Dr R Erfani
Applications accepted all year round
Self-Funded PhD Students Only
About the Project
This project aims to advance air pollution reduction technology by developing Non-thermal plasma reactor design.
By increasing the human activity in the world, much contaminant is exhausting into our atmosphere, globally. The combustion flue gases like NOx, SOx and CO2 into our environment, where the former two are directly toxic for humans and the emission of CO2 into air is causing greenhouse effects. Toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission is also an important social problem. Some VOCs are directly harmful (nervously paralyzed, uncomfortable, carcinogenetic, etc.) and, cause greenhouse effect and ozone depletion. 194 members of the United Nations pledged to limit global temperature rise to 2°C until 2100. In order to meet the target set out in the Paris agreement, the amount of air pollution needs to be reduced. To remove those toxic gasses, many technologies have been developed but they are not very successful and do not satisfy strict social demands of the present. The non-thermal plasma (NTP) processing with its strong chemical reactivity has been expected to reduce or decompose those toxic gaseous contaminants. This project aims to advances this technology and validate its application as an air-pollution control.
This project will be collaborated with University of Salford and University College London.
Funding Notes
Applicants should hold or expect to hold a 2.1 Hons (or equivalent) undergraduate degree or masters in a relevant discipline such as Engineering or Physics. The candidate should have an enthusiastic attitude towards multidisciplinary research in fields encompassing mechanical engineering, mathematics and microbiology. Applicants should also have good analytical, experimental, project management and communication skills. Previous experience or knowledge of plasma reactor physics and chemistry (manufacturing of devices and/or practical application) is desirable but not essential.
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