Dr Nicolas Kelly

Reader

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Expertise

Has expertise in:

I have over 30 years research experience in energy and the built environment. Research topics include:

Buildings and the urban environment
Net Zero buildings and communities
Energy efficiency in buildings
Building-integrated renewable energy systems

Photovoltaics
Hydrogen and fuel cells
Novel building integrated wind power devices
Solar thermal technologies
Thermal energy storage including phase change materials (PCM)

Simulation-based control of buildings
Modelling and monitoring of building energy performance
Modelling and testing of low and zero carbon energy technologies
Probabalistic modelling of climate, building occupancy and energy use
Simulation software development.

Prizes and awards

ICE Baker Medal: Recipient; 2011
Best Paper Award - World Renewable Energy Congress X: Recipient; 7/2008
RCUK Academic Fellowship: Recipient; 12/2003

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Publications

Assessing the ability of electrified domestic heating in the UK to provide unplanned, short-term responsive demand: Kelly Nick, Cowie Andrew, Flett Graeme; Energy and Buildings Vol 252 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111430
Modelling of individual domestic occupancy and energy demand behaviours using existing datasets and probabilistic modelling methods: Flett Graeme, Kelly Nick; Energy and Buildings Vol 252 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111373
Assessing the ability of roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) canopies to support electric vehicle (EV) charging in cities: Kelly N J, Allison J, Flett G, Hand J W; uSIM2020 Building to Buildings – Urban and Community Energy Modelling (2020)
Modelling responsive demand from electrified domestic heating and storage under different operating strategies: Allison J, Cowie A, Flett G, Hand J W, Hawker G, Kelly N J; uSIM - Urban Energy Simulation (2018)
A two-step optimization model for quantifying the flexibility potential of power-to-heat systems in dwellings: Oluleye Gbemi, Allison John, Hawker Graeme, Kelly Nick, Hawkes Adam D; Applied Energy Vol 228, pp. 215-228 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.072
A multi-period mixed integer linear program for assessing the benefits of power to heat storage in a dwelling energy system: Oluleye Gbemi, Allison John, Kelly Nick, Hawkes Adam; 28th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering 28th European Society of Computer-Aided Process Engineering Computer Aided Chemical Engineering Vol 43, pp. 1451-1456 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64235-6.50253-9

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Professional activities

Bridging the Gaps (BTG): Net Zero and Circular Economy Workshop: Participant; 18/5/2022
BTG Workshop - Net-Zero: Speaker; 18/5/2022
COP26 Reflections: Participant; 16/12/2021
Invited talk: Strathclyde Global Engineering Webinar Series: Speaker; 3/3/2021
Paper presented at uSIM conference: Speaker; 20/11/2020
Seminar series: Strathclyde Sustainable Development Showcase: Speaker; 1/10/2020

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Projects

Renewable Energy Microgrid Integration for Remote, Off-grid Cabins in Nunavut (UK -Canada): Johnstone, Cameron (Principal Investigator) Kelly, Nicolas (Co-investigator) Ordonez Sanchez, Stephanie Eugenia (Co-investigator); 06-Jan-2022 - 05-Jan-2025
Digital Dairy Value-Chain for South-West Scotland and Cumbria (Strength in Places Fund): Michie, Craig (Principal Investigator) Wagner, Beverly (Academic) Wilson, Juliette (Academic) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Bellekens, Xavier (Co-investigator) Galloway, Stuart (Co-investigator) Kelly, Nicolas (Co-investigator) Lengden, Michael (Co-investigator) Revie, Matthew (Co-investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2027
KTP - Anderson, Bell, Christie Ltd. The project will develop a toolkit to incorporate holistic net zero carbon measures into their design process, enabling creation of net zero carbon communities.: Sharpe, Tim (Principal Investigator) Kelly, Nicolas (Co-investigator) McElroy, Lori (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2024
Decarbonising Shipping Utilising Renewable Hydrogen - Supergen Cross Hub Funding: Ordonez Sanchez, Stephanie Eugenia (Principal Investigator) Kelly, Nicolas (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
SFC GCRF Pump Priming - Cleaner Air for Kolkata: Bellingham, Richard (Principal Investigator) Beverland, Iain (Co-investigator) Ferguson, Neil (Co-investigator) Kelly, Nicolas (Co-investigator) Macdonald, Malcolm (Co-investigator) Rogerson, Robert (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
Rotterdam, Umea and Glasgow: Generating Exemplar Districts in Sustainable Energy Deployment H2020: Ruggedised (Smart and Sustainable Cities): Clarke, Joseph Andrew (Principal Investigator) Bellingham, Richard (Co-investigator) Costola, Daniel (Co-investigator) Kelly, Nicolas (Co-investigator); Rotterdam, Umea and Glasgow: Generating Exemplar Districts in Sustainable Energy Deployment; 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2021

Address

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Weir

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