Mr Thomas Kirch
Postgraduate Student
School of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences
My current research focuses on the pyrolysis, gasification and combustion processes in top-lit up-draft cookstoves. This work is part of research being done on biomass burning cookstoves in The Humanitarian Technologies Research Group.
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Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review German Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan Can read and understand spoken Spanish; Castilian Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2012 - 2014 Ruhr University Bochum Germany Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering 2008 - 2011 Ruhr University Bochum Germany Bachelor of Science in Environmental Technology and Resource Management
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Journals
Year Citation 2018 Kirch, T., Birzer, C., van Eyk, P., & Medwell, P. (2018). Influence of primary and secondary air supply on gaseous emissions from a small-scale staged solid biomass fuel combustor. Energy and Fuels, 32(4), 4212-4220.
Scopus7 WoS62018 Kirch, T., Medwell, P., Birzer, C., & Van Eyk, P. (2018). Influences of fuel bed depth and air supply on small-scale batch-fed reverse downdraft biomass conversion. Energy and Fuels, 32(8), 8507-8518.
Scopus12018 Kirch, T., Birzer, C., Medwell, P., & Holden, L. (2018). The role of primary and secondary air on wood combustion in cookstoves. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 37(3), 268-277.
Scopus52016 Kirch, T., Birzer, C., & Medwell, P. (2016). Natural draft and forced primary air combustion properties of a top-lit up-draft research furnace. Biomass and Bioenergy, 91, 108-115.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2018 Kirch, T., Evans, M., Medwell, P., Rapp, V., Birzer, C., & Gadgil, A. (2018). Mixing uniformity of emissions for point-wise measurements in exhaust ducts. In 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. Adelaide. 2015 Kirch, T., Medwell, P., & Birzer, C. (2015). Assessment of natural draft combustion properties of a top-lit up-draft research furnace. In Proceedings of Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 384-387). Melbourne.
- DAAD, Postgraduate Research Scholarship (11 month)
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Postgraduate Research Scholarship (up to 30 month)
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