Staff profile

Dr Salman Farrukh is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Engineering at Durham University. He completed his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Birmingham, where he subsequently held a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship before joining Durham in 2025.

Dr Farrukh's research spans the experimentation and numerical modelling of cryogenic systems, waste heat recovery, carbon-neutral fuels, green propulsion, hybrid low-carbon powertrains, liquid hydrogen storage, and power generation technologies. His work addresses decarbonisation challenges across the maritime, heavy transport, and industrial sectors, contributing to UN SDGs 7, 9, and 13 through EU Horizon- and EPSRC-funded programmes including SEASTARS and HI-ACT.

At Durham, he leads a UK–Pakistan consortium under the FCDO RIDE programme, developing AI-assisted decarbonisation tools and investment roadmaps for Karachi Port and the Karachi–Pipri Dedicated Freight Corridor. The project targets technology transfer, national policy adoption, and multilateral financing for low-carbon maritime infrastructure in Pakistan's largest and busiest port city. He previously served as Principal Investigator of a UK–Canada consortium under the BIRMAC fund, leading the project Cogeneration of Hydrogen and Electricity through an Advanced Hydrogen Production Process in collaboration with McMaster University.

During his doctoral and postdoctoral work at Birmingham, Dr Farrukh developed the UK's first cryogenic-enhanced Organic Rankine Cycle experimental testing rig, providing the first experimental evidence for energy harvesting from cryogenic liquid hydrogen regasification.

Impact

• 2026 Keynote Speaker: Workshop on Hydrogen Technologies for UK Maritime in conjunction with leading industry professionals and academics.
• 2026 Keynote Speaker/Guest Lecturer: Workshop on cryogenic hydrogen and student lecture at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham.
• 2025 Hydrogen Technologies Roadmap: High-impact research output and a major policy driver for UK hydrogen policy development. Hydrogen Technologies Roadmap
• 2025 SEASTARS Proposal: Dr Farrukh’s flagship marine decarbonisation paper formed the basis for the successful EU Horizon proposal. Maritime Decarbonisation
• 2025 Visiting Academic, McMaster University: Visiting academic at McMaster University, delivering an international cross-continental workshop in hydrogen technology collaboration between the UK and Canada. 
• 2024 Panel Speaker: Hydrogen Americas Summit 2024, Washington D.C., USA.

• Cryogenics
• Refrigeration
• Maritime Decarbonisation
• Thermofluids
• Green Propulsion Systems
• Carbon-Neutral Fuels
• Low-carbon Powertrain Design
• AI-assisted Optimisation

• 2022: F-Gas Cryogenic Certification:

Journal Article

• Novel scroll tip modification: development and validation of scroll expander for compressed-air energy storage
  
  Taskin, A., Farrukh, S., Mahmoud, S., & Al-Dadah, R. (2026). Novel scroll tip modification: development and validation of scroll expander for compressed-air energy storage. Energy Conversion and Management, 348(Part C), Article 120819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120819
• Review of performance improvement strategies and technical challenges for ocean thermal energy conversion
  
  Gao, W., Wang, F., Zhang, Y., Tian, Z., Wu, D., & Farrukh, S. (2025). Review of performance improvement strategies and technical challenges for ocean thermal energy conversion. Applied Thermal Engineering, 266, 125506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.125506
• Innovative design and performance analysis of a Static Shaft Wankel Expander for Micro-Scale Organic Rankine Cycles
  
  Taskin, A., Farrukh, S., LomiGa, J., Mahmoud, S., & Al-Dadah, R. (2025). Innovative design and performance analysis of a Static Shaft Wankel Expander for Micro-Scale Organic Rankine Cycles. Energy Conversion and Management, 325, Article 119331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119331
• Cryogenic energy assisted power generation utilizing low flammability refrigerants
  
  Farrukh, S., Wu, D., Taskin, A., & Dearn, K. (2024). Cryogenic energy assisted power generation utilizing low flammability refrigerants. Energy, 307, Article 132770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.132770
• Pathways to Decarbonization of Deep-Sea Shipping: An Aframax Case Study
  
  Farrukh, S., Li, M., Kouris, G. D., Wu, D., Dearn, K., Yerasimou, Z., Diamantis, P., & Andrianos, K. (2023). Pathways to Decarbonization of Deep-Sea Shipping: An Aframax Case Study. Energies, 16(22), Article 7640. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16227640
• A review of integrated cryogenic energy assisted power generation systems and desalination technologies
  
  Farrukh, S., Wu, D., Al-Dadah, R., Gao, W., & Wang, Z. (2023). A review of integrated cryogenic energy assisted power generation systems and desalination technologies. Applied Thermal Engineering, 221, Article 119836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119836