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The launch of GlobH2E

The official launch of the ARC ITRP TC for the Global Hydrogen Economy, GlobH2E was held on Monday, 5 December 2022 at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre (MCIC), UNSW Sydney. The Assistant Minister for Education Senator Anthony Chisholm, and the Australian Executive Director for Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Dr Mary Kelly and UNSW Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Attila Brungs officially launched the Centre.

The Centre commenced in June 2021 and has reached its first-year milestones with notable achievements and progress across five key research themes. Following the launch, industry partners and guests will be invited to enjoy a research showcase highlighting GlobH2E researchers' hard work and also network with other participants.

Thank you for those joining us for the official launch of the TC GlobH2E and for those who are unable to join, please see the event recap, images as well as research showcase of our researchers.

If you are interested to find out more about what we do, please connect with us via email: globh2e@unsw.edu.au

Video introducing GlobH2E

Event Images

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Research Poster

01

Synergistic interactions in electrochemical water splitting

Dr Kamran Dastafkan, UNSW Sydney (theme 1: H2 production)

02

CFD modelling and experimental study of the water electrolyser flow channel design optimisation

Miss Xiao Ying Wong, UNSW Sydney (theme 1: H2 production)

03

Restoring Ammonia from Waste NOx by Solar Driven Nitrate Reduction

Ms Shujie Zhou, UNSW Sydney (theme 2: H2 storage and utilisation)

04

Hydrogen Safety:Deflagration to Detonation Transition (DDT) Phenomenon in Premixed Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixture

Dr Hamidreza Rahimpour, Univ of Newcastle (theme 3: H2 safety)

05

Solar-assisted chemical CO2 upvaluing via coupling green hydrogen

Dr Bingqiao Xie, UNSW Sydney (theme 2: H2 storage and utilisation)

06

Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to fuel

Dr Penghui Yang, Univ Queensland (theme 2: H2 storage and utilisation)

07

Reducing the Amount of Critical Minerals Used on Graphene-Supported Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production

Mr Constantine Tsounis, UNSW Sydney (theme 1: H2 production)

08

Stabilizing the unstable: chromium coating on NiMo electrode for enhanced stability in intermittent water electrolysis

Mr Lingyi Peng, UNSW Sydney (theme 1: H2 production)

09

Open Source Tools for the Hydrogen and Power to X Economy

Mr Muhammad Haider Khan, UNSW Sydney (theme 4: H2 Value Chain)

Technology Showcase

UNSW SHINE 2.0 with Scientia Professor Rose Amal

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UNSW SHINE 2.0 with Scientia Professor Rose Amal

The SHINE project showcases an integrated reactor system with direct and indirect heating of the methanation reactor. SHINE utilises concentrated solar power to heat the reaction chamber and maintain reaction temperature through active solar tracking. Alternatively solar energy can be converted to electricity and stored in a mobile battery/solar controller unit for the primary's hydrogen generation and indirect heating reactor, allowing for night time operation.

Waste Biomass to Renewable Hydrogen Project (funded by ARENA)

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Waste Biomass to Renewable Hydrogen Project (funded by ARENA)

Extracting hydrogen from biomass represents a valuable approach by which a waste organic stream can be transformed into hydrogen (or hydrogen-carriers) for downstream use or as an exportable commodity. This project has established a stand-alone biomass reforming system capable of generating hydrogen and/or hydrogen-carriers using a waste biomass stream and sunlight, without producing any carbon dioxide emissions. The activity received funding from ARENA as part of ARENA's Research and Development Program - Renewable Hydrogen by Export.

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