Ten years research in thermochemical processing of wastes and biomass into fuels and chemical feedstock; reactor design, products analysis and dissemination of results
Published nearly 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 20 conference presentations
Publications cited more than 400 times so far
PhD in Energy and Environmental Engineering
MSc (Dinstinction) in Analytical/Environmental Chemistry
BSc (First Class Honours) in Chemistry
Recipient of Ford International Fellowships Award for PhD study
Supervision of PhDs and Masters research students
Design of batch and fixed-bed reactors for thermochemical processing of wastes and biomass
Responsibility for research resources management and inventory control
Invited Lecturer, University of Alicante, Spain
Experience
2006–present
Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK
Education
2005
University of Leeds, PhD
Publications
2013
Onwudili JA, Williams, PT, Hydrogen and methane selectivity during alkaline supercritical water gasification of biomass with ruthenium-alumina catalyst., Applied Catalysis B: Environ., 132-133,70-79, 2013
2012
Reactions of different food classes during subcritical water gasification for hydrogen gas production, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 37(3), 2248-2259
2011
Reactions of different carbonaceous materials in alkaline media for hydrogen gas production. , Green Chemistry, 13, 2837-2843,
2010
Hydrothermal reforming of bio-diesel plant waste: Products distribution and characterization, Fuel, 89(2), 501-509
2009
Role of sodium hydroxide in the production of hydrogen gas from the hydrothermal gasification of biomass , Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34(14), 5645-5656
2008
Thermal processing of toxic flame-retarded polymers using a waste fluidized catalytic cracker (FCC) catalyst , Energy & Fuel, 22(3), 1691-1697
2007
Hydrothermal catalytic gasification of municipal solid waste, Energy & Fuel, 21(6), 3676-3683
2006
Subcritical and supercritical water gasification of cellulose, starch, glucose, and biomass waste. , Energy & Fuels, 20, 1259-1265
2005
Composition of products from the supercritical water gasification of glucose: A model biomass compound., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, 8739-8749