Marcelle McManus
Full Name:
Dr Marcelle McManus
Department:
Mechanical Engineering
Job Title:
Lecturer
Research interests:
I am an environmental scientist with an MSc in Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing and an LLM in Environmental Law. My research enables me to work with engineers to determine the environmental impact of different engineering options, with particular regard to renewable energy systems. My PhD was based on the use and environmental impact of mineral and rapeseed oil in hydraulic systems.
My current research activities and interests include investigating the life cycle environmental impact of renewable energy systems, primarily bioenergy.
This work is funded by the Great Western Research Council (GWR) and involves an analysis of the life cycle impact of different bioenergy systems.
I am also involved with the LCA aspect of the SuperGen Highly Distributed Power Systems research project.
I have a detailed knowledge and interest in the environmental impact of food transportation and production, bioenergy and sustainable procurement. Other research interests include process and product improvement through the use of LCA, environmental law, the improvement of supply chains through the use of LCA, and the issues of uncertainty and methodology of LCA.
Telephone:
+44 (0)1225 38 3877
E-mail Address:
M.McManus@bath.ac.uk
Postal Address:
Sustainable Energy Research Team
Dept. Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
Publications:
Journals:
Whittaker, C., McManus, M.C. & Hammond, G.P. (2011). Greenhouse gas reporting for biofuels: A comparison between the RED, RTFO and PAS2050 methodologies. Energy Policy, 39(10), pp.5950-5960.doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.054
Murphy, R., Woods, J., Black, M. and McManus, M.C.(2011).Global developments in the competition for land from biofuels. Food Policy. doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.014
Adams, P.W.R., Hammond, G.P., McManus M.C. and Mezzullo, W.G. (2011).Barriers to and Drivers for UK Bioenergy Development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 15, Issue 2 pp 1217 - 1227
McManus, M.C. (2010).Life Cycle Impacts of Waste Wood Biomass Heating Systems: A Case Study of Three UK Based Systems. Energy
Jones. C. & McManus, M.C. (2010).Life Cycle Assessment of 11 kV Electrical Overhead Lines and Underground Cables.Journal of Cleaner Production. doi: 10.1016/ j.jclepro.2010.05.008
Allen, S.R., G.P. Hammond, H. Harajli, M.C. McManus and A.B. Winnett (2010). Integrated Appraisal of a Solar Hot Water System, Energy 35, (3), 1351-1362
Hammond, G.P. McManus, M.C. and Mezzullo, W. G. (2008). 'A Bioenergy Resource Assessment for the South West of England', For a special issue of the Energy.Proc. Instn Civil Engrs: Energy,161 159-173
Allen, S.R., G.P. Hammond, H. Harajli, C.I. Jones, M.C. McManus and A.B. Winnett, 2008. 'Integrated appraisal of micro-generators: methods
and applications', Proc. Instn Civil Engrs: Energy, 161 (2):73-86. [DOI:10.1680/ener.2008.1
61.2.73]
Allen, S.R., G.P. Hammond and M.C. McManus, 2008. 'Energy analysis and environmental life cycle assessment of a micro-wind turbine',Proc. Instn Mech. Engrs Part A: Journal of Power and Energy,222 (7): 669-684. [DOI:10.1243/09576509JPE538]
Allen, S.R., Hammond, G.P. and McManus, M.C (2008) Prospects and Barriers to Micro Generation: A United Kingdom Perspective, Applied Energy. Volume 85, Issue 6, June 2008, Pages 528-544
Hammond, G.P.,Kallu, S, and McManus, M.C (2008) The Development of Biofuels for the UK Automotive Market, Applied Energy. Volume 85, Issue 6, June 2008, Pages 506-515
McManus, M.C., Hammond, G.P. and Burrows, C.R (2004) Life-Cycle Assessment of Mineral and Rapeseed Oil in Mobile Hydraulic Systems, Journal of Industrial Ecology. Vol 7. 3-4. pp 163-177.
Conferences:
Hetherington, A.C., McManus, M.C. & Gray, D.A. (2011) Comparison of allocation and impact assessment methodologies on the life cycle assessment of rape and sunflower seed oils. Life Cycle Management, 2011. August 28-31st, Berlin. Germany (still to be presented)
Li, A., McManus, M.C., Hammond, G.P. (2011) Lignocellulosic conversion to ethanol: the environmental life cycle impacts. BioEnergy III Conference: Present and New Perspectives on Biorefineries. Ma7 220 27. Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Spain.
McManus, M.C. (2011) , An environmental assessment of the production of biodiesel from waste oil : two case studies. World Renewable Energy Congress. Sweden, May 8 – 13 (still to be presented)
Cooper, S., Hammond, G.P. & McManus, M.C (2011) 2nd International Conference on Microgeneration and Related Technologies. Glasgow. 4 – 6 April 2011.
McManus, M.C. (2011) Environmental Consequences of the Use of Batteries in Sustainable Systems: Battery Production. 2nd International Conference on Microgeneration and Related Technologies. Glasgow. 4 – 6 April 2011
Adams, P. W. R., Hammond, G.P. McManus, M.C. and Mezzullo, W. G.(2008) Barriers to Bioenergy Development for the South West of England. Biomass and Energy Crops III Conference, York.10-12 December 2008.
McManus, M. C & Lewis, D.(2008)A life-cycle assessment of small to medium sized heat producing bioenergy systems. American Centre for Life Cycle Assessment. LCA VIII 30 September - 2 October 2008, Seattle
Allen, S.R., G.P. Hammond, H. Harajli, C.I. Jones, M.C. McManus and A.B. Winnett.(2008) Integrated appraisal of micro-generators: methods and applications, Proc. Micro-Cogen 2008, Ottawa, Canada, 29 April - 1 May 2008, Paper MG2008-SG-005, 8pp
Allen, S.R., Hammond, G.P. and McManus, M.C (2007) Prospects and Barriers to Micro Generation: A United Kingdom Perspective, International Green Energy Conference. IGEC-2007, June 17-21, Västeras, Sweden. A revised version of this paper has been published in Applied Energy.
Hammond, G.P.,Kallu, S, and McManus, M.C (2007) The Development of Biofuels for the UK Automotive Market, International Green Energy Conference. IGEC-2007, June 17-21, Västeras, Sweden. A revised version of this paper has been published in Applied Energy.
McManus, M.C., Hammond, G.P. and Burrows, C.R. (2000) "Life Cycle Assessment, Data Quality and Sensitivity Analysis: The case of Mobile Fluid Power Systems", Presented at the International Conference of Life Cycle Assessment, Washington D.C. April 2000.
McManus, M.C., Hammond, G.P. and Burrows, C.R. (2000) "Life Cycle Assessment of Alternative Hydraulic Fluids for Municipal Cleaning Equipment", Proceedings of the National Fluid Power Association International Exposition for Power Transmission 2000, Chicago, USA.
Burrows, C.R., Hammond, G.P. and McManus, M.C. (1999) Life Cycle Assessment of Some Mobile Hydraulic Systems, The Sixth Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power, SICFP '99, Tampere, Finland.
Burrows, C.R., Hammond, G.P. and McManus, M.C. (1998) Life-Cycle Assessment of Oil Hydraulic Systems for Environmentally Sensitive Applications. In Nair, S.S. and Misstry, S.I. (Eds) Fluid Power Systems and Technology, FPST - Vol. 5, ASME, New York, 1998.
Book Chapters:
Dixon, A. and McManus, M.C. (2005) An Introduction to life cycle and rebound effects relating to our water system, in Water Demand Management. Memon FA and Butler, D. (Eds) IWA Publishing. London.
Other:
McManus, M.C. (2009) "LCA of Biomass: Three South West Case Studies. Knowledge West. Report
McManus, M.C. (2009) "LCA of Biofuels: Two South West Case Studies. Knowledge West. Report
Jones, C. & McManus, M.C (2008) "Life Cycle Energy and Carbon Assessment of 11kv Electricity Overhead Lines and Underground Power Cables." A Report for Western Power Distribution (WPD)
McManus, M.C., Hammond, G.P. and Burrows, C.R. (1999) "Life Cycle Assessment of Mobile Hydraulic Systems", in Environmental Impact of Fluid Power Systems, IMechE Seminar, 4th November 1999.
McManus, M.C., Hammond, G.P. and Burrows, C.R. (1999) “Non-Food Crops; Call for Evidence; Submission to the Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee.,” 1999.
Invited Presentations:
McManus, M.C. (November 2008)GWR and Sustainable Energy at The First GWR Research Symposium "Future Imperfect?"Presentation video
Academic Prizes:
Awarded the John Willis Prize, 2011, from the University of Bath. This award is made "to an academic who has demonstrated dedication to the academic and personal lives of students together with acomplishment in research"
Awarded the George Stephenson Prize, 2008, from the IMechE for the paper "Energy analysis and environmental life cycle assessment of a micro-wind turbine".
Awarded the Best Scientific Paper Award, Energy Environment and Sustainable Development, at the 3rd International Green Energy Conference, Sweden in 2007 for the paper entitled "The Development of Biofuels for the UK Automotive Market"
Awarded the BFPA/IMechE (British Fluid Power Association/Institute of Mechanical Engineering) Prize for Young Engineers, 1999
Weblinks:
Great Western Research (GWR): GWR website
SUPERGEN (Sustainable Power Generation and Supply): summary
SUPERGEN Highly Distributed Power Systems: consortium website
