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D-Index
34
Citations
4230
World Ranking
2889
National Ranking
100

Paul R. Medwell publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul R. Medwell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 174 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Paul R. Medwell D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul R. Medwell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul R. Medwell is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has an extensive body of research focused primarily on engineering and chemical engineering. Much of their work centers on combustion processes, fluid dynamics, and energy systems, with a notable emphasis on modeling, experimental diagnostics, and the analysis of reactive flows.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering

Subfields of study related to their research are:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Key research topics emerging from their work include:

  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes

Paul R. Medwell has contributed to various journals and conference venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Fuel
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Energy & Fuels

Selected recent papers by Paul R. Medwell include:

  • The reactor-based perspective on finite-rate chemistry in turbulent reacting flows: A review from traditional to low-emission combustion (2023), published in Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Effect of wood biochar dosage and re-use on high-solids anaerobic digestion of chicken litter (2020), published in Biomass and Bioenergy
  • Fundamental insights into the effect of blending hydrogen flames with sooting biofuels (2022), published in Fuel
  • Two-phase anaerobic digestion in leach bed reactors coupled to anaerobic filters: A review and the potential of biochar filters (2023), published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Highly radiating hydrogen flames: Effect of toluene concentration and phase (2020), published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Michael J. Evans
  • Bassam B. Dally
  • Douglas B. Proud
  • Qing Nian Chan
  • Alfonso Chinnici

Paul R. Medwell has also authored a book published by Frontiers Media titled MILD Combustion: Modelling Challenges, Experimental Configurations and Diagnostic Tools (2021).

Best Publications

  • A Review of Hydrogen Direct Injection for Internal Combustion Engines: Towards Carbon-Free Combustion

    Ho Lung Yip;Aleš Srna;Anthony Chun Yin Yuen;Sanghoon Kook

  • Simultaneous imaging of OH, formaldehyde, and temperature of turbulent nonpremixed jet flames in a heated and diluted coflow

    Paul R. Medwell;Peter A.M. Kalt;Bassam B. Dally

  • Imaging of diluted turbulent ethylene flames stabilized on a Jet in Hot Coflow (JHC) burner

    Paul R. Medwell;Peter A.M. Kalt;Bassam B. Dally

  • An experimental study on MILD combustion of prevaporised liquid fuels

    Jingjing Ye;Paul R. Medwell;Emilien Varea;Stephan Kruse

  • Modeling Lifted Jet Flames in a Heated Coflow Using an Optimized Eddy Dissipation Concept Model

    M. J. Evans;P. R. Medwell;Z. F. Tian

  • Recent advances in the measurement of strongly radiating, turbulent reacting flows

    G.J. Nathan;P.A.M. Kalt;Z.T. Alwahabi;B.B. Dally

  • Effect of particle size on the MILD combustion characteristics of pulverised brown coal

    Manabendra Saha;Bassam B. Dally;Paul R. Medwell;Alfonso Chinnici

  • Burning characteristics of Victorian brown coal under MILD combustion conditions

    Manabendra Saha;Bassam B. Dally;Paul R. Medwell;Alfonso Chinnici

  • Development of temperature imaging using two-line atomic fluorescence.

    Paul R. Medwell;Qing N. Chan;Peter A. M. Kalt;Zeyad T. Alwahabi

  • Effect of fuel composition on jet flames in a heated and diluted oxidant stream

    Paul R. Medwell;Bassam B. Dally

  • Kinetic and fluid dynamic modeling of ethylene jet flames in diluted and heated oxidant stream combustion conditions

    Seyed Reza Shabanian;Seyed Reza Shabanian;Paul Ross Medwell;Masoud Rahimi;Alessio Frassoldati

  • Generalisation of the eddy-dissipation concept for jet flames with low turbulence and low Damköhler number

    Michael M.J. Evans;Christophe Petre;Paul Ross Medwell;Alessandro Parente

  • Moderate or Intense Low Oxygen Dilution (MILD) Combustion Characteristics of Pulverized Coal in a Self-Recuperative Furnace

    Manabendra Saha;Bassam B. Dally;Paul R. Medwell;Emmet M. Cleary;Emmet M. Cleary

  • Reaction zone weakening effects under hot and diluted oxidant stream conditions

    Paul R. Medwell;Peter A. M. Kalt;Bassam B. Dally

  • Simultaneous planar measurements of temperature and soot volume fraction in a turbulent non-premixed jet flame

    S.M. Mahmoud;G.J. Nathan;P.R. Medwell;B.B. Dally

  • Simultaneous imaging of temperature and soot volume fraction

    Qing N. Chan;Paul R. Medwell;Peter A.M. Kalt;Zeyad T. Alwahabi

  • Simultaneous measurements of gas temperature, soot volume fraction and primary particle diameter in a sooting lifted turbulent ethylene/air non-premixed flame

    Dahe Gu;Zhiwei Sun;Bassam B. Dally;Paul R. Medwell

  • Experimental Observation of Lifted Flames in a Heated and Diluted Coflow

    Paul R. Medwell;Bassam B. Dally

  • Combustion characterization of waste cooking oil and canola oil based biodiesels under simulated engine conditions

    C. Ming;I.M. Rizwanul Fattah;Qing N. Chan;Phuong X. Pham

  • Numerical Study of Pulverized Coal MILD Combustion in a Self-Recuperative Furnace

    Manabendra Saha;Alfonso Chinnici;Bassam B. Dally;Paul R. Medwell

  • Classification and lift-off height prediction of non-premixed MILD and autoignitive flames

    M.J. Evans;M.J. Evans;P.R. Medwell;H. Wu;A. Stagni;A. Stagni

  • The effect of exit strain rate on soot volume fraction in turbulent non-premixed jet flames

    S.M. Mahmoud;G.J. Nathan;Z.T. Alwahabi;Z.W. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Bassam B. Dally
Bassam B. Dally King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Graham J. Nathan
Graham J. Nathan University of Adelaide
Qing Nian Chan
Qing Nian Chan University of New South Wales
Con J. Doolan
Con J. Doolan University of New South Wales
Heinz Pitsch
Heinz Pitsch RWTH Aachen University
Sanghoon Kook
Sanghoon Kook University of New South Wales
Guan Heng Yeoh
Guan Heng Yeoh University of New South Wales
Wei Yang
Wei Yang South China University of Technology
Assaad R. Masri
Assaad R. Masri University of Sydney
I.M. Rizwanul Fattah
I.M. Rizwanul Fattah University of Technology Sydney

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