SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS BASED ENERGY SYSTEMS TO 2020 AND BEYOND

生物质和可生物降解废物是英国仍未得到充分开发的两种可再生资源，这有助于减轻我们对化石燃料的依赖，并为可持续能源情景做出贡献。这项申请中的每个人在与这些原料的可持续利用相关的问题上都有独特和互补的经验。他们的专业知识涵盖许多主题，包括生物质热化学降解的基本原理、详细的分析化学、通过实验研究的过程设计和开发以及化学和计算建模。申请者在这些领域建立了杰出的研究团队，目前的研究拨款超过440万英镑，在能源领域发表了500多篇职业学术论文。这项研究涉及开发清洁、可持续的能源系统，以及从生物质和废物处理中回收/开发原料。这些小组拥有研究基础化学和工艺工程的专业知识，并通过建模和工艺设计优化系统。这包括开发新的计算方法来预测设备、机械和工艺的设计和开发中的行为。平台赠款将使在可持续生物质能源系统领域建立一个国际知名的卓越中心成为可能。生物质的一种方案是一个综合能源生产、清洁燃料、高价值化学品或氢气生产的能源工厂，具有污染控制和工业用余热/蒸汽。平台赠款将能够留住关键研究人员，提供中期投资，以协调有关这一主题的活动。在某些情况下，将需要进行早期可行性研究，在其他情况下，可以立即努力建立财团并准备提案。通过EPSRC、欧盟和DTI资助的项目，包括SuperGen生物质和生物燃料财团，实体投资已经到位。范围研究产生的后续项目也将产生附加值，其中一些项目已在提案中概述，以及咨询、当地伙伴关系和项目活动等“第三部门”活动。将通过访问和接待研究人员进一步利用国际联系，从而加强现有的合作并促进新的合作。到赠款平台结束时，将建立一个拥有专门知识和设施的世界级中心，以解决在将生物质资源用于燃料和化学品以及清洁可持续能源方面新出现的挑战。

Biomass and biodegradable wastes are two of the UK's renewable resources that remain under exploited, and that can help alleviate our dependence on fossil fuels, and contribute to a sustainable energy scenario. The individuals in this application each have unique and complementary experience in the problems associated with the sustainable utilisation of these feedstocks. Their expertise covers many topics including the fundamentals of thermochemical degradation of biomass, detailed analytical chemistry, process design and development through experimental studies, and chemical and computational modelling. Between them, the applicants have developed outstanding research groups in these areas with current research grants of more than 4.4M and more than 500 career academic publications in the field of energy. The research concerns the development of clean, sustainable energy systems, and recovering/development of feedstocks from biomass and waste processing. The groups have the expertise to study fundamental chemistry and process engineering, and to optimize systems through modeling and process design. This includes the development of novel computational approaches for predicting behaviour in the design and development of equipment, machinery and processes. The Platform Grant will enable the establishment of a centre of excellence of international renown in the area of sustainable biomass based energy systems. One scenario for biomass is an energy plant with integrated energy production, clean fuels, high value chemicals or hydrogen production, with pollution control and waste heat/steam for industrial use. The Platform Grant will enable the retention of key researchers, providing medium term investment to coordinate activities on this theme. In some cases, early feasibility studies will be required, in others effort can be immediately directed to building consortia and preparing proposals.Substantial investment is already in place through EPSRC, EU and DTI funded projects, including the SUPERGEN Biomass and Biofuels consortium. Added value will also arise from follow-on projects arising from scoping studies, some of which are outlined in the proposal as well as from 'third arm' activities, such as consultancy, local partnerships and project activities. International links would be further exploited through visits and hosting researchers, so that existing collaborations will be strengthened and new ones fostered. By the end of the Platform Grant a world class centre will be established with expertise and facilities to solve emerging challenges in the use of biomass resources for fuels and chemicals and for clean sustainable energy.