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Dr Oliver Pountney is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Oliver’s research focuses on thermal management of technologies that facilitate the decarbonisation of power generation and aircraft propulsion, specifically:
- Gas turbines – blade cooling, compressor cavity flows, and mainstream-purge aerodynamics
- Additively-manufactured heat exchangers
- Thermal management of hydrogen fuel cells for aircraft propulsion
Research highlights include:
- Award of a 50th Anniversary Prize Fellowship (University of Bath)
- Two x American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Best Paper Awards (2011 and 2021)
- Two x patents with Airbus
Oliver’s research has been carried out in collaboration with Siemens Energy, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace through various industrially-funded and EPSRC supported projects.
Other responsibilities
- Director of Doctoral Studies for Mechanical Engineering
- Director of Doctoral Studies for the AAPS-CDT
- Associate Editor for ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
Education/Academic qualification
Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bath
Award Date: 21 Nov 2012
Mechanical Engineering, Master of Engineering, University of Bath
Award Date: 17 Jun 2009
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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IAA – Effect of Density on Hot Gas Ingestion
Sangan, C., Lock, G., Pountney, O., Scobie, J. & Tang, H.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/06/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research council
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IAA – Optimised Rapid Prototyping of Heat Exchangers Using Polymer Substitutes (ORPHEUS)
Flynn, J., Dhokia, V. & Pountney, O.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research council
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An investigation into combined film and internal cooling of turbine blades
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Research council
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Effect of porosity and injection ratio on the performance of transpiration cooling through gyroids
Brimacombe, B. J., Scobie, J. A., Flynn, J. M., Sangan, C. M. & Pountney, O. J., 19 Feb 2023, (Acceptance date) Proceedings of 15th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid dynamics & Thermodynamics. ETC2023-271. (Conference proceedings: European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics; vol. 2023, no. ETC15).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
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Effect of porosity and injection ratio on the performance of transpiration cooling through gyroids
Brimacombe, B., Scobie, J., Flynn, J., Sangan, C. & Pountney, O., 8 Jun 2023, (Submitted) In: International Journal of Turbomachinery Propulsion and Power.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Purge-Mainstream Interactions in a Turbine Stage With Rotor Endwall Contouring
Mesny, A., Pountney, O. J., Scobie, J. A., Li, Y. S. & Sangan, C. M., 28 Sept 2023, Turbomachinery: Axial Flow Turbine Aerodynamics. Vol. 13B. 13 p. GT2023-103877Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
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Stratified and Buoyancy-Induced Flow in Closed Compressor Rotors
Lock, G., Jackson, R., Pernak, M., Pountney, O., Sangan, C., Owen, J. M., Tang, H. & Scobie, J., 31 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Turbomachinery. 145, 1, 12 p., 011008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stratified and Buoyancy-Induced Flow in Closed Compressor Rotors
Lock, G., Jackson, R., Pernak, M., Pountney, O., Sangan, C., Owen, M., Tang, H. & Scobie, J., 28 Oct 2022, Heat Transfer - General Interest/Additive Manufacturing Impacts on Heat Transfer; Internal Air Systems; Internal Cooling. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), V06BT14A007. (Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo; vol. 6-B).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
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Thesis
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Modelling and Measurement of Sealing Effectiveness and Heat Transfer in a Rotor-Stator System with Ingress
Author: Pountney, O., 1 Aug 2012Supervisor: Lock, G. (Supervisor) & Wilson, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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