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EPSRC Reference:	GR/N12893/01
Title:	THE PREDICTION OF FINE PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM OIL- AND PULVERISED-COAL-FIRED COMBUSTOR
Principal Investigator:	Lockwood, Professor F
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Project Partners:	E.On TXU-Europe
Department:	Mechanical Engineering
Organisation:	Imperial College London
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 2001	Ends:	31 December 2003	Value (£):	175,735
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Combustion
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Environment Energy
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There is rapidly mounting public and government concern about the emission of particulate material, frequently termed PM, or 'particulate'. Fine PM is capable of deep pulmonary ingestion and can cause cancers and nervous disorders. It is herein proposed to develop mathematical modelling for particulate mission due to oil and coal combustion, with particular focus on utility combustors. The current legislation is not severe, so manufacturer and generators have thus far largely chosen to ignore the problem, but there is every indication of forthcoming severe regulatory measures. Both the primary or n-combustor, and secondary, or post-combustor, routes to PM formation will be considered. Preferential attention will be devoted to the latter since useful modelling for some primary particulates, such as petals contaminated ash, already exists. Secondary particulate can form in the stack and in the near atmosphere as a result of reactions involving nitrogenous, sulphurous and organic compounds. Model error, sounds will be established through systemic validation. The complete model will be capable of providing input source information to far-field atmospheric dispersion prediction methods. It will result, through is construction, in enhanced physical understanding of the important PM formation mechanisms, and it will enable PM abatement strategies to be identified.
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