Chairman of department: Dr I . J. Harris Professor STANLEY ROBERT SIEMON
Visiting Professor HENRY REGINALD CLIVE PRATT Readers DAVID GORDON EVANS
IESTYN JAMES HARRIS WERNER STRAUSS
Senior Lecturers W I L L I A M REGINALD BULMER MARTIN DAVID GEORGE WOOD
ROBERT SELWYN YOST Lecturers GARY NORRIS KERKIN
BRIAN RALPH STANMORE DONALD GEORGE VANSELOW NEVILLE BRUCE PAMMENT Tutors HOWARD ROYCE DEVLIN
NGUYEN KIEN LOI
Senior Research Officer FREDERICK ADRIAN BULL
Graduate Research Assistant JOHN MURRAY CHARLESWORTH RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS
A. FUEL ENGINEERING 1. Fluid bed combustion - Dr B. R. Stanmore.
2. Processes for dewatering brown coal — Dr B. R. Stanmore. Professor S. R. Siemon and Mr D. G. Evans.
3. Extrusion of brown coal — Dr B. R. Stanmore.
4. Structure of brown coal — Professor S. R. Siemon.
5. Conversion of brown coal lo liquid fuels — Professor S. R. Siemon and Mr R. S. Yosl.
6. Handling of solid fuels - Dr F. A. Bull.
7. Electrode grist and pitch from brown coal char — Dr F. A. Bull.
8. Identification of petroleum residues in arsons — Dr F. A. Bull.
9. Solvent extraction of brown coal — Professor S. R. Siemon.
10. Interaction of ammonia with brown coal — Mr D. G. Evans.
11. Brown coal slurries - Professor S. R. Siemon.
B. BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
1. Role of activated carbon in waste water treatment - Mr W. R. B. Martin.
2. Algae growth on sewage — Mr W. R. B. Martin.
3. Thermal dewatering of piggery effluent - Dr D. G. Vanselow.
4. Thermal and mechanical dewatering of lucerne leaves — Dr D. G. Vanselow and Mr D. G. Evans.
5. Kinetics of phenol biodegradation — Dr D. G. Vanselow.
6. Utilisation of oxygen in activated sludge plants - Dr I . .1. Harris.
7. Effect of air pollutants on Australian plants - Dr W. Strauss.
8. Continuous high temperature/short lime sterilization of liquid foods using steam injection - Dr D. G. Wood.
C. TRANSPORT PHENOMENA 1. Backmixing in solvent extraction - Professor H. R. C. Pratt.
2. Droplet coalescence and breakdown in packed liquid extraction columns - Professor H. R. C.
Pratt.
3. Mass transfer coefficients in multi-component vapour-liquid systems - Mr R. S. Yost.
4. Condensation inside horizontal and vertical tubes — Dr D. G. Wood.
5. Pressure drop sludies in annular two-phase flow - Dr D. G. Wood.
6. The structure of the interface during condensation two-phase flow — Dr D. G. Wood.
7. Local heat flux measurement — Dr D. G. Wood.
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D. OTHER 1. Heat loss during anaesthesia - Dr I . J. Harris.
2. The effect of transportation options on urban air pollution — Dr W. Strauss.
3. Kinetics of oxidation of organic components in aqueous solution — Dr. I . J. Harris.
THESES PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREE Doctor of Philosophy
1. ANDERSON, W. J. — Studies of Axial Mixing in Liquid-Liquid Systems 2. CAMIER, R. J. — Brown Coal Structure
3. HOOPER, R. J. - Solvent Extraction of Brown Coal
4. NGIAN, K. F. — Substrate Removal in a Biologically Active Fluidized Bed 5. NGUYEN, K. L. — Condensation inside a Horizontal Tube
6. ROWNEY, J. E. — Melting ofa Sphere due to Convective Heat Transfer
1. SUBRAHMANIYAM, S. - Studies of the Frictional Pressure Drop in Annular Two-Phase Flo ws
Master of Engineering Science
8. BROWN, S. R. - The Treatability of Brown Coal Dewatering Effluent 9. DROHAN, P. J. A. - Thermal Dewatering of Brown Coal Lithotypes
10. FISHER. R. J. - Photosynthetic Chemoslat Apparatus for Eutrophication Studies T H E S E S IN PROGRESS
PhD Theses in Progress
BEKTASH, R. M. — Effects of heat and pressure on bacterial spores
CANDELORO, V. — Structure of brown coal and its effect on the hydrogenation process CHIAM, H. F. — Kinetics of bacterial growth on phenol
COVEY, G. H. — Application of the parallel plate plastometer to brown coal rheology DAVEY, K. R. - Continuous sterilization
DEVLIN, H. R. - Kinetics of oxidation of aqueous wastes DOWNING, P. G. — Liquid fuel from brown coal
GARG, M. O. — Axial dispersion and droplet coalescence/breakdown in a pulsed liquid-liquid extraction column
LILBURNE, G. M. — Condensation inside tubes
O'CONNOR, J. A. - Effect of air pollution on Australian plants OUSSA, A. R. - Interaction of ammonia with brown coal PATHAK, J. P. - Heat treatment of lucerne
PYKE, L. H. — Econometrics of residue recycling TANG, T. O. — Heat loss during anaesthesia
THATCHER. P. J. — Identification of petroleum residues in arsons TUOHEY, P. G. — Mass transfer in multicomponent systems WRIGHT, M. J. — Kinetics of chlorine dioxide sterilization
MEngSc Theses in Progress BARNARD, W. J. - Primary breakage of brittle particles BIEN, C. N. — Attack of carbon monoxide on brown coal DAS, A . K . — The fluidized bed combustion of wet brown coal HUYNH, T. S. — Electrical resistivity of chlorinated char JUNG, K. — The fluidized bed combustion of wet brown coal KARIM, M. - Solvent attack on brown coal
MAK, S. C. — Condensation inside tubes at high Reynolds numbers ROYLANCE, S. J. — Oxygen utilization in an activated sludge aeration SEHIC, O. - Bioactive fluidized sand
WOON, T. S. — Effect of lithotype on brown coal dewatering
MAppSc Thesis in Progress BAUMGARTEL. K. H. - Binders from brown coal tar
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 95 PUBLISHED WORK
Articles
1. ANDERSON, W, J. and PRATT, H. R. C. - Wake Shedding and Circulatory Flow in Bubble- and Droplet-Type Contactors. Chem. Eng. Sci. 33: 995 (197X).
2. BARNARD, W. J. and BULL, F. A. - The Application of Matrix Algebra, Numerical Methods and Statistical Mathematics to the Study of Primary Breakage of Brittle Particles.
Appl. Maths Conf.. Appl. Maths Division. Aust. Math. Soc. Broadbeach. Queensland (5th — 8th February. 1978).
3. CAMIER, R. J. and SIEMON. S. R. - Colloidal Structure or Victorian Brown Coals. I Alkaline Digestion or Brown Coal, Fuel 57: 85 (1978).
4. CAMIER, R. J. and SIEMON, S. R. - Colloidal Structure or Victorian Brown Coals. II Rod Shaped Particles in Brown Coal. Fuel 57: 693 (1978).
5. CAMIER. R. J. and SIEMON, S. R. - X-ray Crystallography and Brown Coal Structure, Fuel 57: 508 (1978).
6. DAVEY, K. R„ L I N , S. H. and WOOD, D. C. - The Effect of PI I on Continuous High Temperature/Short Time Sterilization of Liquid Foods. A.I.Ch. E.J. 24(1): 537 (1978).
SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS RECEIVED Grants have been received as follows:
ARGC: The development of processes for producing petroleum substitutes from brown coal.
VBCR & DC: The effect of lithotype on the dewatering of Victorian brown coal.
VBCR & DC: Sponsored Project: Oil slurry dewatering.
NCRAC: Brown coal dewatering. Coal/oil mixtures. Electrode pitch from brown coal tar.
Criminology Research Council: The identification or petroleum residues in arsons.