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ACARP project selection 2005

AUSTRALIAN Coal Research Association Program has just released its list of research projects to r...

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Project
Researcher

ACARP funding (A$)

SUSTAINABLE USE OF COAL PROJECTS

Centre for Low Emission Technology C14002

Centre for Low Emission Technology

2,000,000

Oxy-Fuel Feasibility Study C14003

CRC for Coal In Sustainable Development (CCSD)

80,000

CO2 Sequestration into Deep Coal Seams C14004

University of Queensland Services

75,000

UNDERGROUND PROJECTS

Evaluation of a Real Time Personal Dust Meter for Studies on Mine Faces C14010

University of Queensland

56,000

Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas Recovery and Its Impact on Subsequent Coal Mining C14011

SCT Operations

165,000

Strata Control Risks in Underground Coal Mines C14014

University of New South Wales

220,000

Coal Mine Gas and Outburst Information Management Site C14015

Wollongong University

149,310

Reducing Injury Risks Associated with Underground Equipment C14016

Burgess-Limerick and Associates

234,000

Borehole Tool for Investigating Otherwise Inaccessible areas - Extension C11033 C14017

University of Queensland Geotechnical Systems Australia

152,900

Improvements in Longwall Downtime Analysis and Fault Identification C14018

CRCMining

121,200

Risk and Coal Mining Governance C14019

University of Queensland

40,000

Condition Monitoring and Fault Detection of Longwall Shearer C14020

CRCMining

115,560

Controlling Underground Heatings using Innovative Fire-Suppressant Injection C14021

CSIRO Exploration and Mining CSIRO Energy Technology

198,000

Database on Intrinsic Safety Information C14022

Simtars

42,000

Use of PCs in Intrinsic Safety (Phase 1) C14023

Simtars

59,000

Mines Rescue Vehicle - Stage 3 Demonstration Phase C14024

Simtars

215,000

Inertisation and Mine Fire Simulation Using Computer Software C14025

S Gillies

130,000

Ethernet-Based Mine Communications and Information Systems C14026

CSIRO

280,000

Active Explosion Barriers C14027

SkillPro

121,000

Diesel Engine Management C14028

SkillPro

126,000

Toolbox of Techniques for Roadway Driveage C14029

Seedsman Geotechnics Wollongong University

205,000

Matching Longwall Support Design to Industry Requirements in Weak Ground C14030

SCT Operations

226,700

Impacts of Mining Subsidence on Natural Features C14031

University of Wollongong BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal

147,084

Outburst Risk Assessment C14032

Sigra

35,000

Hydrogeological Response to Longwall Mining C14033

CSIRO Exploration and Mining

207,132

Intelligent Drilling Systems C14034

CRCMining CoalBed Concepts

177,500

Forward Looking Radar for Early Sensing of Ground Conditions C14035

CSIRO Exploration and Mining

95,000

Dust Control Technology for Longwall Faces: Shearer Scrubber System: Ext to C13019 C14036

CSIRO Exploration and Mining DMI

290,000

Safe Man Transport Vehicles for Underground Mining C14037

MTI, Monash University

100,000

Borehole Permeability Damage and Its Impacts on Gas Drainage C14038

CSIRO Petroleum

80,000

Permitted Explosives for 21st Century: Stage 2 C14039

University of New South Wales

298,770

Chemical Injection System for Self Drilling Bolts C9017

CSIRO

50,000

GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION PROJECTS

Gas Cleaning Technologies for Mine Methane Mitigation C14076

CSIRO Exploration and Mining

105,000

Ventilation Air Engine C14077

CSIRO Exploration and Mining

179,575

Cogeneration for Mine Water Management C14078

CSIRO Exploration and Mining

72,386

Oxidation of Methane in MVA using Porous Burner Technology C14079

University of Sydney Biomass Energy Services

300,000

Australian Decommissioned Mines Gas Prediction C14080

Lunagas Wardell Armstrong LLP

195,761

GHG Emissions from Coal Mine Waste C14081

CSIRO

54,000

* Open cut and coal preparation projects are omitted here. For details contact ACARP.

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