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CRCMining receives $1.05m for coal R&D
The Cooperative Research Centre for Mining (CRCMining) was recently allocated a total of A$1.05m in grants from the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP). CRCMining Director of Research Professor Paul Lever said the funding will assist five new and continuing research projects. The grants cover a range of projects; including continuing research into DC motors, linear gas flow measurement for gas drainage boreholes and super-resolution control for RAB drilling. Dr Galina Mirzaeva and Professor Bob Betz from the University of Newcastle received an extension grant for their DC Motor Duty Meter Prototype project. The next stages of the project involve the investigation of motor temperature and the effects of mechanical vibrations. Extension funding was also allocated to the Centre’s linear gas flow measurement project, led by CRCMining Project Leader Bart Pienaar. The project aims to develop models and software to interpret and continuously quantify flow characteristics along the length of a gas drainage borehole using a fibre-optic temperature sensor. CRCMining Business Development Manager David Haneman said the grants reinforced the Centre’s status as a trusted R&D provider to ACARP and the broader mining industry. “We are very pleased to have been allocated ACARP funding for projects for both open-cut and underground mining projects,” Mr Haneman said. “This research will provide significant benefits to the mining industry.” Date Released: 23 December 2009
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