Peter Weston

Biography

After completing an MEng degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, Peter continued at the same institution to achieve a PhD. His research was focussed on designing and developing a partial oxidation burner to thermally destroy tars produced when biomass is gasified. Peter was awarded the 2015 Foxwell Memorial Prize for his research in this area. Following his PhD, Dr Weston joined Stopford Energy & Environment, an engineering consultancy firm, as a renewable energy technologist. He worked on a number of cutting edge R&D projects in the energy from waste and bioenergy sectors. Most notably, He helped to develop a microwave induced plasma gasifier to process waste from the wastewater industry. He also performed safety audits and gap analyses on large-scale anaerobic digestion and gasification facilities. Peter returned to Sheffield and academia as a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on an advanced heat recovery system for the food industry. The aim of the project is to recover waste heat from industrial ovens and re-use the heat for on-site processes. Dr Weston is based within the National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University.

Research Interest

Engineering and Mathematics