Solar up-draft tower to enable atmospheric photocatalysis for non-CO2 greenhouse gases removal: an emerging negative emission technology

Project Information

STEPforGGR

Grant agreement ID: 871998

DOI

10.3030/871998

EC signature date 27 November 2019

Start date 1 December 2020

End date 30 November 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 455 400,00

EU contribution

€ 276 000,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Other (5)

Develop project website and open social media accounts and produce dissemination and communication plans
Organisation of Workshop 4 and Training School 4
Organisation of Workshop 2 and Training School 3
Organisation and running of Workshop 3
Organisation and running of Training School 1

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

An outdoor photocatalysis rig for sample testing and demonstration

Documents, reports (2)

Numerical datasets for effectiveness prediction
Organisation of Workshop 1 and Training School 2.

Organisation of Workshop 1 and Training School 2

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Perspectives on removal of atmospheric methane

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Wei Li, Qingchun Yuan, Philip Davies, Renaud de Richter, Chong Peng, Qihong Deng, Yanping Yuan, Sylvain Caillol, Nan Zhou
Published in: Advances in Applied Energy, 2022, ISSN 2666-7924
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.adapen.2022.100085

Innovative microchannel-structured beads for microscale process intensification: A case study on water treatment for sulfamethoxazole abatement

Author(s): Jiaojiao Zheng, Zhentao Wu
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, Issue 504, 2025, Page(s) 158527, ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.158527

Review on pollutant dispersion in urban areas-part A: Effects of mechanical factors and urban morphology

Author(s): Zhengtong Li, Tingzhen Ming, Shurong Liu, Chong Peng, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li, Hao Zhang, Chih-Yung Wen
Published in: Building and Environment, 2021, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107534

Mitigating air pollution strategies based on solar chimneys

Author(s): Yang Liu, Tingzhen Ming, Chong Peng, Yongjia Wu, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter, Nan Zhou
Published in: Solar Energy, 2021, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.02.021

Carbon xerogel-enhanced microchannel-structured beads for organic pollutants degradation: A novel catalyst for synergistic microscale process intensification

Author(s): Jiaojiao Zheng, Francisco R. García–García, Yang Yang, Kang Li, Tony Bridgwater, Haiping Yang, Zhentao Wu
Published in: Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, Issue 366, 2025, Page(s) 125069, ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125069

Review on pollutant dispersion in urban areas-part B: Local mitigation strategies, optimization framework, and evaluation theory

Author(s): Zhengtong Li, Tingzhen Ming, Tianhao Shi, Hao Zhang, Chih-Yung Wen, Xuesong Lu, Xu Dong, Yongjia Wu, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li, Chong Pengf
Published in: Building and Environment, 2021, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107890

Hierarchical bismuth vanadate/reduced graphene oxide composite photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution and bisphenol A degradation

Author(s): Karthikeyan Sekar, Ahmed Kassam, Yang Bai, Ben Coulson, Wei Li, Richard E. Douthwaite, Keiko Sasaki, Adam F. Lee
Published in: Applied Materials Today, 2021, ISSN 2352-9407
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.100963

Feasibility of Solar Updraft Towers as Photocatalytic Reactors for Removal of Atmospheric Methane–The Role of Catalysts and Rate Limiting Steps

Author(s): Yanfang Huang, Yimin Shao, Yang Bai, Qingchun Yuan, Tingzhen Ming, Philip Davies, Xiaohua Lu, Renaud de Richter, and Wei Li *
Published in: Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021, ISSN 2296-2646
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.745347

Field synergy analysis of pollutant dispersion in street canyons and its optimization by adding wind catchers

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Huina Han, Zhen Zhao, Renaud de Richter, Yongjia Wu, Wei Li & Nyuk Hien Wong
Published in: Building Simulation, 2021, ISSN 1996-3599
Publisher: Tsinghua University
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-020-0720-4

Solar chimney power plant integrated with a photocatalytic reactor to remove atmospheric methane: A numerical analysis

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Haoyu Gui, Tianhao Shi, Hanbing Xiong, Yongjia Wu, Yimin Shao, Wei Li, Xiaohua Lu, Renaud de Richter
Published in: Solar Energy, 2021, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.08.024

Catalytic micro-structured ceramic beads and efficacy evaluation through SMX degradation in PMS-activated systems

Author(s): Jiaojiao Zheng, Hongqi Sun, Kang Li, Zhentao Wu
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 354, 2024, Page(s) 129060, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.129060