Doctoral Training Centres
Our facilities include three Doctoral Training Centres.
EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Their Applications
Hydrogen is applicable for use as a zero-carbon fuel in both transport applications and the built environment.
Our £5.5million Centre will train 50 PhD students. The Centre also creates a critical mass of hydrogen and fuel cell research in the Midlands and builds on infrastructure investments made by our Universities.
Research projects will include:
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Hydrogen production
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Hydrogen purification
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Hydrogen utilisation in fuel cells
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Evaluation of economically efficient energy and fuel investments
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Novel materials for fuel cell systems
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Computational modelling of fuel cells
For more information please visit Birmingham Fuel Cells Group website.
EPSRC EngD Centre in Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies
We will continue to need fossil fuels as part of a diverse energy mix for some time. The long-term future of coal for power must be linked to near-zero emission power plant. The £6million EngD Centre will tackle the skills needs of the fossil energy power generation sector. We will train 60 research engineers in the largest research council investment in fossil energy power generation and conversion technologies.
Research challenges include:
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Improving the efficiency of CCS
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Improving the removal of acid gases to low levels prior to carbon capture
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Maximising the utilisation of biomass/waste feedstocks to partially displace coal
For more information please visit EPSRC EngD Centre in Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies website.
EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Energy Demand Reduction and the Built Environment
Energy demand research has historically had a restricted scope. As a result, failure of intent in the built environment is endemic e.g. supposedly low-energy houses invariably consume more energy than expected.
This Centre will train 80 of the next generation of highly skilled, broadly educated energy researchers needed to lead the complex task of driving down the energy demand and CO2 emissions of the UK building stock.
For more information please visit EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Energy Demand Reduction and the Built Environment website