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Professor Colin Snape's Outputs (9)

Developing hierarchically ultra-micro/mesoporous biocarbons for highly selective carbon dioxide adsorption (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, X., Sun, C., Liu, H., Herng Tan, W., Wang, W., & Snape, C. (2019). Developing hierarchically ultra-micro/mesoporous biocarbons for highly selective carbon dioxide adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal, 361, 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.062

Activated carbons represent one of the important categories of the adsorbent materials for CO2 capture currently under development. However, the low adsorption capacity and selectivity at low CO2 partial pressure or relatively high flue gas temperatu... Read More about Developing hierarchically ultra-micro/mesoporous biocarbons for highly selective carbon dioxide adsorption.

Methane transport in agricultural soil after injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface (2018)
Journal Article
Shaw, G., Atkinson, B., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Lever, D., & Hoch, A. (2018). Methane transport in agricultural soil after injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface. Scientific Data, 5, 180208. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.208

Small quantities of radioactive methane (14CH4) may be released over prolonged periods from geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The impact of this release depends on the capacity of soil to oxidise 14CH4 to 14CO2 during transport fr... Read More about Methane transport in agricultural soil after injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface.

Importance of biomass and binder selection for coking briquette preparation: their effect on coal thermoplastic properties. (2018)
Journal Article
Florentino-Madiedo, L., Diaz-Faes, E., Barriocanal, C., CASTRO DIAZ, M., & SNAPE, C. (2018). Importance of biomass and binder selection for coking briquette preparation: their effect on coal thermoplastic properties. Energy and Fuels, 32(10), 10727–10736. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02555

Blends consisting of a high volatile bituminous coal, biomass and binder that were used in the preparation of briquettes were analyzed in order to select the best components from the viewpoint of their influence on the coal’s thermoplastic properties... Read More about Importance of biomass and binder selection for coking briquette preparation: their effect on coal thermoplastic properties..

Evaluating the effect of biochar addition on the anaerobic digestion of swine manure: application of Py-GC/MS (2018)
Journal Article
Gómez, X., Meredith, W., Fernández, C., Sánchez-García, M., Díez-Antolínez, R., Garzón-Santos, J., & Snape, C. E. (in press). Evaluating the effect of biochar addition on the anaerobic digestion of swine manure: application of Py-GC/MS. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2644-4

The anaerobic digestion process of swine manure was studied when char was used as supplement for improving performance. The use of pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) was proposed for assessing the organic matter degradation. Th... Read More about Evaluating the effect of biochar addition on the anaerobic digestion of swine manure: application of Py-GC/MS.

Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Bird, M., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., Large, D., Tilston, E., Apperley, D., Bernabé, A., & Shen, L. (2018). Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00061

Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) is a polyaromatic residue of the incomplete combustion of biomass or fossil fuels. There is a growing recognition that PyC forms an important part of carbon budgets, due to production rates of 116–385 Tg C yr, and the size and... Read More about Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study.

The impact of hydrothermal carbonisation on the char reactivity of biomass (2018)
Journal Article
Stirling, R. J., Snape, C. E., & Meredith, W. (2018). The impact of hydrothermal carbonisation on the char reactivity of biomass. Fuel Processing Technology, 177, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.04.023

Hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) is an attractive biomass pre-treatment as it produces a coal-like fuel, can easily process wet biomass and wastes, and lowers the risk of slagging and fouling in pulverised fuel (PF) combustion boilers. One of the maj... Read More about The impact of hydrothermal carbonisation on the char reactivity of biomass.

Understanding the unusual fluidity characteristics of high ash Indian bituminous coals (2018)
Journal Article
Das, B., Suresh, A., Dash, P., Chandran, S., Castro-Díaz, M., Stevens, L. A., & Snape, C. E. (2018). Understanding the unusual fluidity characteristics of high ash Indian bituminous coals. Fuel Processing Technology, 176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.04.003

High-temperature rheometry and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are two complementary techniques that have been used to investigate fluidity development quantitatively in the < 53 µm and 53-212 µm size fractions of high ash Indian non-coking coals... Read More about Understanding the unusual fluidity characteristics of high ash Indian bituminous coals.

Methane transport through an agricultural soil following pulse injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface (2018)
Data
SHAW, G., Atkinson, B., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Lever, D., & Hoch, A. (2018). Methane transport through an agricultural soil following pulse injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5285/18939865-d863-498b-b4cb-5661eaeadcfc

Data comprise methane and carbon dioxide concentrations in soil following injection of discrete pulses of methane into subsoil (50 cm depth) below a spring wheat crop during the growing season.
Supporting data on soil moisture, soil temperature and... Read More about Methane transport through an agricultural soil following pulse injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface.