Professor James Njuguna's Projects (13)

Development of a Hydrogen Vehicle Public Awareness and Perception Programme Feb 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024
Despite a number of projects in Scotland employing hydrogen as a transport fuel across the last decade or so, there is still very little public awareness of hydrogen as a transport fuel and little knowledge of what the public think.

This project... Read More about Development of a Hydrogen Vehicle Public Awareness and Perception Programme.

Moving high temperature fuel cell solutions from kilowatt to megawatt. May 27, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024
This project will focus on non grid connected electricity generation/heat/car charging solution in collaboration with Láidir Circular Mobility Ltd. The research work will focus on methanol synthesis process and its use in electricity generation for... Read More about Moving high temperature fuel cell solutions from kilowatt to megawatt..

Human factors in offshore wind: A scoping safety study. Mar 1, 2024 - Feb 28, 2025
Identify the key human factors that influence offshore wind technicians' performance and safety.

Design and manufacturing of large-scale portable hydrogen composite tanks for compressed gas storage May 27, 2024 - Dec 26, 2026
To develop a lightweight, low-cost high-pressure hydrogen storage vessel of hybrid metal and composite construction. Once developed, the new vessel will be optimised to achieve manufacturing scalability and ensure its design can be easily adapted to... Read More about Design and manufacturing of large-scale portable hydrogen composite tanks for compressed gas storage.

Design and development of prototype weighing system for remotely operated smart unmanned weighbridge machines May 7, 2024 - May 6, 2027
To design, develop and deploy an automated and adaptable weighing solution system for use with remotely operated weighbridges, across diverse industry sectors. This system will include the integration of load cells, sensors, controllers and periphera... Read More about Design and development of prototype weighing system for remotely operated smart unmanned weighbridge machines.

Evaluation of a Novel Composite inspection Probe Prototype Nov 1, 2023 - May 31, 2026
To optimise a composite material inspection device, integrating automatic data-logging and report generation capabilities.
The device will be the first of its kind, enabling operators to gather evidence to support long-term composite repair integ... Read More about Evaluation of a Novel Composite inspection Probe Prototype.

The effect of dye on biodegradability of wool functional properties Dec 12, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
The fashion industry has a significant environmental footprint however very little is known about how chemical processing impacts a product's end of life. This research aims to explore the compostability of wool in differing forms: chemically process... Read More about The effect of dye on biodegradability of wool functional properties.

Hydrogen leakage sensor May 2, 2022 - Oct 31, 2023
Hydrogen is expected as a next-generation clean energy to replace a fossil energy Several porous and nonporous structured ZnO nanotubes will be synthesized to research the effects of wall structures in hydrogen gas sensing. To synthesize porous and n... Read More about Hydrogen leakage sensor.

Design and development of a novel automated recovery system for the decommissioning of concrete mats from the sea bed to de-risk diving operations Aug 3, 2021 - Aug 2, 2024
Design a novel remote recovery system for the decommissioning of concrete mats from the seabed with the use of baskets to recover to the back deck of an offshore support vessel.

The system will eliminate the need for divers, improving Health & Saf... Read More about Design and development of a novel automated recovery system for the decommissioning of concrete mats from the sea bed to de-risk diving operations.

A Feasibility Study on an Anaerobic Digester (AD) Plant Installation in Orkney May 1, 2020 - Mar 30, 2021
The aim of this project is to conduct a feasibility study on a community driven Anaerobic Digester Plant Installation in Orkney for the Orkney Islands to address specific waste management challenges faced by remote, rural and island communities/local... Read More about A Feasibility Study on an Anaerobic Digester (AD) Plant Installation in Orkney.

Simulation of nanomaterials release from consumer products for environmental exposure assessment Oct 1, 2013 - Oct 1, 2014
Nanomaterials are increasingly being developed for a range of industrial uses. However, there is a lack of standardised methods for estimating the release of nanomaterials to the environment. Current legislation for chemicals and environmental protec... Read More about Simulation of nanomaterials release from consumer products for environmental exposure assessment.

Stab-In Pipe Stage 2 Feb 1, 2019 - Feb 14, 2020
This is Stage 2 of a project to design and develop new non-threaded drill pipe joints. .

Stage 2 will be related to 3D printing of conceptual design of snap latch based non-threaded tool joints, electromagnetic calculations and further design and... Read More about Stab-In Pipe Stage 2.

Develop capability to characterise the extrusion of elastomers Feb 4, 2020 - Feb 26, 2022
To develop an in-house capability to characterise the extrusion of elastomers at the nano-scales structural level to drive scientifically led new product design and development.