Rodney John Allam, MBE (born 1940 in St Helens, Lancashire)[1] is an English chemical engineer and fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers who is credited with inventions related to power generation, notably the Allam power cycle, which is a generation process for fossil fuels, with integrated carbon dioxide capture.[2][3][4]

Career

Allam was employed by Air Products & Chemicals for 44 years, most recently as Director of Technology Development. In 2004, he was appointed member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the environment. He has also been a visiting professor at the Imperial College of Science and Technology and a lead author of the IPCC special report on carbon dioxide capture and storage, released in 2005. In 2007, the IPCC, along with Al Gore, was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

His work has included new processes and equipment for production of gases and cryogenic liquids, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and helium. Several of these gases are generally produced through air separation, which is also a necessary step in the practical application of the Allam cycle, in which gaseous fossil fuels, for example natural gas or gasified coal, are combusted with pure oxygen. A 50 MW demonstration plant being built in Texas is expected to start operating in 2017.[3][8][9][10][11]

In 2012, Allam was awarded the Global Energy Prize, for his work on processes and power generation, along with Russian scientists Valery Kostuk and Boris Katorgin. As of January 2017, he is chairman of the international award committee for the prize.[2][7][8][12]

As of November 2016, Allam works for 8 Rivers Capital, with among other things the commercialisation of the Allam cycle.[3][13][14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006".
  2. 1 2 "IChemE Fellow Rodney Allam has been awarded the 2012 Global Energy Prize". Process and Control Today. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Breaking ground for a groundbreaker: the first Allam Cycle power plant". Modern Power Systems. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Queen's Birthday Honours". The Daily Telegraph. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2017. Rodney John Allam, Dir of Tech, Air Products, for serv to the Environment
  5. ↑ "Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (SRCCS)". IPCC. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Annex IV : Authors and reviewers" (PDF). IPCC. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. 1 2 Immamutdinov, Irik (24 September 2016). "Eyes on the prize: A greener future for the planet". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "Rodney John Allam (UK)". Global Energy Prize. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 Isles, Junior (2014). "Gearing up for a new supercritical CO2 power cycle system" (PDF). Gas Turbine World. Vol. 44, no. 6. Pequot Publishing. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Grant, Annalee (6 March 2015). "Exelon, NET Power confident in planned carbon capture pilot project in Texas". SNL. S&P Global. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Dodge, Edward (14 November 2014). "CCS Breakthrough: sCO2 Power Cycles Offer Improved Efficiency and Integrated Carbon Capture". Breaking Energy. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "International award committee". Global Energy Prize. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Team". 8 Rivers Capital. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Allam Cycle and NET Power". 8 Rivers Capital. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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