A number of cross-cutting themes have been identified to tackle the research challenges identified towards the successful deployment and increased efficiency of clean coal technologies.
- Improving the efficiency of carbon capture through better overall plant design and optimisation, as well as considering alternative capture routes to absorption in either chemical (post-combustion) or physical (pre-combustion in gasification) solvents.
- Improving the technologies for removing acid gases to low levels prior to carbon capture in combustion, gasification and oxyfuel firing, as well as controlling toxic metals, notably mercury (Hg) and understanding the complex interactions that occur, for example between Hg and SOx.
- Maximising the utilisation and the range of biomass/waste feedstocks in coke making, smokeless fuel and gasification to partially displace coal from these applications.
- Slagging and ash composition needs to be thoroughly understood under the aggressive and new gaseous environments encountered in oxyfuel firing and in terms of the impact from biomass/waste.
These challenges will form the basis of individual research projects in the proposed Centre and will ensure that it plays a key role in contributing to the success of the major developments in clean coal and CO2 capture technologies. It will make a particular contribution to meeting the demand in the UK over the next decade for doctorates to meet these challenges.
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Industrial Collaborator
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Drax Group
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Cleaning of exhaust streams from small generators
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EPRI
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Advanced Power Plants Steels: optimizing the composition and thermal history of the steel to improved creep strength and ductility |
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CEMEX Research Group AG
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Low temperature decarbonisation of limestone with molten alkaline salts for reduction of CO2 in cement manufacturing process
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Tata Steel
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Investigation of wear in industrial coal grinding and drying plants
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Innospec
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Advanced Characterisation of Deposits in Fuel Systems
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Tata Steel
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Fluidity Development during Coking |
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Development of Life Assessment Models Using In-Service Inspection Data |
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Evaluating the potential of amending soils with biochar as a means of carbon sequestration |
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Routes to Bio-bitumen: Seeking alternatives to petroleum-based feedstocks |
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National Oilwell Varco
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Remediation of crude oil polluted soil using two thermal remediation techniques namely microwave pyrolysis and traditional pyrolysis.
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Industrial Collaborator
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Biomass Fossil Fuel Research Alliance
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The performance of high chromium creep strength enhanced ferritic steels
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Doosan Power Systems
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Development of an ignition model approach using computational fluid dynamics for the combustion of pulverised coal
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Thermacore
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Developing high efficient medium to high temperature heat pipes for power station waste heat unitisation and thermal management
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International Innovative Technologies
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Combustion Technologies
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Antaco
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Hydrothermal carbonisation
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Castrol
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Lubricants for fossil energy technologies
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Energy Technologies Institute
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Biomass supply chain
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Development of geological storage options for CO2, natural gas and hydrogen
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Process Systems Enterprise
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CO2 capture technologies
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OpenGoSim
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CO2 injection temperatures: implications for current and future CO2 injection operations
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Innospec
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Filter diesel deposits
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Industrial Collaborator
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Innospec
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Characterisation of molecular interactions occurring in combustion processes
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Biomass Fossil Fuel Research Alliance
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Rapid fuel evaluation to detect blending, contamination, and predict ash bridging, NOx, SOx, and ESP performance
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Monitor Coatings
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Novel compact high velocity oxy-fuel (C-HVOF) spray for internal surfaces
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Eminox
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Rapid modelling and calibration of aftertreatment systems
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Caterpillar
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Modelling methods for rapid engine development
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Process Systems Enterprise
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Properties of dense CO2mixtures
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Industrial Collaborator
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Alstom Power and E.ON
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Impact of high levels of biomass co-firing on ash composition and deposition
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Hydrothermal treatments for the beneficiation of biomass
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Biomass Fossil Fuel Research Alliance
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Interpretation of small specimen creep test
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Slagging and fouling prediction using an advanced ash fusion test
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Alstom Power
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Advanced measurement techniques on steam wetness
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E.ON
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Fireside corrosion
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EDF
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NOx reduction
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Progressive Energy
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Sulfate reducing bacteria in carbon dioxide
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Industrial Collaborator
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Biomass Fossil Fuel Research Alliance
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Biomass co-firing to Improve the burn-out of unreactive coals in pulverised fuel
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Biomass exacerbated cyclic oxidation of steels in steam
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Modelling of biomass milling
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CPL Industries
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Development of a manufactured charcoal from biomass feedstocks
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Effectech
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Improvements in the measurement of gaseous fuels for energy and carbon dioxide emission determination
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GSA environmental
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Heavy oil recovery
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Innospec
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A study of fuel deposits: injectors filters and systems
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Industrial Collaborator
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Alstom Power
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Relationships between ultrasonic signal and microstructural parameters in heavy rotor forgings
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Advanced measurement techniques
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Microstructural evolution in high Chromiun power plant steels
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Clean Coal Limited
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Underground coal gasification modelling
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CPL Industries
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Activated carbon from biomass to replace fossil fuel useage
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Biomass Fossil Fuel Research Alliance
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Integrity of coated ferritic alloys under high temperature creep and fatigue
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E.ON
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Amine scrubbing and solvent degradation
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Energy Technologies Institute
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CCS strategy development
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Brandt - National Oilwell Varco
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Microwave processing of drilling wastes for offshore oil platforms
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Industrial Collaborator
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Biomass Fossil Fuel Research Alliance
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A new classification system for biomass and waste materials for use in combustion
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Modelling chemical and microstructural evolution across dissimilar interfaces in power plant alloys
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Milling and conveyance of biomass
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Avoiding the sintering of coal-fired shallow fluidised beds
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Innospec
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Characterisation of molecular interactions occurring in combustion processes
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E.ON
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Power plant materials condition monitoring and degradation assessment
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National Physical Laboratory and E.ON
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Fireside corrosion
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Johnson Matthey
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Development and integration of novel adsorbent for post combustion capture
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Tata Steel
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The value of carbon capture and storage technology to the steel industry
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Utilisation of CO2in the steel industry context
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Industrial Collaborator
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Doosan Power Systems
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Ignition testing and flame stability prediction
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Optimised fuel stream for improved burner performance
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Prediction of biomass combustion
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Air Products
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Post combustion capture of CO2using adsorbents in a PSA/TSA-type cycle
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CPL Industries
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Proposal for the development of manufactured solid fuels with reduced emissions of CO2
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Scottish and Southern Energy
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An investigation into biomass combustion
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Biomass Fossil Fuel Research Alliance
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Impact of biomass torrefaction on combustion behaviour in co-firing
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Tata Steel
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The application of carbon capture and storage technology to the steel industry
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Johnson Matthey
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Selective catalytic reduction of NOx for coal fired power station exhausts
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Alstom Power
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Modelling of rotor steel for steam turbine applications
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Industrial Collaborator
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Doosan Power Systems
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Technical and economic optimisation for post combustion carbon capture
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Effects of microstructure on steam oxidation of austenitic stainless steel
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SO3 behaviour and absorption in CO2 ;rich atmospheres
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Alstom Power
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Low pressure steam turbines operate in a wet steam environment
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Two phase mass flow and quality measurement technique for power stations
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Microstructural evolution of high chromium steel
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Oxidation of Ni based superalloys in the presence of steam at high temperatures and pressures
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E.ON
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Effects of storage methods on the physical and chemical properties of biomass fuels
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RWE nPower
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Modelling CO2transport and the effect of impurities
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Char characterisation in oxyfuel combustion
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