Dr Mark McConnachie
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation
Journal Articles
Abd Jalil, Siti Nurehan, Chen, Yongqi, McConnachie, Mark, Vaughan, James and Motuzas, Julius (2024). Incorporation of composite metal-PVP derived carbon membranes for the percrystallisation of salt water. Desalination, 591 117878, 117878. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2024.117878
McConnachie, Mark, Yan, Penghui, Konarova, Muxina and Smart, Simon (2024). Methane pyrolysis in molten salt slurry systems: evaluation of activity and mechanism in binary salt mixtures with molybdenum disulfide suspensions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 81, 1172-1180. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.07.225
Sheil, Alister, Konarova, Muxina, McConnachie, Mark and Smart, Simon (2024). “Selectivity and reaction kinetics of methane pyrolysis to produce hydrogen in catalytically active molten salts”. Applied Energy, 364 123137. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123137
McConnachie, Mark, Sheil, Alister, Konarova, Muxina and Smart, Simon (2024). Evaluation of heterogeneous metal-sulfide molten salt slurry systems for hydrogen production through methane pyrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 49 (Part A), 981-991. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.072
McConnachie, Mark, Konarova, Muxina and Smart, Simon (2023). Literature review of the catalytic pyrolysis of methane for hydrogen and carbon production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48 (66), 25660-25682. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.123
Thesis
McConnachie, Mark (2025). Investigation and demonstration at laboratory scale, novel processes to produce near-zero carbon oxide emissions hydrogen and fuels from methane through pyrolysis. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/3b79f52