or
Continue with FacebookLooking to list your PhD opportunities? Log in here.
Prof Mohamed Pourkashanian,
Prof W Nimmo,
Prof Lin Ma
Applications accepted all year round
Self-Funded PhD Students Only
About the Project
There is an increased international interest in the use of algae to sustainably produce liquid biofuels to meet future energy demands, however there are many technical challenges associated with this promising technology. Anaerobic digestion/biogas production is an ideal synergistic process to the algal biofuel production and could help to satisfy the local parasitic energy demand of the biofuel production process, in a similar way to how it is currently used in wastewater treatment. The potential synergies include nutrient recycling, residue valorisation, biogas upgrading to biomethane and reduced water use. This project will develop knowledge in the integration of these two technologies using a multi-disciplinary approach involving process, biochemical and CFD modelling supported by bench scale experimental work. The student will benefit from links with industry.
Funding Notes
1st or 2:1 degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, or other Relevant Discipline.
This project is available only for Self funded students.
This project is available only for Self funded students.
Register your interest for this project
The university will respond to you directly. You will have a FindAPhD account to view your sent enquiries and receive email alerts with new PhD opportunities and guidance to help you choose the right programme.
It looks like you alredy have a FindAPhD Account
Log in to save time sending your enquiry and view previously sent enquiries
* required field
The information you submit to University of Sheffield will only be used by them or their data partners to deal with your enquiry, according to their privacy notice. For more information on how we use and store your data, please read our privacy statement.
Search suggestions
Based on your current searches we recommend the following search filters.
Check out our other PhDs in Sheffield, United Kingdom
Start a New search with our database of over 4,000 PhDs
PhD suggestions
Based on your current search criteria we thought you might be interested in these.
Sustainability Integration of Low-Carbon Production and Consumption within the Food System
University of Reading
Low cost, energy efficient biomethane production from landfill gas or biogas
University of Sheffield
Evolution and biochemistry of photosynthesis - electron transfer reactions, renewable energy production, biotechnology, and chloroplast genomes
University of Cambridge