Dr. Charles Stuart

• Xing, H, Stuart, C, Spence, S and Chen, H, Fuel cell power systems for maritime applications: Progress and perspectives, Sustainability, 13, (3), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Morrison, R, Stuart, C., Spence, S, Leonard, T, and Kim, S, Investigation of a Novel Turbine Housing to Produce a Non-Uniform Spanwise Flow Field at the Inlet to a Mixed Flow Turbine and Provide Variable Geometry Capabilities, ASME Turbo Expo, Virtual, Online, 7 - 11 June 2021, GT2021-58382, 2021Conference Paper, 2021, URL
• Gibson, L, Spence, S, Kim, S, Schwitzke, M, Starke, A, and Filsinger, D, An investigation into the effect of clearance aspect ratio on the performance of a variable geometry vaned diffuser for automotive turbocharger application, ASME Turbo Expo, Virtual, Online, 21-25 September 2020, GT2020-14905, 2020Conference Paper, 2020, DOI
• Stuart, C, Spence, S, Teichel, S and Starke, A, Design and evaluation of an active inlet swirl control device for automotive turbocharger compressors, Proc. of IMechE 14th International Conference on Turbochargers and Turbocharging, IMechE 14th International Conference on Turbochargers and Turbocharging, London, May 2020, 2020, pppp. 1-14Conference Paper, 2020, DOI
• Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Sung Kim, Dietmar Filsinger, Andre Starke, A 1-D radial vaneless diffuser model accounting for the effects of aerodynamic blockage, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
• Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., Harley, P., An evaluation of vaneless diffuser modelling methods as a means of improving the off-design performance prediction of centrifugal compressors, 2C, 2015Conference Paper, 2015, DOI
• Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., A three-zone modeling approach for centrifugal compressor slip factor prediction, Journal of Turbomachinery, 141, (3), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., A three-zone modelling approach for centrifugal compressor slip factor prediction, 2B-2018, 2018Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., Characterizing the influence of impeller exit recirculation on centrifugal compressor work input, Journal of Turbomachinery, 140, (1), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Stuart, C., Spence, S., Filsinger, D., Starke, A., Kim, S.I., Characterising the influence of impeller exit recirculation on centrifugal compressor work input, 2C-2017, 2017Conference Paper, 2017, DOI
• Charles Stuart, How 110 Years of Turbocharging Changed the World, 2015Journal Article, 2015, TARA - Full Text
• Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Sung In Kim, Dietmar Filsinger, Andre Starke, A 1-D Vaneless Diffuser Model Accounting for the Effects of Spanwise Flow Stratification, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
• Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Sönke Teichel, Andre Starke, Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Impact of an Integrated Active Pre-Swirl Generator on Turbocharger Compressor Performance and Operating Range, Energies, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Charles Stuart, Peter Harley, Stephen Spence, Sung Kim, Dietmar Filsinger, Andre Starke, An analysis of stage performance in automotive turbocharger centrifugal compressors, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
• Murtagh, M., Kee, R., McCullough, G., Stuart, C., Bradley, C., Trimble, S., Allen, M., Chen, C., Kolkemo, A., Reichenbach, D., Development and Validation of a Forklift Truck Powertrain Simulation, SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles, 6, (1), 2013, p150-160Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Xing H., Stuart C., Spence S., Chen H., Alternative fuel options for low carbon maritime transportation: Pathways to 2050, Journal of Cleaner Production, 297, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Pangbo Ren, Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Ryosuke Inomata, Takayuki Kobayashi, Isao Morita, Using AI for Loss Prediction in a Hybrid Meanline Modelling Method to Deliver Improved Turbocharger Map Prediction, Turbocharging Seminar 2021, Dalian, China, 2021Conference Paper, 2021, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Gibson, L., Spence, S., Stuart, C., Starke, A., & Kim, S., ON THE EFFECT OF SIDE CLEARANCE IN THE VANED DIFFUSER OF A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 13-17 2022, GT2022-82423, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, DOI
• Ren, P., Stuart, C., Spence, S., Inomata, R., Kobayashi, T., & Morita, I., USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR LOSS PREDICTION IN A HYBRID MEANLINE MODELING METHOD TO DELIVER IMPROVED RADIAL TURBINE PERFORMANCE PREDICTION, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 13-17 2022, GT2022-80186, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, DOI
• McLaughlin, L., Spence, S., Rusch, D., Stuart, C., Geron, M., Kwok, K.S., & Fischer, M., INVESTIGATION OF THE MAP WIDTH IMPROVEMENT IN A RADIALLY REDUCED DIFFUSER DESIGN CONCEPT FOR A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR, ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, GT2022-78684, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, DOI
• Morrison, R., Spence, S, Stuart, C., Leonard, T., Starke, A., & Kim, S., INVESTIGATION OF A NOVEL TURBINE HOUSING TO PRODUCE A NON-UNIFORM SPANWISE FLOW FIELD AT THE INLET TO A MIXED FLOW TURBINE AND PROVIDE VARIABLE GEOMETRY CAPABILITIES, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Lee Gibson; Stephen Spence; Charles Stuart; Andre Starke; Sung In Kim, On the Effect of Side Clearance in the Vaned Diffuser of a Centrifugal Compressor, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Pangbo Ren; Charles Stuart; Stephen Spence; Ryosuke Inomata; Takayuki Kobayashi; Isao Morita, Using Machine Learning for Loss Prediction in a Hybrid Meanline Modeling Method to Deliver Improved Radial Turbine Performance Prediction, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Conor Gallagher, Charles Stuart and Stephen Spence, Validation and Calibration of Conceptual Design Tool SUAVE, AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, San Diego, USA, 12-16 June 2023, 2023, pphttps://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023Conference Paper, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Conor Gallagher, Charles Stuart and Stephen Spence, Energy Analysis of Fleet Operations Using Green Liquid Hydrogen and Synthetic Kerosene, AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, San Diego, USA, 12-16 June 2023, 2023, pphttps://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023Conference Paper, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Peter Martin, Marco Geron, Stephen Spence, Charles Stuart, Andre Starke, Thomas Leonard , INVESTIGATING THE SUITABILITY OF MULTI-SCROLL VOLUTES FOR IMPROVING SPANWISE INCIDENCE OF MIXED FLOW ROTORS WITH VARYING BLADE CONE ANGLES IN AUTOMOTIVE TURBOCHARGING APPLICATIONS, ASME Turbo Expo 2023, Boston, MA, 26th - 30th June, 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Laura McLaughlin, Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Erich Kreiselmaier Kwok Kai So Marco Geron, Daniel Rusch,, A NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DESIGN POINT PERFORMANCE FOR A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WITH A PARAMETERIZED VOLUTE, ASME Turbo Expo 2023, Boston, MA, 26th -30th June 2023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Conor Gallagher, Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Energy Analysis of Fleet Operations using Green Liquid Hydrogen and Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium 2023, University of Limerick, 14092023 - 15092023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Laura McLaughlin, Stephen Spence, Daniel Rusch, Charles Stuart, Marco Geron, Kwok Kai So, Magnus Fischer, Investigation of the Map Width Improvement in a Radially Reduced Diffuser Design Concept for a Centrifugal Compressor, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, DOI
• Peter Martin, Stephen Spence, Charles Stuart, Thomas Leonard, Andre Starke, Marco Geron, Investigating the Suitability of Multi-Scroll Volutes for Improving Spanwise Incidence of Mixed Flow Turbine Rotors With Varying Blade Cone Angles in Automotive Turbocharging Applications, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 146, (6), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Laura McLaughlin, Stephen Spence, Daniel Rusch, Charles Stuart, Marco Geron, Kwok Kai So, Magnus Fischer, Investigation of the Map Width Improvement in a Radially Reduced Diffuser Design Concept for a Centrifugal Compressor, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 146, (11), 2024Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Pangbo Ren, Charles Stuart, Mimi Zhang, Ryosuke Inomata, Kazuaki Nakamura, Isao Morita, Stephen Spence, Investigation of the surrogate model in an ANN-Meanline Hybrid model for Radial Turbine Performance Prediction, International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems, 15, (2), 2024, p9 - 18Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Naoise Barry, Conor Gallagher, Steven Fitzgerald and Charles J. Stuart, Optimising for Sustainability as an Objective Function Within Airline Fleet Scheduling: An Ireland-EU Mobility Case Study, AIAA AVIATION, Las Vegas, USA, 29/07/24 - 02/08/24, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Conor Gallagher, Charles J. Stuart and Stephen Spence, Advanced Propulsion System Evaluation for Real-World Short-Haul Operations: Open Rotor vs. UHBPR Turbofan, AIAA AVIATION, Las Vegas, USA, 29/07/24 - 02/08/24, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Conor Gallagher, Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Liquid Hydrogen and Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel: A European Airline Case Study, GPPS Chania24, Chania, Greece, September 4-6 2024, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, TARA - Full Text
• Cillian Thomas, Stephen Spence, Charles Stuart, Sandeep Jella, Marc Füri, Gilles Bourque, The Effect of Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms on the Flame Transfer Function, GPPS Chania24, Chania, Greece, September 4-6, 2024, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, TARA - Full Text
• Yiming Liu, Stephen Spence, John Horsley, Stuart Mann, Charles Stuart, Insights Into Turbocharger Centrifugal Compressor Stability Using High-Fidelity CFD and a Novel Impeller Diffusion Factor, ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, London, UK, June 24"28, 2024, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, DOI
• Naoise Barry , Conor Gallagher , Steven Fitzgerald , Charles Stuart, CHARACTERISING THE ROLE OF FLEET RENEWAL ON THE PATHWAY TO 2050: A EUROPEAN AIRLINE CASE STUDY, ICAS Congress 2024, Florence, Italy, September 9 - 13, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Heather Murphy , Conor Gallagher , Charles Stuart , Stephen Spence & Steven Fitzgerald, EVALUATION AND SIMULATION OF PARALLEL HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION WITH REAL FLIGHT DATA, ICAS Congress 2024, Florence, Italy, September 9-13, 2024Conference Paper, 2024, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Yiming Liu, Stephen W T Spence, John Horsley, Stuart Mann, Charles Stuart, Insights Into Turbocharger Centrifugal Compressor Stability Using High-Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics and a Novel Impeller Diffusion Factor, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• Alex Kennedy & Charles Stuart, Evaluation of the GEKO Turbulence Model for Whole Aircraft Drag Prediction, AIAA SCITECH Forum & Exposition, Orlando, USA, 06/01/25 - 10/01/25, 2025Conference Paper, 2025, TARA - Full Text

• Title

  Characterising short-haul aviation decarbonisation pathways
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Industry funded - Boeing / Aurora Flight Sciences
  Date From

  30/10/2024
  Date To

  30/09/2028
• Title

  ÉirPlANE (Éire's Plan for Aviation Net-zero Emissions)
  Summary

  Air travel connects the world efficiently, safely and quickly. Islands such as Ireland are in a unique position where there is no alternative to air travel in the context of European interconnectivity targets, and Ireland also a global player in the aviation industry. Aviation is faced with possibly the most difficult decarbonisation challenge of all sectors for 2050, in part because of the high energy densities needed for commercial flights (meaning electrification with batteries is not possible), but also because change is difficult in a high-value, safety critical industry. The aviation problem is a complex mix of immature new technologies, complicated supply chains and insufficient scientific direction for the enormous industry investments required. Ireland needs to take a leading role in sustainable aviation. A wide variety of stakeholders must engage in and invest heavily in the transition. By engaging with them, the proposed project will develop a techno-economic roadmap for making the first significant step towards zero-carbon aviation. This will combine validated physics-based models of various future zero-carbon aircraft with state-of-the-art fleet scheduling techniques to evaluate the feasibility of different aircraft concepts and fuels from technical and business perspectives, relying on real-world flight and operational data from our societal impact partners, Ryanair. These fleet-wide considerations will exploit the interdependency of aircraft design and mission scheduling to minimize climate impact and cost. Furthermore, the advanced modelling framework will enable characterisation of the ability to supply power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (P2L SAF) and liquified green hydrogen (LH2) in the context of Ireland"s renewable energy plans. By combining the technical work with an understanding of the whole sector, we will ensure that the project generates pragmatic, data driven solutions to the challenge of decarbonising aviation for Ireland.
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/01/2023
  Date To

  30/04/2025
• Title

  Centrifugal Compressor Surge Inception
  Summary

  The details of this project are subject to a commercial non-disclosure agreement.
  Funding Agency

  Industry funded - Cummins
  Date From

  01/12/2021
  Date To

  30/11/2025

Electrical engineering, Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering,

• Caterpillar / FG Wilson scholarship for having at least three A grades at A-Level and having a Stage 1 average mark of at least 60% 2009
• Queen's Merit Award in recognition of achieving Associate Fellowship of HEA 2020
• Winner of ABB 110 Years of Turbocharging White Paper Competition 2015
• Nominated for Best Paper Award - IGTI Turbomachinery Committee 2018
• Emily Sarah Montgomery Travel Award 2015
• 1st place in QUB Sir Bernard Crossland Presentation Competition (3rd in All Ireland final) 2014
• Foundation Scholarship for highest average mark in Stage 3 MEng Mechanical Engineering 2012
• Sir Bernard Crossland Prize for highest average mark in Stage 4 MEng Mechanical Engineering 2013
• Harry Ferguson Prize for best Stage 3 Engineering Design Project 2012
• IMechE award and Foundation Scholarship for highest average mark in Stage 1 MEng Mechanical Engineering 2010
• All Ireland Scholarship 2009
• Foundation Scholarship for highest average mark in Stage 2 MEng Mechanical Engineering 2011
• Mark Sweeney Prize for highest average mark across Energy Theme Modules in Stage 4 MEng 2013
• ASME IGTI Young Engineer Travel Award 2018
• Best Stage 4 Project (Formula Student - Drive-by-Wire throttle system design and testing, vehicle modelling) 2013
• McCormick Prize for best Stage 3 Project (Formula Student - Gearbox Optimisation and Acceleration Run Modelling) 2012
• NACCO Bursary for contributions to SAE Paper 2013-01-0817 (Forklift truck torque converter study) 2012
• Nominated for Best Paper Award - IGTI Turbomachinery Committee 2017
• Dunville Studentship in support of PhD project (Centrifugal Compressor Aerodynamics) 2013

• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK)
• Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)