{{Short description|English chemical engineer}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox engineer | honorific_prefix = | name = Rodney John Allam | honorific_suffix = MBE | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Rodney John Allam | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1940}} | birth_place = [[St Helens, Lancashire]], England | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | spouse = | parents = | children = | discipline = Chemical engineering | institutions = [[Institution of Chemical Engineers]] | practice_name = | employer = [[Air Products & Chemicals]] (formerly), [[8 Rivers Capital]] (current) | significant_projects = [[Allam power cycle]] | significant_design = | significant_advance = [[Allam power cycle]] with integrated [[carbon capture and storage|carbon dioxide capture]] | significant_awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} '''Rodney John Allam''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 1940 in [[St Helens, Lancashire]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=rodney%20j&lastname=allam|title=Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006}}</ref> 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 fuel]]s, with integrated [[carbon dioxide]] capture.<ref name="processcontroltodayallam2012">{{cite news | url = http://www.pandct.com/media/shownews.asp?ID=33358 | title = IChemE Fellow Rodney Allam has been awarded the 2012 Global Energy Prize | date = 27 June 2012 | newspaper = Process and Control Today | access-date = 29 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="modernpowersystems2016">{{cite news | url = http://www.modernpowersystems.com/features/featurebreaking-ground-for-a-groundbreaker-the-first-allam-cycle-power-plant-4893271/ | title = Breaking ground for a groundbreaker: the first Allam Cycle power plant | date = 15 May 2016 | newspaper = Modern Power Systems | access-date = 29 November 2016 | archive-date = 30 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161130185337/http://www.modernpowersystems.com/features/featurebreaking-ground-for-a-groundbreaker-the-first-allam-cycle-power-plant-4893271/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="telegraphhonours2004">{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4192689/Queens-Birthday-Honours.html | title = Queen's Birthday Honours | date = 12 June 2004 | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | access-date = 17 January 2017 | quote = Rodney John Allam, Dir of Tech, Air Products, for serv to the Environment }}</ref>
== 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]].<ref name="telegraphhonours2004" /><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccs/ | title = Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (SRCCS) | website = | publisher = [[IPCC]] | access-date = 28 November 2016 | archive-date = 27 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170427010551/http://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccs/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/srccs/srccs_annex4.pdf | title = Annex IV : Authors and reviewers | website = | publisher = [[IPCC]] | access-date = 28 November 2016 | archive-date = 13 May 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170513141956/http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/srccs/srccs_annex4.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="rbthgepgreener2016">{{cite news | url = http://rbth.com/science_and_tech/2016/09/24/eyes-on-the-prize-a-greener-future-for-the-planet_632679 | title = Eyes on the prize: A greener future for the planet | last = Immamutdinov | first = Irik | date = 24 September 2016 | newspaper = [[Russia Beyond the Headlines]] | access-date = 28 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="geplaureateallam">{{cite web | url = http://www.globalenergyprize.org/en/laureates/2012/laureate-31 | title = Rodney John Allam (UK) | website = | publisher = [[Global Energy Prize]] | access-date = 28 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="gasturbineworld2014">{{cite news |last=Isles |first=Junior |year=2014 |title=Gearing up for a new supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> power cycle system |url=http://www.gasturbineworld.com/assets/nov_dec_2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130191552/http://www.gasturbineworld.com/assets/nov_dec_2014.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-30 |access-date=29 November 2016 |newspaper=Gas Turbine World |publisher=Pequot Publishing |volume=44 |issue=6}}</ref>
His work has included new processes and equipment for production of gases and [[cryogenics|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 [[combustion|combusted]] with pure oxygen. A 50 [[Megawatt|MW]] demonstration plant being built in [[Texas]] is expected to start operating in 2017.<ref name="modernpowersystems2016" /><ref name="geplaureateallam" /><ref name="gasturbineworld2014" /><ref name="snldemoplant2015">{{cite news | url = https://www.snl.com/interactiveX/Article.aspx?CdId=A-31571952-12589&FreeAccess=1 | title = Exelon, NET Power confident in planned carbon capture pilot project in Texas | last = Grant | first = Annalee | date = 6 March 2015 | newspaper = SNL | publisher = S&P Global | access-date = 29 November 2016 | archive-date = 30 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161130192417/https://www.snl.com/interactiveX/Article.aspx?CdId=A-31571952-12589&FreeAccess=1 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="breakingenergy2014">{{cite news | url = http://breakingenergy.com/2014/11/14/ccs-breakthrough-sco2-power-cycles-offer-improved-efficiency-and-integrated-carbon-capture/ | title = CCS Breakthrough: sCO2 Power Cycles Offer Improved Efficiency and Integrated Carbon Capture | last = Dodge | first = Edward | date = 14 November 2014 | newspaper = Breaking Energy | access-date = 29 November 2016 | archive-date = 30 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161130190914/http://breakingenergy.com/2014/11/14/ccs-breakthrough-sco2-power-cycles-offer-improved-efficiency-and-integrated-carbon-capture/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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|2017|01}}, he is chairman of the international award committee for the prize.<ref name="processcontroltodayallam2012" /><ref name="rbthgepgreener2016" /><ref name="geplaureateallam" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.globalenergyprize.org/en/about-the-prize/international-award-committee | title = International award committee | website = | publisher = [[Global Energy Prize]] | access-date = 17 January 2017 }}</ref>
{{As of|2016|11}}, Allam works for ''8 Rivers Capital'', with among other things the commercialisation of the Allam cycle.<ref name="modernpowersystems2016" /><ref name="team8rivers">{{cite web | url = http://8rivers.com/teams/ | title = Team | website = | publisher = 8 Rivers Capital | access-date = 29 November 2016 | archive-date = 8 February 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170208161618/http://8rivers.com/teams/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="allamcycle8rivers">{{cite web | url = http://8rivers.com/portfolio/allam-cycle/ | title = The Allam Cycle and NET Power | website = | publisher = 8 Rivers Capital | access-date = 29 November 2016 }}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Allam power cycle]]
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.modernpowersystems.com/features/featurenet-powers-co2-cycle-the-breakthrough-that-ccs-needs Description of the Allam power cycle]
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