S A Archer
University of Birmingham, UK
Biography
S A Archer is a PhD candidate, studying for a Doctorate in Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Applications, whilst working with the Resource Recovery from Wastes programme (RRfW). Her knowledge and skills involve the application of life cycle thinking and environmental impact assessments to produce liquid and gaseous fuel products from biomass and waste residues in addition to biorefined neo-catalysts from resources recovered from waste streams. Her work aims to conduct an LCA on the catalytic upgrading of both heavy fossil oil and pyrolysis oils from dry biomass, comparing commercial and biocatalysts. The environmental impact for each pathway will be identified within a ‘well to gate’ (cradle to gate) system boundary, alongside an additional fuel use analysis separate from the LCA.