Research Areas

The R&D program has the primary objective of providing the data, knowledge and capability to allow rapid and low risk implementation of LECT with CCS under Australian conditions. Benefits of this R&D will include:

• Reduced cost and time required for project developers to take a project to pre-FEED status.
• Reduced cost and time required in permitting of projects.
• Reduced financing risk through increased knowledge and data available to owners & bankers engineers.
• Reduced capital and operating cost and increased operating flexibility through tailoring of plant specifically for Australian fuels, market requirements and environmental conditions.
• Reduced risks involved in using Australian fuels in commercial LECT systems, thereby supporting future marketability of those fuels.
• Improved plant reliability and availability.
• Evaluation of options for step changes in cost and efficiency from second generation technologies.

ANLECR&D will focus on accelerating the feedback between the early demonstration projects and the applied technology R&D, thereby mitigating risk and accelerating the technology development cycle.  The ANLECR&D focus within the classic technology development pathway is illustrated with the following diagram.

The R&D will be conducted across 7 key program areas:

• Alternatives and Fundamentals
• Brown Coal
• Carbon Transport and Storage (CTS)
• Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
• Oxy-fuel
• Post Combustion Capture (PCC)
• Techno-economic Analysis