Projects

The Fossil Energy and Carbon Capture Technologies Research Group have the following project areas:

Below is a list of all the projects the group is involved with.

The group has six main project areas with a current grant portfolio of £20m.

Carbon Capture and Storage

The next generation of Activated Carbon Adsorbents for the Pre-Combustion Capture of CO2
Effective Adsorbents for Establishing Solids looping as a Next Generation Natural Gas (NG) Post Combustion Capture (PCC) Technology
CO2 Post-Combustion Capture using Amine Impregnated Synthetic Zeolites

Driving Ultra-Supercritical (USC) Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Power Plants to Better Fuel Flexibility and Higher Efficiencies
Experimental Investigation and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of oxy-coal combustion on Pilot-scale Advanced Capture Technology (PACT) facility with real flue gas and vent gas recycling
Flexible and Efficient Power Plant

Coal Combustion
Coal weathering study to predict oxidation, improve coke properties and protect coke oven operation
Developing uses of alternative raw materials in coke making

Rural Hybrid Energy Enterprise Systems (RHEES)
Origin of molecular mobility during biomass pyrolysis as revealed by in-situ 1H NMR analysis
Comparison of Rice Husk and Wheat Straw: From Slow and Fast Pyrolysis to Char Combustion
Impact of biomass on char burn-out under air and oxy-fuel conditions
Impact of CO2 on biomass pyrolysis, nitrogen partitioning and char combustion in a drop tube furnace
Simulation on gasification of forestry residues in fluidized beds by Eulerian–Lagrangian approach
Impact of solvent type and condition on biomass liquefaction to produce heavy oils in high yield with low oxygen contents
High conversions of mischanthus to bio-oil using sub- and supercritical water above 400oC

Fireside corrosion degradation of 15Mo3, T22, T23 & T91 in simulated coal-biomass co-fired environment
Comparison Between Oxidation of Fe-Cr-Al Sputter Coatings in Air and Air-HCl environments at 550 °C
Fireside corrosion degradation of HVOF sprayed FeCrAl at 700- 800°C

Assessment of hydropyrolysis as a method for the quantification of black carbon using standard reference materials
The efficiency of charcoal decontamination for radiocarbon dating by three pre-treatments - ABOX, ABA and hypy
High-pressure liquid water pyrolysis of coal to investigate maturation and hydrocarbon generation in geological basins
A hydrous pyrolysis study to ascertain how gas yields and the extent of maturation for a partially matured source rock and bitumen in isolation compare to their whole source rock
Quantifying 12/13CH4 migration and fate following sub-surface release to an agricultural soil
High pressure water pyrolysis of coal to evaluate the role of pressure on hydrocarbon generation and source rock maturation at high maturities under geological conditions
Geochemistry and petrology of Palaeocene coals from Spitzbergen–Part 1: oil potential and depositional environment
Geochemistry and petrology of palaeocene coals from Spitzbergen–Part 2: maturity variations and implications for local and regional burial models