon dioxide mixtures”, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 146(2), 021011. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063530
  • Ogrodniczak, P., White, M., 2023, “Non-equilibrium CFD simulation of the wet-to-dry expansion of the siloxane MM in a converging-diverging nozzle”, Applied Thermal Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121158
  • Abdeldayem, A., Salah, S., White, M., Salma, A., 2023, “A modified loss breakdown approach for axial turbines operating with blended supercritical carbon dioxide”, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062478
  • Salah, S., Crespi, F., White, M., Munoz, A., Paggini, A., Ruggiero, M., Sanchez, D., Salma, A., 2023, “Axial turbine flow path design for concentrated solar power plants operating with CO2 blends”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 230(A), 120612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120612
  • Abdeldayem, A., White, M., Paggini, A., Ruggiero, M., Sayma, A., 2022, “Integrated aerodynamic and structural blade shape optimisation of axial turbines operating with supercritical carbon dioxide blended with dopants”, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 144(10), 101016. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055232
  • Salah, S., White, M., Sayma, A., 2022, “A comparison of axial turbine loss models for air, sCO2 and ORC turbines across a range of scales”, International Journal of Thermofluids, 15, 100156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2022.100156
  • White, M., 2021, “Investigating the wet-to-dry expansion of organic fluids for power generation”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 192, 122921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.122921
  • White, M., 2021, “Cycle and turbine optimisation for an ORC operating with two-phase expansion”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 192, 116852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116852
  • Aqel, O., White, M., Khader, M., Sayma, A., 2021, “Sensitivity of transcritical cycle and turbine design to dopant fraction in CO2-based working fluids”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 190, 116796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116796
  • White, M., Bianchi, G., Chai, L., Tassou, S., Sayma, A., 2021, “Review of supercritical CO2 technologies and systems for power generation”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 185, 116447. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116447
  • White, M., Read, M., Sayma, A., 2020, “Making the case for cascaded organic Rankine cycles for waste-heat recovery”, Energy, 211, 118912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118912
  • Salah, S.I., Khader, M.A., White, M., Sayma, A., 2020, “Mean-line design of a supercritical CO2 micro axial turbine”, Applied Sciences, 10(15), 5069. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10155069
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2020, “A new method to identify the optimal temperature of latent-heat thermal-energy storage systems for power generation from waste heat”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 149, 119111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.119111
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2019, “Simultaneous cycle optimization and fluid selection for ORC systems accounting for the effect of the operating conditions on turbine efficiency”, Front Energy Res, 7, 50. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2019.00050
  • White, M., Oyewunmi, O., Chatzopoulou, M. et al., 2018, “Computer-aided working-fluid design and thermoeconomic optimisation of novel ORC systems for waste-heat recovery applications”, Energy, 161, 1181—1198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.07.098
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2018, “A generalised assessment of working fluids and radial turbines for non-recuperated subcritical organic Rankine cycles”, Energies, 11(4), 800. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11040800
  • White, M., Sayma, A., Markides, C., 2018, “Working-fluid replacement in supersonic organic Rankine cycle turbines”, J Eng Gas Turb Power, 140(9), 091703. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038754
  • White, M., Oyewunmi, O., Chatzopoulou, M. et al., 2017, “Integrated computer-aided working-fluid design and thermoeconomic ORC system optimisation”, Enrgy Proced, 129(9), 152—159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.095
  • Unamba, C., White, M., Sapin, P. et al., 2017, “Experimental investigation of the operating point of a 1 kW ORC system”, Enrgy Proced, 129(9), 875—882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.211
  • White, M., Oyewunmi, O., Haslam, A., et al., 2017, “Industrial waste-heat recovery through integrated computer-aided working-fluid and ORC system optimisation using SAFT-γ Mie”, Energ Convers Manage, 150, 851—869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2017.03.048
  • White, M., Sayma, A., Markides, C., 2017, “Supersonic flow of non-ideal fluids in nozzles: An application of similitude theory and lessons for ORC turbine design and flexible use considering system performance”, J Phys Conf Ser, 821, 012002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/821/1/012002
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2016, “Improving the economy-of-scale of small organic Rankine cycle systems through appropriate working fluid selection”, Appl Energ, 183, pp. 1227—1239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.09.055
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2015, “The impact of component performance on the overall cycle performance of small-scale low temperature organic Rankine cycles”, IOP Conf Ser-Mat Sci, 90, 012063. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/90/1/012063
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2015, “The application of similitude theory for the performance prediction of radial turbines within small-scale low temperature organic Rankine cycles”, J Eng Gas Turb Power, 137(12), 122605. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030836
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2015, “System and component modelling and optimisation for an efficient 10 kWe low-temperature organic Rankine cycle utilising a radial inflow expander”, P I Mech Eng A-J Pow, 229(7), 795—809. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957650915574211

Books

Books (Edited)

  • White, M., El Samad, T., Karathanassis, I., Sayma, A., Pini, M., Guardone, A., 2023, “Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion and Power”, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30936-6

Conference papers

  • White, M., 2023, “pocketORC: A browser-based calculator for teaching organic Rankine cycle power systems”, 7th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, 4-6th September, Seville, Spain.
  • Ogrodniczak, P., Sayma, A., White, M., 2023, “Pressure profile optimisation of a nozzle for wet-to-dry expansion”, 7th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, 4-6th September, Seville, Spain.
  • Abdeldayem, A., Paggini, A., Diurnal, T., Orazi, C., White, M., Ruggiero, M., Sayma, A., 2023, “Integrated aerodynamic and mechanical design of a large-scale axial turbine operating with supercritical carbon dioxide mixtures”, GT2023 ASME Turbo Expo, 26-30th June, Boston, Massachusetts. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-102236
  • Aqel, O., White, M., Sayma, A., 2023, “Loss analysis of radial inflow turbines for supercritical CO2 mixtures”, GT2023 ASME Turbo Expo, 26-30th June, Boston, Massachusetts. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-102556
  • Salah, S., White, M., Sayma, A., 2023, “A comparison of flow path designs for axial turbines operating with pure CO2 and CO2 mixtures”, GT2023 ASME Turbo Expo, 26-30th June, Boston, Massachusetts. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-101511
  • Abdeldayem, A., Salah, S., Aqel, O., White, M., Salma, A., 2023, “Design of a 130 MW axial turbine operating with a supercritical carbon dioxide mixture for the SCARABEUS project”, 15th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics & Thermodynamics, 24-28 April, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Ogrodniczak, P., White, M.., 2022, “Numerical validation of a two-phase nozzle design tool based on the two-fluid model applied to wet-to-dry expansion of organic fluids”, Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics: NICFD 2022, 3-4 November, London, UK.
  • White, M., Turunen-Saaresti, T., 2021, “Simulation of a supersonic stator vane under two-phase inlet conditions”, 6th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, 11-13th October, Munich, Germany. https://doi.org/10.14459/2021mp1632898
  • Abdeldayem, A., White, M., Sayma, A., 2021, “Comparison of CFD predictions of supercritical carbon dioxide axial flow turbines using a number of turbulence models”, GT2021 ASME Turbo Expo, 7-11th June, Online. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58883
  • Aqel, O., White, M., Sayma, A., 2021, “Binary interaction uncertainty in the optimisation of a transcritical cycle: Consequences on cycle and turbine design”, The 4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems, 23-24th March, Online. https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/73959
  • White, M., 2020, “Investigating the validity of the fundamental derivative in the equilibrium and non-equilibrium two-phase expansion of MM”, 3rd International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion and Power, 29-30th October, Delft, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69306-0_1
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2020, “Fluid selection for small-scale Rankine cycle plants: Can you draw some lines in the sand?”, IIR Rankine 2020 Conference - Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation, 27-31st July, Glasgow, UK. https://iifiir.org/en/fridoc/142633
  • White, M., Read, M., Sayma, A., 2019, “Comparison between single and cascaded organic Rankine cycle systems accounting for the effects of expansion volume ratio on expander performance”, IOP Conf Ser: Mater Sci Eng, 604, 012086. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/604/1/012086
  • White, M., Read, M., Sayma, A., 2019, “A comparison between cascaded and single-stage ORC systems taken from the component perspective”, Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, September 9-11, 2019, Athens, Greece, ISBN: 978-90-9032038-0. https://www.orc2019.com/online/proceedings/display_manuscript/113.htm
  • White, M., Read, M., Sayma, A., 2018, “Using a cubic equation of state to identify optimal working fluids for an ORC operating with two-phase expansion using a twin-screw expander”, 17th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference, 9-12th July, Purdue, US. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iracc/1870
  • White, M., Read, M., Sayma, A., 2018, “Optimisation of cascaded organic Rankine cycle systems for high-temperature waste-heat recovery”, 31st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 17-22nd June, Guimareas, Portugal.
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2018, “Design of a closed-loop optical-access supersonic test facility for organic vapours”, GT2018 ASME Turbo Expo, 11-15th June, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2018-75301
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2018, “A preliminary comparison of different turbine architectures for a 100 kW supercritical CO2 Rankine cycle turbine”, The 6th International Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles Symposium, 27-29th March, Pittsburgh, U.S.
  • White, M., Oyewunmi, O., Haslam, A., et al., 2017, “Exploring optimal working fluids and cycle architetures for organic Rankine cycle systems using advanced computer-aided molecular design methodologies”, HEFAT, 17-19th July, Portoroz, Slovenia.
  • Oyewunmi, O., White, M., Chatzopoulou, M., et al., 2017, “Integrated computer-aided working-fluid design and power system optimisation: Beyond thermodynamic modelling”, 30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 2-6th July, San Diego, U.S.
  • White, M., Oyewunmi, O., Haslam, A., et al., 2017, “High-efficiency waste-heat recovery through computer-aided integrated working-fluid and ORC system optimisation”, SusTEM 2017, 28-30th June, Alkmaar, Netherlands.
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2016, “Investigating the effect of changing the working fluid on the three-dimensional flow within organic Rankine cycle turbines”, GT2016 ASME Turbo Expo, 13-17th June, Seoul, South Korea.
  • White, M., Sayma, A., 2015, “The one-dimensional meanline design of radial turbines for small scale low temperature organic Rankine cycles”, GT2015 ASME Turbo Expo, 15-19th June, Montreal, Canada.