Projects (35)

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.

Low Energy Dew Point Cooling for Computing Data Centres Jan 1, 2017 - Oct 31, 2022
Cooling systems for Computing & Data Centres consume 30% to 40% of energy delivered into the centre spaces, while electricity use in CDCs represents 1.3% of the world total energy consumption. The traditional vapour compression cooling systems for CD... Read More about Low Energy Dew Point Cooling for Computing Data Centres.

Energy from Waste and Biomass Dec 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2024

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.

Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2020
Project website: http://circularplastics.hull.ac.uk/

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.

THYME: Reclaiming lignin rich sludge after enzymatic hydrolysis for repurposing and pelletizing into a secondary fuel source for thermochemical transformation Nov 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2021
Hull led PoC with the Biorenewables Development Centre (York) and Jesmond Engineering (Industrial Partner)

THYME: Extraction of higher value methyl esters from a mixed waste methyl ester stream Nov 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2021

THYME Producing sustainable fine chemicals and fuels from photo-cracking plastic waste via grafted UV/Vis active nanoparticles Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022

THYME: Transforming furfural via a hydrogen cascade reaction to methyl furan, the future of aviation fuel through lab on a chip Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022
Furfural is an incredibly versatile platform molecule which is derived from various waste biomass sources. It is rapidly becoming a vital component of sustainable chemical feedstocks and fuel production. The market for furfural and its derivatives is... Read More about THYME: Transforming furfural via a hydrogen cascade reaction to methyl furan, the future of aviation fuel through lab on a chip.

THYME: Natural ANTimicrobials can be used as preservatives for biomass solid Fuels (NaturANT-Fuels) Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022

THYME: REclaiming lignin rich waste for next generation solid bioFuel2 source for thermochemical conversion to bioenergy via pyrolysis and gasification (Re-Fuel2) Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022

THYME: Improvement of an AD biogas production by application of a biogas upgrading process. Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022
The proposal addresses one of the possible options to improve an anaerobic digestion (AD) biogas generation efficiency by development, optimisation and application of a biogas upgrading process.
A biogas upgrading process proposed for development i... Read More about THYME: Improvement of an AD biogas production by application of a biogas upgrading process..

THYME Follow on Funding: Dist2Me - Developing a two-stage distillation process for the extraction of high value products from a waste methyl ester stream Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022

THYME: New Fuel – New fuels from sustainable biomass resources Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022

THYME: ReSTART sustainable EO production in UK: Providing a business case for biobased ethylene oxide (Bio-EO) manufacture in the THYME region, UK Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022

Development and testing of high-performance catalysts for on-board cracking of ammonia for hydrogen-powered transport systems Dec 14, 2021 - Dec 13, 2023

Development of a compact and highly efficient onboard ammonia cracking system to produce hydrogen in a hydrogen-fuelled long haul civil airliner Oct 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022

HEIF: Monodisperse, multimetallic microreactor wash coats for sustainable chemical synthesis Jan 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
Sustainable chemical process and production underpins the UK economy’s growth. An elegant way to achieve this is by using catalysts, these are materials that are not consumed in a chemical reaction but speed them up, making the production of a specif... Read More about HEIF: Monodisperse, multimetallic microreactor wash coats for sustainable chemical synthesis.

NERC Discipline Hopping: Improvement of an Anaerobic Digestion process efficiency by combination with a waste plastic utilisation technology Mar 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022