Qualifications

• MEng in Aeronautical Engineering at Loughborough University (2018)
• MRes in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics at University of Cambridge (2019)

PhD in Fuel Injector Heat Transfer (2019 – present)

“Convective Heat Transfer in a Modern Lean Direct Injection Fuel Spray Nozzle”

Research Associate in Future Gas Turbine Combustion Systems (2023 – present)

Current research:

Experimentation of the aerodynamic and thermodynamic processes in gas turbine combustion systems including: 

• Low pressure combustion systems
• Reacting combustion experiments
• Fuel Injector Heat Transfer and cooling
• Fuel degradation and deposition
• Combustor cooling
• Additive manufacture roughness and heat transfer

Supervisors:

Dr. C. Bonham and Prof. J.F. Carrotte

Research Group:

• Applied Aerodynamics

• Walker, T. D., Peacock, G. L., Brend, M. A., Bonham, C., & Masters, J. D. (2022). Heat Transfer and Residence Time in Lean Direct Injection Fuel Galleries. ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 144(5), 051001.
• Walker, T. D., & Bonham, C. (2023). Heat Transfer in an Injector-Scaled Additively Manufactured Fuel Passage. Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, 7–B, 1–13.
• Walker, T. D., & Bonham, C. (2024). Heat Transfer in an Injector-Scaled Additively Manufactured Fuel Passage. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 146(1), 1–11.