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Conrad Hessels is a Doctoral Candidate at the Power and Flow group in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Eindhoven University of Technology(TU/e) under supervision of full professor Niels Deen and assistant professors Yali Tang and Tess Homan. He researches the reduction of iron oxide as part of the metal fuel cycle. In a world switching more and more to renewable (but often fluctuating) energy sources, it is important to look for an energy carrier capable of safely storing and transporting large amounts of energy. Iron powder has, on paper, shown to be a possible solution. It can be burned in a similar fashion to coal, requiring minimal infrastructure changes, and the produced oxides can be recycled using green hydrogen. However, both on the combustion and reduction side, lots of challenges await. In Hessels’ research, he studies the reduction in detail using numerical simulations and lab-scale experiments.
Academic background
Conrad Hessels obtained his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 2015. Afterwards he started his masters in the group of Power & Flow. For his internship he went to the Volvo Car Corporation in Gothenburg, Sweden, where he worked in the Advanced Engine Development group on the post-processing of metal and optical petrol engine test data. When he came back to the Netherlands he started his master thesis under supervision of associate professor Nico Dam, working on using Raman spectroscopy for quantitative analysis of non-premixed flames. Hessels' thesis was awarded the TU/e MSc Thesis Award 2018 within the graduate program Mechanical Engineering as well as the 2nd prize of the "KHMW Nederlandse Gasindustrie Prijzen". After finishing his master in 2017, he joined the Power & Flow group as a Doctoral Candidate.
Education and Teaching
4BM40 Optical diagnostics for combustion and fluid flow
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Board Member Department Mechanics, Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs
2015 → …
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Lighthouse - Metal Energy Carrier
de Goey, L. P. H., Shoshyn, Y. L., Spee, T., Hessels, C., van Rooij, N. E., Finotello, G. & Krugers, J.
1/01/20 → 1/07/22
Project: Research direct
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Minimum fluidization velocity of combusted iron fines using H2 and N2 in a lab-scale fluidized bed
Hessels, C., Lelivelt, D. W. J., Finotello, G., Tang, Y. & Deen, N. G., 8 May 2022. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
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Reduction and sintering behaviour of combusted iron powder in a packed bed reactor
Hessels, C., Huang, C-C., Smeets, A., Finotello, G., Tang, Y., Homan, T. A. M. & Deen, N. G., 8 Jun 2022. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
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Reduction kinetics of combusted iron powder using hydrogen
Hessels, C., Homan, T. A. M., Deen, N. G. & Tang, Y., 1 Jul 2022, In: Powder Technology. 407, 14 p., 117540.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Iron powder regeneration using H2 as part of the metal fuel cycle
Hessels, C., Homan, T. A. M., Tang, Y. & Deen, N. G., 10 Nov 2021, p. 7-8. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
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Modeling the direct reduction of iron oxide powder using experimentally-measured reaction kinetics
Hessels, C., Tang, Y., Homan, T. A. M. & Deen, N. G., 12 Oct 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
Prizes
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2nd poster prize
Hessels, Conrad (Recipient), 10 Oct 2019
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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2nd prize KHMW Nederlandse Gasindustrie Prijzen
Hessels, Conrad (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Scientific
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MSc Thesis Award Mechanical Engineering 2018
Hessels, Conrad (Recipient), 2018
Prize: TU/e › Other › Scientific
Courses
Thesis
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Quantitative analysis of non-premixed flames using Raman spectroscopy
Author: Hessels, C. J. M., 11 Dec 2017Supervisor: Doddema, R. (Supervisor 1), Dam, N. J. (Supervisor 2) & Deen, N. G. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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