Dr Princewill Ikpeka
Lecturer in Global Challenges (Global Innovation)
Gaskell 113
- Email: princewill.ikpeka@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266985
- Transdisciplinary Studies in Global Change
- Arts and Humanities
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Research area(s)
We need to change the way we use energy so our planet stays healthy. For the past 10 years, Princewill has worked on various energy-based projects covering scopes on natural gas, hydrogen, and renewable energy. Findings from his studies have been accessed by over 20,000 scientists and achieved research interest scores higher than over 75% of scientists on Researchgate. His core areas of specialization includes:
- Insitu Hydrogen Production from Hydrocarbon reservoir
- Life Cycle Analysis, and Sustainability Analysis
- Oil and Gas decarbonization technologies
Princewill's actively collaborates in interdisciplinary fields related to climate change and the advancement of lower-carbon energy sources. He has been involved in several research projects involving the integration of Machine Learning Algorithms to predict and optimize natural gas production. In 2023 and 2024, he collaborated with teams from Texas Tech University, running joint simulations to explore impact of injection gas on hydrogen production.
Research Interests
- Reservoir Simulation
- Process Engineering
- Combustion Modelling
- Programming C#, R and Python
- Data Visualization
- Blue hydrogen production
Research grants and projects
Grants
Funder: Petroleum Technology Development Fund
Duration: May 2019 - June 2023
Project details
The EMEDS project is a design led proposition to reduce environmental impact of energy consumption for immigrant communities in the UK. Aimed at promoting social cohesion (and integration) while also mitigating the effect of net migration on demand-side management, the project seeks to co-create solutions that optimize new immigrants experience (cost, comfort) without overburdening the current UK electricity infrastructure.