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Reference Number | GR/T25194/01 | |
Title | PLATFORM: Processes, mechanics & management of residual wastes | |
Status | Completed | |
Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Other) 100%; | |
Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 100% | |
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
Principal Investigator |
Professor W Powrie No email address given Faculty of Engineering and the Environment University of Southampton |
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Award Type | Standard | |
Funding Source | EPSRC | |
Start Date | 01 November 2004 | |
End Date | 31 October 2009 | |
Duration | 60 months | |
Total Grant Value | £461,149 | |
Industrial Sectors | Environment | |
Region | South East | |
Programme | Process Environment and Sustainability | |
Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor W Powrie , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (99.997%) |
Other Investigator | Professor C (Charles ) Banks , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (0.001%) Dr DJ Richards , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (0.001%) Dr RP Beaven , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (0.001%) |
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Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , University College London (0.000%) Project Contact , Geodelft Innovation BV, The Netherlands (0.000%) Project Contact , Swedish Defence Research Establishment (0.000%) Project Contact , Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany (0.000%) Project Contact , Cleanaway Ltd (0.000%) |
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Objectives | ||
Abstract | Current European waste management policy is based on a hierarchy that places landfill at the bottom and waste minimisation at the top. However, forward thinking regarding future policy is increasingly focussed on waste management as part of a resource cycle, in which the problems posed by residual wastes (i.e., those that cannot sensibly be re-used or recycled: currently 80 Mt/annum in the UK) must be acknowledged and addressed. Responsible resource management requires not only that the usefullife of materials is prolonged and that overall energy consumption is minimised, but also that residual wastes are returned to the environment in a sustainable way. This must be based on a sound scientific understanding of the behaviour and properties of residual wastes: the aim of the proposed Platform Grant is to underpin, strengthen and develop supporting research in the five key relevant areas of gas and liquid flow, waste structure, process modelling, leachate/liner interaction and wastemechanics. Research facilitated by the Platform Grant will be aimed at obtaining parameters, developing models and applying the results within each of the five areas of proposed activity, by means of laboratory, pilot and field scale experiments and numerical modelling and analysis, as indicated in the attached Case for Support | |
Publications | (none) |
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Final Report | (none) |
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Added to Database | 01/01/07 |