Details of Grant

EPSRC Reference:

GR/S26965/01

Title:

UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium

Principal Investigator:

Other Investigators:

Hawkes, Professor D	Hubberstey, Dr P	Grant, Professor DM
Anderson, Dr P	Flynn, Professor R	Gregory, Professor DH
Mokaya, Professor R	Guwy, Professor A	Premier, Emeritus Professor GC
Hawkes, Professor F	Harris, Professor IR	McEnaney, Professor B
Schroder, Professor M	Gameson, Dr I	Champness, Professor NR
Guo, Professor ZX	Walker, Professor GS	Dinsdale, Professor R
Edwards, Professor P

Researcher Co-Investigators:

Professor P Bellaby	Professor D Book	Professor M Eames
Professor P Ekins	Dr M Jones	Professor S Marvin
Professor J Skea	Dr Y Song	Dr JD Speight
Professor A Walton

Project Partners:

E-Synergy Ltd	Hydrogen Solar Production Co Ltd	Less Common Metals Ltd
Morgan Matroc	Royal Military College of Canada	Shell
Tata Steel

Department:

Chemical Engineering

Organisation:

University of Bath

Scheme:

Standard Research (Pre-FEC)

Starts:

01 April 2003

Ends:

30 June 2007

Value (£):

3,481,041

EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:

Materials Characterisation	Materials Synthesis & Growth
Sustainable Energy Vectors

EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:

Environment

Energy

Related Grants:

Panel History:

Summary on Grant Application Form

We will target many of the forefront fundamental multidisciplinary research challenges in production, storage, distribution and utilisation of sustainable hydrogen as an energy carrier. For example, we wish to advance our scientific understanding of the biological generation of sustainable hydrogen. A major effort will also centre on a deep understanding of physico-chemical processes associated with hydrogen sorption/desorption in a wide variety of advanced storage materials - some established, some new. We will also study the feasibility and acceptibility of sustainable hydrogen energy through a range of socio-economic projects aimed at measuring public awareness and acceptibility through to regulatory issues governing the widespread use of hydrogen. This type of broad multidisciplinary approach is key in the development of a Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Economy since socio-economic, socio-political, regulatory, environmental health and public impacts of hydrogen must be assimilated in the development of any scientific and technological advance.

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