Dr Stavros Michailos

Dr Stavros Michailos

Lecturer in Chemical Engineering

+44 (0)1482 463579 | S.Michailos@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Engineering

Related groups

  • Chemical Engineering

Qualifications

  • MEng (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
  • MSc (International Hellenic University)
  • PCAP (University of Hull)
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Manchester)

Summary

Dr Stavros Michailos is, as of October 2022, a Lecturer at University of Hull and a chemical engineer by background. He holds a PhD from the University of Manchester (funded by Shell Research UK) and has post-doctoral experience at the University of Manchester, Aston University and the University of Sheffield.

He has extensive experience and expertise in process design, modelling, lifecycle and techno-economic assessments of various low carbon energy systems including carbon capture utilisation and storage, sustainable aviation fuel production technologies, biorefineries and decentralised energy solutions. He has published widely, over 40 research papers, book chapters and reports, and contributed to numerous multi-disciplinary programmes. He has successfully co-supervised over 10 PhD students.

If you are interested in working with me, or studying for a PhD in any of the above-mentioned areas please feel free to contact me.

I am currently the Module leader and teaching :

Level 7: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (700994)

Level 5: Engineering Global Challenge II (500661)

Level 3: Engineering Group Challenge (330113)

Level 7: Individual Project (MSc) (700986). Typically, 6 projects per year

Level 6: Engineering Individual Project (601082). Typically, 2-3 projects per year

while contribute in teaching as co-tutor/guest lecturer in:

Level 4: Engineering Global Challenge I (400456)

Level 6: Chemical Engineering Design Project (601091)

Level 6: Process Equipment Design (662010)

Level 7: Sustainable Engineering Systems (701008)

Level 7: Decarbonisation of Energy and Industrial Systems (771875)

Level 7: Low Carbon Energy Solutions (771706)

Level 7: Energy Generation from Conventional and Renewable Fuels (700224)

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

A new hydrogen production route through biomass gasification in a two-stage fixed bed reactor within the BECCS concept: A techno-economic and life cycle assessment study

Rabea, K., Michailos, S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). A new hydrogen production route through biomass gasification in a two-stage fixed bed reactor within the BECCS concept: A techno-economic and life cycle assessment study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 124, 140-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.03.441

A Performance Modeling Study for Zero Fossil CO2 Stack Operation and Solvent Thermal Reclaiming in Post-Combustion Capture Industrial Applications

Michailos, S., Lucquiaud, M., Benz, A. D., Mullen, D., Elliott, W., & Gibbins, J. (2025). A Performance Modeling Study for Zero Fossil CO2 Stack Operation and Solvent Thermal Reclaiming in Post-Combustion Capture Industrial Applications. Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 64(13), 7100–7114. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04530

A comprehensive process modelling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a power to ammonia process

Cuevas-Castillo, G. A., Michailos, S., Hughes, K., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). A comprehensive process modelling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a power to ammonia process. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 76, Article 104278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2025.104278

Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of power-to-formic acid production using direct air capture and green hydrogen

Cuevas-Castillo, G. A., Michailos, S., Hughes, K., Ingham, D., Navarro-Pineda, F., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of power-to-formic acid production using direct air capture and green hydrogen. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 26, Article 100929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2025.100929

Presentation / Conference Contribution

An Experimental Investigation Of Optimum Conditions For Continuous Two-Stage Reclaiming Of MEA Solvent Inventories From Commercial Plants

Pokora, M., Joel, L., Ibrahim, A., Lucquiaud, M., Michailos, S., & Gibbins, J. (2024, October). An Experimental Investigation Of Optimum Conditions For Continuous Two-Stage Reclaiming Of MEA Solvent Inventories From Commercial Plants. Presented at 17th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-17), Calgary, Canada

Research interests

Conceptual design, process modelling and optimisation of low carbon technologies

Life cycle (LCA) and techno-economic assessments (TEA) of energy systems

Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS)

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production technologies, Power to Liquids, Biomass to Liquids, Gas to Liquids

Direct air capture (DACCS) and bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS)

Decentralised energy solutions

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

EfW-UPCC: Techno-Economic Assessment of Ultra-high Post-Combustion Capture in Energy from Waste plants

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£23,997.00

Started

1 October 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

Co-DAC: Combined Direct Air Capture and PPC Amine Capture for Reduced Energy and Capital Cost Requirements

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£6,868.00

Started

1 January 2023

Status

Complete

Project

SMART - Solvent Management At Reduced Throughput - prototype demonstration

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£3,226.00

Started

1 April 2023

Status

Complete

Project

Comprehensive Assessment of Post- Combustion Capture Options (CAPCCO)

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£31,957.00

Started

1 September 2023

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

From Lignocellulosic Biomass to Chemical Wealth

Funder

BBSRC Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Counc

Grant

£72,405.00

Started

29 April 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

IITM-Hull Biorefinery Centre

Funder

University of Hull

Grant

£5,000.00

Started

1 March 2025

Status

Ongoing

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Michailos welcomes applications for PhD, MPhil and MSc by Research Degrees in all the following areas: post-combustion CO2 capture, CO2 utilisation for value-added products, sustainable aviation fuel production, direct air capture and BECCS, hydrogen production and design of centralised/decentralised energy systems. Please contact him directly to discuss research topics.

Current PhD students

- Wayne Anderson (2024-2028). Economic and environmental assessment of energy systems integration for increased utilisation and reduced curtailment of offshore wind farms. Co-supervised with Dr Mark Walker.

Current MSc by Research students:

- Igor Nefedov (2025-2026). Hydrogen Transmission Pipeline Design Optimization. Co-supervised with Dr Vicky Skoulou.

- Moses Oladipupo (2024-2025). Techno-economic assessment of DME production from waste plastics. Co-supervised with Dr Vicky Skoulou.

- Amaechi Ibeh (2024-2025). Techno-economic assessment of butadiene production through CO2 hydrogenation. Co-supervised with Dr Mark Walker.

Current PhD students (co-supervised along with colleagues from the University of Sheffield):

- Gabriela A Cuevas Castillo (2020-2024). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of CCUS systems for the production of chemicals.

- Karim RK Elamawy (2020-2024). Technoeconomic and lifecycle assessment of hydrogen production through biomass gasification.

- Qurrotin A'yunina (2021-2025). Technoeconomic and lifecycle assessment of CCS applied in energy from waste plants.

- Ahmed RM Aljudaya (2020-2024). Techno-Economic Assessment of a Concentrated Solar Power generation with Fresnel reflectors and energy storage.

- Edgar Iyasele (2020-2024). Application of artificial intelligence in the design and assessment of energy systems.

Completed PhD supervision:

- Oluchi Emenike (2017-2021). Techno-economic and environmental assessment of BECCS in power and fuel generation.

- Kelachi Omehia (2017-2021). Gas Turbine CO2 Enhancements on Carbon Capture and Storage.

- Bashar Shboul (2017-2021). Techno-economic Modelling and Multi-Objective Optimisation of a New Standalone Hybrid CPSD-SE/HWT System in Microgrids Power Generation.

- Godfrey Udeh (2018-2022). Modelling, optimisation and control of clean energy based micro-decentralised energy systems.

- Maria Fernanda Rojas-Michaga (2019-2023). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of sustainable aviation fuel production.

- Mohammed Alfailakawi (2020-2024). Techno-Economic Assessment of a Solar Power Tower Hybridization with Wind Turbines.

- Celal Tiltay (2020-2024). Techno-economic feasibility of solar assisted heat pump systems for European single-family houses.

Awards and prizes

Listed among the top 2% scientists globally according to the Stanford University & Elsevier list for 2023

2024

Co-DAC: Low-energy Direct Air Capture potential when combined with a Post Combustion Capture plant (PI, £30k)

2022 - 2023

SMART - Solvent Management At Reduced Throughput - prototype demonstration (Co-I, £50k)

2022 - 2023

PCC - CARER: Cost and Residual Emission Reduction (Co-I, £40k)

2021 - 2022

BAT EfW: Best Available Technology for CO2 Capture from Energy from Waste (Co-I, £26k)

2021 - 2022

Feasibility study of an energy autonomous smart farm: Process modelling, TEA and LCA. A Project Call for the Industrial Technology R&D Program (Co-I, £60k)

2020 - 2022

Recognised as an outstanding postdoctoral researcher (nominated by staff and PhD students)

2020 - 2022

Evaluation of different CCUS systems based on the MCFC technology for decarbonising the power generation sector (Co-I, £30k)

2020 - 2021

Co-Cap: Collaboration on Commercial Capture (Co-I, £30k)

2020 - 2021

Ultra-high Post-Combustion CO2 Capture (Co-I, £48k)

2020 - 2021

Conference attendance

Key note speaker in 'World Sustainable Aviation Fuel 2025 United for Green Skies: Pathways to Decarbonization and Net Zero Aviation 26-27th February 2025, Amsterdam, NL'

2025

Conference organisation

Seminar: Insights into the DESNZ CCUS business models and CCUS research at UoH

2023

Member of the Organising Committee: Yorkshire Innovation in Science and Engineering Conference (YISEC 2023 and 2024)

2023

External examiner role

PhD external examiner at University of Mons, Belgium

2024

Honorary position

Visiting Lecturer to The University of Sheffield

2022 - 2024

Journal editorial role

Guest Editor of Special Issue, Sustainability (IF = 3.889)

2023

Review Editor

2022

Frontiers in Fuels

Associate Editor

2022

Frontiers in Energy Efficiency

Topic Editor

2020

Sustainability

Journal peer reviewer

Reviewer in the following journals: Bioresource technology, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Energy Conversion and Management, Energy Science & Engineering, Applied Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy, Energy & Fuels, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Bioengineering, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, Renewable Energy and The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

2015

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

2024

Associate member of IChemE

2020

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