Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0349133

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0349133

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A study of high temperature transformation of oil shale - In-situ mineral reactions and structure analysis. In the current energy market, non-traditional fuels like oil shale are becoming more economically important. Australia has >33 billion tonnes of oil shales resources with potential for >1800 million tonnes of recoverable oil. This potential multi-billion dollar industry depends upon development of an efficient technology leading to economical oil production and much cleaner organic liquid fuels. Retorting and combustion, which are core parts of oil shale conversion technology, would benefit from improved process conditions. This research proposal intends to investigate the in-situ complex oil shale thermal conversion reactions that occur during the retorting and combustion processes. Improved understanding of these complex reactions could lead to substantial economic and environmental improvements in oil shale processing.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-10-2003

End Date: 30-06-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $225,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Industrial Chemistry | Other Chemical Sciences | Mineralogy And Crystallography | Chemistry Of Catalysis |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil shale and tar sands—conversion to liquid fuels | Conservation and efficiency |

Other Keywords

Chemistry Of Catalysis | Conservation and efficiency | Industrial Chemistry | Mineralogy And Crystallography | Mining and Extraction | Oil shale and tar sands—conversion to liquid fuels | Other Chemical Sciences

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