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Centre for Energy Technology
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia

environment@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 8313 0543
Phone: +61 8303 3670

Center for Energy Technology Seminar Series 2009

All members of the Institute, its research groups and members of other University Faculties, Schools and Disciplines are welcome to attend.

If you have any questions please email us at environment@adelaide.edu.au.

Date

Seminar Topic

1

16 Jan

Twenty years of experimental and DNS access to the velocity gradient tensor: what have we learned about turbulence?
Speaker: Professor James Wallace

223 Jan
Crystallisation fouling in geothermal heat exchangers
Speaker: Doctor Bassim Hasan (Nahrain University, Iraq)
313 Feb

Are the N-S equations always correct?
Speaker: Professor Jianchun Mi

4

20 Feb

Structure of oscillating flow inside an oscillating-triangular jet nozzle
Speaker: Doctor Peter Lanspeary

5

6 March

Research in energy, water and the environment
Speaker: Associate Professor Eric Hu

6

1 May

Biodiesel production from microalgae in saline water
Speaker: Doctor David Lewis

7

5 June

Alternative energy carriers for remote renewable sources
Speaker: Doctor Robert Dickinson

8

12 June

Thermoacoustic systems: going from concept to hardware
Speaker: Professor Robert Gardner (Los Alamos Research Laboratory)

9

19 June

Experimental investigation of parallel tube heat transport devices using phase change of water
Speaker: Doctor Adina Cirtog

10

24 July

Affecting real change - from the inside out
Speaker: Ms Katherine Way (BHP Billiton)

11

14 Aug

Sustainable energy environment technologies - biomass co-combustion and VOCs control
Speaker: Doctor Phillip Kwong

12

26 Aug

Convection heat transfer of CO2 at supercritical pressures and trans-critical CO2 heat pump and air conditioning systems
Speaker: Professor Jiang Pei-Xue

13

29 Sept

Hydrogen economy: renewable energy system based on energy storage as hydrogen
Speaker: Doctor Mohan Kolhe (UCL)

14

3 Nov

Simulation modelling and genetic algorithm optimisation of design and operation of water distribution systems
Speaker: Professor Angus Simpson

1624 Nov

From wastes to riches: integrated bio/nanotechnological process for resource recovery and waste reuse
Speaker: Associate Professor Bo Jin

11am - Engineering South, Lecture Theatre (S112)

178 Dec

Similarity between velocity and thermal fields in a turbulent channel flow
Speaker: Professor Robert (Bob) Antonia
(University of New Castle)

10am - Engineering North, Chapman Lecture Theatre (N158)

188 Dec

Novel motionless mixing vessels using synthetic jets
Speaker: Doctor Mushtak Al-Atabi

11am - Engineering North, Chapman Lecture Theatre (N158)

All are welcome. The seminars are free of charge and registration is not required, but is appreciated. For information about the series please email us at environment@adelaide.edu.au.


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