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Professor Brian S. Haynes

The School of Chemical ang Biomolecular Engineering
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Tel: +61 2 9351 3435
Fax:+61 2 9351 3471
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Education

  • BE (Chemical Engineering, with University Medal), University of New South Wales
  • PhD (Chemical Engineering), University of New South Wales

Affiliations & Memberships

FTSE, FIEAust, FIChemE

Research Interests

  • Combustion chemistry, especially regarding pollutant formation and behaviour
  • Reaction kinetics and detailed kinetc modelling - homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic reations
  • Biomass processing under hydrothermal (hot compressed and supercritical water) conditions
  • Mineral carbonation for CO2 capture
  • Fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels, especially multiphase (gas-liquid) flow
  • Highly compact heat exchangers
  • Process intensification - miniaturised chemical plant for scaleable and distributed manufature

Academic Profile

  • Member of Editorial Board of Combustion and Flame
  • Presdent of the International Combustion Institute, 2004-2008
  • Associate Dean (Research), 2002 - 2007
  • Head of School, 1994 - 2000

Publications

Some Recent Publications
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Combustion

  • E.S. Hecht, C.R. Shaddix, A. Molina and B.S. Haynes, "Effect of CO2 gasification reaction on oxy-combustion of pulverized coal char". Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33(2):1699-1706 (2011).
  • Y. Gao, C. Zhou, K. Sendt, B.S. Haynes and P. Marshall, "Kinetic and Modelling Studies of the Reaction S + H2S." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33(1):459-465 (2011).
  • A. Molina, J. J. Murphy, F. Winter, B. S. Haynes, L. G. Blevins, and C. R. Shaddix, "Pathways for conversion of char nitrogen to nitric oxide during pulverized coal combustion." Combustion and Flame, 156(3):574–587 (2009).
  • Y. Zheng, A.D. Jensen, P. Glarborg, K. Sendt, and B.S. Haynes, "Heterogeneous Fixation of N2: Investigation of a Novel Mechanism for Formation of NO". Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32, 1973-1980 (2009).
  • K. Lundholm, J.M. Rogers, B.S. Haynes, D. Boström, and A. Nordin , "Fate of Cu, Cr and As during the Combustion Stages of CCA Treated Wood Fuel Particles." Energy and Fuels, 22, 1589-1597 (2008).

Mineral Carbonation

  • G.F. Brent , D.J. Allen, B. Eichler, J.G. Petrie, J. P. Mann and B.S. Haynes, "Mineral Carbonation as the Core of an Industrial Symbiosis for Energy-Intensive Minerals Conversion." Journal of Industrial Ecology, accepted for publication, 28th January 2011.
    Microchannel Flows

Microchannel Flows

  • S.S. Leung, Y. Liu, D.F. Fletcher and B.S. Haynes, "Heat Transfer in Well-Characterised Taylor Flow." Chemical Engineering Science, 65:6379–6388 (2010).
  • T.S. Fouilland, D.F. Fletcher and B.S. Haynes, "Film and Slug Behaviour in Intermittent Slug-Annular Microchannel Flows." Chemical Engineering Science, 65:5344–5355 (2010).
  • R. Gupta, D.F. Fletcher and B.S. Haynes, "CFD Modelling of Flow and Heat Transfer in the Taylor Flow Regime." Chemical Engineering Science, 65:2094-2107 (2010).
  • R. Gupta, D.F. Fletcher and B.S. Haynes, "On the CFD Modelling of Taylor Flow in Microchannels.". Chemical Engineering Science, 64, 2941-2950 (2009).

Microstructured Process Systems/Process Intensification

  • E.L.C. Seris, G. Abramowitz, A.M. Johnston, B.S. Haynes, "Scaleable, Microstructured Plant for Steam Reforming of Methane". Chemical Engineering Journal, 135S:9-16 (2008).

Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modelling

  • A. Montoya and B.S. Haynes, "Periodic density functional study of Co3O4 surfaces." Chemical Physics Letters, 502(1-3): 63-68 (2011).
  • K. Sendt and B.S. Haynes, "Density functional study of the reaction of O2 with a single site on the zig-zag edge of graphene." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33(2):1851-1858 (2011).
  • C. Zhou, K. Sendt, and B.S. Haynes, "Theoretical Study of Reactions in the Multiple-well H2/S2 System". Journal of Physical Chemistry A:113, 8299-8306 (2009).
  • D. Reichert, A. Montoya, X. Liang, H. Bockhorn and B.S. Haynes, "Conformational and Thermodynamic Properties of Gaseous Levulinic Acid". Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114 (46):12323–12329 (2010).
  • A. Montoya and B.S. Haynes, "DFT analysis of the reaction paths of formaldehyde decomposition on silver." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113:8125–8131 (2009).

Facilities

  • Excellent laboratory facilities for reaction kinetic studies - reactors, gc's, HPLC, mass spectrometry, FTIR spectroscopy, TG/DTA
  • Hydrothermal Upgrading Pilot plant for biomass upgrading
  • Pilot plants for process intensification
  • microPIV for microchannel flow characterisation
  • Computer clusters (hundreds of CPU)

Prospective students

Students should have a strong interest in the application of fundamentals to innovative chemical engineering applications.

Consulting Interests

Combustion, air pollution, heat transfer, reaction engineering.

Personal Activities and Interests

  • Bush walking
  • Sea Kayaking
  • Cooking and eating
  • Reading