School of Mechanical & Mining Engineering

Mr Hugh Russell

Senior Research Engineer
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Affiliate of Centre for Hypersonics
Centre for Hypersonics
Affiliate of Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems

Publications

Journal Articles (9)
Conference Papers (6)
Department Technical Report (1)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Trudgian, Matthew A., Vanyai, Tristan, Landsberg, Will O., Russell, Hugh and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2025). A supercritical ethylene fuel injection system for the T4 hypersonic test facility. Aerospace Science and Technology, 163 110310, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2025.110310
Sui, Xin, Russell, Hugh, Gurgenci, Hal, Lee, Sangkyoung, Guan, Zhiqiang and Dong, Peixin (2022). A one-dimensional modelling methodology of printed circuit heat exchangers for steady, off-design and transient feasibility in a supercritical CO2 power block. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 193 122938, 122938. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.122938
Swann, Phillip, Jahn, Ingo and Russell, Hugh (2021). Supercritical carbon dioxide Taylor–Couette–Poiseuille flow heat transfer. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 183 122204, 122204. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.122204
Swann, Phillip, Russell, Hugh and Jahn, Ingo (2021). Taylor-Couette-Poiseuille flow heat transfer in a high Taylor number test rig. Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society, 5, 126-147. doi: 10.33737/jgpps/140252
Lu, Yuanshen, Klimenko, Alexander, Russell, Hugh, Dai, Yuchen, Warner, John and Hooman, Kamel (2018). A conceptual study on air jet-induced swirling plume for performance improvement of natural draft cooling towers. Applied Energy, 217, 496-508. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.095
Lu, Yuanshen, Hooman, Kamel, Atrens, Aleks D. and Russell, Hugh (2017). An experimental facility to validate ground source heat pump optimisation models for the Australian climate. Energies, 10 (1) 138, 138. doi: 10.3390/en10010138
Lu, Mingyuan, Mead, James, Wu, Yueqin, Russell, Hugh and Huang, Han (2016). A study of the deformation and failure mechanisms of protective intermetallic coatings on AZ91 Mg alloys using microcantilever bending. Materials Characterization, 120, 337-344. doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2016.09.020
Lu, Mingyuan, Russell, Hugh and Huang, Han (2015). Fracture strength characterization of protective intermetallic coatings on AZ91E Mg alloys using FIB-machined microcantilever bending technique. Journal of Materials Research, 30 (10), 1678-1685. doi: 10.1557/jmr.2015.104
Russell, Hugh and Gurgenci, Hal (2014). Improving the performance of arid-zone geothermal power plants using seasonal heat storage. Geothermics, 51, 337-343. doi: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2014.03.006

Conference Papers

Sui, Xin, Russell, Hugh and Gurgenci, Halim (2023). Dynamic modelling of print circuit heat exchanger in 10MWe supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle. 27th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems: Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2021, Online, 27 September - 1 October 2021. Melville, NY United States: AIP Publishing. doi: 10.1063/5.0148910
Trudgian, Matthew A., Russell, Hugh, Vanyai, Tristan and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2023). Commissioning of a Supercritical Ethylene Fuel Injection System in the T4 Hypersonic Impulse Facility. 25th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Bengaluru, India, 28 May - 1 June 2023. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2023-3025
Swann, Phillip B., Jahn, Ingo H. and Russell, Hugh (2019). Taylor-Couette-Poiseuille flow heat transfer in a high Taylor number test rig. Global Power and Propulsion Society Conference 2019, Beijing, China, 16-18 September 2019. Zug, Switzerland: GPPS. doi: 10.33737/gpps19-bj-149
Swann, Phillip B., Russell, Hugh and Jahn, Ingo (2017). Rotating shaft thermal analysis for supercritical carbon dioxide radial inflow turbines. AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, United States, 10 - 12 July 2017. Reston, VA, United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2017-4864
Twomey, Braden, Nagy, Andras, Russell, Hugh, Rowlands, Andrew, Czapla, Jason, Singh, Rajinesh, Ventura, Carlos A de M and Jahn, Ingo (2016). The University of Queensland refrigerant and supercritical CO2 test loop. ASME Turbo Expo 2016, Seoul, South Korea, June 13-17, 2016. New York, NY, United States: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). doi: 10.1115/GT2016-58110
Russell, Hugh, Hooman, Kamel and Guan, Zhiqiang (2015). Design, construction and early testing of a 1-mw natural draft dry cooling tower. IAHR International Conference on Cooling Tower and Heat, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-11 September 2015. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Department Technical Report

Rowlands, Andrew S., de M. Ventura, Carlos A., Singh, Rajinesh, Czapla, Jason and Russell, Hugh (2014). Distributed automated radial inflow turbine design, portable containerised ORC system, dynamic modelling and supercritical CO2 turbine development. School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland.

Thesis

Russell, Hugh (2012). Groundwater condenser cooling for geothermal power plants in Central Australia. MPhil Thesis, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland.

Areas of research

Energy Futures