Sustainability Research Lab
Department of Engineering, King's College London
Our research team specializes in developing and implementing sustainable technological solutions, assessing their impact on the overall system, and evaluating their improved performance and costs to address global challenges and facilitate just transitions. By seamlessly integrating fundamental science research with applied science, we aim to create innovative technologies that not only enhance the performance of renewable energy and energy storage systems but also optimize their performance across energy, water, food, and climate systems. We also consider the wider system impact, particularly the cost-effective and equitable decarbonization of our societies.
We firmly believe that sustainable technological solutions must be holistically designed and implemented, taking into account the interconnectedness of technologies, systems, and people. By effectively blending these three elements, we can develop solutions that are not only effective in addressing global challenges but also equitable and inclusive, ensuring a just transition for all.
Please check out vacant positions in our group. We currently have several funded positions for visiting RA positions. (May 2023)
Current topics
Grid-scale energy storage and power system integration
Domestic energy decarbonisation
Engineering for development: energy, water, and food
Please feel free to visit our Research page for more information about current projects.
Recent publications
Flexible batch electrodialysis for low-cost solarpowered brackish water desalination (solar desalination)
Synergies and potential of hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal desalination technologies (solar desalination)
Domestic thermal energy storage applications: What parameters should they focus on? (energy storage, heating)
Impacts of Battery Degradation Modelling on the Battery Controller Design for Grid Arbitrage (energy storage)
Technologies and economics of electric energy storages in power systems: Review and perspective (energy storage)
Recent news
03.24 Our solar desalination work published in Nature Water
08.23 A fruitful research and field visit to Abuja Nigeria featured by King's news
08.23 Dr He was invited to join the Shiming Yang's Heat Transfer seminar series at XJTU.
07.23 Dr He gave an invited talk on grid-scale compressed air energy storage in CEBE2023 Shanghai.
07.23 A new project featured by King's news.
06.23 Hange attended the UKERC summer school.
06.23 Welcome Liang and Aaron to join the group and start their PhD projects.
01.23 Welcome Hange to join the group and start her PhD project.
10.22 The group moved to Engineering department at King's College London.
09.22 A new EPSRC project Hi-CAES has started and a vacant postdoc position needs to fill asap. Please find details in Positions.
04.22 HeatMyHome.ninja is live! Great work developed by the MEng group and Michael. Details can be found in Codes and Tools.