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Engineering and Technology
UK
2026

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Engineering and Technology

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112
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Overview

Paul T. Williams is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses multiple fields including Engineering, Environmental Science, and Materials Science. Within these broad categories, their work spans subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Catalysis.

The primary research topics addressed by Williams include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Graphene research and applications, and Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes.

Williams has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Energy & Fuels
  • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
  • Fuel Processing Technology
  • Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy
  • Journal of the Energy Institute

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Williams include:

  • Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes from Pyrolysis-Catalysis of Waste Plastics: A Review, 2020, Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Thermochemical conversion of sewage sludge: A critical review, 2020, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Recent advances in integrated CO2 capture and utilization: a review, 2021, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Modified nickel-based catalysts for improved steam reforming of biomass tar: A critical review, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Carbon nanotubes from post-consumer waste plastics: Investigations into catalyst metal and support material characteristics, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Williams collaborates frequently with other researchers. The most common co-authors include Mohamad A. Nahil, Chunfei Wu, Shuzhuang Sun, Hanping Chen, and Ye Shui Zhang.

Best Publications

  • Waste treatment and disposal

    Paul T. Williams

  • Torrefaction of reed canary grass, wheat straw and willow to enhance solid fuel qualities and combustion properties

    T. G. Bridgeman;J. M. Jones;I. F. Shield;P. T. Williams

  • Pyrolysis of waste tyres: a review.

    Paul T. Williams

  • Comparison of products from the pyrolysis and catalytic pyrolysis of rice husks

    Paul T Williams;Nittaya Nugranad

  • The influence of temperature and heating rate on the slow pyrolysis of biomass

    Paul T. Williams;Serpil Besler

  • Composition of products from the pyrolysis of polyethylene and polystyrene in a closed batch reactor: Effects of temperature and residence time

    Jude A. Onwudili;Nagi Insura;Paul T. Williams

  • Thermochemical conversion of sewage sludge: A critical review

    Ningbo Gao;Kamran Kamran;Cui Quan;Paul T. Williams

  • Influence of temperature on the products from the flash pyrolysis of biomass

    Patrick A. Horne;Paul T. Williams

  • Composition of oils derived from the batch pyrolysis of tyres

    Adrian M. Cunliffe;Paul T. Williams

  • The pyrolysis of scrap automotive tyres: The influence of temperature and heating rate on product composition

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  • Fluidised bed pyrolysis of low density polyethylene to produce petrochemical feedstock

    Paul T Williams;Elizabeth A Williams

  • Catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene

    Ranbir Bagri;Paul T Williams

  • Separation and recovery of materials from scrap printed circuit boards

    William J. Hall;Paul T. Williams

  • Characteristics of biochars from crop residues: potential for carbon sequestration and soil amendment.

    Jayne H. Windeatt;Andrew B. Ross;Paul T. Williams;Piers M. Forster

  • Interaction of Plastics in Mixed-Plastics Pyrolysis

    Paul T. Williams;Elizabeth A. Williams

  • Analysis of products from the pyrolysis and liquefaction of single plastics and waste plastic mixtures

    Paul T. Williams;Edward Slaney

  • Spanish Aerobiology Network (REA): management and quality manual

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  • Development of activated carbon pore structure via physical and chemical activation of biomass fibre waste

    Paul T. Williams;Anton R. Reed

  • Catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastics using staged catalysis for production of gasoline range hydrocarbon oils

    Devy K. Ratnasari;Mohamad A. Nahil;Paul T. Williams

  • Pyrolysis of waste materials using TGA-MS and TGA-FTIR as complementary characterisation techniques

    Surjit Singh;Chunfei Wu;Paul T. Williams

  • Recent advances in integrated CO 2 capture and utilization: a review

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  • Pyrolysis-thermogravimetric analysis of tyres and tyre components

    Paul T. Williams;Serpil Besler

Frequent Co-Authors

Chunfei Wu
Chunfei Wu Queen's University Belfast
Jude A. Onwudili
Jude A. Onwudili Aston University
Gordon E. Andrews
Gordon E. Andrews University of Leeds
Keith D. Bartle
Keith D. Bartle University of Leeds
Jun Huang
Jun Huang University of Sydney
Haiping Yang
Haiping Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Valerie Dupont
Valerie Dupont University of Leeds
Hanping Chen
Hanping Chen Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Haisheng Chen
Haisheng Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrew Ross
Andrew Ross University of Leeds

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