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Redox Battery Inventor, Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Joins Apellas Advisory Board
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Redox Battery Inventor, Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Joins Apellas Advisory
Board
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Vancouver, BC - January 22, 2011
Apella Resources Inc.
(TSX.V: "APA"), (U.S.A.
OTCQX: "APAFF"), and (Frankfurt Symbol:
"NWN") is very pleased to announce that Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos has joined
Apellas Advisory Board effective immediately.
Professor Skyllas-Kazocas is currently
Emeritus Professor, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, The University
of New South Wales, Australia ("UNSW"); prior to which she held the posts of Professor,
School of Chemical Engineering and Industry Chemistry, UNSW, and Director, Centre
for Electrochemical and Minerals Processing, UNSW.
Professor Skyllas-Kazacos career
accomplishments, achievements and awards are outlined below.
Professor Skyllas-Kazacos is well known worldwide as the scientific researcher and
pioneer who is credited with the invention of the Vanadium Redox Battery (now, commonly
referred to as "the VRB").
Professor Skyllas-Kazacos pioneering work included the
basis research, through the development of all aspects (including electrolyte production,
novel plastic electrodes, new modified membranes, mathematical modeling and design)
of battery technology and components, to prototype testing and manufacturing trials
in conjunction with industrial licenses.
Patrick D.
OBrien, ICD.D, Apellas Chairman and CEO comments "Apellas Board, Management
and Technical Team are very delighted to have Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos join
Apellas Advisory Board.
Marias extensive knowledge and expertise in the area
of vanadium applications is well known and respected globally.
It is without a doubt
that Marias contribution to Apellas endeavours will have an immense impact on
the companys future.
We all welcome Professor Skyllas-Kazacos to Apella and look
forward to working with this highly acclaimed scientist in developing our Vanadium-Iron-Titanium
assets and meeting the markets future vanadium requirements."
The Vanadium Redox battery which Professor Skyllas-Kazacos pioneered is now regarded
internationally as one of the most feasible technologies currently available to
meet the growing need for efficient renewable energy storage to help in the global
reduction of fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
To date more
than 20 medium to large-scale VRB systems have been installed by Sumitomo Electric
Industries in Japan, USA, Europe and Australia for the storage of wind and solar
energy and for load leveling at power stations and back-up power.
The largest of
these is a 4 MW/6 MWh VRB integrated to a wind-farm on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Several companies are now manufacturing or are in the process of setting up production
of the VRB in China and Europe, while a grant from the US Department of Energy was
awarded for the installation of a 6 MWh VRB installation at the Painesville Municipal
Power Plant in Ohio using the UNSW technology.
In 2001, the new "Generation 2" Vanadium Bromide Redox Cell was patented by the
University of NSW and funding was received from the Victorian government funded
Centre for Energy and Greenhouse Technologies and from the Australian governments
Renewable Energy Development Initiative fund to further develop the technology as
a high energy density flow battery for both stationary and mobile applications.
Collaborative research in this area is currently being undertaken with Nanyang Technical
University in Singapore.
The key and most significant component of the Vanadium Redox Battery production
is vanadium itself.
Both electrolytes in Vanadium Redox Batteries are vanadium based.The
only primary, constant, and reliable source of Vanadium for VRB producers, going
forward, will without a doubt be magnetite ore deposits like the Iron-T and Lac
Dore deposits that Apella is associated with.
For Vanadium Redox Batteries to continue
to expand market share it will be imperative for VRB manufactures worldwide to have
access to large, reliable supplies of high grade vanadium that meet their particular
specifications; which is exactly what Apella plans to see produced and delivered.
Apella currently awaits receipt of its updated NI 43-101 Technical Report and Resource
Calculation for its Iron-T Vanadium-Iron-Titanium Project located in Quebec, Canada.
This latest report being prepared by SGS-Geostat and will include a report on the
metallurgy of the deposit.
The earlier NI-43-101-compliant report and resource calculation
of 11.6 million tonnes presented to Apella by SGS-Geostat in August 2010 of 11.6
million did not include:
* assay results from 15 additional drill holes
* assay results from 2 extended drill holes
* assay results from 85 channel samples taken from newly discovered zones
Professor Skyllas-Kazacos, in addition to her work in the area of the Vanadium Redox
Battery, has a vast amount of experience in other sectors of research as well.
Her
work to date has led to the authoring and filing of 250 publications and patents
in the areas of:
Vanadium Battery Research: which has resulted in todays leading edge Vanadium
Redox Battery technology currently being utilized worldwide.
Lithium battery and Fuel Cell technology: including new research activities in
lithium ion batteries and biofuel which began on 2001 at UNSW.
In collaboration
with ANSTO, a range of novel lithium battery electrode materials have been evaluated
for improved intercalation ratios and reversibility.
Work is also being undertaken
on the development of improved catalysts for methanol oxidation and membrane modification
for direct methanol fuel cell applications.
Aluminium Electrowinning, Mineral Extraction and Molten Salts: This work has been
funded by grants from Comalco (Rio Tinto), the Australian Research Council and more
recently the CSIRO Light Metals Flagship.
Studies include aluminium electrowinning
in cryolite and alternative electrolytes, inert anodes and inert cathodes for aluminium
electrolysis.
Other projects have included:
- Electrochemical studies of aluminium deposition and dissolution at graphite,
tungsten, titanium diboride and TiB2/C composite and granulometry on anode overvoltage
in aluminium smelting process.
- Determination of bath resistivities, bubble layer resistivities and gaseous
volume fraction in aluminium electrolysis cells with sloping anodes and cathode.
- Electrochemical studies of dissolved aluminium in molten Al2O3 / cryolite.
- Electrochemical studies of wettability of sintered TiB2 and TiB2/C composite
electrodes in molten Al2O3/cryolite.
Effect of TiO2 and B2O3 additions on the aluminium
deposition reaction at graphite electrodes in molten Al2O3/cryolite.
- Preparation and evaluation of inert anodes based on cermet composite materials
to eliminate the generation of carbon dioxide
- Anode effect studies for greenhouse gas reduction in aluminium smelting
- Wear resistant cathodes for aluminium electrowinning
- Advanced Control and process modelling for the aluminium reduction cell.
Electrochemical Engineering and Electrochemical Cell Design, including:
- Modelling and simulation of electrochemical reactors
- Bipolar cell design and evaluation
- Industrial prototype design, testing and optimisation
- Precipitation mechanisms and kinetics; effects of additives and impurities
on precipitation processes and crystal morphology.
A list of Professor Skyllas-Kazacos vast credits would include a total of over
130 papers in international refereed journal, 2 Book Chapters, more than 35 patents
or patent applications, 75 full conference papers, and 17 major reports.
She has
also edited and published 9 Conference Proceedings and jointly produced 2 CDRoms
of Conference papers.
Professor Skyllas-Kazacos career has provided her the opportunity and pleasure
to supervise 25 PhD and Masters thesis students to completion.
Maria is currently
supervising 7 PhD students, 3 Honours thesis students, 2 research fellows, and 2
research students; all in addition to her own ongoing research and endeavours.
Academic Qualifications:
1974 BSc (Hons 1) Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales
1974 University Medal
1978 PhD, School of Chemical Technology, The University of New South Wales
Professional Affiliations:
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia
Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Member, Electrochemical Society of USA
Chartered Professional Engineer
Awards and Medals
University Medal, 1974
Whiffen Medal, Institution of Chemical Engineers Australia, 1997
CHEMECA Medal, Institution of Chemical Engineers Australia, 1998
Member of the Order of Australia, Australia Day Honours List 1999
R.K.
Murphy Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2000
Invested as Grand Lady of the Byzantine Order of St Eugene of Trebizond (Australia
Day, 2009)
Recipient Distinguished Lecturer Award, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories,
Richland, UNSW, 2009.
Co-Recipient, 2009 Light Metals Division Journal of Metals Best Paper Award
Employment:
2007- present: Emeritus Professor, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering,
UNSW
2005-2010: Honorary Technical advisor, V-Fuel Pty Ltd
2004-present: Honorary Technical advisor, Magnam Technologies Pty Ltd
1993- 2007 Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry,
UNSW
2000-2006 Director, Centre for Electrochemical and Minerals Processing,
UNSW.
1987-1993 Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial
Chemistry, UNSW
1982-1987 Lecturer to Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering and
Industrial Chemistry, UNSW
1980-1981 Queen Elizabeth II Postdoctoral Research Fellow in School of Physics,
UNSW
1978-1979 CSIRO Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bell Telephone Laboratories,
Murray Hill, NJ, USA
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