Dr David Fletcher
BSc Mathematics (1979), PhD (1982) University of Exeter, UK.
Adjunct Professor
J01 - Chemical Engineering Building
The University of Sydney
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Research interests
Adjunct Professor David Fletcher uses state of the art software and computing facilities to perform research involving flow, heat transfer and chemical reaction that has a major impact on industrial process design and aids the development of new environmentally-friendly technologies.
Selected grants
2013
- Dynamic input adjustment to improve the stability of transient swirling flows in spray dryers; Abbas A, Fletcher D, Langrish T; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
2012
- On the Mechanism of Boiling Instability in Microchannels; Haynes B, Fletcher D; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
2005
- Multiphase flows in microchannels; Xuereb C, Haynes B, Fletcher D, Xuereb C; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Project.
- Flow Diagnostics Facility for Microstructured Systems; Wiley D, Masri A, Fletcher D, Leonardi E, Maschmeyer T, Zhang L, See H, Haynes B; Australian Research Council (ARC)/LIEF.
2003
- Managing contaminant metals in complex hydrometallurgical processes; meeting techno-economic environmental and operability objectives; Petrie J, Romagnoli J, Fletcher D; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage (APAI only).
2001
- An experimental and computational study of agglomeration in spray dryers; Langrish T, Fletcher D; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Earlier schemes: Large Grants.
2000
- An experimental and computational study of transient swirling flows; Fletcher D, Langrish T, Haynes B; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Large Research Grant.
- Computational fluid dynamics modelling of mixing processes in stirred-tank crystallisation.; Petrie J, Fletcher D; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Earlier schemes: Small Grants.
Selected publications
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