Fuels, Materials and Energy Utilisation
Fuels, Materials and Energy Utilisation
Thematic Areas, Programs and Projects
1. Novel options for CO2 capture and storage | |
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Mineral carbonation | * MCI project ($9 M) |
Post combustion capture | * Various projects with CSIRO |
2. Transportation fuels | |
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Coal and biomass to liquid | * New catalysts for the Fischer–Tropsch process |
* Optimisation of the Fischer–Tropsch process | |
Energy carriers | * Ammonia, methanol and H2 as energy carriers |
3. Energy conversion | |
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Fuel cells | * Direct carbon fuel cells |
Batteries and super-capacitors | * Advanced materials for batteries and super-capacitors |
4. Fuel and material utilisation in non-energy applications | |
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Fuel and material utilisation in manufacturing | * Coking coal in Iron making (various existing projects funded through BHPB Centre for Iron-making Research and ARC Linkage scheme) |
Fuel and material utilisation in the process and chemical industries | * CO2 utilisation (food industries, enhanced oil recovery, chemicals, fire suppressants, etc) |
5. Energy & the Environment | |
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| Environmental repair and pollution abatement | * Energy efficient contaminated soil treatment |
Integrated waste processing | * Waste processing / utilisation with energy recovery and generation |
Industrial ecology | * GRANSAL projects |
Sustainability | * Life cycle analysis, sustainability principles, sustainable waste processing |
Contact us
Enquiries
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Anna Raynsford
Phone: +61 2 4033 9344
Anna.Raynsford@newcastle.edu.au
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