SUPERGEN BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND ENERGY CROPS II CORE
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Energy Resources Research Unit
Abstract
Bioenergy is now becoming a commercial reality, ranging from cofiring in power stations, small units for power and/or heat, as well as transport fuels such as biodiesel. This SUPERGEN bioenergy project will continue to deliver the scientific background to the provision and utilisation of bioenergy, as well as innovative concepts for new applications. The research brings together growers, biologists, agronomists, economists, scientists and engineers in a unique multi-disciplinary team that will tackle the challenges associated with the further development of this renewable resource in a sustainable manner. The extended programme examines production and utilisation related factors that affect quality and suitability of a biomass fuel for different end uses, with a particular emphasis on the energy crops, willow and miscanthus, as well as more diverse fuel streams including residues and co-products. The work programme ranges from practical issues associated with fuel handling and preparation, to fundamental studies of genetics, agronomy and chemistry that affect both desirable and undesirable fuel characteristics. In addition, key engineering solutions for the successful development of biomass thermal conversion technologies are sought through (a) an understanding of the basic science in thermal conversion and (b) component and plant engineering issues. These topics are developed further in this renewal proposal through advanced engineering models complemented by experimental studies in a range of combustion, gasification and pyrolysis units.In addition, the scope of the project has been widened in this continuation to consider challenges in fuels and chemicals production from biomass, integrated with energy production in a bio-refinery approach.
Organisations
- University of Leeds (Lead Research Organisation)
- BP (British Petroleum) (Collaboration)
- Reheat International Ltd (Collaboration)
- AMEC (Collaboration)
- RWE AG (Collaboration)
- Coppice Resources (Collaboration)
- Bio-Bean Ltd (Collaboration)
- E ON (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Wilson Bio-Chemical Limited (Collaboration)
- Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) (Collaboration)
- HETAS Limited (Collaboration)
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Collaboration)
- University of York (Collaboration)
- Arigna Biofuels (Collaboration)
- Stove Industry Alliance (Collaboration)
- SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Forest Fuels (Collaboration)
- AGRI-FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE (Collaboration)
- Kelda Group (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Alstom (Collaboration)
- Woodsure (Collaboration)
- Sol Environment Ltd (Collaboration)
- Certainly Wood Ltd (Collaboration)
- BIFFA Waste Servies (Collaboration)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (Collaboration)
- North Energy Associates (Collaboration)
- Uniper Technologies Limited (Collaboration)
- Coppice Resources Ltd (Project Partner)
- Biomass Engineering (Project Partner)
- RWE (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Rural Generation Ltd (Project Partner)
- Biomass Industrial Crops Ltd (Bical) (Project Partner)
- Alstom (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Eatwell-Hall R
(2010)
Hydrogen production from molten metal gasification
in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Eatwell-Hall R E A
(2011)
Molten metal biomass gasification to produce an ammonia precursor gas
Edwards P
(2008)
Hydrogen and fuel cells: Towards a sustainable energy future
in Energy Policy
Effendi A
(2008)
Production of renewable phenolic resins by thermochemical conversion of biomass: A review
in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Fahmi R
(2007)
Prediction of Klason lignin and lignin thermal degradation products by Py-GC/MS in a collection of Lolium and Festuca grasses
in Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
Finney K
(2009)
Fuel Pelletization with a Binder: Part II - The Impacts of Binders on the Combustion of Spent Mushroom Compost-Coal Tailing Pellets
in Energy & Fuels
Finney K
(2009)
Combustion of spent mushroom compost and coal tailing pellets in a fluidised-bed
in Renewable Energy
| Description | Crops and their thermal conversion: The work involved farming trials of growing energy crops. These field trials provided high quality data which established yields, fuel composition, and carbon savings from the energy crops. It was found that harvest time of grasses was very important since it affects the behaviour of the biomass fuel during its utilisation and impacts on fuel performance in boilers, or in fast pyrolysis for bio-oil production. •The work highlights the possibility to tailor energy crops for their end use - i.e. pyrolysis, combustion, chemicals etc. Results provided input into the DEFRA Fertiliser Recommendations (RB209, 2010). The Fertiliser Recommendations have been revised 8 times since inception but this was the first to include energy crops (willow and miscanthus). SUPERGEN Bio-energy generated data contributed heavily. The recommendations are designed to maximise grower return whilst protecting the environment. They were not without controversy as they were also designed to optimise fuel quality for thermochemical conversion technologies. This contradicted practice for some using energy crops to dispose of "dirty water" and as such was controversial. Characterisation: •Part of the work of the consortium was the development of rapid characterisation methods for biochemical analysis (i.e. the main polymers in the biomass), Fuel analysis, Combustion characteristics, Pyrolysis characteristics, Ash melting and slagging. Novel analytical methods have been developed and demonstrated and the Consortium now has world-leading facilities and expertise in the analytical characterisation and testing of biomass. Deposition in biomass combustion and co-firing remains one of the most severe issues associated with the utilisation of biomass for electricity and heat generation. This research has validated laboratory-scale methods for understanding the thermal behaviour of ashes from agricultural residues and energy crops, as well as coal-biomass blends. The beneficiaries are utility companies, and additional project work for DRAX is continuing this activity in order to identify optimum blend combinations to minimise deposition problems. Optimisation of bio-oil quality and stability is a key challenge in commercialisation of fast pyrolysis. This research has developed low-cost, rapid methods for assessing suitable fuels in fast pyrolysis and estimating bio-oil quality. Correlations between key components and bio-oil quality have been made and this has identified both lignin and ash (composition and components) as important considerations. Thermal Conversion: The ability to match feeds to conversion processes has been attained through the utilisation of the novel analytical and laboratory-scale methods developed within the Consortium. The influence of cell wall composition and ash composition on conversion efficiency for a range of thermal processes is now well-understood, for a range of fuel types. Linking this knowledge to other factors in the biomass growth, for example agronomy, has helped decision making in farming practices and end uses. For example, agronomic practises can help alleviate ash-related problems in combustion, although engineering solutions are still critical for utilising the very difficult feedstocks. In addition, as a second example, it has been established that low ash is more beneficial than low lignin in fast pyrolysis, although there is interplay between ash-lignin-oil quality. Lignin content was seen to decrease with increasing ash content for Lolium and Festuca grasses and so for these feedstocks it would be difficult to obtain a low lignin, low ash material without resorting to pre-treatment. Beneficiaries of this research are growers, and businesses involved in converting biomass to energy through thermochemical means, as well as the wider research community because much of this research is fundamental in nature Bioenergy Systems: A whole range of environmental, economic and social impacts of bioenergy systems have been developed, but the greatest achievement has been to communicate these to a variety of stakeholders via journal papers, personal communication with policy makers, media coverage on the radio in newspapers and professional magazines, invited presentations at conferences etc. This is significant to ensure that the UK adopts a well-informed and balanced bioenergy portfolio as part of its response to climate change. The beneficiaries are therefore initially the various policy and other groups, but ultimately wider society. For example our contribution to provision of training on bioenergy sustainability to the UK planning community should improve development control decisions in this area for many years in the future, with benefits for local communities all over the UK. A highlight during the final year was having 2 cross-institution SUPERGEN publications cited in the IPCC special report on renewables. This demonstrates international recognition and respect for the outputs from the SUPERGEN Bioenergy consortium and reflects the fact that we have pioneered particular approaches and methodologies which are leading the way in terms of balancing the complex costs and benefits associated with bioenergy systems. A highlight has been that two SUPERGEN institutes (Leeds and Manchester) have secured knowledge transfer awards with a major industrial player from outside the consortium. This demonstrates the relevance of the work being done in the consortium to the wider industry and also that excellence in this area is maintained across the entire interdisciplinary spectrum, since the awards focus on very different areas (engineering implementation and socio-economic aspects of feedstocks). The Consortium organised a National Conference on Biomass and Bioenergy in 2010, BioTen. Bioten was the first national conference on biomass, bioenergy, biofuels and biorefineries. It attracted 150 delegates and resulted in a peer reviewed book of proceedings. A first event that attracted side events, and a good proportion of industrialists and decision makers. It was a landmark event that more firmly put the UK and SUPERGEN on the international stage. |
| Exploitation Route | Input into the Defra Fertilizer Recommendations will enable the production of energy crops in the UK which maximise grower return whilst protecting the environment. They were also designed to optimise the fuel quality for use in bioenergy. The novel analytical techniques can be applied to all types of biomass and waste and enable rapid screening of new fuels in order to make recommendations about how best to use them. The work in fast-pyrolysis suggests that biomass pretreatment to reduce ash content is worthy of exploring at larger scale, since it will result in higher yields and better quality bio oil. In terms of sustainability, the consortium has developed a range of evidence for environmental, economic and social impacts of bioenergy. Some of the work has improved the UK MARKEL: model, which is widely used to inform UK government politics. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| URL | http://www.supergen-bioenergy.net/ |
| Description | Findings from this research funding impacted on farming (via guidelines on crop management) and on industry via fuel (and sometimes technology) selection, which have helped alleviate operational problems and down-time of industrial plant, saving millions of pounds in lost revenue. The Consortium has provided inputs into National Roadmaps and Strategies and European Roadmaps and strategies, and organised and hosted stakeholder workshops to disseminate work and feed into policy development. The research grant has enabled the development of a consortium of bioenergy skills and infrastructure, which has resulted in consultancy and further funding from various sources. The Consortium has enabled the training of more than 60 researchers which has helped build capacity and expertise in the UK. There are many beneficiaries of this multi-faceted project. It benefited the environment and UK government through input into how to achieve key climate change objectives, and the rural economy via new land uses and markets for crops. In addition it created new opportunities in the energy industry, and fed qualified graduates and post-graduates into the emerging bioenergy sector; ultimately it benefitted the UK economy as a greater proportion of the energy supply became sustainable and secure. Results benefitted industry in that it underpinned the manufacture of industrial plant and domestic equipment that utilises biomass for thermal energy production. This helped enable equipment design with a sound theoretical basis and ensure emissions satisfy current requirements. Also, the research helped industry to better understand the design and operation of biomass co-firing systems. In particular the requirements of associated equipment such as gas cleaning. The exploitation of biomass for CHP in the UK is expected to grow significantly, and biomass combustion expertise will help to ensure reliable plant operation. Finally, the work has academic beneficiaries through the fundamental science and engineering inherent in the work programme. The work programme helped to coordinate and inform the bioenergy community through the bioenergy research forum, and dissemination via the internet and a bi-annual newsletter. Many of these activities are continuing within the Supergen Bioenergy Hub, so further impact should be viewed there. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | All party parliamentary renewable transport fuels group (Pourkashanian) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The All Party Parliamentary Renewable Transport Fuels Group is comprised of 20 politicians from the major political parties - it's roll is to highlight the potential of renewable transport fuels in reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector and increase fuel security. |
| Description | British Council Biomass Gasification Mission to France |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | CPD in Biomass Combustion, University of Leeds |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | There have been xx delegates from xx companies and stakeholders attending this Continuing Professional Development course. The course improves the educational and skill level of company's employees and this results in changes in practice/efficiency with economic and societal benefits that are difficult to quantify. |
| Description | Continuing Professional Development Course in Biomass Combustion. This attracts delegates from all sectors including regulators and government departments, as well as industry. The 2017 course attracted over 40 delegates |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Biomass Combustion - an annual week long CPD course delivered by academics in Supergen Bioenergy, and by external industrial and government/NGO representatives. We have trained of the order of 250 delegates to date, from >70 different companies/NGO/Government departments. |
| Description | DECC Workshop delivery (Thornley) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Thornley delivered the sustainability component of a series of DECC workshops on bioenergy for the UK planning community and so improved the educational and skill level of workforce and ultimately improved environmental sustainability. |
| Description | Defra - Domestic Stoves and Eco design |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | DfT Knowledge exchange and public engagement (Upham) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | ERP mapping exercise - input into CCC |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The Supergen Consortium provided detailed input into the Energy Research Partnership Low Carbon Technology Mapping Exercise and this was used as evidence in the Committee on Climate Change report - Building a Low Carbon Economy. This document helped to shape energy policy in the transition to low carbon energy. |
| URL | https://www.theccc.org.uk/archive/aws2/Low%20carbon%20Innovation/Low_carbon_innovation_supporting-an... |
| Description | ETI Bioenergy Strategy 2008 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The Consortium as a whole provided input into the development of this strategy, and its implementation has helped to deliver bioenergy research and installations in the UK. |
| Description | EU GCC Clean Energy Network membership (Pourkashanian) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | the EU-GCC Clean Energy Network supports the long term strategic EU-GCC Energy relationship; Prof Pourkashaniana was an expert member of this network. |
| Description | Evidence for the Royal Society Working Group on Biofuels (Williams, Jones) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | University of Leeds Supergen Bioenergy researchers (Jones and Williams) provided evidence into the Royal Society Working Group on Biofuels. The report provided education and training to researchers and policy makers. |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/~/media/Royal_Society_Content/policy/publications/2008/7980.pdf |
| Description | Expert Review of IPCC report (Thornley) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Thornley provided expert review of bioenergy sections of the IPCC special report on renewables. This is a very influential report that has helped to shape future policies and practices. |
| Description | Expert input into NFCC report (Jones) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Jones provided expert input into the NNFCC report on densification of biomass. The NNFCC is a leading international consultancy whose reports influence policy and practice. |
| URL | http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/tools/techno-economic-assessment-of-biomass-densification-technologies-nnfcc-... |
| Description | Fertilizer Recommendations |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Biomass is a major contributor to achieving the ambitious 2020 targets of the Renewable Energy Directive for electricity, heat and transport fuels. Indigenous biomass, including energy crops, are underutilised and have potential to make large contributions. Findings from this research were incorporated into DEFRA's fertilizer recommendations to growers on how best to grow and manage the promising energy crop, Miscanthus x Giganteus, and disseminated by DEFRA and Natural England. Miscanthus growing reached 8000 ha in 2012, with associated GHG savings (up to 118,000 tonne CO2 p.a ) and impacts in the rural economy (gross sales receipts of approximately £6.72M p.a.). |
| Description | Influence on practitioners |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Follow on impact is being reported under the Supergen Bioenergy Hub led by Manchester. Briefly, Jones participated (presented) at a Defra/Innovate UK-organised Air Quality Workshop (21st Sept 2017) which included emissions from power, industry, heat, transport and will inform the UK air quality strategy. It was highlighted that emissions from wood burning can be tackled by four main approaches: technology (appliance) used; mode of operation of appliance; fuel used; control devices. Some of the work of from Leeds was summarised (Supergen Bioenergy, CDT Bionergy and CDT Low Carbon Technologies). Effect of appliance type was illustrated by emissions of PM10 from multifuel (uncontrolled) stoves compared with other technologies relative to this. The message was that emissions dropped when there was improved appliance design (air control, secondary combustion chamber etc), and that pellet boilers + control device were the cleanest option. The effect of operation (e.g. cold start vs full load) and implications for this in terms of heat storage options, correct sizing etc was presented. Work showing that fuel type impacts on particulate was also presented, and the advantages of smokeless and torrefied fuel for PM emissions demonstrated (the latter highlighted as an area of future research), together with the relationship between fuel-N and NOx. Finally some options for mitigation devices were presented, including novel work in the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (and highlighted as an area for future research and innovation). The presentation concluded with examples of interventions taken elsewhere in the World. Following on from this Jones has also been invited to a second workshop (Defra) in Jan 2018 concerning the measurement of particulate matter from domestic stoves and a hosted a workshop in Leeds in February 2018 - the outcome of these activities is informing the industry standard in the UK, and includes representatives from HETAS, Stove Industry Aliance, and some key consultants, as well as Defra. |
| Description | Input into National and EU roadmaps/strategies |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | All Party Parliamentary Renewable Transport Fuels Group 2010; Expert-Member in EU-GCC Clean Energy Network to support the long term strategic EU-GCC energy relationship; Expert review of bioenergy sections of IPCC special report on renewables 2010; House of Lords Select Committee on Renewable Energy, May 2008; Climate Change Mitigation: The potential of Waste & Biomass, House of Commons, The Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG), CIWM & WRAP, December 2008;Royal Society Biofuel evaluation; Low carbon technology mapping exercise from the Energy Research Partnership, 2007; ETI's bioenergy strategy, 2008; Member of Strategic Advisory Board and formal evaluator of Energy from Waste Programme of ETI; UKERC UK bioenergy roadmap 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry's Energy Roadmap online consultation; Biomass Gasification Mission to France", Sept. 2009; Liaison with Environment Agency in respect of their report on greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems, and on-going support via data provision on LCA of energy crops relevant to evolving European legislation; IBERS formally meets with Welsh Assembly policymakers on an approximately six monthly basis |
| Description | Integrated Assessment of UK Bioenergy Options |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Model development and research building capacity |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Work under the Supergen Bioenergy consortium at University College London has improved the representation of bioenergy within the UK MARKAL model, which was widely used to inform UK government policy during this period. The improvements will thus underpin a wide range of policy-relevant work over the coming years. The improvements have already been reflected in a range of other academic projects, including the UKSHEC Plus project, the results of which were presented to Scottish policy makers at a high level policy event in April 2012. |
| Description | NNFCC Report (Bridgwater) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Bridgwater produced a report to the National Non-Food Crop Centre concerning the Technical And Economic Assessment of Thermal Processes for Biofuels. NNFCC is a leading international consultancy and it's reports are used to influence policy and practice. |
| URL | http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/tools/life-cycle-and-techno-economic-assessment-of-the-north-east-biomass-to-... |
| Description | Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group and WRAP, Potential of Waste and biomass (Swithenbank) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Swithenbank participated in the one-day symposium organised jointly by The Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG), CIWM and WRAP, concerning The potential of waste and biomass. The workshop educated the workforce in current and future prospects and in the current and future legislation. |
| Description | Peer review panel for US Department of Defence Research (Pourkashanian) |
| Geographic Reach | North America |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Policy outreach (Manchest, UCL, Imperial College) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Organized and hosted a stakeholder workshop (February 2010) dealing with sustainability issues arising from biofuel production related to Argentine Soy and UK wheat. The workshops included participants from other academic institutions, industry and government bodies. Provided advice and findings directly to the Bioenergy Strategy Team, within the Strategy Directorate of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (November and December 2011); and into the development of the 2050 Pathways Calculator developed by DECC. Advice and copies of publications to the Climate Change Committee during their biomass review. |
| Description | Select Committee on Renewable Energy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The Supergen Bioenergy Consortium (Prof Paul Eakins) contributed to the House of Lords Select Committee on Renewable Energy. This committee provides briefing papers on current legislation and impacts. |
| URL | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeconaf/195/195i.pdf |
| Description | Supergen Bioenergy Hub |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Please note that impacts from the Supergen Biomass and Bioenergy Consortium are now covered in the SUPERGEN BIOENERGY HUB - led by University of Manchester |
| Description | UK Air Quality Workshop |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Welsh Assembly |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | IBERS has influenced the Welsh Assembly in terms of utilisation of biomass in Wales. |
| Description | ATC Biomass Strategy |
| Amount | £17,400 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Yorkshire Water |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 08/2016 |
| Description | Aberystwyth University |
| Amount | £232,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2009 |
| End | 12/2011 |
| Description | BBSRC ERANET |
| Amount | £320,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ERA NET BREDNEC-SRC |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2008 |
| End | 01/2012 |
| Description | BBSRC Exploring the LC methodology and impacts of bioenergy production |
| Amount | £34,869 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/I02495X |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2011 |
| End | 05/2013 |
| Description | BF2RA -Reduction of NOx |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Project 23 |
| Organisation | Biomass and Fossil Fuel Research Alliance |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | BF2RA Low temperature ignition of biomass |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Project 18 |
| Organisation | Biomass and Fossil Fuel Research Alliance |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | BIOCPV Development and Integration of biomass and concentrating photovoltaic system for rural and urban energy bridge |
| Amount | £1,404,637 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/J000345/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2011 |
| End | 01/2013 |
| Description | BMT-CES: Biofuel micro trigeneration with cryogenic energy storage |
| Amount | £668,499 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/F061978/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2010 |
| End | 10/2012 |
| Description | BRISK (EU) |
| Amount | £515,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FP7 284498 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 10/2011 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | BSBEC Centre for Sustainable Energy |
| Amount | £423,850 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/G01616X |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2009 |
| End | 04/2014 |
| Description | Bioliquids CHP (Aston) |
| Amount | £290,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FP7 227303 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2009 |
| End | 12/2011 |
| Description | Biomass and Fossil Fuel Research Alliance - slagging and fouling |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | project 22 |
| Organisation | Biomass and Fossil Fuel Research Alliance |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Biooil refinery (Norwegian Research Council) |
| Amount | £160,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 200763/S60 |
| Organisation | Research Council of Norway |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Norway |
| Start | 03/2010 |
| End | 02/2013 |
| Description | Biorefinergy concepts for macroalgae (Leeds) |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2010 |
| End | 09/2011 |
| Description | Circular South Cities: Materials and Energy Resources Recovery from Waste. |
| Amount | £61,942 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Cost effective production of biofuel and chemicals from aquatic biomass |
| Amount | £135,848 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/F061374/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2008 |
| End | 10/2009 |
| Description | Cropping carbon |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/J004278 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2011 |
| End | 10/2012 |
| Description | DEFRA Manipulating plantation designs of SRC willow |
| Amount | £1,243,836 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | LK0867 |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2011 |
| End | 11/2012 |
| Description | Dibanet (EU) |
| Amount | £650,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FP7 227248-2 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 07/2009 |
| End | 12/2012 |
| Description | EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy |
| Amount | £4,336,514 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/L014912/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | EPSRC Designer Catalysts for Biodiesel Production |
| Amount | £91,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/F067372/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2008 |
| End | 06/2011 |
| Description | EPSRC Optimisation of biomass/coal co-firing (Leeds) |
| Amount | £360,582 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/F061188/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2008 |
| End | 12/2011 |
| Description | EPSRC Supergen Hub - UKCCS Hub - BioCAP |
| Amount | £400,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | EPSRC opening new fuels |
| Amount | £1,035,606 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M015351/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | ETI BECCS |
| Amount | £454,587 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 07/2011 |
| Description | ETI Energy from Waste (Cranfield) |
| Amount | £410,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2009 |
| End | 09/2011 |
| Description | EU Biorefinteg (Aston) |
| Amount | £110,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EC FP7 Support Action 212831 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 06/2008 |
| End | 05/2010 |
| Description | EU LogistEC (Rothamsted) |
| Amount | £2,936,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EU FP7 ID 311858 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2012 |
| End | 02/2015 |
| Description | Energy Technology Institute Biomass Feedstock Improvement Process (BioFIP) |
| Amount | £2,200,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BioFIP |
| Organisation | Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | FERTIPLUS |
| Amount | £2,580,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FP7 289853 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2011 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | IEA Bioenergy (Aston) |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | International Energy Agency (IEA) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | France |
| Start | 01/2010 |
| End | 12/2012 |
| Description | IRSES ECOFUEL |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EC Marie Curie 246772 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2010 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Impact acceleration award -Improving fuel flexibility while managing operational risk |
| Amount | £51,895 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/K503836 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 04/2015 |
| Description | Innovate UK -Co-firing waste-derived torrefied biogenic fibre with coal |
| Amount | £141,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Project number 132123 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | NextGenPower (Cranfield) |
| Amount | £700,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ENER/FP7EN/24975/ Nextgenpower |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 05/2010 |
| End | 04/2014 |
| Description | Perennial Energy Crops Programme |
| Amount | £5,032,376 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BSBEC |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2009 |
| End | 03/2014 |
| Description | Refinergy ready bio petroleum via novel catalytic hydrothermal processing of microalgae |
| Amount | £572,481 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/I014365/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2011 |
| End | 12/2014 |
| Description | Royal Society (Aston) |
| Amount | £400,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2009 |
| End | 05/2010 |
| Description | Short KTP Drax (Leeds) |
| Amount | £39,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2009 |
| End | 02/2010 |
| Description | Supergen Bioenergy Hub (Supergen III) |
| Amount | £3,567,384 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/J017302/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2012 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | Supergen Bioenergy Hub Extension |
| Amount | £937,500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P024823/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Supergen Bioenergy Hub Flexible Funding |
| Amount | £3,500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/J017302/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2016 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | TESBIC (Leeds) |
| Amount | £679,587 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | TESBIC |
| Organisation | Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 04/2012 |
| Description | TSB Global Biomass Supply KTP |
| Amount | £129,936 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2010 |
| End | 02/2012 |
| Description | TSB torrefaction |
| Amount | £68,408 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | TSB 130758 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2012 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Thermal managment of industrial processes |
| Amount | £336,803 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/G060045/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2009 |
| End | 12/2011 |
| Description | University of Leeds (Premium upgraded torrefied biomass) |
| Amount | £439,578 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/D053110/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2010 |
| End | 06/2014 |
| Title | Database on seasonal variability of macro algae |
| Description | Characterisation of macro algae collected over a 2 year period and evaluation during different conversion technologies. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Informed decisions on the design of seaweed production and harvesting processing systems. Used by other researchers (60 citations to date) |
| Title | Miscanthus Agronomy data base |
| Description | Suite of over 250 Miscanthus samples were analysed from the Agronomy trial at Rothamsted Research. The data base is published in the Thesis of Xiaomian Baxter, University of Leeds. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The database informed the DEFRA Fertilizer Recommendations for Miscanthus. It also is being used in a current ETI funded project on establishing the variability of different biomass types. |
| URL | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540556 |
| Title | Miscanthus genetics |
| Description | Several lignin biosynthetic genes were isolated and used for transgenic intervention to test function. See DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13440-1_2 In book: Plant biotechnology for sustainable production of energy and co-products, Chapter: 2, Publisher: Springer, Editors: Steve Thomas, Peter Mascia, Jack Widholm, pp.25-55 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Possibility of manipulation of Miscanthus for biochemical composition |
| Title | SRC Willow Agronomy Database |
| Description | Suite of over 150 SRC Willow samples were analysed from the Agronomy trial at Rothamsted Research. The data base is published in the Thesis of Bijal Gudka, University of Leeds. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The database informed the DEFRA Fertilizer Recommendations for SRC Willow. It also is being used in a current ETI funded project on establishing the variability of different biomass types. |
| URL | http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3352/ |
| Title | Sub models in biomass combustion |
| Description | The research developed advanced sub models for predicting the impact of biomass properties on burn-out and NOx and also developed submodels to describe co-firing coal and biomass. A biomass ash deposition model was also developed. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The deposition modelling work is continuing with follow-on funding from BF2RA and EPRI. It will also be used in EPSRC Consortia researching fuel-flexible power production, and opening new fuels for power generation. |
| Title | Willow genotype database |
| Description | Collection of 99 genotype willow were sampled and characterised. A subset was fully characterised for thermal behaviour also. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | pending |
| URL | http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/view/creators/Gudka=3ABijal_Ashwin=3A=3A.html |
| Description | AMEC Natural Resources |
| Organisation | AMEC |
| Department | Natural Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Knowledge transfer |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time for consultancy and advice; Management and strategy |
| Impact | Outcomes are to do with the strategic direction of the consortium. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Alstom Power UK Ltd |
| Organisation | Alstom |
| Department | Alstom UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Various consultancies concerning biomass combustion (EA3371, EA3586, EA3707). This involved helping Alstom optimise milling performance and burnout in their equipment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge regarding industrial application of research results. |
| Impact | There is now a strong collaboration between the bioenergy research at Leeds and Alstom Power. Alstom Power is a project partner in many of our on-going research activities, and also in our Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy, where they will contribute to PhD funding. |
| Description | BIFFA |
| Organisation | BIFFA Waste Servies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Consultancy and advice; management and strategy |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge transfer and training. |
| Impact | Knowledge transfer and training. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | BP |
| Organisation | BP (British Petroleum) |
| Department | BP Chemicals |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Knowledge Transfer |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time - consultancy and advice; management and strategic direction. |
| Impact | Outcomes were associated with the direction of the research, particularly in the biomass fast pyrolysis work. This work resulted in a number of patent applications and journal/conference publications. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Organisation | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Monitoring and emissions measurements of biomass combustion boilers owned by the council. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access and use of 3 biomass heating plants. |
| Impact | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) is the first local authority in the UK to adopt a biomass fuel heating policy. They have successfully installed and operated a series of wood-fuelled district heating systems in Barnsley since 2005. Sheffield University (SUWIC) previously carried out extensive experimental measurements at two of the biomass-fired heating systems in Barnsley in 2009. The results indicated that the biomass heating systems installed in Barnsley result in much lower CO2 emissions than those from the previous fossil-fuelled heating systems. The emissions of all gaseous pollutants and the important PM10 particulate emission factors (i.e. particles emitted per unit of heat) all fall well below the Defra Technical Guidance values. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Biomass improvement through pretreatment |
| Organisation | Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration with University of Sheffield on combustion trials and reporting of results. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is an ETI-funded demonstration project of biomass improvement through washing. Partners are Uniper, University of Sheffield and Forest Fuels. |
| Impact | Project is still under construction - no outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Biomass improvement through pretreatment |
| Organisation | Forest Fuels |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration with University of Sheffield on combustion trials and reporting of results. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is an ETI-funded demonstration project of biomass improvement through washing. Partners are Uniper, University of Sheffield and Forest Fuels. |
| Impact | Project is still under construction - no outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Biomass improvement through pretreatment |
| Organisation | Uniper Technologies Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration with University of Sheffield on combustion trials and reporting of results. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is an ETI-funded demonstration project of biomass improvement through washing. Partners are Uniper, University of Sheffield and Forest Fuels. |
| Impact | Project is still under construction - no outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Biomass improvement through pretreatment |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration with University of Sheffield on combustion trials and reporting of results. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is an ETI-funded demonstration project of biomass improvement through washing. Partners are Uniper, University of Sheffield and Forest Fuels. |
| Impact | Project is still under construction - no outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Coppice Resources Ltd |
| Organisation | Coppice Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of SRC crops from Coppice resources in order to understand the impact of fertiliser during cultivation, and storage after harvesting, on the utilisation of the crops for bioenergy |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coppice Resources provided in-kind contributions of labour during the fertiliser trials, and during work on storage of SRC crops. This involved access to historical data. They also provided staff time and research direction. |
| Impact | Knowledge transfer. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | Arigna Biofuels |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | Bio-Bean Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | Certainly Wood Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | HETAS Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | Reheat International Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | Stove Industry Alliance |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Domestic Biomass Emissions |
| Organisation | Woodsure |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team at Leeds, has developed a stove testing facility which is fully instrumented for gas analysis and particulate sampling and analysis. It has undertaken testing of a range of fuels from different partners. Some of this has been aimed towards exploring new revenue streams for partners, some has been to compare emissions from new fuels with those of approved fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arigna fuels provided equipment and fuels to begin testing biomass emissions from domestic stoves as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub (the follow on grant from this award). They also provided several weeks of staff time during commissioning and initial testing. The other partners listed provided fuels, data, advice and staff time. |
| Impact | There are several publications which are reported in the appropriate section. In addition, the work has formed part of the thesis of Dr Edward Mitchell and is now contributing to the research of two additional PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | E ON |
| Organisation | E ON |
| Department | E ON UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Evaluation of new biomass sources for power generation. Modelling of biomass combustion in the 1 MW test facility. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of samples, historic data data, input into the management meetings. Provision of validation data for biomass combustion modelling. They have also engaged fully in some of the wider project activities, such as the research workshop held in July 2011, which brought together industrialists, policy makers and academics to focus on UK bioenergy research needs and the policy workshop held in 2010. They had an active representative on the Steering Committee of the Consortium providing advice and strategic direction. |
| Impact | Facilitated a deeper understanding of different perspectives on biomass utilisation and combustion. Enabled the development and validation of chemical models for use in boiler performance optimisation when changing to new fuels. All results were published in key scientific journals. The work led to some follow-on consultancy for E.ON by University of Leeds associated with fuel switching in coal power stations. E.ON have since built the biomass plant near Sheffield. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Gasification work |
| Organisation | Yorkshire Water |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The team provided analysis and research concerning performance issues of a gasifier, and provided evidence to explain performance issues and made recommendations for performance improvements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner provided samples and data as well as staff time and a site visit. |
| Impact | The outcome was a confidential report to Yorkshire Water. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | RWE nPower |
| Organisation | RWE AG |
| Department | RWE nPower |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided knowledge transfer and model development for the combustion of biomass in pulverised units. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Student support; Historical data; consultancy and advice; Dissemination; Management and Strategy. |
| Impact | Knowledge transfer and model development for biomass combustion. There was some economic impact since knowledge would have been used at Tilbury Power station, but that station is now closed. |
| Description | Sheffield City Council |
| Organisation | Sheffield City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provided an assessment of the Sheffield district heating network and recommended the next expansion phase. Emissions testing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided access to the Sheffield district heating network. Attended research meetings and provided technical plant data. |
| Impact | Numerical and Computational Models for Describing and Predicting Biomass Pyrolysis, Gasification and Combustion. |
| Description | Supply of fuels for phytoremediation follow-on work |
| Organisation | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The research team is analysing historic data and generating new data concerning the variability of willow utilised for phytoremediation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supply of fuels and historic data. Hosting of research meeting. Tour of plantations, biomass boilers and research site. |
| Impact | The work has only just begun so there are no outputs yet. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Valorisation of waste |
| Organisation | Biorenewables Development Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The team undertook: 1) Analysis of historic data, 2) Analysis and classification of fuels, 3) Torrefaction trials 4) Combustion trials 5) provision of data to partners, 6) Preparation of reports and slide presentations, 7) Advice on "end of waste" application, 8) Further small consultancy projects concerning utilisation of end of waste fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Wilson, BDC, Sol Environmental and North Energy were part of a collaboration with us on a project funded by Innovate UK. Wilson and BDC developed a pilot-scale fuel production facility, Leeds undertook the majority of the practical work on the fuel that was provided, and North Energy provided a consequential LCA study of the process using empiric data where available. Sol-Environmental produced the end of waste documentation. |
| Impact | Work is commercial, in confidence, so no publications as yet. Wilson are looking to develop a full-scale facility - but this is still in the discussion stage. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Valorisation of waste |
| Organisation | North Energy Associates |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The team undertook: 1) Analysis of historic data, 2) Analysis and classification of fuels, 3) Torrefaction trials 4) Combustion trials 5) provision of data to partners, 6) Preparation of reports and slide presentations, 7) Advice on "end of waste" application, 8) Further small consultancy projects concerning utilisation of end of waste fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Wilson, BDC, Sol Environmental and North Energy were part of a collaboration with us on a project funded by Innovate UK. Wilson and BDC developed a pilot-scale fuel production facility, Leeds undertook the majority of the practical work on the fuel that was provided, and North Energy provided a consequential LCA study of the process using empiric data where available. Sol-Environmental produced the end of waste documentation. |
| Impact | Work is commercial, in confidence, so no publications as yet. Wilson are looking to develop a full-scale facility - but this is still in the discussion stage. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Valorisation of waste |
| Organisation | Sol Environment Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The team undertook: 1) Analysis of historic data, 2) Analysis and classification of fuels, 3) Torrefaction trials 4) Combustion trials 5) provision of data to partners, 6) Preparation of reports and slide presentations, 7) Advice on "end of waste" application, 8) Further small consultancy projects concerning utilisation of end of waste fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Wilson, BDC, Sol Environmental and North Energy were part of a collaboration with us on a project funded by Innovate UK. Wilson and BDC developed a pilot-scale fuel production facility, Leeds undertook the majority of the practical work on the fuel that was provided, and North Energy provided a consequential LCA study of the process using empiric data where available. Sol-Environmental produced the end of waste documentation. |
| Impact | Work is commercial, in confidence, so no publications as yet. Wilson are looking to develop a full-scale facility - but this is still in the discussion stage. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Valorisation of waste |
| Organisation | Wilson Bio-Chemical Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The team undertook: 1) Analysis of historic data, 2) Analysis and classification of fuels, 3) Torrefaction trials 4) Combustion trials 5) provision of data to partners, 6) Preparation of reports and slide presentations, 7) Advice on "end of waste" application, 8) Further small consultancy projects concerning utilisation of end of waste fuels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Wilson, BDC, Sol Environmental and North Energy were part of a collaboration with us on a project funded by Innovate UK. Wilson and BDC developed a pilot-scale fuel production facility, Leeds undertook the majority of the practical work on the fuel that was provided, and North Energy provided a consequential LCA study of the process using empiric data where available. Sol-Environmental produced the end of waste documentation. |
| Impact | Work is commercial, in confidence, so no publications as yet. Wilson are looking to develop a full-scale facility - but this is still in the discussion stage. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Title | ABATE project |
| Description | As a result of the interdisciplinary interaction within the SUPERGEN Bioenergy Consortium, the Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University have received funding from the Welsh Assembly Government A4B programme to perform research into the production and application of biochar. As a result a biochar facility was developed and trials performed in tandem to assess the environmental benefit of biochar as a carbon sink and soil conditioner. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2010 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | Study of effects biochar addition has on land/plant productivity |
| Title | Ablative thermolysis reactor |
| Description | The present invention relates to an ablative thermolysis reactor ( 12 ) comprising a reaction vessel ( 20 ), and inlet ( 14 ) into the reaction vessel ( 20 ) for receiving feedstock, and an outlet from the reaction vessel ( 20 ) for discharging thermolysis product. Within the reaction vessel ( 20 ), is provided an ablative surface ( 20 a) defining the periphery of a cylinder, and heating means ( 22 ) are arranged to heat the ablative surface ( 20 a) to an elevated temperature. In addition at least one rotatable surface ( 28 ) having an axis of rotation coincident with the longitudinal axis of said cylinder. The rotatable surface ( 28 ) is provided relative to the ablative surface ( 20 a) such that feedstock is pressed between a part of the rotatable surface ( 28 ) and said ablative surface ( 20 a) and moved along the ablative surface ( 20 a) by the rotatable surface ( 28 ), whereby to thermolyse said feedstock. |
| IP Reference | US2005173237 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2005 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | Unknown |
| Title | Advanced novel fuel characterisation |
| Description | Novel analytical methods have been developed and demonstrated and the Consortium now has world-leading facilities and expertise in the analytical characterisation and testing of biomass. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | Improvement in Research Infrastructure: The novel analytical techniques can be applied to all types of biomass and waste and enable rapid screening of new fuels in order to make recommendations about how best to use them. This has enabled large data sets to be generated which allows interrogation of statistical variation of fuels. It has led to follow on funding and interest in expansion of data sets to lower grade fuels. |
| Title | BIOMASS PYROLYSIS |
| Description | A process for pyrolysing biomass is provided. The process comprises providing biomass to a pyrolysis reactor to produce a vapour product and condensing said vapour product to produce a condensed product, wherein a phase separation suppression agent is added during said process so as to promote the formation of a single phase condensed product. |
| IP Reference | US2009227766 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2009 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | Unknown |
| Title | The ability to match feeds to conversion processes |
| Description | The influence of cell wall composition and ash composition on conversion efficiency for a range of thermal processes is now well-understood, for a range of fuel types. Linking this knowledge to other factors in the biomass growth, for example agronomy, has helped decision making in farming practices and end uses. For example, agronomic practises can help alleviate ash-related problems in combustion, although engineering solutions are still critical for utilising the very difficult feedstocks. In addition, as a second example, it has been established that low ash is more beneficial than low lignin in fast pyrolysis, although there is interplay between ash-lignin-oil quality. Lignin content was seen to decrease with increasing ash content for Lolium and Festuca grasses and so for these feedstocks it would be difficult to obtain a low lignin, low ash material without resorting to pre-treatment. Beneficiaries of this research are growers, and businesses involved in converting biomass to energy through thermochemical means, as well as the wider research community because much of this research is fundamental in nature |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | There has been follow-on research applying this knowledge. This has been funded by EPSRC, EC and Industry. There are patents pending on applying this knowledge in fast pyrolysis for bio-oil production. |
| Description | 15th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (Berlin, Germany) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This conference is an annual international event where the entire value chain of biomass is covered. The vision is to educate the biomass community and to accelerate growth. More than 500 papers are presented each year and this leads to questions and discussions of the latest developments and innovations. 3 papers were presented by consortium members at the conference in Berlin. Great interest was shown by the audience and questions were asked and discussions had. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | 17th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (Hamburg, Germany) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This conference is an annual international event where the entire value chain of biomass is covered. The vision is to educate the biomass community and to accelerate growth. More than 500 papers are presented each year and this leads to questions and discussions of the latest developments and innovations. 3 papers were presented by consortium members at the conference in Hamburg. Great interest was shown by the audience and questions were asked and discussions had. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (Lyon France) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This conference is an annual international event where the entire value chain of biomass is covered. The vision is to educate the biomass community and to accelerate growth. More than 500 papers are presented each year and this leads to questions and discussions of the latest developments and innovations. 6 papers were presented by consortium members at the conference in Lyon. Great interest was shown by the audience and questions were asked and discussions had. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Boston) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) is the largest interdisciplinary mechanical engineering conference in the world. IMECE plays a significant role in stimulating innovation from basic discovery to translational application. It fosters new collaborations that engage stakeholders and partners not only from academia, but also from national laboratories, industry, research settings, and funding bodies. Among the 4,000 attendees from 75+ countries are mechanical engineers in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, advanced energy, fluids engineering, heat transfer, design engineering, materials and energy recovery, applied mechanics, power, rail transportation, nanotechnology, bioengineering, internal combustion engines, environmental engineering, and more. 3 papers were presented by members of the consortium at the conference. There was lot of audience participation and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Annual Researcher's Meeting 2011 Supergen Bioenergy II (Solihull) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SUPERGEN Bioenergy hosted the Annual Researchers' meeting at St John's hotel in Solihull, West Midlands from 13th to 15th April 2011. The event attracted over 65 participants and provided a platform for discussing and sharing new findings and study within the SUPERGEN Conortium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Annual Researcher's Meeting Supergen Bioenergy II 2009 (Solihull) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The meeting provided visionary overviews of the potential and challenges of biomass and bioenergy in the UK New findings and studies were shared within the SUPERGEN consortium It provided a forum for discussing and sharing information and particularly networking for the new researchers Sustainability was highlighted as key environmental and government policy issues Young researchers got an insight into industries' expectations from new graduates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Annual Researcher's Meeting Supergen Bioenergy II 2010 (Solihull) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The event attracted over 60 participants and provided a platform for discussing and sharing new findings and studywithin the SUPERGEN consortium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | BBC Bio Fuels Debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ian Shield participated in the biofuels debate on You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, 6 August 2007. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Bioenergy Research Forum on Sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The BRF meeting focussed on the theme of sustainability and was held in Nottinghamshire in Nov. 2009. Presentations from key academics, industry and the Environment Agency stimulated discussion and questions from the audience. The 65 attendees also enjoyed a tour of the facilities and projects at the Centre of Renewable Energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Biomass Research Forum Anaerobic Digestion (Shropshire) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hosted by the BiogenGreenfinch, the forum brought together experts from leading anaerobic digestion organisations in the UK. The event improved links between industry and academia, and brought together the bioenergy community to exchange knowledge. There was a great deal of discussion and questions afterwards and a number of new collaborations were formed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Biomass Research Forum CHP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 120 people attended to hear a series of presentations from a mix of industrial and academic professional. There was a great deal of questioning and discussion, as well as networking. The forum enabled the sharing of information, the development of collaboration and the promotion of bioenergy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Biomass Research Forum Liquid Biofuels |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hosted by the Wilton Centre at Teeside, the form brought together experts from leading biofuels organisations in the UK. The event improved links between industry and academia, and brought together the bioenergy community to exchange knowledge. There was a great deal of discussion and questions afterwards and a number of new collaborations were forged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Biomass Research Forum, Marine biomass resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The event brought together non-academic stakeholders and researchers in this discipline. It enabled good discussion and networking to strengthen links. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Biomass Research Forum, Sustainable Energy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at St Anne's College, Oxford which focussed on the science and engineering underpinning sustainable energy research. The conference brought together academics, researchers, business and policy makers and included presentations from the Chief Scientific Adviser at DEFRA and the Chief Executive of the Energy technologies Institute. Sparked questions and discussions, promoted networking and the building of research teams and the exchange of information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Biomass and Energy Crops III Conference (York) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The conference was organised by the Association of Applied Biologists. It provided academics, policy makers, environmental organizations and industry interests with an opportunity to hear about the research, policies and issues affecting developments in use of conventional and perennial crops for energy and transport fuels. There was a lot of audience participation and discussions were had. A partner of the consortium, Rothamsted Research helped to organise the conference. A paper was presented by a member of the consortium with regards to energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Bioten-Conference on biomass, bioenergy and biofuels (Birmingham) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The first national biomass and bioenergy conference, 'Bioten' was organised by SUPERGEN Bioenergy in September 2010 in Birmingham. It attracted 150 delegates from across the UK and improved interactions between the different biomass, bioenergy and biofuel research communities and between academia, industry and government. It represented the culmination of eight years of research in the Consortium, and there were more than 40 contributions from within the Consortium. There was a great deal of audience participation and discussion which has helped to develop a vibrant bioenergy community. Networking and collaboration has continued beyond the grant, within the Supergen Hub, and other research activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.bioten.co.uk |
| Description | CPD Biomass combustion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The annual week-long course was delivered by members of the Supergen Consortium (academics and industrial speakers and Government/NGO representatives). During the 4-year period of the grant, 113 delegates participated from 57 different companies/NGO/Government organisations. The training course sparks a great deal of discussion and networking and has resulted in the development of working relationships for follow-on funding and consultancy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012 |
| URL | http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/short-courses/environmental/energy-from-biomass-combustion/index.... |
| Description | Centre for Sustainable Energy, (Manchester talks) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Biomass Sustainability and waste presentations for the Centre for Sustainable Energy during the 2009/10 DECC planning community training sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010 |
| Description | Cereals 2008 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attracts typical over 22000 Farmers and people from Industry. Rothamsted Research had a stand there which included the Supergen Bioenergy work. Lots of discussion and interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/cereals-event-2008.htm |
| Description | ChemEng08 Conference and Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Supergen Bioenergy hosted a stand at the conference. Over 1000 delegates were present and there was a huge amount of knowledge transfer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | https://www.tcetoday.com/~/media/Documents/TCE/Articles/2008/810/810chemeng.pdf |
| Description | Day Schools (Tyndall) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Three day schools during June 2009: Climate Change Science and Policy (11-6-2009); Energy and Climate Change (16-6-2009); Sustainable Cities (25-6-2009) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Discovery BBC World Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ian Sheild and Tony Bridgwater appeared in "Discovery" broadcast on the BBC World Service, May 07. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | EPSRC 09 Pioneers Exhibition (London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Supergen Bioenergy hosted a stand at the exhibition. Over 750 delegates were present and there was a huge amount of knowledge transfer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Environment Agency, Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture and training sessions from University of Sheffield Supergen Consortium members to the Environment Agency in Singapore. Topics included CFD modelling, emissions from biomass/waste plants and emission control technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | European Combustion Meeting (Chania. Crete) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The European Combustion Meeting covers all aspects of combustion science and technology, from fundamental physical and chemical kinetics, laminar and turbulent flames, burners, combustion diagnostics, coal & biomass combustion, oxyfuel combustion, gasification, spray and droplet combustion, fires, fluidized bed combustors and a lot of other energy systems. Almost 250 delegates participated in this event initiating questions and discussions were had. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Low Grade Biomass-Opportunities and challemges Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an inaugural seminar for the biomass and waste interest group organised jointly by the Fuel and Energy Research Forum and the Bioenergy CDT at Leeds. The workshop enabled academics, industry and policy makers to learn about waste to energy and some od the policies associated with it. A member of the Consortium presented some work on pre-treatment of waste wood via washing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.tferf.org/past-meetings |
| Description | Media (Radio 4) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Roger Harrabim of BBC with comments on Government heat policy and wood fuel resource. Broadcast on Radio 4's Today programme, 10 Nov 2008. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Research Challenges for the UK Bioenergy Community -Supergen Bioenergy Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The workshop focused on thermochemical conversion routes, but looked at the whole system from production, through conversion to utilisation. Some of the challenges for bioenergy development, such as sustainability and availability of biomass resource in the UK, and establishment of appropriate supply chains and infrastructure are therefore also applicable to other routes, including biochemical options. There was a lot of audience participation in the form of questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | School guide to biofuels |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Production of a guide to biofuels for Secondary Schools, produced by Upham, Tomei, Thornley for the Institute of Physics and circulated via their web site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Supergen Bioenergy II Young Researchers Meeting (Leeds) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The meeting provided a more in-depth understanding of the research activities and objectives in the SUPERGEN Bioenergy Consortium and how it all fits together, especially for new researchers to the Consortium. It also involved improving communication across disciplines and levels of expertise and to provide means for researchers to introduce themselves (and their work) to the group in order to improve and encourage interactions and researcher exchanges The meeting also offered an opportunity to discuss what researchers want from future researchers' meetings in terms of professional development activities such as training, visits, invited speakers, etc. Posters were presented by all the researchers attending, which were judged by all the participants and prizes for the two best posters were awarded on merits of visual impact and clarity of message.As well as the poster presentations, there were 13 oral presentations of 10 minutes on their research work. Prizes were awarded for the first and second places. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Supergen Bioenergy Newsletter- British Bioenergy News (Issues 7-12) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | These newsletters were available to view on the Supergen Bioenergy Consortium II website and contributed to a forum for information and news on bioenergy activities throughout the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
| URL | http://www.supergen-bioenergy.net |
| Description | Supergen bioenergy website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Web site used to communicate information about the work of the Consortium, it's events and partners. The site has member and non-member areas. There are downloadable factsheets and newsletters. Impacts include networking and communication, building of partnerships for further consultancy or research. The website continues to be updated with research information for the SUPERGEN researchers and to disseminate the minutes, presentations, results, reports and other useful information. A new section of the website aimed at younger researchers was established, as well as a new public outreach section of the website for information which is available to the wider community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006 |
| URL | http://www.supergen-bioenergy.net/ |
| Description | Training course for Scottish Environ Agency (from Sheffield University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Training on CFD modelling of waste/biomass plants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Tshinghua University China visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lectures and training on Energy from Biomass and Waste Plants for Research academics and students at Tshinghua University China |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |