Team Projects

A key part of the interdisciplinary PhD/MSc Bioenergy programme is the team projects which take place during the students’ first year of study. Our CDT students have successfully completed the following MSc team projects.
Click on the titles to see their team project posters which are presented at the annual CDT Poster Event in May.

 

2014 Cohort Team Projects

Semester 1

Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI) - Robert White, Charlotte Stead and Oliver Grasham

Fate of Nitrogen during Biomass Combustion - Hana Mandová, Andrew Dyer and Lee Roberts

Urban Bioenergy and Air Quality Impacts - Luke Conibear, Diarmaid Clery and Azura Klem

Potential of Waste Wood as a Source of Bioenergy Fuel - Gillian Finnerty, Japhet Oladipo and Kiran Parmar

Semester 2

The impacts of corrosion additives on ash and combustion efficiency from biomass combustion - Luke Conibear and Hana Mandová

Anaerobic Digestion at the University of Leeds: System Optimisation - Diarmaid Clery and Oliver Grasham

Investigating Methods for the Direct Liquefaction of Algae - Gillian Finnerty and Kiran Parmar

Spontaneous Combustion of Biomass - Japhet Oladipo, Andrew Dyer and Robert White

The effectiveness of a TRF surrogate in representing a reference gasoline under blending conditions - Charlotte Stead and Lee Roberts

 

2015 Cohort Team Projects

Semester 1

Pyrolysis gasification of Biomass - Ella Blanquet, David Potter and Jennifer Spragg

Energy and Nutrient Cycling - Iram Razaq and Natalie Brown

UCO and Transport Fleet - Nicola Wood and Christian Michelbach

Assessing the Biomass Resource of Leeds City Council - Weiyi Yao, Daisy Thomas and Charlotte Weaver

Biochars for the adsorption of environmental pollutants - Christopher Holt and Samantha Sime

Valorising Municipal Solid Waste for Bioenergy - Richard Birley and Julius Gane

Semester 2

Biofuels in Engines - Julius Gane, Christian Michelbach and Daisy Thomas

Bioenergy Use on the European Road Transport Network - Iram Razaq, Jennifer Spragg and Weiyi Yao

Developing World Cookstoves and Emissions - Charlotte Weaver and Ella Blanquet

High Value Products from Lignin - Samantha Sime, Christopher Holt and Nicola Wood

Large Power Generation Utilising Biomass - Richard Birley, Natalie Brown and David Potter

 

2016 Cohort Team Projects

Semester 1

Lincolnshire County Council Road Verge Biomass - Aaron Brown, Fernando Climent Barba, Judith Ford and Luke Higgins

Design and Feasibility Analysis of a Low Carbon Energy Solution for Niger State (Global Challenges) - Calum Birch, Aaron Carvell, Toby Green, Andrew Price-Allison

Use of alternative fuels (HVO and Biodiesel) in Diesel engines & their feasibility in Malawi - Jason Ferns, Zahida Aslam and David Maxwell

Semester 2

High Value Chemical Products from Biomass - Calum Birch, Fernando Climent Barba and Luke Higgins

Grass-to-Gas: Road-Verge Biomass for Anaerobic Digestion - Aaron Brown, Andrew Price-Allison and Judith Ford

Biofuels in Engines: Isobutanol - Aaron Carvell, Toby Green and Jason Ferns

Curing Power Station “Headaches” from Biomass - Zahida Aslam and David Maxwell

 

2017 Cohort Team Projects

Semester 1

Valuing Natural Capital - Hannah Birch and Poppy Cooney

Valorising Waste for Developing Countries - Christina Andreadou,  Doug Bray,  Shazeb Chishti and Innes Deans

A ‘Living Lab’ Approach to Managing Food Waste - Hannah Sherwood and Nick Davison

Semester 2

ETI Bioenergy LCA - Christina Andreadou and Nick Davison

Biofuels in Transport - Doug Bray,  Shazeb Chishti and Poppy Cooney

Pre-Treatment of Biomass - Hannah Birch, Hannah Sherwood and Innes Deans