Dr Renaldi Renaldi PhD

Dr Renaldi Renaldi

School of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor in Emerging Cooling Technologies

Contact details

Email
r.renaldi@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Chemical Engineering
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Renaldi Renaldi is an Associate Professor in Emerging Cooling Technologies.

Renaldi is a mechanical engineer by training and completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh. He continued his research as a postdoctoral researcher at Newcastle University and the University of Oxford. Before joining the University 麻豆精选, he was a lecturer at Cranfield University.

He has over 15 years of research experience in thermal energy (heating and cooling), solar energy, energy efficiency, and energy systems integration.

His current research is focused on the decarbonisation of cooling technologies towards achieving a sustainable cooling future.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2018
  • MSc in Sustainable Energy Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL, 2009

Biography

Dr Renaldi Renaldi has a background in mechanical engineering, thermal energy, and energy systems research. He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2018. His PhD research focused on the modelling and optimisation of energy systems with thermal energy storage. He was a recipient of the John Moyes Lessells Travel Scholarships from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

After his PhD, he took up his first postdoctoral post at the Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research, Newcastle University. At Newcastle, Renaldi was working in the EPSRC Centre for Energy Systems Integration project. He then joined the University of Oxford as a Research Associate in Sustainable Cooling in the Oxford Martin School Programme on the Future of Cooling. He was investigating the role of active cooling technologies in achieving sustainable cooling.

Before joining the University 麻豆精选 in 2024, Renaldi was a Lecturer in Thermal Engineering at Cranfield University. At Cranfield, he led MSc modules on industrial thermal operations and district heating and supervised MSc research projects. He was the lead investigator in Innovate UK-funded Energy Catalyst project, Sustainable Cooling Hub for Small-scale Fisheries in Indonesia, investigating affordable, renewable-based cooling solutions in cold-chain and space cooling applications.

Postgraduate supervision

I am currently recruiting for PhD research students in the following research areas:

  • Sustainable cooling
  • Alternative cooling technologies
  • District heating and cooling
  • Cold chain applications

Please get in contact if you are interested in pursuing a PhD in one of these topics.

Research

Alternative cooling technologies

  • Development of non-vapour compression cooling technologies.
  • Hybrid active cooling technologies.
  • Systems integration of active and passive cooling.

Cooling in energy systems

  • Integration of cooling in wider energy systems.
  • Cooling systems optimisation.
  • District heating and cooling.

Cold chain applications

  • Decarbonising cold chain technologies.
  • Sustainable and circular cooling hub.
  • Cold chain application in fisheries.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Lyden, A, Alene, S, Connor, P, Renaldi, R & Watson, S 2024, '', Energy Policy, vol. 187, 114043.

Lizana, J, Halloran, CE, Wheeler, S, Amghar, N, Renaldi, R, Killendahl, M, Perez-Maqueda, LA, McCulloch, M & Chacartegui, R 2023, '', Energy, vol. 262, 125298.

Trotter, PA, Becker, T, Renaldi, R, Wang, X, Khosla, R & Walther, G 2023, '', Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Lizana, J, L贸pez-Cabeza, VP, Renaldi, R, Diz-Mellado, E, Rivera-G贸mez, C & Gal谩n-Mar铆n, C 2022, '', Sustainable Cities and Society, vol. 78, 103590.

Lizana, J, Miranda, ND, Gross, L, Mazzone, A, Cohen, F, Palafox-Alcantar, G, Fahr, P, Jani, A, Renaldi, R, McCulloch, M & Khosla, R 2022, '', Buildings and Cities, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1075-1097.

Renaldi, R, Hall, R, Jamasb, T & Roskilly, AP 2021, '', Energy Policy, vol. 156, 112387.

Renaldi, R, Miranda, ND, Khosla, R & McCulloch, MD 2021, '', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 296, 126507.

Renaldi, R & Friedrich, D 2019, '', Applied Energy, vol. 236, pp. 388-400.

Lizana, J, Friedrich, D, Renaldi, R & Chacartegui, R 2018, '', Applied Energy, vol. 230, pp. 471-485.

Renaldi, R, Kiprakis, A & Friedrich, D 2017, '', Applied Energy, vol. 186, pp. 520-529.

Renaldi, R & Friedrich, D 2017, '', Energy, vol. 133, pp. 784-795.

Conference article

Mehmood, S, Usman, M, Santika, WG & Renaldi, R 2024, '', Energy Proceedings, vol. 38.

Review article

Khosla, R, Renaldi, R, Mazzone, A, Mcelroy, C & Palafox-Alcantar, G 2022, '', Annual Review of Environment and Resources, vol. 47, pp. 449-478.

Miranda, ND, Renaldi, R, Khosla, R & McCulloch, MD 2021, '', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 149, 111406.

Khosla, R, Miranda, ND, Trotter, PA, Mazzone, A, Renaldi, R, McElroy, C, Cohen, F, Jani, A, Perera-Salazar, R & McCulloch, M 2021, '', Nature Sustainability, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 201-208.