Hydrogen

Converts waste-stream plastic to Hydrogen. DMG® Technology is the pioneering process of recovering energy from unrecyclable plastic, end-of-life tyres and other waste streams through small scale gasification into an energy rich clean syngas (synthetic gas similar to natural gas) from which electrical power and hydrogen can be produced.

A modular system capable of waste conversion and hydrogen production has been developed to reduce cost and increase sustainability. For microbial electrolysis cell technology to be commercial, a current density and hydrogen productivity of >20 A/m2 and >15 L-hydrogen/L-reactor/day, respectively are needed. The main technical risks and challenges to reach high productivity at large-scale are: (1) Achieving and maintaining high conversion of waste, (2) Charge transfer, (3) Reactor material costs. We have achieved promising results in the first two areas, developing a robust electro-active microbial community capable of efficiently directing a wide range of compounds present in waste into electrons. Additionally, we have optimized operating conditions and improved reactor design to develop a bioelectrochemical cell capable of reaching the target current densities and hydrogen production. Integration of these advances in preliminary testing with food waste has shown a current density even higher than the targets mentioned above, indicating potential for success in application development.

Arb takes only sunlight and water as the input and produces fuel (hydrogen), electricity and heat at the same time. Arb has a total efficiency of ~70% and requires minimal ground/roof space.

Instead of a high-pressure cylinder, Hydrogen is stored as a solid-state carbon-free fuel with the release of hydrogen on-demand through our patent protected catalyst. Energy distribution by solid-state fuel is an alternative to electrical and gas grid networks.

The CSIRO team working on the membrane technology that allows hydrogen fuel to be transported as ammoni

"Exfoliation of a non-van der Waals material from iron ore hematite"Nature Nanotechnology 2018. "... [by] subjecting the ore to a process called liquid-phase exfoliation, the team created sheets just three iron and oxygen atoms thick."