Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0774669
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Hydrogen production from the anaerobic digestion of organic waste using a novel membrane. Solid organic waste is a potentially large, decentralized and sustainable source of hydrogen. The potential hydrogen yield from the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste in Sydney alone could power over 750,000 passenger vehicles. Hydrogen is always generated in the digestion of organic material, but under natural conditions it is scavenged by methanogens. Recently developed silica membranes are selectively and highly permeable to hydrogen, and these can be used to draw hydrogen from the digester. The digester will be run at high temperatures (>65oC) because this favours organisms that produce hydrogen over methanogens. Anaerobic digesters are well established in Europe and at least 3 municipal plants already exist in Australia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2007
End Date: 06-2011
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $330,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Engineering | Environmental Technologies | Membrane And Separation Technologies
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Waste management | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal) |
