The SCCS PhD Consortium is a knowledge-sharing event bringing academia and industry together, for feedback, discussion and to identify opportunities for research collaboration. This free-to-attend event showcased current, cutting-edge research on CCS and related topics from across the SCCS partnership, and presented ideas for new, potential research projects. If you have any queries about the PhD Consortium, please contact us at info@sccs.org.uk
What did industry attendees get from this event?
Industry attendees heard about cutting-edge CCS research from each of the five SCCS academic partner institutions, and had the opportunity for face-to-face discussion on areas and topics that are of interest. They also heard from industry keynote speakers, who shared their experience of the value of working with academia on both research and real-life projects.
The research presented covered topics from among the following (non-exhaustive):
CO2 capture
CO2 transport
CO2 storage
CO2 utilisation
CO2 mineralisation
CCS policy, finance and economics
Low-carbon hydrogen (with CCS)
Decarbonising industry (with CCS)
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)
Emissions offsetting / trading
Geothermal
Biochar
Negative emissions
Direct air capture (DAC
Agenda
10:00-10:05 Welcome - Richard L Stevenson, Project & Research Analyst, SCCS (slides)
10:05-10:15 Introduction to the PhD Consortium - Prof. Eric Mackay, Energi Simulation Chair in CCUS and Reactive Flow Simulation, Heriot-Watt University (slides)
10:15-10:45 Industry keynote - Daniel Mullen, Engineer, Low Carbon Technologies, SSE (slides)
10:45-11:15 PhD Talk- Exploiting induced carbonate precipitation to improve reservoir storage integrity and geothermal system efficiency - Philip Salter, University of Strathclyde
11:15-11:45 Break
11:45-12:15 PhD Talk - Potential for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal in mafic quarries via enhanced rock weathering of basalt fines - Amanda Stubbs, University of Glasgow (slides)
12:15-12:45 Early Career Researcher Talk - Structural controls on pressure communication across the Bunter Sandstone Formation - Lucy Abel, British Geological Survey (slides)
13:15-15:00 Lunch + Poster session
15:00-15:30 Post-doctoral research Joint talk - Storage efficiency and reduced complexity modelling - Iain de Jonge-Anderson (PDRA) and Hariharan Ramachandran (PDRA), Heriot-Watt University (slides)
15:30-16:00 PhD Talk - Novel carbon xerogel materials for blue hydrogen production - Benjo Duheric, The University of Edinburgh (slides)
16:00-16:50 Ideas pitch from academic and other partners:
17:00-18:00 Drinks reception
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