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

2022, Analysis of the effect of syngas substitution of diesel on the Heat Release Rate and combustion behaviour of Diesel-Syngas dual fuel engine

2022, Co-Processing Lignocellulosic Biomass and Sewage Digestate by Hydrothermal Carbonisation: Influence of Blending on Product Quality

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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