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Dr Paul Medwell

Telephone +61 8 8313 5920
Position Lecturer
Email paul.medwell@adelaide.edu.au
Fax +61 8 8313 4367
Building Engineering South
Floor/Room 2 05
Campus North Terrace
Org Unit Mechanical Engineering, School of

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Teaching Interests

Sports Engineering

  • Introduction to Sports Engineering
  • Sports Engineering I
  • Sports Engineering II
  • Sports Engineering III

Combustion

Research Interests

I have projects available for Masters and PhD students in a wide range of areas including sports engineering, combustion and laser diagnostics. Please contact me for more information.

Publications

 Journal Publications

  1. Recent advances in the measurement of strongly radiating turbulent and reacting flows
    Nathan, G.J., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., Medwell, P.R., and Chan, Q.N.
    Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
    , (2012) 38(1), pp. 41-61.

  2. Assessment of Interferences to Nonlinear Two-line Atomic Fluorescence (NTLAF) in Sooty Flames
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., and Nathan, G.J.
    Applied Physics B
    , (2011) 104, pp. 189-198.

  3. The influence on the soot distribution within a laminar flame of radiation at fluxes of relevance to concentrated solar radiation
    Medwell, P.R., Nathan, G.J., Chan, Q.N., Alwahabi, Z.T. and Dally, B.B.
    Combustion and Flame, (2011) 158, pp. 1814-1821.

  4. Simultaneous Imaging of Temperature and Soot Volume Fraction
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., and Nathan, G.J.
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
    (2011) 33, pp. 791-798.

  5. Solvent Effects on Two-Line Atomic Fluorescence (TLAF) of Indium
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., and Nathan, G.J.
    Applied Optics
    (2010) 49(8), pp. 1257-1266.

  6. Instantaneous Temperature Imaging of Diffusion Flames Using Two-Line Atomic Fluorescence
    Medwell, P.R., Chan, Q.N., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., and Nathan, G.J.
    Applied Spectroscopy
    (2010) 64(2), pp. 173-176.

  7. Reaction Zone Weakening Effects Under Hot and Diluted Oxidant Stream Conditions
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., and Dally, B.B.
    Combustion Science and Technology
    (2009) 181(7), pp. 937-953.

  8. Development of temperature imaging using two-line atomic fluorescence
    Medwell, P.R., Chan, Q.N., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., and Nathan, G.J.
    Applied Optics
    (2009) 48(6), pp. 1237–1248.

  9. Imaging of Diluted Turbulent Ethylene Flames Stabilised on a Jet in Hot Coflow (JHC) Burner
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., and Dally, B.B.
    Combustion and Flame
    (2008) 152, pp. 100–113.

  10. Simultaneous Imaging of OH, Formaldehyde and Temperature of Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames in a Heated and Diluted Coflow
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., and Dally, B.B.
    Combustion and Flame
    (2007) 148, pp. 48–61.


Conference Publications

 

  1. New seeding methodology for concentration measurement
    Chan, Q. N., Medwell, P. R., Mahmoud, S., Dally, B. B., Alwahabi, Z.T., and Nathan, G. J.
    6th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (2011), Canberra, Australia, pp. 51-54.

  2. Invited Review: Temperature measurement in particle-laden reacting flows
    Medwell, P. R., Chan, Q. N., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B. B. and Nathan, G. J.
    6th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (2011), Canberra, Australia, pp. 6-13.

  3. New seeding methodology for two-line atomic fluorescence Part II: Reacting flows
    Medwell, P. R., Chan, Q. N., Dally, B. B., Alwahabi, Z.T., and Nathan, G. J.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (2011), The University of Newcastle, pp. 211-214.
  4. New seeding methodology for two-line atomic fluorescence Part I: Non-reacting flow
    Chan, Q. N., Medwell, P. R., Dally, B. B., Alwahabi, Z.T., and Nathan, G. J.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium
    (2011), The University of Newcastle, pp. 207-210.

  5. Invited Review: Turbulent Jet Flames under Hot Coflow Conditions
    Dally, B. B., Birzer, C. H., and Medwell, P. R.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium
    (2011), The University of Newcastle, pp. 23-30.

  6. Analysis of the Lawn Bowl Trajectory as a teaching tool for Sports Engineering: development of a graphical user-interface
    Medwell, P. R., Brooks, L.A., and Medwell, B.S.
    5th Asia-Pacific Congress on Sports Technology
    (2011), Procedia Engineering 13, pp. 531-537.
  7. Evaluation of Nonlinear regime Two-line Atomic Fluorescence (NTLAF) in Sooty Flames
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., and Nathan, G.J.
    8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion
    (2010), Hyderabad, India.

  8. Invited Review: Recent advances in measurement of turbulent reacting flows in which heat transfer is dominated by radiation
    Nathan, G.J., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., Medwell, P.R. and Chan, Q.N.
    14th International Heat Transfer Conference
    (2010), Washington DC, USA.

  9. Investigation of the Mixing Patterns inside a MILD Combustion Furnace
    Dally, B.B., Szegö, G.G., Christo, F.C. and Medwell, P.R.
    8th High Temperature Air Combustion and Gasification International Symposium
    (2010), Poznan, Poland.

  10. Simultaneous imaging of Soot Concentration and Temperature in Ethylene Diffusion Flames
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., and Nathan, G.J.
    CHEMECA
    (2010), Hilton Adelaide, Australia.

  11. Effect of Fuel Type on the Reaction Zone Structure of Moderate and Intense Low Oxygen Dilution (MILD) Combustion
    Medwell, P.R., Dally, B.B., and Chan, Q.N.
    CHEMECA
    (2010), Hilton Adelaide, Australia.

  12. Invited Review: Progress and challenges in experimental investigations of realistic turbulent reacting flows
    Nathan, G.J., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B., Medwell, P.R., and Chan, Q.N.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Institute
    (2009), University of Queensland, 23-37.

  13. LCV Fuels Emissions of Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames Under MILD Combustion Conditions
    Colorado, A.F., Medwell, P.R., and Dally, B.B.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Institute
    (2009), University of Queensland, 43-46.

  14. Comparison of Water and Acetone as Solvent for Two-Line Atomic Fluorescence (TLAF)
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B. and Nathan, G.J.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Institute
    (2009), University of Queensland, 95-98.

  15. Temperature imaging of nonpremixed flames using non-linear regime two-line atomic fluorescence (NTLAF)
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B. and Nathan, G.J.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Institute
    (2009), University of Queensland, 63-66.

  16. Effects of Solvent on Laser-induced Fluorescence in the context of Two-Line Atomic Fluorescence
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B. and Nathan, G.J.
    Australasian Conference on Optics Lasers and Spectroscopy
    (2009), The University of Adelaide, 44-45.

  17. Temperature Measurement Using Non-Linear Two-Line Atomic Fluorescence
    Chan, Q.N., Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B. and Nathan, G.J.
    7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion
    (2009), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

  18. Development of Two-Line Atomic Fluorescence (TLAF) Technique for Temperature Measurement
    Medwell, P.R., Chan, Q.N., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B. and Nathan, G.J.
    5th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion
    (2008), University of Western Australia, Perth, 115-118.

  19. Non-Linear Regime Two-Line Atomic Fluorescence (NTLAF) For Temperature Measurement
    Medwell, P.R., Chan, Q.N., Kalt, P.A.M., Alwahabi, Z.T., Dally, B.B. and Nathan, G.J.
    5th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion
    (2008), University of Western Australia, Perth, 119-122.

  20. The Role of Hydrocarbon Addition on the Structure and Stability of Hydrocarbon Flames in a JHC Burner
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M. and Dally, B.B.
    7th High Temperature Air Combustion and Gasification International Symposium
    (2008), Phuket, Thailand.

  21. Influence of Fuel Composition on the MILD Combustion Reaction Zone Structure in a JHC Burner
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M. and Dally, B.B.
    Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium
    (2007), University of Sydney, 54-57.

  22. Influence of Fuel Type on Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames Under MILD Combustion Conditions
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M. and Dally, B.B.
    16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
    (2007), Gold Coast, Australia, 1350-1355.

  23. Structure of Ethylene Based Nonpremixed Flames Stabilised on a JHC Burner
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M. and Dally, B.B.
    6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion
    (2007), Nagoya Congress Centre, Nagoya, Japan, 452-455.

  24. Effect of Fuel Dilution on Jet Flames in a Hot and Diluted Coflow
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M. and Dally, B.B.
    5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion
    (2005), The University of Adelaide, 325-328.

  25. Effect of Reynolds number on the Spatial Distribution of OH and Formaldehyde in Jet Flames in a Hot and Diluted Coflow
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M. and Dally, B.B.
    5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (2005), The University of Adelaide, 381-384.

  26. Quantification of OH-LIF in Jet Diffusion Flames
    Medwell, P.R., Kalt, P.A.M. and Dally, B.B.
    4th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion
    (2005), The University of Adelaide, McLaren Vale, 105-108.

 

Professional Interests

  • Sports Engineering
  • Combustion
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Energy Production & Utilisation
  • Laser Applications
  • Equipment maintenance and repair

Expertise for Media Contact

CategoriesEngineering, Sport
ExpertiseCombustion Laser Diagnostics Sports Engineering

Entry last updated: Sunday, 5 Feb 2012

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