Dr James Hammerton
Senior Carbon Ratings Scientist, Biochar Sector Lead
Dr James Hammerton's interests
Engineered Carbon Removals
Biomass-Based Carbon Removals
Biochar
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture & Storage
Biomass (Heat & Electricity)
Carbon Capture & Utilisation
Other Biomass-based Carbon Removals
Sustainable Fuels
Biomass sampling
Chemical processes
Finance
Process models
Dr James Hammerton is an engineer specialising in biomass processing with a particular focus on thermochemical valorisation for the production of biochar, fuels and chemicals.
Before joining BeZero, he worked in Innovation for Drax and as a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, exploring the integration of biomass power generation into resilient microgrids and the hydrothermal conversion of woody biomass to platform chemicals.
Selected publications
2022, Inorganic Salt Catalysed Hydrothermal Carbonisation (HTC) of Cellulose
Education
University of Leeds, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Leeds, Integrated MSc and PhD in Low Carbon Technologies
University of Warwick, MEng in Mechanical Engineering
Research associations
Affiliate Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers
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