Dr James Allen

Profiles

Dr James Allen

Energy Manager

Asset Management (Estates & Facilities)

Positioned in the Estates and Facilities Sustainanility Team to lead on Energy procurement, monitoring, analysis, reduction, grants and projects.

Qualifications

PhD Civil Engineering - WaveCat Wave Energy Converter: Performance and Wave Field Interaction - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ (2022)
MSc Marine Renewable Energy - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ (2013-2014)
BSc Physics with Astrophysics - University of Exeter (2008-2012)

Research

Research interests

WaveCat Wave Energy Converter: Performance and Wave Field Interaction - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ (2022)
Wave Renewable Energy
  • WaveCat WEC 
  • Overtopping WECs
  • Wave Energy Converter Arrays
Numerical Modelling
  • STAR-CCM+ 
  • SPH 
  • WAMIT

Publications

Journals
Allen, J., Sampanis, K., Wan, J., Greaves, D., Miles, J., & Iglesias, G. (2016). Laboratory tests in the development of WaveCat. Sustainability (Switzerland), 8(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/su8121339

Bergillos, R. J., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Allen, J., & Iglesias, G. (2019). Wave energy converter geometry for coastal flooding mitigation. Science of The Total Environment.https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.022

Bergillos, R. J., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Allen, J., & Iglesias, G. (2019). Wave energy converter configuration in dual wave farms. Ocean Engineering, 178, 204–214. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.03.001

Allen J, Iglesias G, Greaves D, Miles J. Physical Modelling of the Effect on the Wave Field of the WaveCat Wave Energy Converter. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021; 9(3):309. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030309

Conference Papers
Allen, J., Sampanis, K., Wan, J., Miles, J., Greaves, D., & Iglesias, G. (2017). Laboratory tests and numerical modelling in the development of WaveCat. In Proceedings of the Twelfth European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference.