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Associate Professor John Pye
Contacts
John Pye is a Lecturer in the Solar Thermal group of the Research School of Engineering.
His main research area is high-temperature solar thermal energy systems, with a focus on modelling and simulation. He also has interests in non-imaging optics, two-phase flow, thermoeconomic optimisation, and solar-chemical energy systems.
Associate Professor Pye is also convenor of the Renewable Metal Refining project in the ANU Grand Challenge: Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific.
Research interests
High-temperature solar thermal energy.
Energy systems analysis and modelling.
Thermodynamics and heat transfer.
Optical and structural optimisation of concentrators.
Two-phase flow boiling.
Solar gasification of biomass for fuel production.
Solar thermal electricity.
Cloud-tracking for solar thermal system performance prediction.
Grid integration of solar thermal electricity plants with storage.
Groups
- Leader, Industrial decarbonisation
- Researcher, Energy storage and recovery
- Researcher, Solar thermal
- Researcher, Hydrogen economy
Projects
- Convenor, Renewable Metal Refining program
- ANU Research Team contributor, Hydrogen Fuels program
- ANU Research Team contributor, Regulatory Frameworks for Renewables-based Trade and Investment program