Dr Christopher Brown is a researcher with a strong expertise in numerical and analytical modelling of heat and fluid flux in the subsurface. Their focus has been on decarbonisation of the heating sector through characterisation and modelling of shallow-to-deep geothermal and underground thermal energy storage systems.
Christopher Brown’s biography
- 2025 to present: Senior geothermal/thermal energy storage scientist
- 2021 to 2024: Research Associate, University of Glasgow
- 2021 to 2021: Assistant Editor, MDPI
- 2015 to 2020: PhD Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham
- 2014 to 2015: MSc Petroleum Geoscience, University of Manchester
- 2011 to 2014: BSc Geology, University of Manchester
Research interests
- Geothermal energy
- Underground thermal energy storage
- Borehole heat exchangers
- Advanced geothermal systems
- Numerical modelling
- Analytical modelling
- Subsurface fluid and heat flow
Projects and collaborations
- REnewable Energy for Future UK Net-Zero Cooling (Reef-UKC) Pump Priming Fund Round 1 – : Investigating mixed-circuit injection-extraction strategies between borehole heat exchangers in a cooling dominated system
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Key papers
- Desguers, T, Brown, C S, Kolo, I, Banks, D, Falcone, G, and Friedrich, D. 2024. . Applied Thermal Engineering, p.124610.
- Brown, C S, Kolo, I, Lyden, A, Franken, L, Kerr, N, Marshall-Cross, D, Watson, S, Falcone, G, Friedrich, D, and Diamond, J. 2024. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 199, p.114545.
- Kolo, I, Brown, C S, Nibbs, W, Cai, W, Falcone, G, Nagel, T, and Chen, C. 2024. . Geothermal Energy, 12(1), p.19.
- Brown, C S, Kolo, I, Banks, D, and Falcone, G. 2024. . Geothermics, 117, p.102888.
- Brown, C S, Kolo, I, Falcone, G, and Banks, D. 2023. . Renewable Energy.
- Brown, C S, Kolo, I, Falcone, G, and Banks, D. 2023. . Applied Thermal Engineering.
- Brown, C S, Doran, H, Kolo, I, Banks, D, and Falcone, G. 2023. . Energies.
- Kolo, I, Brown, C S, Falcone, G, and Banks, D. 2023. .
- Lyden, A, Brown, C S, Kolo, I, Falcone, G, and Friedrich, D. 2022. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
- Brown, C S, Cassidy, N J, Egan, S S, and Griffiths, D. 2021. . Computers & Geosciences.
Chapters
- Falcone, G, Brown, C S, Kolo, I, Banks, D, and Angelidis, O. (In press). Geothermal production, injection and storage engineering. Livescu, S. and Dindoruk, B. (ed.), Geothermal Energy Engineering: Technology Transfer from the Oil and Gas Industry. Elsevier.
Published outputs
- 2022 QJEGH William Dearman Early Career Award Winner
- Editorial Board for the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
- Topic Advisory Panel for the journal Processes.
- Member of European Geosciences Union.