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SUMMARY:HILT CRC project webinar: Biofuels and biomass-derived syngas for low-carbon heavy industry
DESCRIPTION:Join this HILT partners-only webinar to examine how biomass\, waste and refuse-derived fuel (RDF) could contribute to lower-emissions heat and fuel supply for iron & steel\, alumina and cement\, with a focus on deployment\, feedstock availability\, integration into existing systems\, and the role of syngas. \nFrom the HILT research team\, hear from A/Prof. Woei Saw (Adelaide University) on project RP2.010 Utilisation of RDF in industrial processes and Dr San Shwe Hla (CSIRO) on RP2.012 Opportunities for bioenergy in Australian heavy industry. \nDr Vahid Shadravan (CSIRO) will also provide an update on RP2.018 Demonstrating the sustainability and potential of biomass/waste-derived syngas for Australian heavy industry. \nKey findings include: \n\nThe potential for RDF-derived syngas to offer a practical lower-carbon option\, and the importance of end-use requirements\, gas clean-up and ash management in determining feasibility (RP2.010)\nRegional feedstock availability is the critical constraint for bioenergy opportunities\, and different biomass conversion pathways may suit different industrial contexts (RP2.012).\n\nBuilding on this\, RP2.018 is progressing pilot-scale demonstration of biomass/waste-derived syngas\, technoeconomic comparison with other low-carbon options\, and work on regulatory frameworks and social licence. \nHenry Anning (ResourceCo) and Ash Walker (⁠Forest Products Commission) will offer insights from a feedstock supplier perspective. Dr David Wong (CSIRO)\, leader of HILT Program 2 (Cross-cutting Technologies) will host the webinar. \n\n\n\nNOTE: This webinar is exclusive to employees of HILT CRC Partner organisations. Register via the form below or contact admin@hiltcrc.com.au for the registration link. \n\nWEBINAR REGISTRATION – Biofuels and biomass-derived syngas for low-carbon heavy industry (ID #6613)Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *Email address *HILT CRC Partner organisation *Microsoft Event Terms and Conditions *I have read and agree to the Microsoft Event Terms and Conditions (see link below)REGISTER  \nMicrosoft Event Terms and Conditions \n\nSPEAKERS\nWoei Saw\, Associate Professor\, School of Chemical Engineering\, Adelaide University\n \nA/Prof. Woei Saw is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemical Engineering at Adelaide University. With an exemplary track record in the development and demonstration of novel technology in the decarbonisation of high-temperature industrial processes\, Saw leads HILT CRC’s AlumiNEXT™ Project. He has also developed a patent on net-zero steam alumina calcination\, which allows steam generated from the alumina calcination process to be recovered and utilised in the bauxite digestion within the Bayer process. \nSaw has research and hands-on experience in designing and operating pilot-scale systems\, and expertise relevant to thermal conversion technologies. He has previously been involved in concentrated solar thermal (CST) research projects funded by ARENA and co-led the development of process integration (including techno-economic assessment) of CST plant and high-temperature storage into alumina calcination process and contributed to scaling up of and lab-scale demonstration of Adelaide University solar expanding vortex receiver (SEVR). He is also working towards a transformation of agricultural waste through the development of technologies to produce value-adding energy co-products. \n\nDr San Hla\, Principal Research Scientist\, CSIRO\n \nDr San Hla has worked on coal gasification\, biomass gasification\, waste-to-energy\, computational fluid dynamics\, development of catalytic membrane reactors\, and catalytic water-gas-shift reactions. His current research interests include catalysis and mechanisms of reactions\, numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation\, energy generation\, conversion and storage engineering\, and chemical engineering design. Prior to moving to CSIRO in 2004\, he was a Research Associate in the Energy Program\, at the Asian Institute of Technology\, Thailand. He completed his PhD in Renewable Energy and Biomass Gasification at the University of Melbourne. \n\nDr Vahid Shadravan\, Senior Research Scientist\, CSIRO\n \nDr Vahid Shadravan is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO with over a decade of experience in sustainable energy and decarbonisation processes across Australia and Europe. His expertise spans catalytic processes and low-emission pathways for hydrogen\, ammonia and methanol\, alongside biomass and waste utilisation via thermochemical routes such as gasification. He has worked closely with industry and research partners to translate these technologies into practical solutions for hard to abate sectors. \n  \n\nHenry Anning\, CEO – Energy\, ResourceCo\n \nWith over 17 years’ experience and expertise across waste\, finance\, energy and sustainability\, Henry Anning leads ResourceCo’s energy business in Australia and Southeast Asia. He previously led Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s waste team and is a former Associate Director at Low Carbon Australia. Henry is also a Director of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) and Bioenergy Australia.  \n  \n\nAsh Walker\, Project Manager\, Business Development and Innovation\, Forest Products Commission\n \nThe Forest Products Commission (FPC) supports a sustainable Western Australian forestry industry by supplying timber products and services across three business segments – softwood\, native forest and sandalwood. The FPC works to ensure that responsible forest management\, sustainable harvesting and innovation secure long-term environmental health and economic growth for Western Australian’s timber future. \nHear from Ash as he presents information about forestry residues generated through FPC’s operations and the potential it has for bioenergy markets. \n\nHongwei Wu\, Professor of Chemical Engineering\, Curtin University\n \nProf. Hongwei Wu’s research interests include: fuel science and engineering; production of green chemicals from biomass; bioenergy science and engineering; thermochemical processing or co-processing of fuels; biochar production\, tuning\, characterisation and applications; transformation of mineral matter in fuels; hydrogen production from solid fuels; solar-thermochemical processing; safety\, loss prevention and risk management in industrial processes; and metallurgical reductants including coal\, biomass charcoal\, methane and hydrogen.  \nHongwei received his Bachelor and Master of Engineering in Thermal Power Engineering\, from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)\, China. He then pursued his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle\, Australia. After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Monash University\, Australia\, he moved to Curtin University\, becoming a full professor in 2010. Hongwei won the 2010 Curtin Commercial Innovation Award and 2011 Western Australia Innovator of the Year Woodside Encouragement Award. He was also the recipient of the inaugural 2018 Curtin Awards for Excellence in Higher Degree by Research Supervision. He is a fellow of the Combustion Institute (2019). After serving as Associate Editor (2008-2019)\, Prof Wu has was in January 2020 appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Energy & Fuels journal (published by the American Chemical Society). \n\nDr David Wong\, Project Manager & Team Leader\, Energy Technologies group\, CSIRO\n \nDavid is a Brisbane-based energy-technologies specialist with a PhD in chemical and materials engineering\, whose work ranges from technology scale-up and commercialisation in the hydrogen and low-carbon fuels sector to energy efficiency\, emissions mitigation and benchmarking for industrial systems. He is currently Project Manager and Team Leader in the CSIRO Energy Technologies research program\, based at the Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT) site in Pullenvale. \nDavid was a lead author for the IPCC’s 2019 Methodology Report for emissions accounting for industrial aluminium and rare-earth metal smelting. He has led multi-party implementation projects that cut fluorinated greenhouse gases by 50% in trials at one major aluminium smelter and delivered energy savings of 100–150 kWh per tonne of metal two other smelters. He has over 30 publications\, has advised industry and governmental bodies internationally\, and has received awards from The Minerals\, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and The International Committee for Study of Bauxite\, Alumina & Aluminium (ICSOBA). He also trains global smelting professionals through long-running technical courses.
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SUMMARY:HILT CRC project webinar: De-risking Australian ores in fluidised bed direct reduced iron
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a webinar on HILT CRC project RP1.012 Prevention of sticking in H₂ fluidised bed direct reduced iron production. This project is addressing one of the key technical barriers to hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (DRI) from Australian ores: how to maintain stable fluidised bed operation while avoiding sticking and defluidisation. \nBringing together complementary research from The University of Newcastle (UON)\, The Australian National University (ANU) and Swinburne University of Technology (SUT)\, the project is building a more complete picture of ore behaviour\, reduction kinetics\, anti-sticking strategies and downstream materials handling – highlighting the value of a collaborative approach to de-risking future green iron pathways based on Australian ores. \nThe webinar will highlight recent research findings from the project\, including: \n\nreduction conditions strongly influence how metallic iron forms on ore particles\nhigher temperatures and hydrogen concentrations increase the tendency to form dense iron layers that hinder gas permeability and raise sticking risk\nfor the Australian hematite–goethite ores tested\, acceptable reduction without sticking was achieved at 700–800 °C\, identifying a promising operating window for further development.\n\nPresenters will include project leader Assoc. Prof. Tom Honeyands (project leader) and Dr Rou Wang from UON\, Dr Shabnam Sabah from SUT and Prof. John Pye from ANU. \nJohn will also give an update on the ARENA-supported extension of RP1.012. \nRachelle Doyle\, Research Leader\, HILT CRC Program 1 (Process Technologies)\, will introduce the speakers and moderate the audience Q&A. \n\n\n\n\nWEBINAR REGISTRATION – De-risking Australian ores in fluidised bed direct reduced ironPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *Email address *HILT CRC Partner organisation *Microsoft Event Terms and Conditions *I have read and agree to the Microsoft Event Terms and Conditions (see link below)REGISTER  \nMicrosoft Event Terms and Conditions \n\nSPEAKERS\nA/Prof. Tom Honeyands\, Director – BHP Centre for Sustainable Steelmaking Research\, University of Newcastle\n \nPrior to joining the University of Newcastle in 2015\, Tom Honeyands spent 20 years working in an industrial R&D environment and 6 years as a metallurgical consultant. While at BHP Billiton Research (1995 to 2009)\, he worked on a range of industrial research spanning continuous casting of steel; steelmaking; manufacturing\, transport and use of direct reduced iron; manganese smelting; and iron ore geometallurgy use in iron and steelmaking.  \nA key focus of Tom’s iron ore research was to define a link between fundamental iron ore properties and their performance in ironmaking processes. While working for Creative Process Innovation\, he developed the Marx Value in Use (VIU) model which has been applied on more than 35 VIU studies for major and junior iron ore miners. He also led the AMIRA P1097 project on transportable moisture limit (TML) of iron ores and the P1150 project on moisture measurement and control for iron ore conveyor systems.  \nTom’s areas of expertise include characterisation of ironmaking raw materials relevant to their end-use (e.g. iron ore for sintering\, iron ore sinter\, lump and pellets for blast furnace ironmaking); applied research with focus on understanding process fundamentals (e.g. the iron ore sintering and FINMET processes); and formulation of research programs to achieve desired\, tangible outcomes (e.g. results that can be used in technical marketing and/or solve commercial-scale problems). He has delivered in-house iron and steelmaking training to iron ore miners (50 courses and almost 800 trainees). \n\nDr Rou Wang\, Research Associate\, University of Newcastle\n \nRou Wang completed her PhD project in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle\, where she currently works as a research associate in BHP Centre for Sustainable Steelmaking Research. As well as working on HILT CRC project RP1.012\, Rou has expanded her research on advanced carbon materials for energy storage and fluidisation behaviour in ironmaking. \n  \n\nDr Shabnam Sabah\, Postdoctoral Research Engineer (Green Steel Alliance)\, Swinburne University of Technology\n \nShabnam Sabah leads HILT CRC project RP1.015 ‘De-risking flash reduction of Australian iron ores’. She has worked on several other HILT projects\, including ‘Prevention of sticking in H₂ fluidised bed DRI production’\, ‘Impact of hydrogen DRI on melting in an electric Furnace’\, ‘Hydrogen Ironmaking: fluidised bed H₂DRI with Australian focus’\, and ‘Testing of Australian Iron Ores in a hydrogen direct flash smelting process’. \nIn her role at Swinburne\, Dr Sabah focuses on decarbonising the ironmaking and steelmaking industry through technoeconomics\, characterisation and process modelling. She also manages the research activities of the Swinburne Green Steel Program. Dr Sabah completed her PhD on splashing behaviour of basic oxygen furnaces at Swinburne. She worked in the process industry after finishing her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. \n\nProfessor John Pye\, Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute\, The Australian National University\n \nJohn Pye has a background in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on thermal energy systems including system design\, heat transfer\, non-imaging optics\, computational fluid dynamics\, thermodynamics and simulation. His recent focus is on system-level design optimisation\, heavy industrial decarbonisation\, fluidised bed ironmaking and biomass gasification. John led HILT CRC Project RP2.008 Lost production and variability as well as an ARENA-funded project on de-risking hydrogen ironmaking.  \n  \n\nRachelle Doyle\, Leader\, Program 1 – Process Technologies\, HILT CRC\n \nRachelle Doyle is a Perth-based chemical engineer and senior R&D leader with 30+ years’ experience in diverse roles across iron ore\, energy and alumina. She serves on several Curtin University advisory bodies (Chair\, Chemical Engineering & Corrosion Centre Advisory Group; member\, Curtin Institute of Energy Transition Industry Advisory Board) and on Adelaide University’s  Centre for Energy Technology Advisory Board\, bringing deep industry–research connectivity and portfolio management experience. She has built and led substantial research portfolios and partnerships\, including a ~$90 million annual R&D program at Rio Tinto Iron Ore spanning early-phase research through to scaled field demonstrations. \nCareer highlights include leading technology teams and R&D portfolios at Rio Tinto (Iron Ore) and Fortescue Future Industries\, shaping Woodside’s technology and new energies strategies\, global implementation of process safety practices for Chevron\, and early-career roles at Queensland Alumina (working for Hatch Kaiser Engineers) and Alcoa. \nRachelle’s contributions to technology development in Australia were recognised in 2024 when she was named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). She is also a fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)\, a Chartered Professional Engineer and Deputy Chair of IChemE Australia\, and has chaired Standards Australia’s Hydrogen Technologies Committee\, helping deliver more than 30 standards since 2019.
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