Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | GR/S77875/01 | |
| Title | A Photocatalytic Mop Fan for Air Cleaning | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 50%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 80%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor S Riffat No email address given Architecture and Built Environment University of Nottingham |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2004 | |
| End Date | 31 May 2007 | |
| Duration | 38 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £269,390 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Construction | |
| Region | East Midlands | |
| Programme | Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor S Riffat , Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham (99.998%) |
| Other Investigator | Dr DW Etheridge , Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham (0.001%) Dr G Li Puma , Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Baxi Group Ltd (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The proposed research is to develop a novel fan/air cleaning device that could be used in buildings and industrial applications for the removal of gasesous, particulate and odorous pollutants. The proposed system will consist of a flexible fibre impeller coated with the photocatalyst titanium dioxide (Ti02). The fibre impeller will be mounted on a shaft within a centrifugal fan casing and will be rotated by a direct drive, high efficiency motor. Using this arrangement, the flexible fibre fan has been shown to work efficiently as an air impeller. The device will provide both ventilation and air cleaning. Air cleaning will be achieved using the process of photocatalytic oxidation (PCO). PCO has strong potential to be a highly effective process for destroying air pollutants. A photocatalytic reactor operates at room temperature and chemically oxidises volatile organic pollutants, converting them primarily to carbon dioxide and water. To facilitate photocatalytic oxidation, the flexiblefibre impeller will be bathed in ultraviolet light provided by a low energy, low cost, fluorescent UV-lamp. Furthermore, the system itself would have low energy consumption, as, unlike conventional air cleaning devices, there would be negligible pressure drop involved in its operation. It would therefore be energy efficient, compact and require little, or no maintenance. Its deployment would result in lower heating/cooling costs, improved indoor air quality and reduced emission of C02 to theenvironment | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
