Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP100200717

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP100200717

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Combined strategies to extinguish underground coal fires and to extract geothermal energy. This project addresses two serious environmental issues that occur worldwide. Firstly, it aims to develop strategies to combat underground coal fires which are a serious environmental problem. It has been estimated that underground coal fires in China alone contribute 2 to 3 per cent of the total world output of carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuel. Concentrations of CO2 and CO (carbon monoxide) of up to 2200 ppm and 1000 ppm, respectively, have been measured in gases produced by underground coal fires. Secondly, the project is a proof of concept to validate the feasibility of production of geothermal energy from burning coal seams. This aspect has the potential to harvest large amounts of geothermal energy which is currently wasted.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2011

End Date: 31-12-2016

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $460,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering | Computational Heat Transfer | Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Geothermal Energy | Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering | Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified | Computational Heat Transfer | Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering | Geothermal Energy

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