Utilisation of Biomass combustion ash in the Removal of CO2 from Biomass Combustion Plants

这项拟议的研究旨在调查一种既节能又经济的方法，从英国的生物质燃烧[发电厂]中捕获二氧化碳。这与化学工程部门的研究策略非常一致。“清洁能源”，以及能源期货研究所的研究。为了进一步支持我的博士研究计划，我刚刚获得了BRIEF研究基金（1.5万英镑），用于进行与二氧化碳捕获密切相关的研究，支持实验室规模钻机的设计和制造以及材料合成所需的设备，这大大加强了博士研究计划的成功。该项目包括三个核心工作包，即吸附剂材料的合成和改性，在布鲁内尔设计，建造和测试的实验室规模吸附/解吸钻机上的实验性二氧化碳捕获，最后，基于具有成本效益的合成吸附剂的实际二氧化碳捕获过程的模拟。因此，本项目固有地设定了多个跨学科的研究工作包，因此，可以从一开始就建立能源期货研究所与制造与材料研究所的联合合作。鉴于全球变暖和气候变化的不利影响对环境以及二氧化碳捕获扮演的关键角色减轻这种——在最近的报告强调了政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)和强调英国碳捕获和储存研究中心(UKCCSRC)——我希望这个项目能有效地促进一个相对较新的交叉学科研究领域(二氧化碳捕获)出生在的大学有一个清晰的潜力各研究所和部门其他同事的参与。此外，我还获得了我在帝国理工学院的前同事Niall Mac Dowell博士的同意，他是二氧化碳捕获方面的专家，如果/当需要的话，他愿意提供反馈和建议，并获得帝国理工学院化学工程系的可用资源，从而扩大我们在这个博士提案中的合作。

The proposed research seeks to investigate an energy-efficient, yet cost-effective method to capture CO2 from the biomass combustion [power] plants in the UK. This aligns very well with the chemical engineering department's research strategies i.e. "clean energies", as well as that of the Institute of Energy Futures. In further support of this PhD research proposal, I have just been awarded the BRIEF research fund (£15k) to conduct a closely-related research in CO2 capture, supporting the design and fabrication of a lab-scale rig and the required equipment for material synthesis - significantly reinforcing the success of this PhD research proposal. The project comprises three core work packages i.e. the synthesis and modification of adsorbent materials, the experimental CO2 capture on a lab-scale adsorption/desorption rig, designed, built and tested at Brunel, and finally, the simulation of an actual CO2 capture process based on the cost-effective synthesised adsorbents. 100175 30100143 70 2 Therefore, the project inherently sets out several cross-disciplinary research work packages and can thus, boasts the establishment of joint collaborations between the Institute of Energy Futures and the Institute of Manufacturing and Materials right from the beginning. Given the adverse impacts of global warming and climate change on the environment along with the key role that CO2 capture plays to mitigate this - as highlighted in the recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and emphasised by the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) - I expect the project to effectively facilitate a relatively new cross disciplinary research area (CO2 capture) to be born within the College with a clear potential for the involvement of other colleagues across the institutes and the departments. In addition, I have also obtained the agreement of a former colleague of mine at Imperial College, Dr Niall Mac Dowell - an expert in CO2 capture, who is willing to provide feedback and advice as well as access to the available resources within the Chemical Engineering Department at Imperial College, if/when required and hence, extending our collaboration within this PhD proposal.