The consortium group from Imperial College is led by Dr Jon Gibbins from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (RAE 5*). The Department has built on a strong background in coal power plant research to take a leading academic role in UK CO₂ capture research, participating in the following projects: BCURA B70, Optimisation of coal fired power plant performance when using flue gas scrubbers for CO₂ capture; B75, Effect of coal type and oxyfuel combustion parameters on pulverised coal ignition; IEA GHG R&D PH4/33, Improvement in power generation with post combustion capture of CO₂; 2005/9, Oxy Combustion Processes for CO₂ Capture from Power Plants; 2007/4, CO₂ Capture Ready Plants;  DTI Cleaner Coal Technology R&D Project 407, Coal-fired advanced supercritical retrofit with CO₂ capture;  Project 366, Future CO₂ capture technology options for the Canadian market; DTI Project No: TPC/00/00404/00/00, OxyCoal-UK Phase 1: Fundamentals and Underpinning Technologies; DTI HFCCAT0602, Demonstration of an oxyfuel combustion system; H0280F, Carbon Dioxide Amine Separation and Storage for Capture-Ready PF Plant (CASS-Cap); TSB/EPSRC TP/8/LOW/6/I/Q3099G, Optimisation of Oxyfuel PF Power Plant for Transient Behaviour; TSEC NE/C516401/1, UK CCS Consortium. 

Industry partners include Doosan Babcock, Alstom, Air Products, E.ON, Fluor, MHI, Saskpower, RWE, BP, Dong, Drax, EdF, and Scottish Power, plus 13 academic partners in UKCCSC (www.ukccsc.co.uk).  These projects have led to familiarity with a wide range of CO₂ capture processes, including both technical and economic aspects.  We have advised UK Government on various aspects of CCS technology, including specifically on issues associated with CO₂ purity in connection with the London and OSPAR treaty negotiations. 

Jon Gibbins has over 25 years industrial and academic experience. He is PI on the UK CCS Consortium Project, a member of the DECC Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technology and is in a number of other academic, industrial and government projects on CCS in the UK and overseas, including the UK-China Near Zero Emissions Coal (NZEC) project.