ABOUT

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Green Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (GECST) is an applied engineering and R&D consultancy focused on advancing long-term renewable energy storage and energy conversion systems.

The transition to sustainable energy requires more than generation capacity; it requires reliable, scalable, and economically viable storage and conversion technologies. GECST supports this transition by bridging the gap between concept development and validated industrial implementation.

The company specializes in combustion-based and thermo-chemical energy conversion pathways, experimental system design, and prototype validation. Services include applied research and development (R&D), laboratory and test bench design, prototype development, measurement and diagnostics, techno-economic analysis, and feasibility studies.

With a strong background in experimental engineering and system-level thinking, GECST delivers structured problem-solving, rigorous validation, and technically sound decision support. Projects are executed independently and in collaboration with industrial partners, research institutes, and technology developers.

GECST’s mission is to transform promising renewable energy concepts into tested, scalable, and implementation-ready technologies.

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Selected Publications:

  1. Willie Prasidha, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Yuriy Shoshin, Philip de Goey, “Understanding key parameters enhancing performance of iron powder combustion in a semi-practical burner”, Combustion and Flame, 2026, 284 (114693)

  2. Willie Prasidha, Nicole Stevens, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Giulia Finotello, Yuriy Shoshin, Philip de Goey, “Exploring consecutive cycles of iron powder combustion for sustainable thermal energy”, Combustion and Flame, 2026, 283 (114582)

  3. Willie Prasidha, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Yuriy Shoshin, Philip de Goey, “ Optimizing iron powder combustion: Influence of particle size on flame stability, nanoparticle formation, and nitric oxide emission”, Combustion and Flame, 2025, 275 (114068)

  4. Mohammadmahdi Sohrabi, Barat Ghobadian, Gholamhassan Najafi, Willie Prasidha, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Philip de Goey,” Experimental and Statistical Analysis of Iron Powder for Green Heat Production”, Sustainability, 2024, 16 (9416)

  5. Willie Prasidha, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Yuriy Shoshin, Philip de Goey, “ Towards an efficient metal energy carrier for zero–emission heating and power: Iron powder combustion”, Combustion and Flame, 2024, 268 (113655)

  6. Mohammadmahdi Sohrabi, Barat Ghobadian, Gholamhassan Najafi, Laurine Choisez, Willie Prasidha, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Philip de Goey,” Iron Powder Particles as a Clean and Sustainable Carrier: Investigating Their Impact on Thermal Output”, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2024, 188 (957-969)

  7. N.C. Stevens, W. Prasidha, N.G. Deen, L. Meeuwsen, M. Baigmohammadi, Y. Shoshin, L.P.H. de Goey, G. Finotello,” Cyclic reduction of combusted iron powder: A study on the material properties and conversion reaction in the iron fuel cycle”, Powder Technology, 2024, 441, 15 May 2024, 119786

  8. M. Sohrabi, B. Ghobadian, G. Najafi, L. Choisez, W. Prasidha, M. Baigmohammadi, P. De Goey,” Iron Powder Particles as a Clean and Sustainable Carrier: Investigating Their Impact on Thermal Output”, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, May 2024

  9. M. Baigmohammadi, W. Prasidha, N. Stevens, Y. L. Shoshin, T. Spee, and P. de Goey,” Towards Utilization of Iron Powders For Heating and Power”, Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2023, 13, 100116

  10. L. Zhua, S. Panigrahy, S.N. Elliott, S.J. Klippenstein, M. Baigmohammadi, A. Abd El-Sabor Mohamed, J.W. Hargis, S. Alturaifi, O. Mathieu, E.L. Petersen, K.A. Heufer, A. Ramalingam, Z. Wang, H.J. Curran,” A wide range experimental study and further development of a kinetic model describing propane oxidation”, Combustion and Flame, 2023, 248, 112562

  11. A. Abd El-Sabor Mohamed, A. Bikram Sahu, S. Panigrahy, M. Baigmohammadi, G. Bourque, H. Curran, “The effect of the addition of nitrogen oxides on the oxidation of propane: an experimental and modeling study”, Combustion and Flame, 2022, 245, 112306

  12. J. Zarvandi, M. Baigmohammadi, S. Tabejamaat, “A Numerical Study on the Effects of the Geometry and Location of an Inserted Wire on Methane–Air Flames in a Micro–Burner”, Energies, 2022, 15, 93

  13. Sergio Martinez, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Vaibhav Patel, Snehasish Panigrahy, Amrit B. Sahu, Shashank S. Nagaraja, Ajoy Ramalingam, Karl A. Heufer, Andrzej Pekalski, Henry J. Curran, “A comprehensive experimental and modeling study of the ignition delay time characteristics of ternary and quaternary blends of methane, ethane, ethylene, and propane over a wide range of temperature, pressure, equivalence ratio, and dilution”, Combustion and Flames, 2021, 234, 111626

  14. Sergio Martinez, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Vaibhav Patel, Snehasish Panigrahy, Amrit B. Sahu, Shashank S. Nagaraja, Ajoy Ramalingam, Ahmed Abd El–Sabor Mohamed, Kieran P. Somers, Karl A. Heufer, Andrzej Pekalski, Henry J. Curran, “An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the ignition delay characteristics of binary blends of ethane/propane and ethylene/propane in multiple shock tubes and rapid compression machines over a wide range of temperature, pressure, equivalence ratio, and dilution”, Combustion and Flames, 2021, 228, June 2021, 401–414

  15. Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Vaibhav Patel, Shashank Nagaraja, Ajoy Ramalingam, Sergio Martinez, Snehasish Panigrahy, Ahmed Abd El–Sabor Mohamed, Kieran P. Somers, Ultan Burke, Karl A. Heufer, Andrzej Pekalski, Henry J. Curran, “Comprehensive Experimental and Simulation Study of the Ignition Delay Time Characteristics of Binary Blended Methane, Ethane, and Ethylene over a Wide Range of Temperature, Pressure, Equivalence Ratio, and Dilution”, Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34:7, 8808–8823

  16. Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Vaibhav Patel, Sergio Martinez, Snehasish Panigrahy, Ajoy Ramalingam, Ultan Burke, Kieran P. Somers, Karl A. Heufer, Andrzej Pekalski, Henry J. Curran, “A Comprehensive Experimental and Simulation Study of Ignition Delay Time Characteristics of Single Fuel C1–C2 Hydrocarbons Over a Wide Range of Temperature, Pressure, Equivalence ratio, and Dilution”, Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34:3755-3771‍1

  17. Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Olivier Roussel, and Claude M. Dion,” A Numerical Study of Lean Propane-Air Flame Acceleration at the Early Stages of Burning in Cold and Hot Isothermal Walled Small-Size Tubes”, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2020, 104:179–207

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