- University of Liverpool – School of Engineering
- Academic Supervisor: David Dennis
- Industrial Supervisor: Jonathan Dodds
- Project timeline: Oct 2017 Sep 2021
- Research areas of interest: Fluid Dynamics, Flow Correlations, Open Channel Hydraulics
- Academic Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Science in Engineering – University of Liverpool
Investigating Fluid Transport Correlations in Partially Filled Pipes
Chris is an NNL research technologist based in the characterisation and rig operations team at Workington. He has experience working in R&D projects, both theoretical and experimental, relating to the hydraulics and fluid dynamics of nuclear waste transport. He undertook his PhD at NNL’s Centre of Innovative Nuclear Decommissioning (CINDe) graduating in 2022. His work focused on investigating slurry transport correlations in partially filled pipe flows by large-scale experimental techniques. This resulted in developing a framework to underpin the pipeline transport of fluids associated with the nuclear industry by a novel flow correlation (the Cunliffe correlation / FRESCO). Since completing his PhD, he joined NNL’s post-doctorate program and has worked in collaboration with customers to apply this new equation to their many different scenarios within the nuclear industry. He is an honorary research associate at University of Liverpool and industrial supervises a number of PhD projects.
Outputs
Journal paper: Cunliffe, Christopher J., Jonathan M. Dodds, and David JC Dennis. “Flow correlations and transport behaviour of turbulent slurries in partially filled pipes.” Chemical Engineering Science 235 (2021): 116465.
Thesis: Cunliffe, Christopher J. Flow Correlations and Transport Behaviour of Slurries in Partially Filled Pipes. The University of Liverpool (United Kingdom), 2022.
Conference Presentation: Cunliffe, Christopher J., Jonathan M. Dodds, and David JC Dennis. “Flow correlations and transport behaviour of turbulent slurries in partially filled pipes.” APS: Fluid Dynamics Annual Conference 2023, Washington DC. (funded via NNL Post Doc scheme)
