The Scientific Council Collaboration Fund (SCCF) was an annual call, run in association with the UKCCSRC Programme Conference. There were three awards of £10k available at each Programme Conference. These were open to applicants from the Scientific Council members who attended the conference, to facilitate collaboration activities. The applications were peer reviewed by the Scientific Council along with members of the UKCCSRC Board and, formerly, the Independent Advisory Panel.
There were three rounds of the SCCF (2017-2019), details of which are below.
2019
In September 2019, the UKCCSRC closed its 2019 SCCF call. After a peer-reviewed process by the UKCCSRC Board and former Independent Advisory Panel, the successful applications were determined.
The successful proposals were:
| Investigators
| Title of project | Start date | Status |
| Prof Haroun Mahgerefteh, University College London, Dr Richard Porter, University College London, and Dr Vincenzo Spallina, University of Manchester | Optimal integration of solid sorbent CO2 capture/H2 production technology in the iron and steel industry
| 02/12/2019 | Outputs received |
| Prof Hao Liu, University of Nottingham, and Dr Gang Lu, University of Kent
| In-situ monitoring of agglomeration and defluidisation in a biomass FB combustor under air and oxy-fuel combustion through digital imaging and acoustic sensing
| 01/12/2019 | Completed |
| Dr Cheng-Gong Sun, University of Nottingham, and Prof Xianfeng Fan, University of Edinburgh | CO2 utilisation for photo-catalytic mass production of glycerol carbonate from crude glycerol as a versatile chemical building block in chemical industry | 04/11/2019 | Completed |
2018
In September 2018, the UKCCSRC closed the 2018 SCCF call. After a peer-reviewed process by the UKCCSRC Board and former Independent Advisory Panel, the successful applications were determined.
The successful proposals were:
| Investigators
| Title of project | Start date | Status |
| Prof Haroun Mahgerefteh, University College London, Prof Meihong Wang, University of Sheffield and Dr Richard Porter, University College London | Techno-economic assessment of methanol production from basic oxygen furnace gas in the steel manufacturing industry | 01/01/2019 | Completed |
| Prof Hao Liu, University of Nottingham, and Prof Steven Milne, University of Leeds
| Evaluation of additives to prevent/alleviate sintering during chemical looping combustion of biomass | 01/12/2018 | Completed |
| Dr Ben Wetenhall, Newcastle University, Dr Richard Graham, Nottingham University and Dr Kumar Patchigolla, Cranfield University | Exploitation of specialised CCUS equation of state | 01/01/2019 | Completed |
2017
In September 2017, the UKCCSRC closed its 2017 SCCF call. After a peer-reviewed process by the UKCCSRC Board and former Independent Advisory Panel, the successful applications were determined.
The successful proposals were:
| Investigators
| Title of project | Start date | Status |
| Prof Andy Chadwick, British Geological Survey; Prof Stuart Haszeldine, University of Edinburgh; Prof Mike Bickle, University of Cambridge; and Michelle Bentham, British Geological Survey | UK injection research borehole design international engineering and science workshop and expert panel | 28/09/2017 | Completed |
| Dr Cheng-Gong Sun, University of Nottingham, and Prof Xianfeng Fan, University of Edinburgh
| Teaming up to advance the development of energy – smart compact carbon-scrubbing technologies
| 31/10/2017 | Completed >> View the blog update on this research
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| Dr Gang Lu, University of Kent, and Dr Hao Liu, University of Nottingham
| Experimental investigation into oxy-combustion behaviours of biomass particles through digital imaging technique
| 01/12/2017 | Completed >> View the blog update on this research
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The mission of the UKCCSRC is to ensure that carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays an effective role in helping the UK achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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