Nimmo, Bill, Professor

Professor Bill Nimmo

PhD, FEI, C.Eng

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Professor of Energy Engineering and Sustainability

Head of the Faculty of Engineering Graduate School

Principal Editor, Elsevier Journal FUEL

w.nimmo@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 7213

+44 7818 485631 (mobile)

Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Professor Bill Nimmo
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
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Profile

Professor Nimmo's background is in chemical and combustion engineering having gained his PhD in Fluidized Bed Waste Gasification Processes at Leeds University in the mid 1980’s.

A period in industry followed, working on full scale coal gasifier development (350 tpd) for British Gas, Westfield Development Centre, Scotland, as part of the British Gas SNG programme in partnership with Lurgi GmbH. Projects involved the study of fuel bed behaviour at full scale and process development for operation with caking and difficult coals.

Other projects involved commissioning and operation of pilot plant associated with gas clean up and upgrading to substitute natural gas using real syn-gas from the full scale plant.

Returning to Leeds, Bill pursued a number of research projects related to coal, gas and oil combustion and gasification as a Senior Research Fellow with particular emphasis on NOx, and SOx emission control in partnership with major UK power generation companies.

Recently, Bill’s research activities have been closely related to the development of the UK national UKCCSRC PACT facilities focused on carbon capture processes and in particular to pilot scale oxy-fuel combustion projects.

Additionally, significant research activity has been developed in the areas of fluidized-bed biomass combustion, corrosion associated with biomass and oxy-fuel combustion and small scale anaerobic digestion systems for both urban and rural locations in developing countries.

He was appointed Associate Professor and since 2009, he has contributed to research projects with a total value in excess of £7m as principal or co-investigator.

Bill joined the University of ��«Ӱҵ in February 2015 and has since attracted new funding with a value of £1M (£3.1M total) with 7 active research grants in the areas of ultra super-critical fluidised bed combustion, anaerobic digestion, energy from waste and knowledge economy partnership (KEP) funded by EPSRC, Innovate UK/EPSRC/BBSRC, Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Council.

Bill’s other funded activities are in the areas of pulverised coal/biomass oxy fuel combustion and corrosion studies related to future advanced power generation developments.

He has published over 150 papers including 83 refereed journal articles, 2 book chapters and 1 patent.

As outgoing Head of the Engineering Graduate School, Bill was responsible for leadership and management in the recruitment, training and progression of PGR students in Engineering. This involved membership of several Departmental and Faculty and University committees.

Externally, bill is an active Member of the Fuel and Energy Research Forum, Exec. Committee, Chair of the Environ. Division; Member of the Energy Institute Yorkshire branch committee; Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College and is Principal Editor of the Elsevier journal FUEL.

Bill’s teaching activities have been closely related to his research activity and has lectured in the areas of combustion theory and design, biomass energy, CCS plant design and conventional power.

A particularly rewarding and enjoyable part of Bill’s activity is the supervision and development of the research students and early career researchers working on projects within the Energy 2050 Group.

Research interests

Biomass combustion
Biomass gasification
Anaerobic digestion
Waste to energy
Corrosion studies
Coal combustion/gasification

Publications

Journal articles

Daood SS, Qureshi HU, Habib Khan WU, Khoja AH, Abbas H, Shahzad K, Din IU & Nimmo W (2025) . Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 44, 101917-101917.
Nimmo B (2024) . Fuel, 369, 131920-131920.
Tasleem A, Ullah A, Li F, Yi Q, Nimmo W & Daood SS (2024) . Particuology, 90, 504-515.
Poggio DA, Sastraatmaja A, Walker M, Michailos S, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2023) . Processes, 11, 604-604.
Morris JD, Daood SS & Nimmo W (2022) . Renewable Energy, 196, 749-762.
(2022) . Filtration + Separation, 59(2), 20-22.
Tauseef M, Ansari AA, Khoja AH, Naqvi SR, Liaquat R, Nimmo W & Daood SS (2022) . Fuel, 318.
Zhao Y-J, Zhang Y-K, Cui Y, Duan Y-Y, Huang Y, Wei G-Q, Mohamed U, Shi L-J, Yi Q & Nimmo W (2022) . Energy, 238(Part A).
Zhao Y-J, Duan Y-Y, Liu Q, Cui Y, Mohamed U, Zhang Y-K, Ren Z-L, Shao Y-F, Yi Q, Shi L-J & Nimmo W (2021) . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(5).
Yelland T, Daood S & Nimmo W (2021) Comparing Fuel Additives for Fireside Corrosion Inhibition in Pulverised Fuel Boilers Using Thermodynamic Modelling. Calphad: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry.
Morris J, Daood SS & Nimmo W (2020) . Biomass and Bioenergy, 142.
Mohamed U, Zhao Y, Huang Y, Cui Y, Shi L, Li C, Pourkashanian M, Wei G, Yi Q & Nimmo W (2020) . Energy, 205.
Al-Qayim K, Nimmo W, Hughe KJ & Pourkashanian M (2019) . Biofuel Research Journal, 6(1), 927-936.
Huang Y, Yi Q, Li W-Y, Feng J, Wei G-Q, Hao Y-H, Zhao Y-J, Mohamed U, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2019) . Biomass and Bioenergy, 121, 1-12.
Daood SS, Yelland TS, Szuhanszki J, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2019) . Energy and Fuels.
Morris J, Daood SS, Chilton S & Nimmo W (2018) . Fuel, 230, 452-473.
Yi Q, Zhao Y, Yi H, Wei G, Hao Y, Feng J, Mohamed U, Pourkashanian M, Nimmo W & Li W (2018) . Applied Energy, 225, 258-272.
Yang X, Clements A, Szuhánszki J, Huang XH, Farias Moguel O, Li J, Gibbins J, Liu ZH, Zheng CG, Ingham D , Ma L et al (2018) . Applied Energy, 211, 423-537.
al-Qayim K, Nimmo W, Hughes K & Pourkashanian M (2017) . Fuel, 210, 811-825.
Daood SS, Yelland T & Nimmo W (2017) . Fuel, 208, 353-362.
Bai X, Lu G, Hossain MM, Szuhanszki J, Daood SS, Nimmo W, Yan Y & Pourkashanian M (2017) . Fuel, 202, 656-664.
Daood SS, Ottolini M, Lu G, Taylor S, Ogunyinka O, Hossain MM, Yan Y & Nimmo W (2017) . Energy & Fuels, 31(5), 5581-5596.
Walker M, Theaker H, Yaman R, Poggio D, Nimmo W, Bywater A, Blanch G & Pourkashanian M (2017) . Waste Management.
Rehman S, Shah AN, Mughal HU, Javed MT, Akram M, Chilton S & Nimmo W (2016) . International Journal of Coal Geology, 168, 202-213.
Poggio D, Walker M, Nimmo W, Ma L & Pourkashanian M (2016) . Waste Management, 53, 40-54.
Owhondah R, Walker M, Ma L, Nimmo W, Poggio D & Pourkashanian M (2016) . Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 39(6), 977-992.
Xing P, Mason PE, Chilton S, Lloyd S, Jones JM, Williams A, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2016) . Fuel, 182, 161-165.
Belhadj E, Chilton S, Nimmo W, Roth H & Pourkashanian M (2016) . International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 7(1), 27-35.
Al-Qayim K, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2015) . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 43, 82-92.
Ullah A, Hong K, Wang W, Chilton S & Nimmo W (2015) . Powder Technology, 281, 129-137.
Rizvi AH, Daood SS, Javed MT, Munir S, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2015) . Energy & Fuels, 29(8), 5349-5360.
El-Samadony YAF, Gibbs BM & Nimmo W (2015) . Atomization and Sprays, 25(7), 571-586.
Castellanos JG, Walker M, Poggio D, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2015) . Renewable Energy, 74, 390-398.
Rizvi T, Xing P, Pourkashanian M, Darvell LI, Jones JM & Nimmo W (2015) . Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy, 141, 275-284.
Clements A, Black S, Szuhánszki J, Stęchły K, Pranzitell A, Nimmo W & pourkashanian (2015) . Fuel, 151, 146-151.
Pickard S, Daood S, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2014) . Fuel, 137, 185-192.
Daood SS, Ord G, Wilkinson T & Nimmo W (2014) . Fuel, 134, 293-306.
Pickard S, Daood SS, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2014) . Fuel, 134, 171-179.
Rizvi T, nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2014) Corrosion in oxyfuel environments and the effect of coal and biomass ash deposits.. Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy.
Daood SS, Javed MT, Rizvi AH & Nimmo W (2014) . Energy & Fuels, 28(2), 1541-1547.
Daood SS, Ord G, Wilkinson T & Nimmo W (2014) . Energy & Fuels, 28(2), 1515-1523.
Singh S, Nimmo W & Williams PT (2013) . Fuel, 111, 269-279.
Pickard S, Daood SS, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2013) . Energy & Fuels, 27(5), 2818-2826.
Daood SS, Javed MT, Gibbs BM & Nimmo W (2013) . Fuel, 105, 283-292.
Pickard S, Daood SS, Nimmo W, Lord R & Pourkashanian M (2013) . Energy Procedia, 37, 6062-6069.
Daood SS, Nimmo W, Edge P & Gibbs BM (2012) . Fuel, 101, 187-196.
Munir S, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2011) . Fuel, 90(1), 126-135.
Singh S, Nimmo W, Javed MT & Williams PT (2011) . Energy & Fuels, 25(1), 108-118.
Nimmo W, Daood SS & Gibbs BM (2010) . FUEL, 89(10), 2945-2952.
Munir S, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2010) . Bioresource Technology, 101(19), 7614-7623.
Daood SS & Nimmo W (2010) . Bioresource Technology.
Munir S, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2010) . Energy & Fuels, 24(3), 2146-2153.
Daood S, Munir S, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2009) . Biomass and Bioenergy, 34, 263-271.
Singh S, Nimmo W, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2009) . Fuel, 88(12), 2473-2480.
Singh S, Nimmo W, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2009) . Fuel, 88(11), 2320-2320.
Tayyeb Javed M, Nimmo W, Mahmood A & Irfan N (2009) . Journal of Environmental Management, 90(11), 3429-3435.
Munir S, Daood SS, Nimmo W, Cunliffe AM & Gibbs BM (2009) . Bioresource Technology, 100(3), 1413-1418.
Scott AJ, Nimmo W, Scott R, Brown AP & Milne SJ (2008) . Journal of Materials Science, 43(18), 6353-6358.
NIMMO W, SINGH S, GIBBS B & WILLIAMS P (2008) . Fuel, 87(13-14), 2893-2900.
Javed MT, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2008) . Chemosphere, 70(6), 1059-1067.
Nimmo W, Javed MT & Gibbs BM (2008) . Journal of the Energy Institute, 81(3), 131-134.
Nimmo W, Patsias AA & Williams PT (2006) . Energy & Fuels, 20(5), 1879-1885.
Nimmo W, Patsias AA, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2006) . Journal of the Energy Institute, 79(2), 92-100.
Williams PT, Nimmo W, Patsias A & Hall W (2006) . Environmental Technology, 27(5), 565-574.
Patsias AA, Nimmo W, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2005) . Fuel, 84(14-15), 1864-1873.
Nimmo W, Patsias AA, Hall WJ & Williams PT (2005) . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(12), 4484-4494.
Agnew J, Hampartsoumian E, Jones JM & Nimmo W (2005) . Journal of the Energy Institute, 78(2), 81-89.
Nimmo W, Ali NJ, Brydson R, Calvert C & Milne SJ (2005) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 88(4), 839-844.
Nimmo W, Patsias AA, Hampartsoumian E, Gibbs BM, Fairweather M & Williams PT (2004) . Fuel, 83(9), 1143-1150.
Nimmo W, Patsias AA, Hampartsoumian E, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2004) . Fuel, 83(2), 149-155.
Nimmo W, Ali NJ, Brydson RM, Calvert C, Hampartsoumian E, Hind D & Milne SJ (2003) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 86(9), 1474-1480.
Hampartsoumian E, Folayan OO, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2003) . Fuel, 82(4), 373-384.
Folayan OO, Nimmo W, Gibbs BM & Hampartsoumian E (2002) Optimisation of advanced coal reburning for NOx control. Journal of the Institute of Energy, 75(505), 100-106.
Nimmo W, Hind D, Ali NJ, Hampartsoumian E & Milne SJ (2002) . Journal of Materials Science, 37(16), 3381-3387.
Hughes KJ, Tomlin AS, Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, Zsély IG, Ujvári M, Turányi T, Clague AR & Pilling MJ (2001) . Combustion and Flame, 124(4), 573-589.
Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2001) . Fuel, 80(7), 887-897.
Agnew J (2000) . Fuel, 79(12), 1515-1523.
Agnew J, Hampartsoumian E, Jones JM & Nimmo W (2000) The simultaneous calcination and sintering of calcium-based sorbents. Fuel, 79(12), 1515-1523.
Nimmo W, Agnew J, Hampartsoumian E & Jones JM (1999) . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 38(8), 2954-2962.
Nimmo W, Hampartsoumian E, Hughes KJ & Tomlin AS (1998) . Symposium (International) on Combustion, 27(1), 1419-1426.
Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, Tomlin AS, Hughes KJ & Mahmud T (1998) Studies of sulphur-nitrogen interactions in turbulent-spray flames. Journal of the Institute of Energy, 71(488), 137-145.
Hampartsoumian E (1998) . Fuel, 77(7), 735-748.
HAMPARTSOUMIAN E & NIMMO W (1995) . Combustion Science and Technology, 110-111(1), 487-504.
Nimmo W, Richardson J & Hampartsoumian E (1995) Effect of fuel-nitrogen functionality on the formation of NO, HCN and NH3 in practical liquid-fuel flames. Journal of the Institute of Energy, 68(477), 170-177.
hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, pourkashanian M, williams A & missaghi M (1993) The Prediction of NOx emissions from Spray combustion. combustion science and technology, 93(1-6), 153-172.
Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, Clarke AG & Williams A (1991) . Combustion and Flame, 85(3-4), 499-504.
Nimmo W, hampartsoumian E & sedighi K (1991) Control of NOx emission by Combustion-air Staging, The Measurement of NH3, HCN, NO and N2O Concentrations in Fuel-oil Flames. journal of the energy institute, 64, 128-134.
Nimmo W, Hampartsoumian E, Sedighi K & Williams A (1991) Control of NOx emissions by combustion-air staging. The measurement of NH3, HCN, NO and N2O concentrations in fuel-oil flames. Journal of the Institute of Energy, 64(460), 128-134.
Gibbs BM & Nimmo W (1988) Gasification and Pyrolysis of Peat in a Fluidised-bed. Innovation in Process Energy Utilisation, 105, 353-362.
Franck J, Griffiths JF & Nimmo W (1988) . Symposium (International) on Combustion, 21(1), 447-454.
Griffiths JF & Nimmo W (1986) . Nature, 322(6074), 46-47.
Griffiths JF & Nimmo W (1985) . Combustion and Flame, 60(2), 215-218.
Yi Q, Qiu M, Sun X, Wu H, Huang Y, Xu H, Wang T, Nimmo W, Tang T, Shi L & Zeng H () . Advanced Science.
Zongyou Z & Nimmo W () A Curved Body with Tail Design for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development.
Mohamed U, Zhao Y-J, Yi Q, Shi L-J, Wei G-Q & Nimmo W () Evaluation of Life Cycle Energy, Economy and CO2 Emissions for Biomass Chemical Looping Gasification to Power Generation. Renewable Energy.
Morris J, Daood S & Nimmo W () Machine learning prediction and analysis of commercial wood fuel blends used in a typical biomass power station. Fuel.

Chapters

Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, Pourkashanian M, Williams A & Missaghi M (2022) , Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment (pp. 237-256). CRC Press
Nimmo B & Liu H (2011) Developments in nox emission control by 'reburning' in pulverised coal combustion, Coal Combustion Research (pp. 85-170).
Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, Pourkashanian M, Williams A & Missaghi M (1994) The Prediction of NOx Emission from Spray Combustion In Carvalho M, Fiveland W, Lockwood F & Papadopoulopus C (Ed.), Energy, Combustion and Environment (pp. 273-276). Gordon and Breach

Conference proceedings papers

Curry D, Dannatt B, Goulden B & Nimmo W (2022) HIGH RESOLUTION PERMEABILITY STUDY OF USED NON-WOVEN FILTRATION MEDIA FROM A U.K. ENERGY FROM WASTE COMBUSTION SITE.. Filtech 2022. Cologne, Germany
Zongyou Z & Nimmo W (2021) A Novel Design Development for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices. World Congress on Sustainable Technologies
Nimmo W (2021) Pilot-scale fluidized bed agglomeration mitigation for agricultural fuels with kaolin and dolomite bed additives. 1st FERIA, 6 September 2021 - 8 September 2021.
Curry D, Dannatt B, Nimmo W & Gouldson B (2021) Evaluation of depth filtration in non-woven filtration media using micro-computed tomography (µCT) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques - a case study. 1st FERIA, 6 September 2021 - 8 September 2021.
Mohamed U & Nimmo W (2021) Cradle to grave life cycle energy-economic-emissions assessment of a biomass chemical looping gasification combined cycle power plant w/o CCS using hematite. 1st FERIA, 6 September 2021 - 8 September 2021.
Mohamed U, Yi Q & Nimmo W (2019) Modelling and Techno-Economic Performance Evaluation of Biomass Chemical Looping Gasification for Power Generation. The 4th International Conference on Alternative Fuels, Energy and Environment. Taichung, Taiwan, 18 October 2019 - 21 October 2019.
Yelland T, Daood SS, Szuhanszki J, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2019) The Impact of Burner Staging on NO Reburning during Oxy-coal Combustion. CCT
Yelland TS, Daood SS, Szuhanszki J, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2018) Experimental Investigation into Burner Staging during Oxy-coal Combustion. ECCRIA 12, 5 September 2018 - 7 September 2018.
Morris J, Daood SS, Chilton S, Ng B & Nimmo W (2018) Pilot-scale operational study of biomass usage in a fluidized bed combustor. ECCRIA 12, 5 September 2018 - 7 September 2018.
Yelland TS, Daood SS & Nimmo W (2018) SNCR-Fuel Additive Based Hybrid Technology for Low NOx Pulverised Coal Combustion. ECCRIA 12, 5 September 2018 - 7 September 2018.
Nimmo W (2018) Clean Coal Technology - Future Options. WEF 2018, 10 August 2018 - 12 August 2018.
Yelland TS, Daood SS, Szuhanszki J, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2018) Minimising NO emissions from oxy-coal combustion: The impact of burner staging on NO reburning during oxy-coal combustion. IFRF 2018 Conference
morris , Daood SS, Chilton S, Ng BJ & Nimmo W (2018) The effects of operational variables on defluidization in a fluidized bed biomass combustor.. IFRF 2018, 30 May 2018 - 31 May 2018.
morris J, Daood SS, Chilton S & Nimmo W (2018) THE EFFECTS OF OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS ON AGGLOMERATION IN A FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTOR USING BIOMASS. 26th european biomass conference and exhibition (EUBCE)
White T, Birch B, Daood SS, Javed MT & Nimmo W (2017) Innovation in coal utilisation and promotion of modern mining practices in Pakistan: a new blended-learning course. Going Global 2017, 22 May 2017 - 24 May 2017.
Finney K, Szuhanszki J, Al-Qayim K, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2016) Comparison of Metal Aerosol Emissions from Air-Firing of Coal and Biomass for Carbon Capture Applications. NA, 2 September 2016 - 7 September 2016.
Akram M, Szuhanszki J, Milkowski K, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2016) Performance assessment of 1TPD post combustion CO2 capture with coal combustion. NA
Stechly K, Clements A, Al-Qayim K, Alvarez Rodriguez A, Szuhanski J, Daood SS, Ingham D, Ma L, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2016) CFD Predictions of Biomass Combustion in a 250 kW Combustion Test Facility. NA, 2 September 2016 - 7 September 2016.
Nimmo W & Chilton S (2016) Agglomeration studies in a 250kW pilot scale bubbling fluidised bed biomass combustor. NA
Javed T, Jabeen M & Nimmo W (2016) Current Practices and Challenges in Utilization of Coal in Pakistan. NA
Al-Qayim K, Szuhanszki J, Daood SS, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2016) Firing of 100% pulverized biomass in a 250 KW combustion test facility – effect of particle size on combustion performance. NA
Ottolini M, Daood SS & Nimmo W (2016) Advanced NOx Control by Combining In-Furnace Fuel Additive Combustion Technology and SNCR. NA
Ottolini M, Daood SS & nimmo W (2016) Fuel additive efficient coal combustion technology. na, 8 August 2016 - 12 September 2016.
Ottolini M, Nimmo W & Daood SS (2016) Fuel additive efficient coal combustion. 33rd Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference: Coal - Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, PCC 2016, Vol. 2016-August
Mallick T, Micheli L, Banerjee S, Shanks K, Lokeswaran S, Baig H, Calabria F, Sarmah N, Walker M, Theristis M , Reddy KS et al (2016) . Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2015, 8 November 2015 - 12 November 2015.
Daood S, Ord G, Wilkinson T & Nimmo W (2014) Fuel Enrichment Clean Coal Technology for Improving Efficiency and Reducing Emissions. 10th European Conference on Coal Research and its Application. University of Hull, 15 September 2014 - 17 September 2014.
Chalmers H, Al-Jeboori M, Anthony B, Balusamy S, Black S, Marincola FC, Clements A, Darabkhani H, Dennis J, Farrow T , Fennell P et al (2014) . Energy Procedia, Vol. 63 (pp 504-510)
Daood S, Nimmo W, Ord G & Wilkinson T (2013) The investigation of an iron based Fuel Additive on improving NOx reduction, quality of fly ash and combustion efficiency for pulverised coal combustion. 6th International Clean Coal Technologies. Thessaloniki, Greece, 12 May 2013 - 16 May 2013.
Poggio D, Walker M, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2013) Model based evaluation of control strategies for the operation of anaerobic digesters in a microgrid with variable biogas demand. 13th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion: Recovering (bio) Resources for the World. Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 25 June 2013 - 28 June 2013.
Poggio D, Walker M, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M (2013) Estimation of the kinetic model parameters of anaerobic digestion of waste materials using semi-continuous laboratory scale digesters. International Conference on Advances in Energy Research. Mumbai, India, 10 December 2013 - 12 December 2013.
Pickard S, Daood S, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W (2012) An analysis of the kinetics of coal and biomass decomposition under pyrolysis, and combustion in air-fired and oxyfuel conditions.. European Conference on Coal Research and Its Applications (ECCRIA), 10 September 2012 - 12 September 2012.
Pickard S, Nimmo W, Pourkashanian M & Lord R (2012) Oxygen-Enriched Co-firing of Biomass with Coal.. World Resources Forum 2012. Beijing, China., 10 October 2012 - 14 October 2012.
Gibbs BM & Nimmo W (2007) Low grade fuel gas production from peat and biomass in a fluidised bed. Advances in Combustion Technology: Improving the Environment and Energy Efficiency
Nimmo W, Singh S, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2007) Waste Tyres as a Reburn Fuel for NOx Reduction in Power Plant.. The 9th International Conference on Energy for a Clean Envronment (Clean Air 2007), Oporto, Portugal July 2007
Nimmo W, Singh S, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2007) NOx Reduction by Reburning with Waste Shredded Tyres. 2007 International Conference on Coal Science and Technology, Nottingham, Aug 2007
Nimmo W, Singh S, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2007) The potential of waste tyre for NOx control by reburning. Advances in Combustion Technology: Improving the Environment and Energy Efficiency, 22 October 2007.
Nimmo W, Patsias AA, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2005) A Novel Control Technology for Pollutant Reduction from Large Scale Combustion Plant using Calcium Magnesium Acetate. Eighth International Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment, Lisbon, 27-30 June 2005.
Patsias AA, Nimmo W, Hampartsoumian E, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2004) Reduction of NOx and SOx emissions from coal combustion by Calcium Magnesium Acetate. 5th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications, Edinburgh, UK, September 2004
Williams PT, Hall WJ, Nimmo W & Patsias AA (2004) Simultaneous Control Of Acid Gases and NOx From Waste Incinerator Flue Gases. Waste 2004: Integrated Waste Management and Pollution control:Policy and Practice, Research and Solutions (pp 53-62)
Patsias AA, Nimmo W, Gibbs BM & Williams PT (2004) Assessment of Calcium Magnesium Acetate and other Calcium Based Sorbents as NO and SO2 Reducers in Coal Combustion.. 5 European Conference on Coal Research, 6th – 8th September 2004
Nimmo W, Williams PT & Patsias AA (2003) Novel advanced pollution control methodologies for clean coal combustion: Simultaneous reduction of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) using calcium magnesium acetate. SET for Europe, House of Commons Conference, Nov. 2003
Williams PT, Nimmo W & Hall WJ (2003) Novel calcuim based sorbents for the multi-component removal of Hg, HCl, SO2 and NO from incinerator waste gas streams. 4th International Symposium on Waste Treatment Technologies, ��«Ӱҵ UK
Hampartsoumian E, Folayan OO, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (2002) NOx control by advanced coal reburning. 6th European Conference on Industrial Boilers and Furnaces
Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, Folayan OO, Moores GE & Gibbs BM (2001) Advanced reburn. the 2001 BFRC British Flame Days
Nimmo W, Hampartsoumian E, Gibbs BM, INFUB & INFUB (2000) The influence of sulphur on the formation of NO in pulverised coal flames. INDUSTRIAL FURNACES AND BOILERS, VOL II, PROCEEDINGS (pp 651-661)
Agnew J, Hampartsoumian E, Jones JM & Nimmo W (1999) The effect of sintering on sulphur capture by limestone and dolomite. 5th International Conference on Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment, Vol. II (pp 673-679)
Nimmo W, Hampartsoumian E, Agnew J & Jones JM (1999) H2S Removal Using Spray-pyrolysed Calcium Acetate. 5th Int. Conference on Technologies for a clean Environment, Vol. 2 (pp pp.805)
Nimmo W, Hampartsoumian E, Hughes KJ & Tomlin AS (1998) . Symposium (International) on Combustion, Vol. 27(1) (pp 1419-1426)
Hampartsoumian E, Nimmo W, Tomlin AS, Hughes KJ & Mahmud T (1998) Studies of sulphur-nitrogen interactions in turbulent, spray flames. 12th Members Conference, International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF)
Agnew J, Hampartsoumian E, Jones JM & Nimmo W (1997) The removal of H2S from coal gas by calcium oxide: the effect of temperature and residence time on CaO/CaS sintering. Ninth International Conference on Coal Science, Vol. II (pp 1303-1306)
Nimmo W, Tomlin AS & Hampartsoumian E (1996) Sulphur-Nitrogen interactions in flames and their effects on NO formation. 26th International Symposium on Combustion
Nimmo W & Gibbs BM (1984) WASTE GASIFICATION AND PYROLYSIS FOR LOW-GRADE FUEL GAS.. IEE Conference Publication(233) (pp 77-80)
Chilton S, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W () The effect of agglomeration due to utilization of biomass on the bed of a pilot scale 350KW fluidized bed combustor. 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Vienna, 1 June 2015 - 4 June 2015.
Al-Qayim K, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M () Comparative Techno-economic Assessment of Biomass and Coal with CCS Technology in a Pulverised Combustion Power Plant in the United Kingdom. 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Vienna, 1 June 2015 - 4 June 2015.
Szuhanszki J, Nimmo W, Black S & Pourkashanian M () Oxy-Fuel Combustion Performance Evaluation in a 250 kW Test Facility. The 35th International Symposium on Combustion. San Francisco, 3 August 2014 - 8 August 2014.
Daood S, Nimmo W, Ord G & Wilkinson T () Fuel Enrichment Clean Coal Technology for Improving Efficiency & Reducing Emissions. ECCRIA 10, Hull 10th Sept 2014, 8 September 2014 - 10 September 2014.
Pickard S, Daood S, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W () Oxygen-enriched co-combustion of biomass for CCS applications. The 35th International Symposium on Combustion. San Francisco, 3 August 2014 - 8 August 2014.
Rizvi T, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W () Effect Of Gas And Deposit Composition On Corrosion In Oxyfuel Environments.. The 35th International Symposium on Combustion. San Francisco, 3 August 2014 - 8 August 2014.
Chilton S, Pourkashanian M & Nimmo W () A Study of The Effect of Agglomeration due to Utilisation of Biomass and Low Grade Coal on the Bed of a Pilot Scale 350KW Fluidised Bed. 35th International Symposium on Combustion. San Francisco, 3 August 2014 - 8 August 2014.
Rizvi T, Pourkashanian & Nimmo W () Corrosion in Oxyfuel Environments and the Effect of Coal and Biomass Ash Deposits. European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications, ECCRIA 10, 15 September 2014.
Chilton S, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M () A study of the effect of agglomeration due to utilization of biomass and low grade coal on the bed of a pilot scale 350KW fluidized bed combustor system.. International Bioenergy Conference. Manchester, 11 March 2014 - 13 March 2014.
Mallick T, Reddy S, Sarmah N, Banerjee S, Micheli L, Gosh P, Walker G, Choudhury M, Pourkashanian M, Hamilton J , Walker M et al () Design concept and configuration of a hybrid renewable energy system for rural electrification in India through BioCPV project. IV th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,, 10 December 2013 - 12 December 2013.
Black S, Szuhanszki J, Nimmo W & Pourkashanian M () 250 kW Oxy-fuel Combustion Test Facility. OCC3, 9 September 2013 - 11 September 2013.
poggio D, walker M, Nimmo W & pourkashanian M () Model based evaluation of control strategies for the operation of anaerobic digesters in a microgrid with variable biogas demand.. 13th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion: Recovering (bio) Resources for the World, 25 June 2013.
Daood S, Nimmo W, ord G & wilkinson T () The investigation of an iron based Fuel Additive on improving NOx reduction, quality of fly ash and combustion efficiency for pulverised coal combustion. 6th Int. Clean Coal Technology Conference, Greece (Thessaloniki, 14-16th May 2013), 14 May 2013 - 16 May 2013.
Nimmo W, Pickard S, Daood S & Pourkashanian M () An analysis of the kinetics of coal and biomass decomposition under pyrolysis, and combustion in air-fired and oxyfuel conditions. European Conference on Coal Research and Its Applications (ECCRIA). Nottingham University, 10 September 2012.
Daood S, Nimmo W, Rizvi A, Javed T, Ingham D & Pourkashanian M () Reactivity analysis of Tharparker lignite coal under air, oxygen enriched air and oxyfuel reaction atmospheres in a thermogravimetric analyser. UK Pakistan Coal Conference. Leeds, 3 July 2012 - 5 July 2012.
Javed MT & Nimmo B () . Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 145 (pp 11-15)
Szuhanszki S, Nimmo W, Pranzitelli A, Black S, Edge P, Ma L & Pourkashanian M () OXY-CAP UK, EON-EPSRC Strategic Partnership. 2nd Oxyfuel Combustion Conference, OCC2. Yeppoon, Australia, 12 September 2011 - 16 September 2011.
Pickard S, Daood S, Nimmo W, Lord R, Pourkashanian M & Szuhanszki J () Pilot scale firing of brownfield biomass under oxyfuel conditions. 2nd Intl workshop on biomass, carbon capture and storage. Cardiff, 25 October 2011 - 26 October 2011.
Daood S & Nimmo W () The Effect on NOx emission of Oxygen Enrichment in Biomass Co-fired Pulverised Coal Combustion. 8th European Conference on Coal Research & Its Applications. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 6 September 2010.
Daood SS & Nimmo W () The Effect of Oxygen Enrichment under air-staged conditions on NOx Emission and Combustion Efficiency in Pulverised Coal Combustion. 10th International Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment. IST, Lisboa, 7 July 2009.
Munir S, Nimmo W & Gibbs BM () Air and Fuel Staged Co-combustion of Biomass with Coal. 10th International Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment. IST, Lisboa, 7 July 2009.
Singh S, Nimmo W, Gibbs BM & Williams PT () An Experimental Study of The Fate of Zn in Tyre/coal Co-Combustion. 10th International Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment. IST, Lisboa, 7 July 2009.
Nimmo W () Gasification and Pyrolysis of Peat in a Fluidised Bed. Symposium on Innovation in Process Energy Utilisation. Univ. of Bath, Bath, 16 September 1988.
Gibbs BM, Nimmo W & Mohamed M () Low Grade Fuel Gas Production from Waste Gasification and Pyrolysis. Gasification:- Status and Prospects. 09 May 1988, 11 May 1988.
Nimmo W & Gibbs BM () The Gasification of Peat in a Fluidised Bed Reactor. The 7th International Peat Congress. Dublin, S Ireland, July 1982.
Daood SS, Morris J, Chilton S & Nimmo W () Combustion of Biomass pellets in a Pilot Scale Bubbling Fluidised Bed Combustor. Green Energy and Municipal Solid Waste Management Solutions

Patents

Daood SS, Nimmo W, Ord G & Wilkinson T (2016) Fuel enrichment process. GB2516728 (UK). Appl. 13 Jan 2016.

Posters

Curry D, cole P, Dannatt B, Howarth J & Nimmo W (2022) Waste/Biomass Combustion:- Understanding the Impact Particulate Matter on Filtration Media Performance. 39th International Symposium on Combustion , 24th-29th July 2022, Vancouver, Canada.

Grants

As PI or Co-I

2024 - 2028 EPSRC/Durham Filtration. Advanced design filtration systems for waste to energy power generation plant, PI, £214,000
2022 - 2026 EPSRC/Eminox. New exhaust gas clean up systems for the combustion of new, low carbon fuels in heavy duty engines, PI, £124,793
2021 – 2025 Industrial Grant, Durham Filtration, Smart filter designs, student support, PI, £35k
2022 – 2023 Innovate UK, Tyche project - decarbonizing steel and glass – hydrogen/methane plasma burner, Co-I, (PI UoS), £250k
2020 – 2021 HEIF KE project with LKAB, PI, £23k
2020 – 2021 Industrial grant, LKAB, PI, £29k
2019 - 2023 CREDS UKRI Decarbonizing the steel industry, Co-I, £200k.
2018 - 2022 Industrial grant, Durham Filtration, Biomass particulate filters – student support, PI, £20k
2017-2019 British Council, Researcher Links UK-PK, PI, £29k.
2016 - 2020 Industrial grant, Sembcorp Utilities, Fluidised Bed Combustion – student support, PI, £25k
2016 – 2017 IIKE, Research Partnership support grant, PI, £19K.
2015 - 2019 EPSRC/Innovate UK, EP/M028208/1, IB CAT Biomethanation of CO2 in anaerobic digestion plant, Co-I, £1.85M
2016-2018 Royal Academy of Engineering (Newton), Waste to Energy,- Investigation of municipal solid waste blending effect on reactivity of coals in circulating fluidized bed combustion and gasification processes PI, £50k.
2015 – 2018 EPSRC EP/M01536X/1 Ultra-Supercritical (USC) steam power generation technology with Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB): Combustion, Materials and Modelling (USC-CFB-CMM), Co-I, £1.1M
2015 - 2018 KEP British Council/Pakistan, PI, £60k
2009 - 2016 Industrial grant/KTP, PI, £467k
2014-2017 UKCCSRC – C2 Investigating the radiative heat flux in small and large scale oxy-coal furnaces for CFD model development and system scale up, Co-I, £198,000
2012-2017 UKCCSRC-C1-27, Experimental investigation and CFD modelling of oxy-coal combustion on PACT facility with real flue gas and vent gas recycling PI, £167k
2014-2017 UKCCSRC – C2 Investigating the radiative heat flux in small and large scale oxy-coal furnaces for CFD model development and system scale up, Co-I, £198,000
2012-2017 UKCCSRC - The United Kingdom Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre, DECC/EPSRC, Co-I, £10.1M
2012-2014 TSB/KTP008393 (TSB) Knowledge Transfer Partnership, KTP, PI, £137k
2011-2015 British council, INSPIRE, British Council 254, PI, £60k
2011-2015 DECC/EPSRC, EP/G062153/1, oxy CAP, Co-I, £1.7M
2011-2015 EPSRC EP/G063451/1, In-depth Studies of OxyCoal Combustion Processes through Numerical Modelling and 3D Flame Imaging, Oxy China Co-I, £490k
2010-2015 EPSRC EP/J000345/1, Development and Integration of Biomass and Concentrating Photovoltaic System for Rural and Urban Energy Bridge: BioCPV, Co-I, £1.4M

Prior engagement in preparation of EPSRC grants as researcher co-investigator/contributor

2006-2009 EPSRC EP/D502020/1 Title: A Novel Application of Waste Tyres & plastics as Reburn Fuels for NOx Reduction in Large Scale Combustion Systems , (Researcher Co-I), £293,057

2002-2005 EPSRC, GR/R46120/01 Advanced Methodologies for Simultaneous NOx/SOx Control form Combustion Sources , (Named Researcher), £194,281

2001-2004 EPSRC, GR/R15641/01 A Novel Sorbent For Multi-Component Removal of Mercury-Hci-So2-Nox From Waste Incineration Flue Gases, (Named Researcher) , £221.070.

1999-2002 EPSRC, GR/M12001/01 High Capacity Spray Pyrolysis Route For The Production Of Sub-Micron Pzt Powders For Thick-Film Applications (Named Researcher), £210,232.

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