Dr Nicola Mingotti
Research Associate
Nicola is a postdoc and carries out experimental research in the flow laboratory at IEEF. In the context of the energy transition, he is investigating the fluid mechanics of carbon sequestration in the subsurface, as well as strategies for large-scale underground hydrogen storage. Recently, he has also been studying how microplastics are being mixed and dispersed in the ocean water, with the goal of developing new strategies to separate and collect the plastic particles from the water. This builds on previous work on multiphase flows, including bubble and particle-laden plumes in the ocean, as well as ash plumes rising through the atmosphere during a volcanic eruption.
Owing to his engineering background, Nicola has an interest in buildings. He has studied how contaminants and droplets are transported by the ventilation in a room, using both laboratory experiments and monitoring of full-scale buildings, such as the new Royal Papworth hospital in Cambridge.
Publications
2024
Video-based measurements of the entrainment, speed and mass flux in a wind-blown eruption column Journal Article
In: Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 5, no. 1, 2024.
A dynamic model of CO2 storage in layered anticlines Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 979, 2024.
2023
Experiments on fluid entrainment and slip in continuous bubble plumes Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 973, 2023.
2022
Dynamics of deep-submarine volcanic eruptions Journal Article
In: Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022.
On particle separation from turbulent particle plumes in a cross-flow Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 932, 2022.
Dynamics of sediment-laden plumes in the ocean Journal Article
In: Flow, vol. 2, 2022.
An alternative approach to delivering safe, sustainable surgical theatre environments Journal Article
In: Buildings and Cities, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 316 – 333, 2022.
2021
The Impact of Hospital-Ward Ventilation on Airborne-Pathogen Exposure Journal Article
In: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 203, no. 6, pp. 766 – 769, 2021.
The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: A focus on wintertime Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 477, no. 2247, 2021.
On the use of plume models to estimate the flux in volcanic gas plumes Journal Article
In: Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 2021.
Innovative practice in the manufacture of aseptic surgical environments in the late nineteenth century Journal Article
In: Journal of Architectural Conservation, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 225 – 241, 2021.
2020
Stokes settling and particle-laden plumes: Implications for deep-sea mining and volcanic eruption plumes: Particle Laden Plumes and Intrusions Journal Article
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 378, no. 2179, 2020.
The mixing of airborne contaminants by the repeated passage of people along a corridor Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 903, 2020.
2019
Multiphase plumes in a stratified ambient Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 869, pp. 292 – 312, 2019.
Mixing and reaction in turbulent plumes: The limits of slow and instantaneous chemical kinetics Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 861, pp. 1 – 28, 2019.
2016
On turbulent particle fountains Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 793, pp. R1, 2016.
Topographic viscous fingering: Fluid-fluid displacement in a channel of non-uniform gap width Journal Article
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 374, no. 2078, 2016.
2015
On the transport of heavy particles through a downward displacement-ventilated space Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 774, pp. 192 – 223, 2015.
On the transport of heavy particles through an upward displacement-ventilated space Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 772, pp. 478 – 507, 2015.
2013
Combined impacts of climate and wall insulation on the energy benefit of an extra layer of glazing in the facade Journal Article
In: Energy and Buildings, vol. 58, pp. 237 – 249, 2013.
2011
The fluid mechanics of the natural ventilation of a narrow-cavity double-skin facade Journal Article
In: Building and Environment, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 807 – 823, 2011.