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Projects: Projects for Region Projects in China involving Research Partner in China: EP/G037345/1
Reference Number	EP/G037345/1
Title	Efficient Power from Fossil Energy and Carbon Capture Technologies (EPFECCT)
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion) 40%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Coal, Coal combustion) 30%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 capture/separation) 30%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics and Econometrics) 10%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 10%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 20%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Systems Analysis related to energy R&D 30%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 20%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 20%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 30%;
Principal Investigator	Professor C (Colin ) Snape No email address given Chemical and Environmental Engineering University of Nottingham
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	01 October 2009
End Date	31 March 2018
Duration	102 months
Total Grant Value	£6,794,141
Industrial Sectors	Energy
Region	East Midlands
Programme	Energy : Energy
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor C (Colin ) Snape , Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Mr SDC Hardy , Research Innovation Services, University of Nottingham (0.001%)
	Industrial Collaborator	Project Contact , Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (0.000%) Project Contact , E.ON UK (formerly PowerGen) (0.000%) Project Contact , Babcock International Group plc (0.000%) Project Contact , Resource Efficiency KTN (0.000%) Project Contact , Innospec Inc (0.000%) Project Contact , Corus Strip Products UK (0.000%) Project Contact , Welsh Power (0.000%) Project Contact , ETI (Energy Technologies Institute) (0.000%) Project Contact , Coal Products Limited CPL (0.000%) Project Contact , Research Partner in China (0.000%) Project Contact , Alstom Power Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , RWE Generation (0.000%) Project Contact , Rolls-Royce PLC (0.000%)
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Objectives
Abstract	The goal of the proposed EngD Centre is to produce research leaders to tackle the major national and international challenges over the next 15 years in implementing new power plant to generate electricity more efficiently using fossil energy with near zero emissions, involving the successful demonstration of CO2 capture, and also in reducing CO2 emissions generally from coal utilisation, including iron making. These leaders will be part of the new breed of engineers that will be thoroughly versed in cutting edge energy research and capable of operating in multi-disciplinary teams, covering a range of knowledge transfer, deployment and policy roles and with the skills to analyse the overall economic context of their projects and to be aware of the social and ethical implications.This proposal has involved wide consultation with the power generation sector which has indicated that the number of doctoral researchers required in the UK for the major developments in large-scale fossilenergy power generation involving efficiency improvements and CO2 capture can be estimated conservatively as 150-200 over the next ten years. The Centre will play a vital role in meeting this demand by providing training in highly relevant technological areas to the companies concerned, as well as the broader portfolio of skills required for future research leaders. Further, Doosan Babcock, Alstom, E.ON, Rolls Royce, EDF, RWE, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Welsh Power and Drax Power all support this bid and are willing to participate in the proposed Centre from 2009 onwards. Further, in terms of reducing CO2 emissions generally from coal utilisation, including iron making and smokeless fuel, this has drawn in other industrial partners, Corus and CPL.The innovative training programme involves a number of unique elements based around the social sciences and activities with China and is designed to ensure that the research engineers are not only thoroughly versed in cutting edge energy research but capable of operating in multi-disciplinary teams covering a range of knowledge transfer, deployment and policy roles and the ability to analyse the overall economic context of projects and to be aware of the social and ethical implications.The academic team draws upon the internationally leading fossil energy programme at Nottingham but also on colleagues at Birmingham and Loughborough for their complementary research in high temperature materials, plant life monitoringand energy economics. Given that virtually all of the research projects will benefit from using pilot-scale equipment in industry linked to the advanced analytical capabilities in the MEC and our overseas partners, together with the Group activities undertaken by the yearly cohorts, the training programme is considered to offer considerable added value over DTA project and CASE awards, as testified by the extremely high level of industrial interest in the proposed Centre across the power generation section, together with other industries involved in reducing CO2 emissions from coal utilisation
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Added to Database	16/04/09