Chemical Engineering Research. Reports of the 4th year research projects in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London

Abstract

This volume of Chemical Engineering Research collectsthe unedited research project reportswritten by 4thyear undergraduates (Class of 2024) of the M.Eng. course on ChemicalEngineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. The research projectspans one term (Autumn) during the last year of the career. It emphasises independence, the ability to plan and pursue original project work for an extended period, produce a high-quality report, and present the work to an audience using appropriate visual aids. Students are also expected to produce a literature survey and to place their work in the context of prior art. The papers presented showcase the diversity and depth of some of the research streams in the department but only touch on a small number of research groups and interests. For a complete description of the research at the department, the reader isreferred to the departmental website. The papers presented are in no particular order,and a manuscript number identifies them. Some papers refer to appendixes and/or supplementary information which are too lengthy to include. These files are available directly from the supervisors (see supervisor index at the end of the book). Some reports are missing and being embargoed, as they contain confidential information. A few reports correspond to industrial internships, called LINK projects, in collaboration with Shell. The cover figure corresponds to a photograph of a flow reactor for water splitting (taken from the work of Konrad Reents and Alexander Kovacs, manuscript 62).