Overview
Carbon Neutral Construction Products Using Novel Cements
Funding: TSB Technology Programme
Total value of project: ã 1.5M (Lead partner is Novacem)
Co-investigator at Imperial: Dr Nikolaos Vlasopoulos
The project supports two Post Doctoral Researchers
Industrial collaborators: Rio Tinto Minerals, Laing O'Rourke and WSP Group
Sustainable Innovative Lightweight Expanded Clay-Glass ('SILEC-G')
Funding: TSB Technology Programme
Total value of project: ã 985K (Lead partner Claylite Aggregates)
Co-investigator Professor Boccaccini, Materials Department, Imperial College London
This project supports one Post Doctoral researcher (Dr Costas Velis)
Industrial Collaborators: Claylite Aggregates, Castle Aggregates
Integrated Solution For Air Pollution Control (APC) Residues Using DC Plasma Technology
Funding: DTI Technology Programme
Total value of project: ã 2.37 M (Lead partner is Tetronics Ltd)
Co-investigators at Imperial: Professor Boccaccini, Materials Department
Industrial collaborators: Tetronics Limited, Enviros Consulting Limited, Veolia ES Selchp Limited, Grundon Waste Management Limited, Pfizer Limited, Hampshire County Council, Ballast Phoenix Limited and Akristos Limited
Process Envelopes For Cement-Based Stabilisation/Solidification (ProCeSS)
Funding: DTI Technogy Programme
Total value of project: ã 867,740 (Lead partner is UCL)
Industrial collaborators: British Cement Association, Quarry Products Association Ltd,
Civil & Marine (Holdings) Ltd, Corus UK Ltd, Elkem Materials Ltd, Surface Engineering Association, United Kingdom Quality Ash Association, Scott Wilson, Construction Industry Research and Information Association, The Concrete Centre, Veolia Environmental Services plc, May Gurney Ltd., SITA UK Limited, White Young Green Environmental Ltd, WRc plc
Academic collaborators: University Colege London, Birkbeck College, Surrey University and Cambridge University
Development Of Carbon Negative Construction Products Using Novel MgO Based Binders
Funding: EPSRC Follow-on-Fund
Total value of project: ã 120k
This project supports Dr Nikolaos Vlasopoulos
Industrial collaborator: Novacem
New Technologies To Allow Beneficial Reuse Of Silt From Construction And Demolition Waste Recycling Washing Plant
Funding: DEFRA Waste and Resources R&D Programme
Total value of project: ã 201,742
Co-investigators at Imperial: Dr M Tyrer, Materials Department, Dr Bill Dudeney (Earth Science and Engineering), Dr Nick Voulvoulis (Centre for Energy Policy and Technology), Dr Neil Tsang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Industrial collaborators: Winkworth Machinery Ltd, Powerscreen Ltd (now Duo (Europe) plc)
Completed March 2008
Production Of Lightweight Aggregates From Problematic Waste Ashes Using The Lytag Process
Funding: EPSRC Industrial Case Award with Lytag, now CEMEX Lytag
Co-investigator: Dr Aldo Boccaccini (Materials Department)
Completed March 2007
Development of Novel Glass-Ceramics from Problematic UK Wastes using Borates and Borate Containing Wastes
Funding: EPSRC Industrial Case Award with Borax Europe, now Rio Tinto Minerals
Co-investigator: Dr Aldo Boccaccini (Materials Department)
Development Low Embodied Energy Construction Products from Sewage Sludge Ash
Funding: EPSRC Industrial Case Award with Akristos Ltd.
Sustainable construction projects containing sewage sludge and ash
Development of Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies for Alexandria, Egypt
Funding: Egyptian Government
Co-investigator: Dr Geoff Fowler
Winner of the Imperial Innovations Student Innovations Competition 2008
Prize winner in GSEPS Research Symposium Poster Competition 2008
Reuse of Oil Drill Cuttings in the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria
Funding: Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Nigeria
Sustainable use of Waste Solid Products from Bioleaching Processes
Funding: EU Sixth Framework project (BioMinE)
Co-investigator: Dr Bill Dudeney (Earth Science and Engineering)
This project supports one co-supervised PhD student (Steve Bouzalakos)
Project collaborators include 13 universities and 17 industrial organisations
Completed June 2008
Production of Water Adsorbent Granules from Wastes
Funding: Bob Martin Ltd/IC Innovations/ICON
Total value of project to date: ã 75K
Nuclear Waste Encapsulation
Funding: EPSRC through the DIAMOND project
This is supporting two PhD projects, (geopolymers and alternative cement systems containing MgO). The DIAMOND Project involves collaboration between Imperial and Leeds, Sheffield, Loughborough, UCL and Manchester Universities. Collaboration at Imperial involves the Materials Department (Vandeperre and Boccaccini)
Novel Cementing Materials Manufactured from Waste Incineration Ashes
Funding: Royal Society/BP International Incoming Fellowship
Dr X.C.Qiao
Academic collaborators: Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Completed June 2006
Waste Management in Developing Countries
Co-investigator: Visiting Professor David Wilson
Ongoing research through a series of MSc projects
Current Research Students
Bourtsalas, Athanasios
Manufacture of lightweight aggregate from the 0-4 mm fraction of incinerator bottom ash
Supervised by: Professor C. R. Cheeseman, Professor S. M. Grimes
Schaeffer, Nicolas
Resource extraction from waste fluorescent tubes
Supervised by: Professor C. R. Cheeseman, Professor S. M. Grimes
Spathi, Charikleia
Reuse of paper sludge ash
Supervised by: Professor C. Cheeseman
Zhou, Ding
Supplementary Cementitious Materials derived from industrial solid wastes or mineral wastes
Supervised by:Professor C. R. Cheeseman
Research Student Supervision
Bourtsalas,A, Valorisation of Energy from Waste bottom ash
Kuenzel,C, Novel metakaolin derived geopolymer binders for radioactive waste
Mitchell,J, Recycling of difficult paper waste in polymer composites
Spathi,C, Light weight fillers from paper sludge ash
Zhang,T, Development of novel low pH cement systems