Engineering Discipline:
- General Engineering
Biography:
After undertaking two years of French Classes Préparatoires, I studied fundamental physics at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan, France), where I gained a BSc and MSc in fundamental physics. I then obtained an MSc in Renewable Energy Science and Technology (REST) from Ecole Polytechnique (France), which brought me to the University of Edinburgh where I first worked on "Turbulence characterisation in energetic tidal currents".
I next went on to do a PhD at the University of Edinburgh on the "Study and Optimisation of Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Insulation Structures with Application to Thermal Energy Storage" where I developped an analytical and numerical model for, experimentally tested, and optimised evacuated honeycomb insulation structures for use with thermal energy storage. In parallel, I took part in the study, development, assembly and experimental testing of the Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage (UHTS) concept, which led to a BEIS award of £3.2 million for the installation of a 36 MWh thermal storage unit at Annandale Distillery in Dumfries and Galloway. The UHTS concept has now matured into Exergy3, a University of Edinburgh spin-out company.
Since completion of my PhD, I have been working as a PDRA at the University of Edinburgh (Heat Balance and INTEGRATE projects) on the integration of multiple energy sources with large-scale thermal storage for heat decarbonisation, where I have developped analytical and multi-level numerical energy systems modelling tools for decarbonised heat networks, particularly with wind curtailment mitigation and large-scale thermal storage integration, and as a senior thermal scientist at Exergy3 where we develop an ultra-high temperature thermal storage concept for the decarbonisation of high-temperature themal and industrial processes, including a 36 MWh unit at Annandale Whisky distillery.
University of Edinburgh Research profile:
https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/thibaut-desguers
ORCID record:
Academic Qualifications:
- PhD in Thermal Engineering: "Study and Optimisation of Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Insulation Structures with Application to Thermal Energy Storage", The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering, Institute for Energy Systems
- MSc in Renewable Energy Science and Technology (REST Master's Program), Ecole Polytechnique, France. Passed "With Honours"
- MSc in Physics (PHYtem course, PHYsics, Theory, Experiments, Modelling), Department of Fundamental Physics, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Cachan (France). 2:1 Honours
- BSc in Physics (PHYtem course, PHYsics, Theory, Experiments, Modelling), Department of Fundamental Physic
Teaching:
- MSc dissertation supervision (Sustainable Energy Systems)
Research Interests:
- Renewable and/or Decarbonised Energy and Heat Systems
- Domestic and Industrial Heat Decarbonisation
- Renewable energy integration and curtailment mitigation
- High-Temperature Thermal Energy storage
- Large-Scale Underground Thermal Energy Storage
- Thermal Science
- Thermal Insulation
