Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE170100205
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$295,000.00
Summary
Instrumentation for powder X-ray diffraction under extreme conditions. This project aims to enable high quality materials science through the installation of powder X-ray diffraction facilities in the Sydney region. The instrumentation will allow rapid X-ray diffraction studies over a wide temperature range using monochromated high energy beams. This instrumentation is expected to improve condensed matter research from hard condensed materials to coordination polymers, including materials engine ....Instrumentation for powder X-ray diffraction under extreme conditions. This project aims to enable high quality materials science through the installation of powder X-ray diffraction facilities in the Sydney region. The instrumentation will allow rapid X-ray diffraction studies over a wide temperature range using monochromated high energy beams. This instrumentation is expected to improve condensed matter research from hard condensed materials to coordination polymers, including materials engineering, nanoscience and thin films, and energy storage and conversion.Read moreRead less
Development of Dry Coated Pigment Particles: Durability and Dispersion. Tiwest is the only business in the world that mines, separates, refines and manufactures titanium dioxide products in one region. Tiwest has a major impact on the Western Australian economy with more than 700 full time and contract jobs, export earnings of $400M (in 2004) and regular incomes for an estimated 500 businesses. The current wet pigment particle coating process, to ensure ease of handling and longevity, is a major ....Development of Dry Coated Pigment Particles: Durability and Dispersion. Tiwest is the only business in the world that mines, separates, refines and manufactures titanium dioxide products in one region. Tiwest has a major impact on the Western Australian economy with more than 700 full time and contract jobs, export earnings of $400M (in 2004) and regular incomes for an estimated 500 businesses. The current wet pigment particle coating process, to ensure ease of handling and longevity, is a major cost. An optimised pigment dry-coating process would ensure Tiwest's competitiveness through reduced processing costs and improved performance. This development has the potential to increase Tiwest's profitability by 10%.Read moreRead less
Slippery when wet: lubrication with responsive polymers. Lubrication and friction of aqueous (water-based) systems is important in many industrial and biological contexts, such as oil and gas exploration, solid/liquid separation, bioimplants and therapeutic treatments for joints. The outcomes of this project will provide greater control of friction through the use of stimulus responsive polymers.
Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels for Application in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Technology. The project will aim at developing a fuel processing system for solid oxide fuel cells which will have the advantages of being fuel flexible through the conversion of liquid fuels (gasoline, LPG, diesel) for application in small to medium stationary power generation systems. This investigation will also generate fundamental information and understanding concerning the catalytic reforming of liquid hydroca ....Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels for Application in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Technology. The project will aim at developing a fuel processing system for solid oxide fuel cells which will have the advantages of being fuel flexible through the conversion of liquid fuels (gasoline, LPG, diesel) for application in small to medium stationary power generation systems. This investigation will also generate fundamental information and understanding concerning the catalytic reforming of liquid hydrocarbon fuels to produce adequate feeds for SOFCs. These distributed energy devices are of high efficiency and with a novel technology the industrial partner will aim to offer products with high value propositions in the critical areas of price, reliability and service.Read moreRead less