The partnership between Air Products and the State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion (SKLCC) of HUST will accelerate the development and application of clean energy technology in China.
The parties will initially focus on on advanced combustion technology through experimenting and theory testing of oxy-fuel combustion under the joint R&D agreement.
The parties have also planned to explore joint R&D efforts on clean combustion technology and setting up student scholarship and internship programs.
Air Products Global Tonnage Gases, Energy and Equipment president and senior vice president and general manager Steve Jones said the company is partnering with local universities, design institutes and engineers to accelerate technology development in the environmental, energy and emerging market segments.
SKLCC of HUST associate director Zhaohui Liu said the partnership will facilitate knowledge and technology exchanges between the academic and commercial fields and will benefit the energy and environmental markets as a whole.
SKLCC of HUST is a coal combustion research institutes in China.
