Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1096802

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1096802

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Establishing the pathways of biomass decomposition in hot compressed water. Australia has significant under-developed biomass and brown coal resources which could feasibly be used to produce transport fuels and industrial chemicals. The successful conversion of these resources will offset the rising cost of petrochemicals, reduce oil import dependency, and in the longer term, address some of the challenges of climate change. We will directly address this problem by investigating the mechanism of conversion of biomass and brown coal resources to targeted chemical products, at laboratory and pilot scale, as a precursor to the development of a commercial biorefinery.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $200,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Combustion And Fuel Engineering | Chemical Engineering Design |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Energy transformation not elsewhere classified | Industrial chemicals and related products | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

Other Keywords

Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering Design | Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Combustion And Fuel Engineering | Energy transformation not elsewhere classified | Industrial chemicals and related products | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

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