Combustion analysis and holistic system modelling utilising hydrogen and carbon capture - towards the application of low-carbon fuels in the glass man

脱碳和能源弹性将是未来30年英国应对全球气候变化的“绿色工业革命”的重要组成部分。玻璃行业有潜力在循环经济概念和脱碳方面发挥主导作用，以在2050年及以后实现净零碳排放。然而，零碳燃料在高温熔融过程中的燃烧性能将是不同的，尚未完全了解。必须评估长期的原料供应、脱碳影响和成本，需要详细了解供应链和技术可行性。该跨学科博士项目旨在提供对窑炉清洁燃烧传热的新理解，并开发一个整体系统模型，以解决玻璃制造中嵌入低碳燃料和碳捕获技术的综合低碳能源系统，提供对新技术的环境-经济-社会影响的新的和深刻的理解，以帮助提供净到2050年玻璃行业实现零碳排放。本研究的目标包括理论燃烧研究，系统设计，环境经济评价和供应链研究。

Decarbonisation and energy resilience will be a huge part of the UK's 'green industrial revolution' in the next 30 years to tackle global climate change. The glass sector has the potential to play a leading role in the circular economy concept and decarbonisation to achieve net-zero carbon emission by 2050 and beyond. However, the combustion performance of zero-carbon fuels in high-temperature melting process will be different and yet to be fully understood. The long-term feedstocks availability, decarbonising impact and costs must be assessed, requiring detailed understanding on supply chains and technical viability. This cross-disciplinary PhD project aims to provide new understanding of heat transfers of clean combustion in furnace and develop a holistic system model to address integrated low-carbon energy systems embedded with low-carbon fuels and carbon capture technologies in the glass manufacturing, providing a new and deep understanding on the environmental-economic-societal impact of the new technologies to help deliver net-zero carbon emission in the glass sector by 2050. The objectives of this study include theoretical combustion study, system design, environmental-economic evaluations, and supply chains study.