Peter Ashman

Professor Peter Ashman is a Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Adelaide, affiliated with the Centre for Energy Technology (CET) and the HILT CRC as Program Leader for Cross-Cutting Technologies. His research focuses on clean energy, hydrogen production and utilization, biomass, bioenergy, and solar thermal energy.

He leads projects on hydrogen blending safety, solar-driven gasification, and biomethane production. Collaborations include the University of Queensland and Melbourne, and he co-leads the Future Fuels CRC’s End-use Appliances working group. Current work addresses hydrogen’s role in decarbonizing industries and optimizing polygeneration systems.

Technical-economic assessments of hydrogen production, solar hybrid systems, and agglomeration mitigation in gasification are key contributions. His lab uses a 50kW solar simulator for large-scale experiments.

• Affiliations: CET, HILT CRC, Future Fuels CRC
• Key Projects: Solar gasification of coal/biomass, hydrogen blending in appliances, biomass-to-energy systems

Supervises PhD/Masters students in energy systems and sustainable technologies.