Dr Julia Race

Head Of Department

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

Prior to starting my academic career, I worked in industry for over 20 years, latterly in the pipeline industry for 7 years as an integrity consultant for GE Oil and Gas. In this role, I was responsible for providing fitness-for-purpose, remaining life and corrosion assessments for onshore and offshore pipelines. I have also worked as a materials engineer in the petrochemical and power generation industries involved with the operation, maintenance and design of chemical and power plant.

I joined Newcastle University in 2005 as a lecturer in Pipeline Engineering, running an MSc in Pipeline Engineering and establishing an MSc Subsea Engineering and Management. I also began my main research into the pipeline and marine transport of carbon dioxide for carbon capture and storage (CCS). However, my other research interests include modelling external corrosion in pipelines and evaluating the effect of denting on pipeline integrity.

At the University of Strathclyde, which I joined in 2014, I am continuing my research interests in CCS transport. However, I have a wide range of research expertise in metallurgy, failure analysis, welding and corrosion in the power, petrochemicals and energy sectors.

Publications

The Role of CCS in Industry Clusters in Delivering Value to the Political Economy: Turner Karen, Race Julia, Katris Antonios, Alabi Oluwafisayo; (2019); https://doi.org/10.17868/68739
Assessment of the applicability of failure frequency models for dense phase carbon dioxide pipelines: Lyons CJ, Race JM, Wetenhall B, Chang E, Hopkins HF, Barnett J; International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Vol 87, pp. 112-120 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.05.014
Reframing the Value Case for Carbon Capture and Storage: Turner Karen, Alabi Oluwafisayo, Low Ragne, Race Julia; (2019); https://doi.org/10.17868/67392
Reframing the Value Case for CCUS : Evidence on the Economic Value Case for CCUS in Scotland and the UK (Technical Report): Turner Karen, Alabi Oluwafisayo, Low Ragne, Race Julia; (2019); https://doi.org/10.17868/67391
Roundtable Event : The Potential Value of CCUS to the Political Economy, Edinburgh 28 November 2018: Turner Karen, Chalmers Hannah, Chalmers-Deacon Kate, Corradi Luca, d'Elloy Marine, de Vries Frans, Holman David, Holmes Nigel, James Alan, Bevan Nick, Kerr Stephen, Mallows Tim, Parmiter Philippa, Race Julia, Ramirex Andrea Ramirez, Robertson Luke, Sloss Lesley, Sweeney Graeme, Tucker Owain, Vass Seonaid, Warren Luke; (2019)
Making the Macroeconomic Case for Near Term Action on CCS in the UK? The Current State of Economy-wide Modelling Evidence: Turner Karen, Race Julia, Alabi Oluwafisayo, Low Ragne; (2018)

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Professional activities

Centre for Energy Policy Energy Conversations:Stop talking tech – why should people care about energy technology and policy?: Speaker; 28/3/2019
Stakeholder engagement meeting: Participant; 13/2/2018
Stakeholder engagement meeting: Participant; 7/2/2018
PhD Reading Committee - Utrecht University: External Examiner; 4/9/2015
External examiner for MSc programmes at Robert Gordon University: External Examiner; 1/12/2014
First International Forum of Transporation of CO2 by Pipelines: Organiser; 1/7/2010

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Projects

The economic opportunity for a large scale CO2 management industry in Scotland: Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator); 25-Jan-2019 - 25-Jan-2019
Reframing the Value Case for CCS: Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Alabi, Oluwafisayo Titilope (Researcher) Low, Ragne (Researcher) Race, Julia (Researcher); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2018
UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre 2017 (UKCCSRC 2017): Race, Julia (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2022
Shelter and Escape in the Event of a Release of CO2 from CCS Infrastructure (S-CAPE). Julia Race (NAOME): Race, Julia (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2017
UKCCSRC - The United Kngdom Carbon Capture and Storage Centre: Race, Julia (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2017
Impact of CO2 impurity on CO2 compression, liquefaction and transportation: Race, Julia (Principal Investigator) Wetenhall, Ben (Co-investigator) Aghajani, Hamed (Research Co-investigator) Benson, Simon (Co-investigator) Chalmers, Hannah (Co-investigator) Ferrari, Maria Chiara (Co-investigator) Li, Jia (Co-investigator); The impurities present in CO₂ streams are important for CO₂ pipeline and ship transport, as they can affect various aspects, such as the range of operation, safety considerations, fracture control, cracking, corrosion control, dispersion in the event of a release, fluid density, operating pressure, temperature and the quantity of CO₂ that can be transported. The range and levels of potential impurities emitted from CO₂ capture facilities will differ between different power plant and industrial sources and between the capture technologies installed at the source. It is essential to improve the understanding of the effect of these potential impurities on CO₂ compression, liquefaction and transportation under relevant conditions. Therefore, IEAGHG commissioned a study on this topic to a consortium comprised of Newcastle University and the University of Edinburgh.The study identified twelve worst-case but plausible impurities scenarios that are representative of the main CO₂ capture processes.; 07-Jan-2013 - 06-Jan-2014

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