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Scott Banks

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4291-2572

  • School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University

    B4 7ET Birmingham

    United Kingdom

20132019
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Research Interests

Scott is a Research Fellow for the EPSRC funded SUPERGEN, based in the European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University.

He joined EBRI as a doctoral student in 2009. His research project was about Ash control methods to limit biomass inorganic content and its effect on fast pyrolysis bio-oil stability. He completed his PhD in 2014. Since 2014 he has been a research fellow focussing on catalytic fast pyrolysis, ash control, bio-oil characterisation and bio-oil stability. 

Research interests lie in the following areas:

  • Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass
  • Fast pyrolysis bio-oil stability
  • Ash control methods to limit biomass inorganic content

Contact Details

Phone number: +44 (0)121 204 3419
Email: s.banks@aston.ac.uk
Room Number: EBG13 

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute

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Research Output 2013 2019

Fast pyrolysis of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor

Makkawi, Y., El Sayed, Y., Salih, M., Nancarrow, P., Banks, S. & Bridgwater, T., 10 May 2019, In : Renewable energy. 143, p. 719-730 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Fluidized beds
Pyrolysis
Feedstocks
Fruits
Gases

The role of catalyst acidity and shape selectivity on products from the catalytic fast pyrolysis of beech wood

Socci, J., Saraeian, A., Stefanidis, S. D., Banks, S. W., Shanks, B. H. & Bridgwater, T., 17 Oct 2019, In : Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Catalyst selectivity
Acidity
Wood
Pyrolysis
Catalysts

Processing thermogravimetric analysis data for isoconversional kinetic analysis of lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis: Case study of corn stalk

Cai, J., Xu, D., Dong, Z., Yu, X., Yang, Y., Banks, S. & Bridgwater, A. V., 1 Feb 2018, In : Renewable and sustainable energy reviews. 82, Part 3, p. 2705-5715

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
File
Thermogravimetric analysis
Biomass
Pyrolysis
Kinetics
Processing

Theoretical Analysis of Double Logistic Distributed Activation Energy Model for Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Solid Fuels

Dong, Z., Yang, Y., Cai, W., He, Y., Chai, M., Liu, B., Yu, X., Banks, S. W., Zhang, X., Bridgwater, A. V. & Cai, J., 13 Jun 2018, In : Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 57, 23, p. 7817-7825

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
File
Logistics
Pyrolysis
Activation energy
Kinetics
Gaussian distribution

A kinetic reaction model for biomass pyrolysis processes in Aspen Plus

Peters, J. F., Banks, S. W., Bridgwater, A. V. & Dufour, J., 15 Feb 2017, In : Applied Energy. 188, p. 595-603 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
File
reaction kinetics
Reaction kinetics
pyrolysis
Biomass
Pyrolysis