Bioenergy Research at Leeds. Edward Mitchell

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1 Bioenergy Research at Leeds Edward Mitchell 6 th May 2016

2 THEME 1: Feedstocks, processing and safety THEME 2: Conversion THEME 3 Products, Utilisation and Impact Feedstocks Forestry and reclaimed wood, Agricultural residues, Energy crops, algae, wet resources, wastes Pre -Processing Communition, Pre-treatment, Torrefaction, Fast pyrolysis, nutrient recovery, Bio char, Characterisation Methods Hazards & Safety Self-heating, Spontaneous combustion, dust, microbes explosions, ignition risks of dust layers, off-gases. Partnerships and collaboration with Industrial Partners, and key research institutes and activities Combustion Fundamentals, Deposition, Fouling, bed agglomeration, Corrosion, Emissions, Modelling, Gasification Fundamentals, 3 rd Generation Transport fuels, Modelling, Reforming, anaerobic digestion Liquefaction routes Catalytic Pyrolysis, Upgrading of pyrolysis oils, Hydrothermal processing, microwaves Anaerobic Digestion, Extraction Utilisation Furnaces, Boilers, Stoves, Engines, Turbines, Reactors, Fuel Cells, virtual power plant Emissions Particulates, Aerosols, Soot, VOC, PAH, Waste water, Metal release, Negative CO 2 (Bio-CCS ) with UKCCS Bio-products, Materials and Co-products Materials, soil conditioners, chemicals, bio-products, ash utilisation, nutrient recovery, process integration. Biochemical routes Chemical conversion, Fermentation, Bio diesel production. THEME 4: Sustainability and Whole Systems. Sustainability, LCA, policy, Socioeconomics, techno-economics, regulation, standards, competition for feedstocks between processes/products, biomass supply chain innovation.

3 Biomass characterisation (1) Proximate & Ultimate analysis Particle density Thermal conductivity Inorganics Bomb calorimetry Surface area Hydrophobicity Leaching Communition Grindability

4 Torrefaction Facilities/Expertise (1) Bench scale torrefaction reactor with online GC and tar traps for mass balance. Thermal analysis with on-line gas analysis (FTIR and MS) Drop tube reactor (fast heating rate chars) Jenny Jones Group Leilani Darvell Bijal Gudka

5 Self heating (1) Dust layer Yee Sing Chin Basket tests Mesquite Red Berry 300 o C Juniper 310 o C Sunflower 300 o C Single particle

6 Combustion fundamentals (2) Yields information on: Ignition delay Volatile combustion rate Char combustion and burnout rate Potassium release and partitioning FG-Biomass model Patrick Mason STA- FTIR

7 Ash analysis (1, 2) Ash melting behaviour by the ash fusion test Patrick Mason Deformation slagging and deposition Resistivity Composition (XRF, ICP-MS, AAS, )

8 Soot formation (2, 3) Farooq Atiku

9 Pyrolysis, gasification, energy from waste (2) Hopper Catalytic Gasification Steam inlet Controls Screw Feeder Pyrolysis Condensation system Valerie Dupont s Group Catalysis, steam reforming & H 2, wastewater treatment, chemical looping Paul Williams Group Mohamad Anas Nahil. Tomi Oladipo H 2 production. Dioxins. FLEXI_PYROCAT Pyrolysis-Catalytic gasification of biomass plastics, tyres, MSW Plasma tar cracking

10 Pollutant formation during combustion (2, 3) Wide range of fuels Dilution tunnel (BS) Sampling of secondary emissions (particle sizing) Sampling of primary emissions (PM, FTIR) Variable temp. filter Stove Boiler Cookstove Dreschels Test trihedron (scales, TCs)

11 Other combustion (2) Engine testing, biofuels, road, rail, aviation Burner design, flame propagation, gas turbines, emissions Modelling (Ansys, Fluent, Comsol) Gordon Andrews Roth Phylaktou William Gale Andrew Mullis (Mohamed Pourkashanian) Hu Li Group

12 Conversion & bioproducts (2, 3) HTC, liquefaction, pyrolysis, soot formation Biorefineries, extraction of high value chemicals Valorising of HTC and AD digestates (hydrochar, CH 4, H 2,..) Biochar & 3 rd Generation biofuels Andy Ross Group Aidan Smith James Hammerton Harriet Fletcher Kiran Parmar Ugochinyere Ekpo Gillian Finnerty

13 Theme 3: THEME 1: Feedstocks, processing and THEME 2: Conversion Alison Baker (FoBS) safety biotechnology/bioenergy links Dominick Spracklen (SEE) air quality impacts of biomass global models Feedstocks Forestry and reclaimed wood, Agricultural residues, Energy crops, algae, wet resources, wastes Pre -Processing Communition, Pre-treatment, Torrefaction, Fast pyrolysis, nutrient recovery, Bio char, Characterisation Methods Combustion Alison Tomlin (SCAPE) air quality impacts of biomass urban Fundamentals, Deposition, Fouling, bed agglomeration, Corrosion, Emissions, Modelling, Miller Camargo-Valero (Civ Eng.) wastewater and bioenergy Costas Velis (Civ Eng) - Waste management, bioenergy from waste, RDF Piers Forster (SEE) BECCS global modelling Chris Rayner (Chemistry) BECCS capture technology Gasification Fundamentals, 3 rd Generation Transport fuels, Modelling, Reforming, anaerobic digestion John Blacker (Chemistry) products from lignin Hazards & Safety Rik Brydson (Physics) microscopy Self-heating, Spontaneous and bio-derived products combustion, dust, microbes explosions, ignition risks of dust layers, off-gases. Partnerships and collaboration with Industrial Partners, and key research institutes and activities (Sheffield) Bill Nimmo Stephen Chilton Mohamed Pourkashanian Liquefaction routes Catalytic Pyrolysis, Upgrading of pyrolysis oils, Hydrothermal processing, microwaves Anaerobic Digestion, Extraction Air Oxy25 Oxy30 Biomass THEME 3 Products, Utilisation and Impact Utilisation Furnaces, Boilers, Stoves, Engines, Turbines, Reactors, Fuel Cells, virtual power plant Emissions Particulates, Aerosols, Soot, VOC, PAH, Waste water, Metal release, Negative CO 2 (Bio-CCS ) with UKCCS Bio-products, Materials and Co-products Materials, soil conditioners, chemicals, bio-products, ash utilisation, nutrient recovery, process integration. Biochemical routes Chemical conversion, Fermentation, Bio diesel production. THEME 4: Sustainability and Whole Systems. Sustainability, LCA, policy, Socioeconomics, techno-economics, regulation, standards, competition for feedstocks between processes/products, biomass supply chain innovation.

14 Theme 4: Products, Utilisation and Impact THEME 1: Feedstocks, processing and THEME 2: Conversion William Gale (SCAPE) safety cities and transport networks Catherine Bale (SCAPE) district heating Alice Owen (SEE) circular economy Feedstocks Forestry and reclaimed wood, Agricultural residues, Energy crops, algae, wet resources, wastes Pre -Processing Communition, Pre-treatment, Torrefaction, Fast pyrolysis, nutrient recovery, Bio char, Characterisation Methods Combustion Fundamentals, Deposition, Fouling, bed agglomeration, Corrosion, Emissions, Modelling, Peter Taylor (SCAPE) energy systems policy, energy storage Tim Cockerill (SCAPE) energy systems integration of renewables Gasification Fundamentals, 3 rd Generation Transport fuels, Modelling, Reforming, anaerobic digestion John Barrett (SEE) embodied energy in supply chains Hazards & Safety Valerie Dupont (SCAPE) Self-heating, process Spontaneous engineering energy flows combustion, dust, microbes Liquefaction Guy Ziv (Geography) ecosystem Bio-products, Materials and explosions, ignition services risks of and renewable energy impacts dust layers, off-gases. Partnerships and collaboration with Industrial Partners, and key research institutes and activities routes Catalytic Pyrolysis, Upgrading of pyrolysis oils, Hydrothermal processing, microwaves Anaerobic Digestion, Extraction THEME 3 Products, Utilisation and Impact Utilisation Furnaces, Boilers, Stoves, Engines, Turbines, Reactors, Fuel Cells, virtual power plant Jon Lovett (Geography) Energy Gardens, developing countries off-grid energy systems Julia Steinberger (SEE) Life cycle analysis Emissions Particulates, Aerosols, Soot, VOC, PAH, Waste water, Metal release, Negative CO 2 (Bio-CCS ) with UKCCS Co-products Materials, soil conditioners, chemicals, bio-products, ash utilisation, nutrient recovery, process integration. Biochemical routes Chemical conversion, Fermentation, Bio diesel production. THEME 4: Sustainability and Whole Systems. Sustainability, LCA, policy, Socioeconomics, techno-economics, regulation, standards, competition for feedstocks between processes/products, biomass supply chain innovation.

15 Bioenergy CDT EPSRC Priority area. Supporting 50 PhD students over a 8.5 year period. 70% funded by 4.3M EPSRC grant >30 industrial/stakeholder partners over 4 themes + national/international academic collaborators To realise the potential of biomass to provide secure, affordable and sustainable low carbon energy in the UK and internationally through training of the next generation of responsible innovators and leaders.

16 Thank you