Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP150101241
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Commercial scale production of biocrude by hydrothermal liquefaction. The project aims to develop new understanding and tools to support commercial-scale production of biocrude from microalgae or biosolids and enable a breakthrough in cost-effective production of sustainable fuels. A novel hydrothermal liquefaction reactor has been developed that has strong potential to overcome the limitations of Muradel's existing demonstration reactor which, while world-leading, is uneconomical at commercial scale. The project aims to develop design tools to optimise the new reactor, comprising a chemical model of the complex, multi-component hydrothermal liquefaction reactions, a computational model of the mixing and heat transfer within it and a network model of the energy and exergy flows.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2016
End Date: 12-2022
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $645,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Chemical Engineering | Process Control and Simulation | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics | Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Industrial Crops not elsewhere classified | Water Recycling Services (incl. Sewage and Greywater) |
