Example of Current/Recent Collaborative Research Projects:

9. 2017 – 2018: Bio-GaTe – Advanced Biomass Gasification Technologies. Grant: £100k (Total: £200k). Funding body: IUK- Energy Catalyst (132362, TS/N011686/1). Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI) with Computational Modelling Cambridge Ltd.

8. 2016 – 2017: Farm Waste Utilisation: Robust Thermal Engineering Approach for Generating Energy from Wastes. Grant: £80k (Total: £140k). Funding body: Interface Food & Drink & Glasgow KE Fund. Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), with 2 Industries (GeoCapita Ltd, Savills), 3 Farms (Craignathro Farms Limited, Kinkell Farm, Foulis Farms) and UWS, Strathclyde, Robert Gordon Universities.

7. 2016 – 2019: Thermally Driven Heat Pump Based on an Integrated Thermodynamic Cycle for Low Carbon Domestic Heating (Therma-Pump). Grant: £716k Funding body: EPSRC Thermal Energy challenge: EP/N020472/1. Investigators: Z. Yu (PI), M. C. Paul, N. Karimi, P. Younger (Glasgow); J. Rose, H. Wang (Queen Mary)

6. 2015 – 2018: Real time control of gasifiers to increase tolerance to biomass variety and reduce emissions. Grant: £1M. Funding body: EPSRC SUPERGEN Bioenergy: EP/M01343X/1. Investigators: I. Watson (PI), M. C. Paul, J. Sharp, N. Karimi, Z. Yu, P. Younger, P. Hastie (Glasgow); A. Bridgwater, Y. Makkawi (Aston); I. Donnison (Aberystwyth); P. Gilbert (Manchester).

5. 2013 – 2017: Scalable Solar Thermoelectrics and Photovoltaics (SUNTRAP). Grant: £2.5M. Funding body: EPSRC SUPERGEN Solar Challenge, EP/K022156/1. Investigators: A.Knox1 (PI), D.Gregory1, D.Paul1, M. Paul1, A.Subramanian1, T.Mallick2, B.Richards3, G.Min4 and R.Freer5 Universities of 1Glasgow, 2Exeter, 3Heriot-Watt, 4Cardiff and 5Manchester

4. 2012 – 2016: Subsurface Engineering for Underground Coal Gasification and Subsequent Carbon Capture & Storage. Grant: £100k. Funding bodies: Five-Quarter Energy Ltd & School DTG. Investigators: Paul L Younger (PI) and M. C. Paul

3. 2014 – 2015: Combustion & Gasification Engineering (CombGEN): development of robust computational resources for optimising the processes of combustion and gasification of various sources of fuel energy. Grant: £60k (Total: £150k). Funding bodies: Carnegie Trust & EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award. Investigators: M. C. Paul (PI), Paul Younger, Ian Watson, Mamdud Hossain (Robert Gordon), Stephen Welch (Edinburgh).

2. 2014 – 2015: Biomass Co-gasification with Carbon Capture and Storage. Grant: £73k. Funding bodies: Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) studentship & Linkschina Investment. Investigators: Jia Li (PI, Edinburgh) and M. C. Paul

1. 2014: CFD Models and Optimisation of Low NOx Burner. Grant: £50k. Funding body: Scottish Power Ltd at Longannet

 

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