Process Intensification Group

School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials [CEAM]

Newcastle University, UK

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March 2012 News

1. Congratulations to (Dr) Hafizuddin Wan Yussof, who successfully defended his thesis on 8th March

2. PIN20: 20th Meeting of the Process Intensification Network Newcastle University, 2nd May 2012 in collaboration with the IChemE.

For details, please see http://www.icheme.org/events

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        Prof Adam Harvey

 

               MEng (Cantab)

               PhD (Edinb)

 

         Professor of Process Intensification

     
 

Research

1. Oscillatory Baffled Reactors

1. Mesoscale OBRs for process development

2. OBRs for biological processes

3. OBRs for Crystallization

 

2. Biofuels & Biorefining

1. Biodiesel

2. Bioethanol

3. Biobutanol

4. Vegetable Oil Cracking

5. Algal biofuels

 

3. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)  

1. Oscillatory flows

2. Combustion flames

 

4. Catalysis

1. PhD research:   reactions of sulphurous gases on automobile catalytic converters

2. Solid catalysts for the biodiesel reaction

3. Cracking catalysts, to convert vegetable oils directly to methyl esters (biodiesel)

 

5. Thermal Management

1. Gaining Value from Low-grade Waste Heat: development of an Expert System

 

Awards

1. IChemE 2002 Junior Moulton Medal for "A Mixing-Based Design Methodology for Oscillatory Flow Reactors"

2. IChemE 2008 Broughton Medal for book, "Process Intensification. Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainabilty and Flexibility"

 

 

 

Publications

1. Books

 Harvey AP, Reay DA & Ramshaw C, "Process Intensification. Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainabilty and Flexibility" Elsevier 978-0-7506-8941-0

 

2. Journals

    ETERIGHO, E.J., LEE, J.G.M. and HARVEY, A.P., 2011. Triglyceride cracking for biofuel production using a directly synthesised sulphated zirconia catalyst. Bioresource technology, 102(10), pp. 6313-6316.

    HARVEY, A. and SKELTON, B., 2004. Process intensification: What's in your tank? Chemical Engineer, (755), pp. 27-29.

    HARVEY, A. and STONESTREET, P., 2001. Oscillatory flow: A technology ready to deliver. Chemical Engineer, (720), pp. 41.

    HARVEY, A. and ZAKARIA, R., 2008. Parametric study on the reactive extraction of rapeseed oil for biodiesel production in a batch reactor, AIChE 100 - 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings 2008.

    HARVEY, A.P., MACKLEY, M.R. and SELIGER, T., 2003. Process intensification of biodiesel production using a continuous oscillatory flow reactor. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 78(2-3), pp. 338-341.

    HARVEY, A.P., MACKLEY, M.R. and STONESTREET, P., 2001. Operation and optimization of an oscillatory flow continuous reactor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 40(23), pp. 5371-5377.

    HARVEY, A.P., TRÖGER, C.N. and DONEGAN, S., 2008. Oscillatory baffled reactors as bioreactors, AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings 2008.

    HULT, J., MEIER, U., MEIER, W., HARVEY, A. and KAMINSKI, C.F., 2005. Experimental analysis of local flame extinction in a turbulent jet diffusion flame by high repetition 2-D laser techniques and multi-scalar measurements, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2005, pp. 701-709.

    HULT, J., MEIER, U., MEIER, W., HARVEY, A. and KAMINSKI, C.F., 2004. Experimental analysis of local flame extinction in a turbulent jet diffusion flame by high repetition two dimensional laser techniques and multi-scalar measurements, International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Accepted Papers 2004, pp. 8.

    KASIM, F.H. and HARVEY, A.P., 2011. Influence of various parameters on reactive extraction of Jatropha curcas L. for biodiesel production. Chemical Engineering Journal, 171(3), pp. 1373-1378.

    KASIM, F.H. and HARVEY, A.P., 2010. Reactive extraction as a method to produce biodiesel from Jatropha curcas seeds, AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings 2010.

    KASIM, F.H., HARVEY, A.P. and ZAKARIA, R., 2010. Biodiesel production by in situ transesterification. Biofuels, 1(2), pp. 355-365.

    MACLEOD, C.S., HARVEY, A.P., LEE, A.F. and WILSON, K., 2008. Evaluation of the activity and stability of alkali-doped metal oxide catalysts for application to an intensified method of biodiesel production. Chemical Engineering Journal, 135(1-2), pp. 63-70.

    MASNGUT, N., HARVEY, A.P. and IKWEBE, J., 2010. Potential uses of oscillatory baffled reactors for biofuel production. Biofuels, 1(4), pp. 605-619.

    NI, X., MACKLEY, M.R., HARVEY, A.P., STONESTREET, P., BAIRD, M.H.I. and RAMA RAO, N.V., 2003. Mixing through oscillations and pulsations -A guide to achieving process enhancements in the chemical and process industries. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 81(3), pp. 373-383.

    PHAN, A.N. and HARVEY, A., 2010. Development and evaluation of novel designs of continuous mesoscale oscillatory baffled reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 159(1-3), pp. 212-219.

    PHAN, A.N., HARVEY, A. and LAVENDER, J., 2011. Characterisation of fluid mixing in novel designs of mesoscale oscillatory baffled reactors operating at low flow rates (0.3-0.6ml/min). Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 50(3), pp. 254-263.

    PHAN, A.N. and HARVEY, A.P., 2012. Characterisation of mesoscale oscillatory helical baffled reactor-Experimental approach. Chemical Engineering Journal, 180, pp. 229-236.

    PHAN, A.N. and HARVEY, A.P., 2011. Effect of geometrical parameters on fluid mixing in novel mesoscale oscillatory helical baffled designs. Chemical Engineering Journal, 169(1-3), pp. 339-347.

    PHAN, A.N., HARVEY, A.P. and RAWCLIFFE, M., 2011. Continuous screening of base-catalysed biodiesel production using New designs of mesoscale oscillatory baffled reactors. Fuel Processing Technology, 92(8), pp. 1560-1567.

    RATTANAPHRA, D., HARVEY, A. and SRINOPHAKUN, P., 2010. Simultaneous conversion of triglyceride/free fatty acid mixtures into biodiesel using sulfated zirconia. Topics in Catalysis, 53(11-12), pp. 773-782.

    RATTANAPHRA, D., HARVEY, A.P., THANAPIMMETHA, A. and SRINOPHAKUN, P., 2011. Kinetic of myristic acid esterification with methanol in the presence of triglycerides over sulfated zirconia. Renewable Energy, 36(10), pp. 2679-2686.

    REIS, N., HARVEY, A.P., MACKLEY, M.R., VICENTE, A.A. and TEIXEIRA, J.A., 2005. Fluid mechanics and design aspects of a novel oscillatory flow screening mesoreactor. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 83(4 A), pp. 357-371.

    REN, Y., HARVEY, A. and ZAKARIA, R., 2010. Biorefining based on biodiesel production: Chemical and physical characterisation of reactively extracted rapeseed. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 4(1), pp. 79-86.

    STONESTREET, P. and HARVEY, A.P., 2002. A mixing-based design methodology for continuous oscillatory flow reactors. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 80(1), pp. 31-44.

    TROEGER, C.N. and HARVEY, A.P., 2009. The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates using an oscillatory baffled bioreactor. Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 4(5),.

 

 

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Email: a.p.harvey@ncl.ac.uk

Tel: +44 191 222 7268

Fax: +44 191 222 5292

 

 

 

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