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Dr Matthew Read

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

School of Science & Technology Department of Engineering

Contact details

  • +44 (0)20 7040 8746
  • matthew.read.3@city.ac.uk

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About

Overview

Matthew Read is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at City University of London and a member of the Center for Compressor Technology. He recieved the degree of MEng in Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering from the University of Cambridge, following which he obtained a PhD from Imperial College London. His research interests are in the fields of low temperature power generation, waste heat recovery and compressor and expander technologies. He also has a long standing interest in power-train hybridisation, transmissions and energy storage systems, which was the subject of his Doctoral Thesis.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Imperial College London, UK, Nov 2006 – Nov 2010
  • MEng, University of Cambridge, UK, Sep 2001 – Jul 2005

Employment

  • Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, City, University of London, Mar 2016 – present
  • Research Fellow, City, University of London, Jun 2012 – Mar 2016

Awards

  • IMechE Fluid Machinery Group (2022) Donald Julius Groen Prize 2021
  • EPSRC (2021) Industrial waste heat recovery using supercritical carbon dioxide cycles (SCOTWOHR)
  • EPSRC (2017) Fundamental Studies of organic Rankine Cycle Expanders (NextORC)
    The aim of this research is to improve the understanding of ORC expander design and off-design performance through developing, and validating, suitable tools to accurately predict design point scaling and off-design performance of ORC systems. Most notably, this refers to predicting the design and off-design performance of supersonic turbines and two-phase screw expanders. These tools will be validated through suitable experimental tests, and will then be used in steady state, dynamic and techno-economic simulations of different cycle configurations.

Publications

Publications by category

Chapter

  • Read, M., Stosic, N. and Smith, I. (2017). Operational Characteristics of Internally Geared Positive Displacement Screw Machines. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Conference papers and proceedings (19)

  • Vimalakanthan, K., Read, M. and Kovacevic, A. (2020). Performance prediction and optimisation of twin-screw expander. doi:10.18462/iir.rankine.2020.1146
  • White, M., Read, M. and Sayma, A. (2019). A comparison between cascaded and single-stage ORC systems taken from the component perspective. 5th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems 9-11 September, Athens, Greece.
  • White, M.T., Read, M.G. and Sayma, A.I. (2019). Comparison between single and cascaded organic Rankine cycle systems accounting for the effects of expansion volume ratio on expander performance. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/604/1/012086
  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2019). Geometrical Comparison of Conventional and Gerotor-Type Positive Displacement Screw Machines. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/604/1/011011
  • Yang, L., Kovacevic, A. and Read, M. (2019). Normal Rack Grid Generation Method for Screw Machines with Large Helix Angles. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/604/1/012011
  • White, M., Read, M. and 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 9-12 July, Purdue, USA.
  • White, M.T., Read, M.G. and Sayma, A.I. (2018). Optimisation of cascaded organic Rankine cycle systems for high-temperature waste-heat recovery.
  • Kovacevic, A., Howell, B., Tarnok, Z., Hazen, G., Jagadeesh, C., Read, M. … Leto, A. (2018). Application of “CODeve” methodology in transatlantic student design project.
  • Smith, I.K., Stosic, N. and Read, (2016). Fundamental Investigation Of Whole-Life Power Plant Performance For Enhanced Geothermal Systems. 23rd International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue 11 Jul 2017 – 14 Jul 2016, West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • Iezzi, M. and Read, M.G. (2017). Enabling solid biomass fired small scale cogeneration systems with the twin screw wet steam expander technology.
  • Pullen, K.R., Read, M., Sellick, R., Fenocchi, A. and Etemad, S. (2017). LoCoFlyER - Low cost flywheels for efficient railways.
  • Read, M., Stosic, N. and Smith, I. (2017). Geometrical aspects of novel internally geared screw machine.
  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2016). Optimisation of Power Plant Operating on Waste Heat of Gas IC Engine Driven Power Generator. ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 11-17 November. doi:10.1115/imece2016-66550
  • Read, , Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2015). Comparison of Organic Rankine Cycle Under Varying Conditions Using Turbine and Twin-Screw Expanders. 3rd International Seminar on ORC Power Systems 12-14 October, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2014). Multi-Variable Optimisation of Wet Vapour Organic Rankine Cycles with Twin-Screw Expanders. 22nd International Compressor Engineering Conference 14-17 July, Purdue.
  • Read, M., Stosic, N. and Smith, I.K. (2014). Effect of air temperature variation on the performance of wet vapour organic rankine cycle systems.
  • Advani, R., Frost, K., Gwashavanhu, E., Linda, S., Rane, S., Read, M. … Sharif, M. (2014). When global design meets European Global Product Realisation-design techniques and challenges.
  • Read, M., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2013). Optimisation of Screw Expanders for Power Recovery From Low Grade Heat Sources. ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 15-21 November. doi:10.1115/imece2013-62129
  • Lu, Y., Kovacevic, A. and Read, M. Numerical study on screw machines with large helix angles.doi:10.1088/1757-899x/425/1/012023

Journal articles (16)

  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2022). Influence of rotor geometry on tip leakage and port flow areas in gerotor-type twin screw compressors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 236(1), pp. 94–102. doi:10.1177/0954408920962412.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Kovacevic, A. and Read, M. (2022). Editorial. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 236(1), pp. 3–3. doi:10.1177/09544089221076988.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Read, M. (2021). Basic design procedure for an internally geared screw compressor. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1180(1), pp. 12055–12055. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1180/1/012055.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Lu, Y., Kovacevic, A., Read, M., Buckney, D. and Endo, Y. (2021). Investigation of Screw Compressors for Low Pressure Ratio Applications. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1180(1), pp. 12006–12006. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1180/1/012006.

    [publisher’s website]

  • White, M.T., Read, M.G. and Sayma, A.I. (2020). Making the case for cascaded organic Rankine cycles for waste-heat recovery. Energy, 211, pp. 118912–118912. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.118912.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Vimalakanthan, K., Read, M. and Kovacevic, A. (2020). Numerical Modelling and Experimental Validation of Twin-Screw Expanders. Energies, 13(18), pp. 4700–4700. doi:10.3390/en13184700.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Read, M.G., Stosic, N. and Smith, I.K. (2020). The Influence of Rotor Geometry on Power Transfer Between Rotors in Gerotor-Type Screw Compressors. Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(7). doi:10.1115/1.4045508.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Lu, Y., Kovacevic, A., Read, M. and Basha, N. (2019). Numerical Study of Customised Mesh for Twin Screw Vacuum Pumps. Designs, 3(4), pp. 52–52. doi:10.3390/designs3040052.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2017). Internally geared screw machines with ported end plates. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 232, pp. 12058–12058. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/232/1/012058.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2016). Optimisation of power generation cycles using saturated liquid expansion to maximise heat recovery. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 231(1), pp. 57–69. doi:10.1177/0954408916679202.
  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2016). Comparison of Organic Rankine Cycle Under Varying Conditions Using Turbine and Twin-Screw Expanders. Energies, 9(8). doi:10.3390/en9080614.
  • Read, M.G., Smith, I.K. and Stosic, N. (2015). Optimisation of two-stage screw expanders for waste heat recovery applications. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 90, pp. 12058–12058. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/90/1/012058.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Read, M.G., Smith, R.A. and Pullen, K.R. (2015). Optimisation of flywheel energy storage systems with geared transmission for hybrid vehicles. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 87, pp. 191–209. doi:10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2014.11.001.
  • Read, M., Smith, I. and Stosic, N. (2014). Effect of air temperature variation on the performance of wet vapour organic rankine cycle systems. Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council, 38, pp. 705–712.
  • Read, M., Stosic, N. and Smith, I.K. (2014). Optimization of Screw Expanders for Power Recovery From Low-Grade Heat Sources. Energy Technology & Policy, 1(1), pp. 131–142. doi:10.1080/23317000.2014.969454.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Read, M.G., Griffiths, C. and Smith, R.A. (2011). The Effect of Driving Strategy on Hybrid Regional Diesel Trains. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 225(2), pp. 236–244. doi:10.1177/09544097jrrt374.

    [publisher’s website]

Patent

  • REad, M.G., Stosic, N.R. and Smith, I.K. (2015). Internal Gear Expander.

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