This experimental project will face the global challenge of reducing emissions from industrial activities. The research candidate will develop advanced adsorbent materials aiming at the separation of undesired species and/or impurities from industrial gas mixtures.
Research Group:
Institute of Petroleum Engineering
Dr J Ma
Application Deadline:
1 February 2019
The transport behaviours of highly compressible shale gas in presence of a liquid, either as wetting or non-wetting phase, within mechanically weak organic pores are poorly understood although their impacts on shale gas production are believed to be great.
The impact of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the walls of its containing tank and the impact of droplets with very hot surfaces are two examples of liquid-solid impacts in which the liquid may be close to thermodynamic equilibrium with the surrounding gas/vapour.
Naturally occurring gas (mostly methane) hydrates along the continental margins (coastal offshore) and permafrost sediments are the clean source of energy outnumbering the rest forms of conventional energy sources.
Dr M Attfield, Dr I Vitorica-Yrezabal, Dr G Whitehead
Application Deadline:
15 February 2019
An EPSRC DTG funded 42 month PhD Studentship is available in the Centre for Nanoporous Materials, School of Chemistry for an outstanding chemist in the field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
Debris-covered glaciers extend over 4000 km2 in the high Asian Mountains and are significant and expanding features of most of the World’s glacierized mountain ranges.
Gas adsorption is one of the key physical processes that underlie the numerous industrial uses of porous solids. These include separation processes (adsorption and membrane processes), catalytic reactions, energy storage, and gas recovery from unconventional plays.
This project aims to develop an ultra-high sensitivity, multispecies Raman-based gas sensor. This sensor would be suitable for applications such as environmental sensing (e.g.
