Improving production of essential oils from Australian trees. Production of essential oils from eucalypts and tea tree is an important rural industry in Australia but we are only a minor producer worldwide. Using new genetic discoveries about how plants make oils, this project will help the industry improve the yield and profitability from both eucalypts and tea tree and contribute new technologies to rural industry.
Oxidation product generation during heating and storage of bio-fuels and alternative fuels assessed by multidimensional gas chromatography. Renewable bio-fuels offer much promise as a replacement for fossil fuels. However, they have a tendency to oxidise when prepared and used, potentially forming gums and solid deposits in engines. The objective of this project is the identification of these deposits and subsequent prevention during engine operation.