Martin White

Martin White is a researcher at City University London, specializing in thermal systems, turbomachinery, and energy conversion. His work focuses on supercritical CO2 technologies, organic Rankine cycles (ORC), and turbine design. He has contributed to projects like the SCARABEUS initiative, advancing axial turbine designs for concentrated solar power plants. His research includes optimizing turbine efficiency, fluid selection for power generation, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of two-phase flows. Collaborating with institutions globally, White has published extensively on topics such as radial inflow turbines, non-equilibrium phase change processes, and the integration of dopants in CO2 mixtures to enhance thermal systems. His work emphasizes practical applications in waste heat recovery and renewable energy systems.

Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering from City University London (2015). His doctoral thesis, The design and analysis of radial inflow turbines implemented within low temperature organic Rankine cycles, laid the groundwork for his current research. He holds an ORCID ID (0000-0002-7744-1993) and can be reached at Martin.White@city.ac.uk.

Key projects include the design of 130 MW axial turbines for SCARABEUS, loss analysis in radial turbines, and CFD-based optimization of nozzles for organic fluids. His research bridges aerodynamic design, thermodynamics, and mechanical engineering, addressing challenges in both small-scale and utility-sized energy systems.