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Development and Evaluation of Sustainable Technologies for Flexible Operation of Conventional Power Plants |
Dr Hannah Chalmers
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Energy Systems |
The increasing amounts of renewable energy present on the national grid reduce C02 emissions caused by electrical power but they fit into an electrical grid designed for fossil fuels. Fossil fuels can be turned on and off at will and so are very good at matching variations in load. Renewable energy in the form of wind turbines is more variable (although that variability is much more predictable than most people think) and there is a need for existing power plants to operate much more flexibly to accommodate the changing power output from wind, tidal and solar power.
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Off-grid Hybrid Energy Systems |
Dr Jonathan Shek
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Energy Systems |
This project aims to innovate and improved solutions for the management of power flows in a hybrid electrical power system, to provide a secure, reliable, and high quality supply to varying load demands. The expected research outcome is the design of a robust and fault-tolerant management system, featuring higher efficiency and improved techno-economic performance.
Optimal system sizing through linear programming
Testing and analysis of an off-the-shelf hybrid system
Novel control system design for optimised performance
Lab testing and field testing
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The Edinburgh Fluid Dynamics Group |
Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
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Energy Systems |
The Edinburgh Fluid Dynamics Group (EFDG) webpage can be found below:
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OFFGAS: OFFshore Gas Separation |
Prof Stefano Brandani
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Materials and Processes |
Gas separations on offshore platforms are of increasing importance for the purification of natural gas and for the separation of CO2 used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
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Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Using MOFs: Materials and Process Development |
Prof Stefano Brandani
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Materials and Processes |
The proposal aims to develop an international collaborative research programme under Topic 4 of the FENCO-NET call: New innovative CO2 capture technologies.
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Measurement of pore wettability |
Dr Xianfeng Fan
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Materials and Processes |
Pore wetting is a principal control of the multiphase flows through porous media. However, the contact angle measurement on other than flat surfaces still remains a challenge. In order to indicate the wetting in a small pore, we developed a new pore contact angle measurement technique to directly measure the contact angles of fluids and gas/liquid/supercritical CO2 in micron-sized pores under ambient and reservoir conditions in this study, as well as the effect of chemical functional groups on pore contact angle.
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Modelling advanced adsorption processes for post-combustion capture |
Prof Stefano Brandani
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Materials and Processes |
Carbon capture from power stations and industrial sources is an essential pillar in the effort of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve the legally binding target set by the 2008 Climate Change Act of 80% reductions by 2050. The current state-of-the-art technologies for post-combustion capture (including retrofit options for existing plants) are based on amine scrubbers, but inherent energy requirements make this an expensive option and significant research is aimed at the development of next generation carbon capture processes that reduce the cost of capital equipment and the energy needed.
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Health and Safety in Voluntary Sector Construction |
Dr Martin Crapper
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Infrastructure and Environment |
This research, conducted using sociological methods, investigates how these volunteer workers of railway sector construct safety in their volunteering environment.
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Sustainable Oxidation Processes for the treatment of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products |
Dr Efthalia Chatzisymeon
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Infrastructure and Environment |
My research focuses on the removal of selected micro contaminants and potential Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) from water and wastewater by means of the photocatalytic process as well as on the investigation of method’s sustainability.
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Removal of Chlorophenols by Biochar |
Dr Andrea Joana Correia Semiao
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Infrastructure and Environment |
This project aims at identifying the mechanisms involved during the removal of different types of chlorophenols using several biochars during water treatment. Chlorophenols and biochars with different physico-chemical properties will be tested as well as different environmental characteristics.
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