CCSLab Net Canberra Node Asset 11 Compute Infrastructure

CCSLab. Net – Canberra Node Asset #11 – Compute Infrastructure • Technical programmers – develop new analyses and reconstruction modules and Plexus for complete data curation • Data storage - ~100 Tb per annum • GPU cluster – to drive real-time visualisation, important for remote access and training. • Requested: $490 k • Matching: $1040 k (4 years)

CCSLab. Net – Canberra Node Asset #12 – 3 D Imaging • Continuous multiscale imaging in 3 D using patented registration algorithms. Only Equivalent group able to integrate this information conventional scan (in 3 D from microns to metres) compared with • Refurbished clinical scanner 40 Gbyte Heliscan of (5 mm dia. , • Heliscan™ micro-CT 20 mm long, – dedicated to CCS 3. 5 µm resolution) • Requested: $1500 k • Matching: $1700 k (4 years)

QEMScan Asset #13 – Quantitative Mineralogy • 2 D mineral mapping informs 3 D structure. Only group able to integrate this information. • Crucial for understanding the types of porosity (clays, fractures, etc), and reactivity • Cost saving in reservoir evaluation by using cuttings, and side wall core Segmented tomogram CCSLab. Net – Canberra Node • Requested: $850 k • Matching: $740 k (4 years) Focussed Ion Beam Tomography

CCSLab. Net – Canberra Node In situ triaxial high pressure cell Asset #14 – SCAL Equipment • ex situ equipment for CO 2 flooding – to do long-term serial experiments • in situ cell for real-time monitoring of CO 2 floods at the pore-scale. • Core preparation tools • Requested: $1010 k • Matching: $1280 k In situ drainage at the pore-scale

CCSLab. Net – Canberra Node Asset #11 – Refurbishment • Currently: 1 st & 3 rd floor of 60 year old building. Will co -locate labs and CT rooms to ground floor in more appropriate building (vibration, shielding, etc) • Establish ‘best practice’ workflow and training programs • Wet lab for precision sample preparation for QEMScan and CT • Core techniques: porosimetry, pycnometry, SCAL, etc • Dedicated CT for CCS, plus 2 ANU CTs and 1 for expansion. Dedicated QEMScan room. • • Requested: $1680 k Matching: $2370 k Technician working in shielded and temperature stabilised room