Cordner Peacocke - Director, Conversion And Resource Evaluation Ltd.

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Work Background

PyroCoreChief Technology Officer

Nov. 2019Avonmouth, England, United KingdomAs Chief Technology Officer for PyroCore Ltd. I have overall responsibility for the Engineering division and the design, build and delivery of the high temperature pyrolysis technology for the conversion of waste to byproduct char, syngas (raw and cleaned), heat and combined heat and power generation. I am responsible for the overall legislative compliance from the point of view of build to IED compliance and adapting the process for a wide variety of wastes from waste to car seats, carpets, mixed plastics wastes and other more diverse organic wastes. We operate a full testing facility in Wells, Somerset to trial materials and derive mass and energy balances, full syngas analysis, char characterisation and IED compliance. We will also provide chars for testing if requested.

Dept. for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform [formerly DTI]Independent Assessor

Jun. 2003 - Jun. 2009Independent Assessor to the Dept. for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform [BERR] [formerly DTI, now the Technology strategy Board] Low Carbon Technology Programme. The Programme’s role is primarily to support industrially led, pre-competitive research and development projects that offer prospects for improving the performance and/or reducing the cost of energy derived from new and renewable energy sources. The recruitment of R&D projects is via a twice-yearly Call for Proposals, which involves the submission of Outline Proposals and subsequently Full Proposals from those organisations short-listed from the first ‘Outline’ round. Projects are selected using a range of relevant evaluation criteria to determine value for money to DBERR.

European CommissionExpert Evaluator

May. 2000Independent evaluator, moderator and rapporteur of proposals for the European Commission, DGXII - Energy Directorate. I have evaluated proposal for DGXII in a variety of programmes including ALTENER, STEER, ENERGIE, COPENER and others. I've also been selected as Vice-Chair for evaluation assesssments.

Wellman Process Engineering Ltd.Senior Process Engineer

Sep. 1998 - Dec. 2002I was a part-time emplyee of Wellman Process Engineering Ltd. primarily working on the design, construction and operation of a 6 t/d advanced biomass fast pyrolysis system, the first of its kind in the UK. Also, work on the design and flowsheeting of complete updraft biomass gasification systems up to 2.5 MWe, one project for Shell. Other responsibilities include proposal preparation and monitoring of EU contract on biomass pyrolysis and determination of norms and standards for biomass pyrolysis liquids, process engineering, plant commissioning, operation and trouble-shooting. I worked on the writing of IPC and IPPC applications to the Environment Agency, England. The IPC approval for the 250 kg/h fast pyrolysis process was the first in the UK.

Conversion And Resource Evaluation Ltd.Director

Sep. 1996Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United KingdomTechnical specialisation in pyrolysis, gasification and combustion, focusing on development and commercialisation of technologies, trouble-shooting, design and build. Responsible for the development of the business with a longer-term strategy of building a specialist service in bio-energy, recruiting highly qualified staff experienced in thermal biomass conversion. Presently involved in biomass and waste gasification projects, techno-economic assessment and feasibility studies for major multinational company, private companies and major multi-national utilities. Work carried out internationally for a range of organisations.

Aston UniversityResearch Fellow

Sep. 1994 - Dec. 2008Part-time Researcher at Aston University. Supervised laboratory activities in Bio-Energy Research Group, primarily on biomass fast pyrolysis in fluid beds and ablative reactors. Co-ordinate experimental plans, review procedures and assist post-doctoral researchers in defining new research areas. Over £ 4.5 million has been won for research and development in the pyrolysis and gasification from Government departments, research institutes and industries, the EU, the UK Dept of Trade and Industry, and the International Energy Agency Bio-energy Agreement for Aston University during the last 13 years.