Tom Baxter

Professeur invité à l’Université de Strathclyde, ancien ingénieur chez BP

Tom Baxter est ingénieur chimiste et travaille depuis 40 ans dans l’industrie du pétrole et du gaz. Tom a obtenu un diplôme universitaire de premier cycle en génie chimique (mention très bien) de l’Université de Strathclyde en 1975 et est membre de l’IChemE. Il a commencé sa carrière chez ICI Petrochemicals, puis est passé à la chimie fine au sein de la société suisse Ciba-Geigy avant d’occuper un poste d’ingénieur des procédés en 1980 à la British National Oil Corporation (BNOC), devenue ensuite, du fait de sa privatisation et de ses acquisitions, Britoil, puis BP. Il y a travaillé en tant qu’ingénieur d’exploitation, ingénieur chargé des opérations et directeur de recherche. 

En 1991, il a quitté BP pour rejoindre Altra Consultants en tant que directeur technique. Il a ensuite pris un poste équivalent chez Genesis en 1998 et est devenu directeur de l’unité opérationnelle d’Aberdeen en 2005. Il a réintégré ses fonctions de directeur technique en 2010, tout en occupant un poste de “Senior Fellow” au département de génie chimique de l’Université d’Aberdeen, qu’il a contribué à créer. Depuis 2003, il est professeur invité de génie chimique à l’Université de Strathclyde. Il est actuellement consultant en génie chimique et apporte son expertise en matière d’énergie et de réduction des gaz à effet de serre.

Domaine d’expertise en matière d’hydrogène : Production d’hydrogène, chauffage domestique, mélange d’hydrogène et de gaz naturel.

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Everything you need to know about natural or geologic hydrogen

In this guest blog post, Dr Arnout Everts, geoscientist and energy consultant with more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, separates fact and fiction when it comes to geologic hydrogen’s clean energy potential

Good hydrogen policy? US clean hydrogen tax credits

Paul Martin, chemical engineer and process development expert, explains how the US has produced rare policy that incentivises truly clean hydrogen production

Hydrogen for heating? Considering the storage solution (Part 3)

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cambridge University, David Cebon, investigates whether energy storage makes hydrogen heating a viable option for a low-carbon future

Can electrolysers of the future solve hydrogen’s efficiency problem?

Paul Martin, chemical engineer and process development expert, investigates if new advancements in electrolysis can overcome green hydrogen’s biggest challenge

Hydrogen in aviation: Explainer video with Bernard van Dijk

In this new explainer video, our member Bernard van Dijk investigates if hydrogen is a viable decarbonisation solution as an aircraft fuel and debunks some commonly made statements on hydrogen for aircraft.

How clean is hydrogen, actually? With Prof. David Cebon

In this episode of the Fully Charged Podcast, our member David Cebon speaks with Robert Llewellyn about hydrogen and sets straight a few myths about its uses and cleanliness.

Hydrogen for heating? A comparison with heat pumps (Part 2)

This two-part article covers the most frequently proposed ways to heat buildings in a low-carbon future. In Part 1 the focus was comparing energy efficiency and carbon emissions. Here, Part 2 continues by looking at technology readiness and infrastructure requirements.

Hydrogen for heating? A comparison with heat pumps (Part 1)

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cambridge University, Prof David Cebon, compares two ways to heat the UK in a low-carbon future: hydrogen-powered hot water boilers and electric-powered heat pumps.

Hydrogen for aircraft – number crunching the solution, or the hoax

Hydrogen is often claimed as a solution for hard to decarbonise sectors like as aviation. But is it really feasible to decarbonise the aviation sector with hydrogen? To really unpick this, let’s crunch some numbers.

Blue hydrogen – what is it, and should it replace natural gas?

Blue hydrogen is often touted as a low-carbon fuel for generating electricity. But according to a new report it may be no better for the climate than continuing to use fossil natural gas.

Engineering with Rosie: Hydrogen in the Natural Gas Network

Our member Paul Martin spoke with Rosie, from the YouTube channel Engineering with Rosie, about whether it is easy to simply substitute hydrogen into the existing natural gas pipe network.

Hydrogen: hope, hype and thermodynamics with Paul Martin (podcast)

Our member Paul Martin recently featured on the HC Insider podcast to discuss hydrogen’s role in the energy transition.

Examining the “Hydrogen Ladder” with Paul Martin (podcast)

Which sectors should hydrogen be used in? Our member Paul Martin recently appeared on the CleanTech Talk podcast: Examining the “Hydrogen Ladder”.

Hydrogen: UK government sees future in low-carbon fuel – but what’s the reality?

The UK’s long-awaited hydrogen strategy has set out the government’s plans for “a world-leading hydrogen economy”. On the face of it, this vision of a low-carbon future sounds like good news. But is it? And are there other options for delivering net zero that will be better for the public?

Hydrogen: broken promises with Paul Martin (podcast)

Gerard and Laurent invite Paul Martin onto the podcast “Redfining Energy” to review the various development routes for Hydrogen, the forever “fuel of tomorrow”.

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