Dr. Eric Danso Boateng

Staff Grade: 
Senior Lecturer
Department: 
Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty: 
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Education: 

PhD Chemical Engineering, 2015 Loughborough University, UK

MSc Batch Process Engineering, Loughborough University, UK, 2006.

HND Chemical Engineering, Kumasi Polytechnic, Ghana, 1999

Research Interests: 
Biomass conversion technologies Waste to energy processes Sustainable sanitation methods Domestic, municipal and industrial waste treatment Process and occupational safety Novel oil extraction processes
Publications: 
  1. E. Danso-Boateng, G. Shama, A.D. Wheatley, S.J. Martin, R.G. Holdich (2015). Hydrothermal carbonisation of sewage sludge: Effect of process conditions on product characteristics and methane production. Bioresource Technology 177, 318–327. • E. Danso-Boateng, R.G. Holdich, A.D. Wheatley, S.J. Martin, G. Shama (2015). Hydrothermal carbonisation of primary sewage sludge: Effect of reaction temperature and time on filterability. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 35, (In press).
  2. E. Danso-Boateng, R.G. Holdich, G. Shama, A.D. Wheatley, M. Sohail, S.J. Martin (2013). Kinetics of faecal biomass hydrothermal carbonisation for hydrochar production. Applied Energy 111, 351–357.
  3. O-W. Achaw and E. Danso-Boateng (2013). Environmental Management in the oil, gas and related energy industries in Ghana. Int. J. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering  4 (2), 116–122.
  4. E. Danso-Boateng (2013). Effect of drying methods on nutrient quality of Basil (Ocimum viride) leaves cultivated in Ghana. International Food Research Journal 20 (4), 1569–1573.
  5. E. Danso-Boateng, R. Holdich, S. Martin, A. Wheatley, and S. Kahn (2012). A toilet system based on hydrothermal carbonisation. IN: Proceedings of the Second International Faecal Sludge Management Conference (FSM2), Durban, South Africa, October 29–31, 2012. 6 pp.
  6. Danso-Boateng, E. (2012). Effect of enzymes action on crushing strength of sunflower kernels to compressive loading. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review 5 (1), 34-38.
  7. Achaw, O.W. and Boateng, E.D. (2012). Safety practices in the oil and gas industries in Ghana. International Journal of Development and Sustainability 1 (2), 456–465.
  8. Danso-Boateng, E. (2011). Effect of enzyme and heat pretreatment on sunflower oil recovery using aqueous and hexane extractions. Int. J. of Chemical and Biological Engineering 4 (1), 28–34.
  9. Achaw, O-A., Danso-Boateng, E. (2011). Safety practices in the oil, gas and related energy industries in Ghana. Proceedings of Koforidua Polytechnic 4th Annual Applied Research Conference. 11-14th July, 2011.