Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP160100070
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Direct geothermal energy: Reducing the rural industries’ carbon footprint. Direct geothermal energy: Reducing the rural industries’ carbon footprint. This project aims to design poultry brooder houses using geothermal technology. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global priority. The lack of natural gas in rural areas and brooder houses’ heating and cooling needs make geothermal ideal. Direct geothermal systems use shallow ground both as a heat source and as a heat sink for cooling, using heat pumps. Their application to poultry brooder houses could reduce electricity consumption by up to 75% and thus greenhouse gas emissions, since 91% of electricity comes from fossil fuels in Australia; minimise the need for expensive bottled gas heating; reduce the levels of ammonia emissions; and increase farm productivity.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2017
End Date: 12-2021
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $287,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering
