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2026

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72
Citations
17243
World Ranking
922
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Jerry D. Murphy is affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Energy Engineering and Power Technology.

Their research portfolio covers a wide range of topics. Notable areas of focus include:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Algal Biology and Biofuel Production
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Murphy has collaborated frequently with several co-authors throughout their career. These include:

  • Richen Lin
  • Richard O'Shea
  • David Wall
  • Chen Deng
  • Xihui Kang

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on renewable energy systems, hydrogen production, and sustainable biofuels. Selected recent publications include:

  • Decarbonising ships, planes and trucks: An analysis of suitable low-carbon fuels for the maritime, aviation and haulage sectors, 2021, Advances in Applied Energy
  • Development of a viability assessment model for hydrogen production from dedicated offshore wind farms, 2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Hydrogen from offshore wind: Investor perspective on the profitability of a hybrid system including for curtailment, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Dedicated large-scale floating offshore wind to hydrogen: Assessing design variables in proposed typologies, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Improving gaseous biofuel yield from seaweed through a cascading circular bioenergy system integrating anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

The venues in which Murphy most frequently publishes include:

  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • JBMR Plus
  • Bioresource Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

In addition to articles, Murphy has contributed to book publications, including a title published by UWA Publishing:

  • Algal Systems for Resource Recovery from Waste and Wastewater, 2023

Best Publications

  • Renewable fuels from algae: An answer to debatable land based fuels

    Anoop Singh;Poonam Singh Nigam;Jerry D. Murphy

  • Mechanism and challenges in commercialisation of algal biofuels.

    Anoop Singh;Poonam Singh Nigam;Jerry D. Murphy

  • Key issues in life cycle assessment of ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: challenges and perspectives.

    Anoop Singh;Deepak Pant;Nicholas E. Korres;Abdul-Sattar Nizami

  • Technical, economic and environmental analysis of energy production from municipal solid waste

    J.D. Murphy;E. McKeogh

  • Decarbonising ships, planes and trucks: An analysis of suitable low-carbon fuels for the maritime, aviation and haulage sectors

    Nathan Gray;Shane McDonagh;Richard O'Shea;Beatrice Smyth

  • Microalgal Cultivation in Treating Liquid Digestate from Biogas Systems.

    Ao Xia;Ao Xia;Jerry D. Murphy

  • Boosting biomethane yield and production rate with graphene: The potential of direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion.

    Richen Lin;Jun Cheng;Jiabei Zhang;Junhu Zhou

  • Technical/economic/environmental analysis of biogas utilisation

    J.D Murphy;E McKeogh;G Kiely

  • Assessment of the resource associated with biomethane from food waste

    James D. Browne;Jerry D. Murphy

  • Review of the integrated process for the production of grass biomethane.

    Abdul-Sattar Nizami;Nicholas E. Korres;Jerry D. Murphy

  • Effect of thermal, chemical and thermo-chemical pre-treatments to enhance methane production.

    Rashad Rafique;Tjalfe Gorm Poulsen;Abdul-Sattar Nizami;Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam

  • What is the energy balance of grass biomethane in Ireland and other temperate northern European climates

    Beatrice M. Smyth;Jerry D. Murphy;Catherine M. O’Brien

  • How can we improve biomethane production per unit of feedstock in biogas plants

    Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam;Tjalfe Gorm Poulsen;Abdul-Sattar Nizami;Rashad Rafique

  • Improved efficiency of anaerobic digestion through direct interspecies electron transfer at mesophilic and thermophilic temperature ranges

    Richen Lin;Jun Cheng;Lingkan Ding;Jerry D. Murphy;Jerry D. Murphy

  • Innovation in biological production and upgrading of methane and hydrogen for use as gaseous transport biofuel.

    Ao Xia;Ao Xia;Jun Cheng;Jerry D. Murphy

  • Influence of temperature and reaction time on the conversion of polystyrene waste to pyrolysis liquid oil.

    R. Miandad;A.S. Nizami;M. Rehan;M.A. Barakat

  • Dedicated large-scale floating offshore wind to hydrogen: Assessing design variables in proposed typologies

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  • The biogas handbook

    Arthur Wellinger;Jerry Murphy;David Baxter

  • Production of hydrogen, ethanol and volatile fatty acids through co-fermentation of macro- and micro-algae.

    Ao Xia;Amita Jacob;Muhammad Rizwan Tabassum;Christiane Herrmann

  • Techno-economic analysis of biogas upgrading via amine scrubber, carbon capture and ex-situ methanation

    Truc T.Q. Vo;David M. Wall;Denis Ring;Karthik Rajendran

  • Ethanol production from energy crops and wastes for use as a transport fuel in Ireland

    J.D. Murphy;K. McCarthy

  • An argument for using biomethane generated from grass as a biofuel in Ireland

    Jerry D. Murphy;Niamh M. Power

  • What type of digester configurations should be employed to produce biomethane from grass silage

    Abdul-Sattar Nizami;Jerry D. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul-Sattar Nizami
Abdul-Sattar Nizami Government College University, Lahore
Padraig O'Kiely
Padraig O'Kiely Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Alan D. W. Dobson
Alan D. W. Dobson University College Cork
Brian Ó Gallachóir
Brian Ó Gallachóir University College Cork
Gerard Kiely
Gerard Kiely University College Cork
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Danilo P. Mandic
Danilo P. Mandic Imperial College London
Qiang Liao
Qiang Liao Chongqing University
Qian Fu
Qian Fu Chongqing University
Poonam Singh Nee Nigam
Poonam Singh Nee Nigam University of Ulster

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