Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/D037018/1 | |
| Title | Research Visit to Professor S. Futumura, NIAIST, Ibaraki, Japan | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Not Energy Related 70%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 30%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor JC Whitehead No email address given Chemistry University of Manchester |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 10 October 2005 | |
| End Date | 09 October 2006 | |
| Duration | 12 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £2,933 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Environment | |
| Region | North West | |
| Programme | Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor JC Whitehead , Chemistry, University of Manchester (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | By combining the technologies of using electrical discharges in gases to create a plasma with the established use of catalysts for destroying pollutants, we can develop a new technology for the environmental clean-up of waste gas streams. Both technologies have been applied separately to the problem of destroying a wide range of hazardous air pollutants but the synergistic effect of combining the two technologies offers unique advantages in terms of lower operating temperatures and selective production of end-products that neither method offers on its own. In this project, we will investigate how the chemistry and choice of catalysts and the nature of the electrical input to the discharge affects the efficiency of the processing. The aim is to develop a sustainable and energy efficient process that is viable and competitive with already established technologies without some of their inherent disadvantages | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
