Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
||
| Reference Number | InnUK/131863/01 | |
| Title | Predictive Pollution Monitoring System | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Non-conventional oil and gas production) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics) 50%; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 50%; |
|
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 75%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 25%; |
|
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Trolex Limited |
|
| Award Type | Feasibility Study | |
| Funding Source | Innovate-UK | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2015 | |
| End Date | 31 December 2015 | |
| Duration | 9 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £85,667 | |
| Industrial Sectors | ||
| Region | North West | |
| Programme | Competition Call: 1406_FS_ENRG_SG - Shale Gas. Activity Developing technologies for safe and responsible exploration of shale gas | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Trolex Limited (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Durham University (0.000%) |
|
| Web Site | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Despite the high public profile and controversy surrounding fracking there is very little serious information or research about its implications in the UK and Europe. This is particularly true in terms of how to mitigate the risks involved in order to achieve a safe and productive operation where potential pollution and other problems have been effectively engineered out. This project aims to address these issues by investigating the feasibility of a comprehensive fugitive emissions monitoring system that is capable of detecting developing situations before they become major incidents. This will be achieved by developing a sound mathematical model of a typical fracking well pad in terms of its environmental behaviour and potential risk profile. From this risk map , and its associated possible distribution characteristics, a monitoring schema will be designed that can then be demonstrated to detect any potential threat within the well pad area, without having to predict a particular failure mode. The project represents a close cooperation between the ReFINE research consortium and Trolex to produce the basis for environmentally controlled fracking.Despite the high public profile and controversy surrounding fracking there is very little serious information or research about its implications in the UK and Europe. This is particularly true in terms of how to mitigate the risks involved in order to achieve a safe and productive operation where potential pollution and other problems have been effectively engineered out. This project aims to address these issues by investigating the feasibility of a comprehensive fugitive emissions monitoring system that is capable of detecting developing situations before they become major incidents. This will be achieved by developing a sound mathematical model of a typical fracking well pad in terms of its environmental behaviour and potential risk profile. From this risk map , and its associated possible distribution characteristics, a monitoring schema will be designed that can then be demonstrated to detect any potential threat within the well pad area, without having to predict a particular failure mode. The project represents a close cooperation between the ReFINE research consortium and Trolex to produce the basis for environmentally controlled fracking. | |
| Publications | (none) |
|
| Final Report | (none) |
|
| Added to Database | 16/10/15 | |
