Water Quality, Security and Environmental Engineering
We undertake laboratory-based research to develop improved methods for water treatment, as well as enhancing energy recovery from waste.
Expertise
We have expertise in a variety of water treatment technologies as well as energy recovery from waste. These include the use of anaerobic digestion for biogas generation from waste, mercury phyoremediation and microwave hydrothermal carbonisation.
Research
We undertake research with partners in the U.K. and internationally, with a particular focus on developing nations. Recent research projects include:
- Royal Academy of Engineering, Engineering for Development Fellowship to develop improved waste management processes in developing countries – Dr Oluwasola Afolabi is investigating agri-food waste and the development of clean biofuels
- British Council Newton Fund research on community scale, decentralised anaerobic digestion for energy and resource recovery
- The British Council supported collaboration between 色狗导航 and the University of Bahrain: Technical Integration of Sustainable Energy and Water (TISEW)
Publications
- Afolabi, O.O.D, Sohail, M. and CHENG, Y.-L. 2020. , Renewable Energy 147, pp. 1380-1391
- Choosang, J., Numnuam, A.,Thavaraungkul, P., Kanatharana, P. Radu, T., Ullah, S. and Radu, A. 2018. , Sensors 18(10), Art. no. 3555.
- Afolabi, O.O.D. and Sohail, M. 2017. , Water Science and Technology 75(12), 2852-2863.