Projects
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| Reference Number | GR/S01221/01 | |
| Title | Investigation of Synergistic Activity During the Co-Pyrolysis of Coal and Biomass. | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Coal, Coal combustion) 50%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Applications for heat and electricity) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 40%; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 60%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr JM Jones No email address given Energy Resources Research Unit University of Leeds |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 July 2003 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2006 | |
| Duration | 39 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £189,327 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Chemicals; Energy; No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | Yorkshire & Humberside | |
| Programme | Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng, Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr JM Jones , Energy Resources Research Unit, University of Leeds (99.998%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor K Bartle , Sch of Chemistry, University of Leeds (0.001%) Professor A Williams , Energy Resources Research Unit, University of Leeds (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | As recognised in the EPSRC "SUPERGEN INITIATIVE", the energy supply in the UK will need to undergo a significant change over the next few decades. Fossil fuel depletion and environmental concerns are two of the drivers for this change. In particular, the emphasis will be on sustainable resources for both power generation and possibly chemicals production. Biomass is one possible sustainable resource that is expected to contribute increasingly to this. It is inevitable that biomass willsupplement fossil fuels, especially coal in the first instance, and coal-biomass blending in combustion is already a topic of great interest. One scenario is a distributed energy supply using small systems which can cope with diverse feedstocks and which may use flexible process and product options (E.g. gasification/pyrolysis for fuels and chemicals or for power generation). Therefore, there is a need for fundamental data on the interaction of fuel blends during these processes so that theycan be optimised for particular applications. The co-utilisation of coal and biomass for energy production results in pollutant reduction, and for NOx and SOx reduction this can be explained. However, little is understood about the interaction of the volatiles and the resulting decrease in oganic emissions. The proposed work seeks to extend our understanding of this through the development and application of a new technique, complemented with an established procedure applied to this novel problem. It will explore recent findings concerning the synergy in co-pyrolysis of coal and biomass, and whether this synergy can be tailored to be beneficial in different thermal processes through different fuel blending strategies | |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
