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Reference Number	GR/S12197/02
Title	Carbon dioxide recovery from combustion processes using structured ceramic membranes
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 capture/separation) 100%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Professor IS (Ian ) Metcalfe No email address given School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials Newcastle University
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	01 November 2005
End Date	30 November 2006
Duration	13 months
Total Grant Value	£91,238
Industrial Sectors	Chemicals; Energy; No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Region	North East
Programme	Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng, Process Environment and Sustainability
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor IS (Ian ) Metcalfe , School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, Newcastle University (100.000%)
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Objectives
Abstract	Innovative solutions are required to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from energy production processes. Here we propose to fabricate mixed ionic and electronic conducting membranes using innovative methods to produce novel membrane structures. Such membranes will be capable of conducting both oxygen-ions and electrons. Under reaction conditions methane will be fed to one side of the membrane and air to the other. Ionic oxygen transport across the membrane will result in methane combustion. The advantage of such a membrane is that the fuel exhaust stream is kept separate from the combustion air exhaust stream allowing for carbon dioxide recovery followed by possible recycle or sequestration
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Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	21/03/12