Name: Jerry Murphy
Position: Lecturer
T: 353 (0)21
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E: jerry.murphy@ucc.ie
Current Post
- Lecturer in Transportation
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Appointed September 2006
Previous Posts
- Lecturer, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, CIT, Cork, Ireland.
- Project Engineer, Malachy Walsh & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Cork, Ireland.
- Design Engineer, EG Pettit & Co, Consulting Engineers, Cork, Ireland.
- Design Engineer, Surrey County Council, West Ewell, Surrey, UK.
- Site Engineer, RM Douglas Construction, West Midlands, UK.
Miscellaneous
- A referee for a number of peer review journals including: Energy and Fuels; Waste Management; The Journal of Environment; and Renewable Energy.
- A member of the Engineers Ireland Working Party on Accreditation of Postgraduate Degrees 2005/6
- Member of the organising committee of the Department of Communications Marine Natural Resources All Ireland Energy Research Forum, Dublin, 2005.
Research Interests
- Bio-fuels and sustainable transportation;
- Bio-energy and utilisation of agricultural land;
- Energy production from wastes and residues.
Recent Research Contracts
- Funding Source: Technological Sector Research, Strand 1
Project: The potential in Ireland for biomass based CHP plants
Funding: €34,000
Duration: Oct 2005 – Mar 2007
Collaboration with: Green Star
- Funding Source: Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Technologies, Masters Scholarship Scheme
Project: Anaerobic Digestion in Ireland: Decision Support Software
Funding: €30,000
Duration: Oct 2005 – Mar 2007
Collaboration with: RPS MCOS
- Funding Source: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET)
Project: A systems analysis of potential for CH4-enriched biogas as a biofuel in Ireland.
Funding: €75,000
Duration: October 2004- June 2007
- Funding Source: HEA PRTLI Cycle 2
Project: A systems analysis of energy from waste in Ireland.
Duration: October 2000 – September 2004
Funding: €50,689
Collaboration with: Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG), University College Cork.
- Funding Source: EU 5th Framework Programme and Environmental Agency of England and Wales
Title: Comparison of public acceptability of energy from waste and energy from biomass residues in 5 EU States.
Funding: €17,255
Duration: 2000-2001
Collaboration with: SERG, UCC; AEA Technology UK; SLU, Sweden; EnergiGruppen, Jylland, Denmark; WS&P, The Netherlands.
Recent Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
JD Murphy, E McKeogh, G Kiely; “Technical/economic/environmental analysis of biogas utilisation,” Applied Energy, Volume 77, Issue 4, pp. 407-427, April 2004, also in: Current Readings in Transport Economics, Volume 1, No.4, 2004.
JD Murphy, E McKeogh; “Technical, economic and environmental analysis of energy production from municipal solid waste,” Renewable Energy, Volume 9 pp. 1043-1057, 2004 also in: Current Readings in Transport Economics, Volume 2, No.1, 2004.
JD Murphy, K McCarthy; “The optimal production of biogas for use as a transport fuel in Ireland,” Renewable Energy, Volume 30 pp. 2111-2127, 2005.
JD Murphy, K McCarthy; “Ethanol production from energy crops and wastes for use as a transport fuel in Ireland,” Applied Energy, Volume 82 pp. 148-166, 2005.
JD Murphy, E McKeogh; “The benefits of integrated treatment of wastes for the production of energy,” Energy,Volume 31 pp. 294-310, 2006.
JD Murphy, N Power; “A technical, economic and environmental comparison of composting and anaerobic digestion of biodegradable municipal waste,” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering, Volume 41, Issue number 5, 2006.
JD Murphy; “CH4-enriched biogas utilised as a transport fuel: the case for the utilisation of biogas as a transport fuel,” Academic review, The Engineers Journal, Volume 59: issue 9, pp 571 – 576, November 2005.
JD Murphy, N Power; “The optimal method of energy production from newspaper in Ireland,” Waste Management, in print, submitted January 2005.
Articles From Published Conference Proceedings
N Power, J D Murphy, E McKeogh; “Energy from wheat: which is preferable, ethanol or biogas as a transport fuel?” 15th European Biomass Conference, Berlin, Germany, 7 – 11 May, 2007
S Corcoran, J D Murphy, E McKeogh; “The potential for biomass energy in Ireland.” 15th European Biomass Conference, Berlin, Germany, 7 – 11 May, 2007.
M Poliafico, J D Murphy; “Decision Support Software for developing anaerobic digestion technology for treating animal wastes in Ireland.” 15th European Biomass Conference, Berlin, Germany, 7 – 11 May, 2007
J D Murphy, BP Ó Gallachóir; “The potential of ethanol to aid Ireland meet the Biofuels Directive.” World Renewable Energy Congress, Florence, Italy, 19-25 August 2006.
N Power, J D Murphy; “Composting of biodegradable municipal waste in Ireland.” Waste Management 2006, Wessex Institute of Technology, Malta June 20, 2006.
J D Murphy, S Corcoran; “A technical, economic comparison of CHP production from Miscanthus and Biogas.” The 2nd International Conference of Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, 26-28 April 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
J D Murphy, N Power, M Poliafico; “The Potential for Pig Slurry to Power Trains in Ireland.” The 2nd International Conference of Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, 26-28 April 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
N Power, J D Murphy; “The utilisation of CH4-enriched biogas generated from biodegradable municipal waste as a transport fuel.” The 2nd International Conference of Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, 26-28 April 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
BP Ó Gallachóir, J D Murphy, F Thorne & E McKeogh; “Fuelling Transport in Ireland Using Biofuels.” VAFSEP’06 (Vehicles Alternative Fuel Systems & Environmental Protection), August 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
T Sakkas, H Kaldeli, J D Murphy, J Kaldelis; “A Techno-Economic-Environmental Analysis of the Potential Ethanol Production Technology in Greece Utilizing Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW).” In: 1st National Conference of Renewable Fuels, National Technical University of Athens, 27-28 January 2005.
JD Murphy; “Biogas systems: small is beautiful.” In: AAM Sayigh, editor. World Renewable Energy Congress VII hosted by US Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Denver, Colorado, USA, August 28 – September 3, Elsevier, 2004.
TK Sakkas, JD Murphy; “The potential energy from waste in Athens, utilising gasification and ethanol production technology,” Greek National Conference, Environmental Protection Agency, 6 – 8 November 2002 (published in Greek).
JD Murphy, E McKeogh, T Sakkas, S O’Neill; “Potential energy from waste in the Republic of Ireland,” In: Proceedings Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, Conference C76 of the Solar Energy society, Odyssey Centre Belfast, 10-11 September 2001, pp. 59-66.
Invited lectures
JD Murphy; “Biogas Research,” presentation to a Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, University College Cork, 9 September, 2005.
JD Murphy; “Biogas as a transport fuel,” Anaerobic Digestion Workshop, Environmental Protection Agency, Tullamore, Offaly, 9 May, 2005.
JD Murphy; “Anaerobic digestion and biogas,” In: Composting Opportunities, Home- Business- Industry The 5th Annual Composting Seminar, The Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise, 5 May 2005
JD Murphy; “The economics of biogas utilisation,” In: Irish Biogas Conference: Renew Your Waste, Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), 11-12 April 2002, Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland, (published as a CD).
JD Murphy; “Energy from biomass and waste: Irish perspective,” In: European Perspectives on Energy from Waste and Biomass Residues, AEA Technology, Environment Agency, I&DEA, 27 March 2001, The Centre, Slough, published by AEA Technology 154 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QJ, UK.
Books/Reports
PS Howes, B Hillring, T van de Wijdeven, D Heuting, H Ortenblad, JD Murphy; Comparison of public acceptability of energy from waste and energy from biomass residues in 5 EU states; AEA Technology, 154 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, 2001.
Chapters in Report
G Kiely, M D’Alton, C Dolan, J D Murphy; Review of alternative energy strategy, A study of the economic and social costs and benefits of the development of biogas from municipal solid waste in Ireland. In: Review of alternative energy strategy. Published by the Department of Energy, 1995.
Articles
JD Murphy; “Biomass, biogas, biofuels and bioenergy,” The Irish Scientist 2005 Year Book.
Thesis or Dissertation
JD Murphy; “Direct anaerobic treatment of urban wastewater at ambient temperatures,” M.Eng.Sc. thesis, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Ireland, 1992.
JD Murphy; “The benefits of integrated treatment of wastes for the production of energy,” Ph.D. thesis, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Ireland, 2003.
Supervision of Postgraduates
TK Sakkas; “A techno-economic-environmental analysis of the potential for gasification and ethanol production technologies in the Republic of Ireland,” MEng. thesis, Higher Educational Training Awards Council, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland, 2002.
K McCarthy; “A proposal to meet the Biofuels Directive in Ireland,” MEng. thesis, Higher Educational Training Awards Council, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland, 2004.
Niamh M Power; “The potential for CH4-enriched biogas as a transport fuel” PhD thesis in production 2004 – present.
Marco Poliafico; “Anaerobic Digestion: Decision Support Software” MEng thesis in production 2005 – present.
Sarah Corcoran; “The potential in Ireland for biomass based CHP plants” MEng Thesis in production 2005 – present.