Projects (5)

Sustainable Production of Bitumen Substitute from Waste Tyres Nov 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
This proposal aims to evaluate the feasibility, performance, and environmental benefits of using bitumen produced from waste tyre in road construction. The trial aims to determine the suitability of this alternative material as a sustainable option f... Read More about Sustainable Production of Bitumen Substitute from Waste Tyres.

Sand Management Network Phase 11 (2023 -2024) Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
The SMN has been in place for 21 years and has twenty-eight members, consisting of operators, service companies and universities, who work together to deal with sand-related issues both onshore and offshore in the UK and internationally.
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Scaling up the Continuous Reductive Distillation (CRD) Process Pilot Plant for Waste Tyre Conversion Dec 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
The main aim of this project is to further optimise and develop a template for hardware and process scale-up of the Continuous Reductive Distillation (CRD) process technology developed by PRG North for tyre waste conversion to hydrocarbon oil and oth... Read More about Scaling up the Continuous Reductive Distillation (CRD) Process Pilot Plant for Waste Tyre Conversion.

Design and development of a novel automated recovery system for the decommissioning of concrete mats from the sea bed to de-risk diving operations Aug 3, 2021 - Aug 2, 2024
Design a novel remote recovery system for the decommissioning of concrete mats from the seabed with the use of baskets to recover to the back deck of an offshore support vessel.

The system will eliminate the need for divers, improving... Read More about Design and development of a novel automated recovery system for the decommissioning of concrete mats from the sea bed to de-risk diving operations.

Granular Subsurface Seal Jun 1, 2017 - Mar 15, 2018
This project is aimed at developing and conducting physical tests on a new set of unique swellable materials that can expand into, seal and plug undesirable cavities and isolate distressed porous media downhole of an oil well.

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