December 17, 2021
Case Study: Identifying Existing Opportunities for Helium Production
Helium is a unique substance of significant value and global demand for it is rising. With Australia possessing significant helium resources within its natural gas fields, the most prospective opportunities for its commercial recovery have been reviewed to highlight the potential to supply the helium market from existing natural gas operations. Read More
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December 17, 2021
Case Study: Better Management of Boil-off in LNG, ammonia and liquid hydrogen storage
BoilFAST is a software tool recently developed by the FEnEx CRC, designed initially to predict and manage the boil-off gases generated during LNG storage and transport. It has now been extended to similarly quantify boil-off gases generated by other cryogenic liquids central to the export of renewable energy, such as liquid hydrogen and ammonia. Read…
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December 13, 2021
Project Announcement: Fully DC Microgrid for Green Hydrogen Production
This project aims to fill a research gap in the production of hydrogen from renewable energy (RE) sources, by focusing on the transition from AC to fully DC microgrids for green hydrogen production. The existing limitations with the current RE AC microgrids such as low efficiency, high cost and size as well as the current…
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December 1, 2021
Project Announcement: Direct Ammonia Reduction of Iron Ore
Ammonia (NH3) is an excellent hydrogen (H2) carrier and a practically effective means of exporting Australia’s rich renewable energy resources. Ammonia (NH3) may also be used as a carbon-free reductant of iron ore for the production of iron. This project seeks to research and develop the use of ammonia (NH3) as a reliable renewable reductant…
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December 1, 2021
FEnEx CRC welcomes Woodside Energy as a new Core Participant
Woodside Energy today became a Core Participant of the Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre (FEnEx CRC), joining a collaboration of more than 27 industry, government and research organisations working on the knowledge and technologies needed to lower the carbon emissions associated with the energy Australia supplies to millions of people overseas. Over the next…
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November 17, 2021
Report Release: Mapping of Key Stakeholders in Hydrogen & LNG Supply Chains
This report is the deliverable for Milestone 4.2.1 of the FEnEx CRC’s Commonwealth Grant Agreement. As global markets shift towards low or zero emissions energy sources, Australia’s position as one of the world’s largest energy exporters faces a significant period of change. Hydrogen has been identified as a prime opportunity for Australia to continue its…
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November 17, 2021
Report Release: Production & Maintenance Information Standards Review and Prioritized Use Cases for Developing Data Exchange & Communication Systems
This report is the deliverable for Milestone 3.1.1 of the FEnEx CRC’s Commonwealth Grant Agreement. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is transforming businesses by bringing real‐time data and intelligence during the lifecycle of a plant or facility. Interoperability among systems involved in this data exchange is essential but represents one of the biggest obstacles…
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November 17, 2021
Report Release: Options for Closed Carbon Cycles and Methane Reforming with CCS
This report is the deliverable for Milestone 2.4.1 of the FEnEx CRC’s Commonwealth Grant Agreement. The following techno-economic review reports on the current state of play with respect to the use of three existing and emerging blue hydrogen production technologies: Pyrolysis, steam methane reforming (SMR) and auto thermal reforming (ATR). The economic viability of these…
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November 17, 2021
Report Release: Opportunities for Helium Development in Australia
This report is the deliverable for Milestone 1.1.1 of the FEnEx CRC’s Commonwealth Grant Agreement. Helium is a unique substance of significant value (4 to 7 USD/m3), which is most efficiently produced from natural gas. Global demand for helium is rising, with frequent shortages and a supply-side oligopoly. Australia has an estimated 3.6 billion m3…
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October 8, 2021
FEnEx CRC Hydrogen Research Program Leader to present at Australia’s 3rd (Inter)National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
Professor Craig Buckley will today be presenting on a panel at Australia’s 3rd (Inter)National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day in Perth, Western Australia. Professor Buckley from Curtin University is the FEnEx CRC Hydrogen Research Program Lead, and an advocate for the hydrogen industry. Registration for this event is free.
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