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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0989552
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Conversion of Lignite to Biochars to Enhance Soil Fertility. Lignite, or brown coal, is used in power generation, but it is uneconomic to transport and acts as a significant source of greenhouse gases. The conversion of lignite to liquid fuel and char provides an economic source of fuel and the generation of a char which also lowers the carbon footprint associated with lignite processing. Lignite-derived char has potential to act as an agent for both promoting plant growth and improving soil health. This project will do much to promote the use of chars, from a lignite source, which will increase the economic viability of mining brown coal.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2010
End Date: 06-2014
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $115,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Technologies | Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Fertilisers And Agrochemicals (Application Etc.) | Soil Sciences |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Rehabilitation of degraded mining lands | Global climate change adaptation measures | Rehabilitation of degraded farmland
