EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

Started

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage)

Training

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)

Not Cross-cutting
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)

Prof P Thornley
Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
University of Manchester

Standard

EPSRC

01 April 2024

30 September 2032

102 months

£8,247,489

Energy; Environment

North West

EPSRC Training Grants

Prof P Thornley, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester

Dr E R Binner, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham
Dr M Granollers-Mesa, College of Engineering and Physical Sci, Aston University
Dr S Gu, School of Engineering, Cranfield University
Dr H Liu, Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham
Dr J A Onwudili, College of Engineering and Physical Sci, Aston University
Professor E Rebrov, School of Engineering, University of Warwick
Dr P Robinson, Electronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast
Dr D Rooney, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast
Dr C Wu, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast

The centre will focus on negative emission technologies. Most climate policy specialists in the UK and around the world consider these will be essential to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. At present the Supergen Bioenergy hub has 2 research projects on BECCS (focused on gasification), the Oxford based greenhouse removal hub works with 4 demonstrators (on biochar, peatlands, enhanced weathering and afforestation), all focused on academic research in UK institutes.This project will work with both Supergen and the GGR Hub (as well as the dmonstrators which have Nottingham and Aston leadership and participation) to expand the research to the currently neglected areas of engineered GGR solutions. The scale and level of activity often makes it difficult for individual universiteis to engage fully in the needs of the sector and so the CDT will address that by providing a wide pool of supervisors, facilities and disciplinary perspectives. No other centre currently does this for PhD students. No other centre has or is planned to address the future skills need with the huge anticipated expansion of this centre.The main technological themes are:Direct air capture and CO2 storageDirect air capture and CO2 utilizationBiochar synthesis and utilisationBiomass to materials and chemicalsCO2 UtilizationBiomass to energy with carbon capture and storage

03/07/24