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Microwave assisted Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic residues for better performance as solid fuels in fluidised bed technologies Jan 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2021
Exploitation of alternative fuels (lignocellulosic biomass waste) in energy production offers the advantages of: resource efficiency and improved waste management, increased renewables in power production and reduced dependence on imported energy. Ad... Read More about Microwave assisted Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic residues for better performance as solid fuels in fluidised bed technologies.

Evaluation of the thermo-mechanical pulping of biomass to facilitate release of fermentable sugars for advanced biofuel production Aug 1, 2016 - Apr 1, 2017
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The project will evaluate a strategy for lowering the production cost of C6 and C5 sugars from lignocellulosic biomass, which could be fed directly into the current infrastructure for conversion to advanced bioethanol. Continuous pressurise... Read More about Evaluation of the thermo-mechanical pulping of biomass to facilitate release of fermentable sugars for advanced biofuel production.

THYME: CCF BIO ECONOMY Apr 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2021
The THYME Project is a new collaboration between the Universities of York, Hull and Teesside to build the bioeconomy sector across Yorkshire, Humberside and the Tees Valley. In collaboration with regional industry, LEPs and the wider community, the... Read More about THYME: CCF BIO ECONOMY.

Luminescent C-Dots: Fabrication, Characterization And Application As Potential Photocatalyst And Fluorescent Sensor Feb 28, 2018 - Mar 31, 2019
Wastewater streams are a serious environmental concern because of the risks of discharging poorly treated effluents directly into the environment by posing a pollution threat to all receiving water bodies, groundwater pollution, soil contamination an... Read More about Luminescent C-Dots: Fabrication, Characterization And Application As Potential Photocatalyst And Fluorescent Sensor.

A Novel Loop-Heat-Pipe (LHP)-based Data Centre Heat Removal and Recovery System Employing the Micro-channels Cold/Hot Plates Sep 9, 2019 - Sep 8, 2021
Date centres consume 1.1-1.5% of the world’s total electricity supply and remain 15-20% of annual increase rate in power demand. Space cooling, owing to vast dissipation of the heat from the data-processing equipment to data centre space, has a very... Read More about A Novel Loop-Heat-Pipe (LHP)-based Data Centre Heat Removal and Recovery System Employing the Micro-channels Cold/Hot Plates.

GCRF 2019 PPF15: Source Identification and Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants in Ground and Drinking Waters in India. Feb 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019
The objective of this project is to recruit a research assistant to undertake a study involving water
sampling and analysis to obtain water quality data on emerging contaminants in ground and drinking
water samples, using locations in Chandigarh as... Read More about GCRF 2019 PPF15: Source Identification and Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants in Ground and Drinking Waters in India..

ECPE PPF: Plastics2Energy Oct 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2020
The project will combine the feasibility element with an overall aim to produce hard data and evidence of proof of concept and then showcase and share this data with UK communities.
Funding is to be used for research and development testing of the u... Read More about ECPE PPF: Plastics2Energy.

Proposal title Smart and CO2 neutral Olefin Production by arTificial Intelligence and MAchine Learning Jan 4, 2021 - Jan 3, 2025
The proposed project is to develop and maintain long term collaborations between Europe and China towards CO2 neutral
Olefin production. We will realize this objective by carrying out joint research in big data and artificial intelligence (AI) for... Read More about Proposal title Smart and CO2 neutral Olefin Production by arTificial Intelligence and MAchine Learning.

QR-GCRF 20.21.PPF05 - Pilot testing of a low-cost pretreatment material for enhancing the biogas yield from the biodigestion of cassava waste Jan 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2021
In this project, our vision is to test innovative and cheap solution for transforming the abundant cassava waste in rural parts of Nigeria into biogas as cheap, clean and sustainable cooking fuel. Ongoing research at MOUAU has identified a local and... Read More about QR-GCRF 20.21.PPF05 - Pilot testing of a low-cost pretreatment material for enhancing the biogas yield from the biodigestion of cassava waste.