Energy

Optimizing NatHERS (Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme)

This Project aims to improve NatHERS Whole of Home ratings by developing mathematical models for heating and cooling appliances. Expected outcomes are an assessment of various heating and cooling appliances and insights into the most appropriate heating and cooling solutions tailored to specific climate zones. The potential benefit is to enhance the overall energy efficiency and thermal comfort of residential spaces nationwide. 

Origin of hydrogen and helium occurrences

This Project seeks to understand the geological settings that facilitate the generation and accumulation of natural hydrogen. The expected outcome is to track the critical elements involved in the hydrogen and helium gas resources. This may result in fast-tracking the industrial production of natural hydrogen.

Li-ion battery separator material recovery and utilisation

Sodium battery is a promising alternative for energy storage if precious metal prices for making LIB remain high. This Project will mainly focus on the recovery of LIB separator material and explore economic applications of the recovered separator materials, such as turning it into high-value hard carbon for making sodium battery anode material.

Optimising vegetation management and grazing in solar farms

This project aims to use high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence to derive measurements that enhance vegetation management and grazing efficiency in solar farms. The expected outcome is to develop algorithms that can be applied to near real-time satellite data to enable the spatially comprehensive measurements of vegetation growth, grazing patterns overgrazing, curing rating for decision making in monitoring and determining the effectiveness of land management strategies.