Francis Agyenim

Contact

• workRoom Room A10 (Office 1) Marmont Renewable Energy Centre
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 84 66140
• fax0115 95 13159
• francis.agyenim@nottingham.ac.uk

Teaching Summary

MSc Research Methodology

MSc Sustainable Research Project

BSc Building/Environmental Services Design

MSc Regulation and Management of Energy Use and Supply

Research Summary

Solar thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) and other storage systems

PCM storage to adjust heat pump tariff in residential applications

The role of thermal energy storage to reduce heating and cooling demands

Solar powered absorption cooling system

Selected Publications

• AGYENIM, F., EAMES, P. and SMYTH, M., 2009. A comparison of heat transfer enhancement in a medium temperature thermal energy storage heat exchanger using fins Solar Energy. VOL 83(NUMBER 9), 1509-1520
• AGYENIM FRANCIS, HEWITT NEIL, 2010. The development of a finned phase change material (PCM) storage system to take advantage of off-peak electricity tariff for improvement in cost of heat pump operation. Energy and Buildings. 42(9), 1552–1560
• F. AGYENIM, M. SMYTH AND PC EAMES,, A review of phase change thermal energy storage; selection of materials suitable for energy storage in the 100-130°C temperature range. In: World Renewable Energy Congress, Aberdeen, Scotland, 22-27 May 2005..
• AGYENIM F, EAMES P and MERVYN SMYTH, 2011. Experimental study on the melting and solidification behaviour of a medium temperature phase change storage material (Erythritol) system augmented with fins to power a LiBr/H2O absorption cooling syst Renewable Energy. 36, 108-117

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Past Research

PCM storage to adjust heat pump tariff in residential applications

PCM to store solar energy at the hot side of LiBr/Water absorption cooling system

Solar powered absorption cooling system

Future Research

Building Energy & Environmental Performance Modelling

Building integrated photovoltaic

Passive control of building temperature using PCM integrated walls and chilled ceiling.

Energy demand management within the built environment.

Categorisation of energy demand by buildings based on age and type of building. 

• AGYENIM F, EAMES P and MERVYN SMYTH, 2011. Experimental study on the melting and solidification behaviour of a medium temperature phase change storage material (Erythritol) system augmented with fins to power a LiBr/H2O absorption cooling syst Renewable Energy. 36, 108-117
• AGYENIM FRANCIS, HEWITT NEIL, 2010. The development of a finned phase change material (PCM) storage system to take advantage of off-peak electricity tariff for improvement in cost of heat pump operation. Energy and Buildings. 42(9), 1552–1560
• AGYENIM, F., HEWITT, N., EAMES, P. and SMYTH, M., 2010. A review of materials, heat transfer and phase change problem formulation for latent heat thermal energy storage systems (LHTESS) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. VOL 14(NUMBER 2), 615-628
• AGYENIM, F, KNIGHT, I. and RHODES, M, 2010. Design and experimental testing of the performance of an outdoor LiBr/H2O solar thermal absorption cooling system with a cold store Solar energy. 84, 735–744
• AGYENIM, F, EMAES, PC and SMYTH, M, 2010. Heat transfer enhancement in medium temperature thermal energy storage system using a multitube heat transfer array Renewable Energy. 35, 198–207
• AGYENIM, F., EAMES, P. and SMYTH, M., 2009. A comparison of heat transfer enhancement in a medium temperature thermal energy storage heat exchanger using fins Solar Energy. VOL 83(NUMBER 9), 1509-1520
• AGYENIM F, 2007. Solar air conditioning and the need for energy storage for meeting domestic cooling in tropical countries, In: Ghana National Energy Symposium 2007, Accra, Ghana, October 31st to 2nd November 2007..
• 9.10 M. RHODES, I. KNIGHT & F. AGYENIM,, M. RHODES, KNIGHT, I and AGYENIM, F, 2007. Categorising the existing Welsh housing stock in terms of heating and cooling demand and thermal storage capacity, In: 2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference 2007, Crete Island, Greece, , 2007..
• RHODES M, AGYENIM F, KNIGHT I P, AMPATZI, E,, Parameters affecting the aesthetic integration of solar thermal heating and cooling systems in domestic properties in a Northern European Country, In: Eurosun 2008, 1st International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings, 7th to 10th October 2008, Lisbon, Portugal..
• F. AGYENIM, P.C. EAMES AND M. SMYTH,, Experimental investigation into the melting and solidification characteristics of medium temperature phase change material (Erythritol) in a shell and tube heat storage system. In: World Renewable Energy Congress, Florence, Italy, 19-25 August, 2006..
• F. AGYENIM, P.C. EAMES & M. SMYTH,, A comparison of heat transfer enhancement in medium temperature thermal energy storage, Erythritol (melting point 117.7°C) using fins and multitubes, In: ISES Solar World Congress 2007, Beijing, China, September 18 – 21, 2007..
• FRANCIS AGYENIM AND NEIL HEWITT,, Experimental investigation of PCMs for the hot side of a vapour compression heat pump to adjust tariff rates, In: ISES Solar World Congress 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 11 – 14..
• F. AGYENIM, M. RHODES & I. KNIGHT, 2007,, The use of phase change material (PCM) to improve the coefficient of performance of a chiller for meeting domestic cooling in Wales, In: 2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference 2007, Crete Island, Greece, September 27-29, 2007..
• FRANCIS AGYENIM, NEIL HEWITT, MERVYN SMYTH AND PHILIP EAMES,, Numerical and experimental development of a medium temperature thermal energy storage (Erythritol) system for the hot side storage in a of LiBr/H2O air conditioning system, 19-25 July 2008, In: World Renewable Energy Congress, 19-25th July, 2008, Glasgow - Scotland, UK..
• F. AGYENIM, M. SMYTH AND PC EAMES,, A review of phase change thermal energy storage; selection of materials suitable for energy storage in the 100-130°C temperature range. In: World Renewable Energy Congress, Aberdeen, Scotland, 22-27 May 2005..
• E. AMPATZI, I. KNIGHT, M. RHODES AND F. AGYENIM,, The role of thermal energy storage in helping solar thermal reduce the heating, cooling and DHW demands of the Housing Stock in a Northern European Country, In: International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings, 7th to 10th October 2008, Lisbon, Portugal..
• KNIGHT I P, RHODES M, AGYENIM F, AMPATZI, E, The potential for solar thermal heating and cooling systems to reduce the carbon emissions of domestic properties in a northern European country, In: Eurosun 2008, 1st International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings, 7th to 10th October 2008, Lisbon, Portugal..