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Summary
The
start to the second half of 2010 has seen the arrival of two
new electrical engineers to Strata Technology. Ian
Curran and Michelle Ge will be looking after the electrical
design, build and commissioning of Strata pilot plants and
research equipment.
A hydropyrolysis unit (HyPy http://www.stratatec.co.uk/hydropyrolysis.php)
has been ordered by a University in Germany bringing the total
to 7 so far.
During the past few months Strata
Technology attended two key conferences: Richard Higgs
exhibited at the Advanced Biofuels Scale-Up Worldwide Summit
to be held in London between 28-29 September; the summit
looked to address how to establish the regulatory and
financial framework for commercialising advanced biofuels and
how to scale up the technologies to meet the market once it
has been created.
Trevor Hesketh and Andre Van Daele
have just returned from Halifax, Canada where they exhibited
at the Society of Core Analysts between the 4th and
7th October. With 400 to 500 delegates
attending, it is a unique opportunity for Strata to promote
its design and build services to the Core Analysis research
sector.
Designing
For Carbon Capture
Strata
Technology Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been
appointed by Imperial College to design a state of the art
Amine Scrubber Pilot Plant to research Carbon Capture.
Carbon capture is a necessary element of carbon sequestration,
the process of isolating and safely storing low level
concentrations of carbon dioxide from waste streams instead of
exhausting them into the environment. This storage can
be in a number of ways, such as underground in suitable
geological formations or via the use of chemical or biomass
processes. Carbon Capture technology in many cases is in
its infancy and there are significant research projects
underway in many countries.
 The
Amine Scrubber Pilot Plant will be designed to fit into the
ACE Extension in the Chemical Engineering Building located on
the South Kensington campus. Comprising two 10-metre columns
fitted with viewing windows, the rig will include the latest
wireless control technology from ABB and technical advances in
pump and heat exchanger technologies. The capture
process involves absorbing carbon dioxide gas into a liquid
amine stream in an absorber column fitted with random packing
and transferring to a stripper column containing a structured
packing of trays and within which the carbon dioxide is
desorbed at high temperatures. In this demonstration
pilot plant the desorbed carbon dioxide is recycled back to
the absorber column.
Once built, the pilot plant
will provide the rare opportunity for chemical engineering
students to take engineering problems and solutions from the
text book to real life experience.
For further information,
please contact Andre Van Daele at Strata Technology Ltd on andrev@stratatec.co.uk
or Daryl Williams at Imperial College on d.r.williams@imperial.ac.uk |
