Machinery and Energy Systems for the Hydrogen Economy

Edited by:   Klaus Brun (Director of Research and Development Elliott Group Pennsylvania USA), Timothy C. Allison (Machinery Department Director, Southwest Research Institute, TX, USA), Timothy C. Allison (Machinery Department Director, Southwest Research Institute, TX, USA), Timothy C. Allison (Machinery Department Director, Southwest Research Institute, TX, USA)
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   1.130kg
ISBN:   9780323903943
ISBN 10:   0323903940
Pages:   666
Publication Date:   21 June 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr. Brun is the Director of Research & Development at Elliott Group where he leads a group of over 60 professionals in the development of turbomachinery and related systems, products and infrastructures for the different energy industries, including renewable energies. His past experience includes positions in product development, applications engineering, project management, and executive management at Southwest Research Institute, Solar Turbines, General Electric, and Alstom. He holds twelve patents, has authored over 370 papers, and published six textbooks on energy systems and turbomachinery. Dr. Brun is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and won an R&D 100 award in 2007 for his Semi-Active Valve invention. He also won the ASME Industrial Gas Turbine Award in 2016 and 14 individuals ASME Turbo Expo Best Paper/Tutorial awards. Dr. Brun has chaired several large conferences including the ASME Turbo Expo and the Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles Symposium. Dr. Brun is a member of the Global Power Propulsion Society Board of Directors and the past chair of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Board of Directors, the ASME Oil & Gas Applications Committee, and ASME sCO2 Power Cycle Committee. He is a member of the API 616 Task Force, the ASME PTC-10 task force, the Asia Turbomachinery Symposiums Committee, and the Supercritical CO2 Symposium Advisory Committee. Dr. Brun is currently Executive Correspondent of Turbomachinery International Magazine and an Associate Editor of several journal transactions. Dr. Tim Allison is the Machinery Department Director at Southwest Research Institute where he leads an organization that focuses on R&D for the energy industry. His research experience includes analysis, fabrication, and testing of turbomachinery and systems for advanced power or oil & gas applications including high-pressure turbomachinery, centrifugal compressors, expanders, gas turbines, reciprocating compressors, and test rigs for bearings, seals, blade dynamics, and aerodynamic performance.