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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140104492
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Initiation of spontaneous fires. This project aims to determine the origin of the initiation reactions that set off the self-heating of wood chips, coal, milk powder and other economically-important materials, leading to spontaneous fires. This project will provide fundamental understanding of the reactions between electronically excited species of oxygen and carbonaceous fuels, with applications to improved safety in wood, mineral and food industries. The outcomes include identification of the initiation mechanisms and development of mechanistic models that include the initiation step of the self-heating process, and development of new technologies for mitigation of spontaneous fires, based on quenching of the initiation reactions.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2014
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $570,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified | Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Forestry not elsewhere classified | Coal Mining and Extraction | Processed Food Products and Beverages (excl. Dairy Products) not elsewhere classified |
