1. Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
  2. School of Chemical and Process Engineering
  3. Research and innovation
  4. Sustainable systems and processes
  5. Clean combustion

Clean combustion

Biomass combustion

burning woodchips

We research integrated approaches to biomass combustion for heat and power applications at all scales. This includes:

  • power generation (ash issues and mitigation; fuel handling);
  • challenging fuels (pretreatment, additives)
  • domestic heating (design and efficiency; emissions and air quality impacts)
  • combined heat and power (energy in cities; energy policy; local authorities; district heating).

Current and recent projects:

  • Supergen Bioenergy Hub (EPSRC), 
  • Development and Evaluation of Sustainable Technologies for Flexible Operation of Conventional Power Plants (EPSRC)
  • Opening New Fuels for UK Generation (EPSRC)
  • The role of chemical formatting structures in biomass on the formation of dioxins and furans in soot deposits from the combustion of biomass (EPSRC)