Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Funding for: | UK Students |
Funding amount: | 100% fees (UK home only), a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £19,237 (2024/25 UKRI rate), and a research training support grant of £20,000 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 5th November 2024 |
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Closes: | 26th January 2025 |
Reference: | PINZ07-25 |
Award Summary
100% fees (UK home only), a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £19,237 (2024/25 UKRI rate), and a research training support grant of £20,000.
Overview
This PhD project is part of the CDT in Process Industries: Net Zero. The successful PhD student will be co-supervised by academics from the Process Intensification Group at Newcastle University.
NWL operates two Advanced Anaerobic Digestion Plants (AAD), one on Teesside and one on Tyneside. These plants process more than 70,000 tonnes of biosolids, generating 160GWh of biofuels. Most of the biosolids are collected by road from across the North East of England – from the Scottish Border to the North York Moors. The biosolids have a high water content – meaning NWL transfers around 750,000 tonnes of material each year into the two sites and following treatment, the residual product is deposited to land as fertiliser – a further 100,000 tonnes of material moved. This haulage activity uses approximately 1.6million litres of diesel each year.
This project will build on existing optimisation work by Newcastle University and NWL and will aim to define the ideal operational strategy for the whole bioresources system. Key areas of focus will be:
Number Of Awards: 1
Start Date: 15th September 2025
Award Duration: 4 years
Application Closing Date: 26th January 2025
Sponsor: EPSRC
Supervisors: Dr Chris O’Malley
Eligibility Criteria
This studentship is available to home students only.
How To Apply
You must apply through the University’s Apply to Newcastle Portal. Once registered select ‘Create a Postgraduate Application’.
Use ‘Course Search’ to identify your programme of study:
You will then need to provide the following information in the ‘Further Details’ section:
You must submit one application per studentship, you cannot apply for multiple studentships on one application.
Contact Details: pinz.cdt@ncl.ac.uk
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