Dr Leilani Darvell
- Position: Research & Teaching Fellow
- Areas of expertise: biomass characterisation; thermogravimetric analysis; biomass combustion
- Email: L.I.Darvell@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 307 Energy Building
Profile
Dr Leilani Darvell is a Research Fellow in the School of Chemical and Process Engineering. She has a PhD in Bioenergy (“Fundamental and environmental aspects in the thermochemical conversion of biomass”) and an MSc in Environmental Pollution Control, both from the University of Leeds; and a BSc in Chemical Engineering (Honduras C.A.). She has over 25 peer-reviewed publications in the area of biomass utilisation: characterisation, combustion, pre-treatment (torrefaction), nitrogen emissions from conversion applications, ash melting behaviour and fate of potassium in biomass combustion.
Research interests
- Characterisation of Solid Fuels
- Biomass Combustion
- Nitrogen Emissions from Biomass
- Torrefaction of Biomass
- Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Nitrogen (gasification)
Qualifications
- PhD in Bioenergy
- MSc in Environmental Pollution Control
- BSc in Chemical Engineering
Research groups and institutes
- Energy Leeds
- Sustainable Low Carbon Futures