Microscale Process Engineering

Summary

As part of our world-leading research activity in the development of miniaturised chemical plant, we have a wide range of projects to understand how to carry out chemical process engineering at the microscale.

Supervisor(s)

Associate Professor David Fletcher, Emeritus Professor Brian Haynes

Research Location

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Program Type

N/A

Synopsis

These projects cover typical chemical engineering operations including: 

• heat transfer
• mass transfer
• mixing
• multiphase flow
• separations

Design approaches for conventional plant scale poorly to these processes at the microscale. In these projects, we combine laboratory measurements with microPIV and microLIF diagnostics with CFD modelling in order to understand the fundamental processes and to expand the design basis for microstructured chemical plant.

Keywords

unit operations; computational fluid dynamics; process design

Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 380

Other opportunities with Associate Professor David Fletcher

• Microscale flows and microscale heat transfer

Other opportunities with Emeritus Professor Brian Haynes

• Development of a highly compact, highly efficient steam boiler
• Process intensification for scaleable chemical production
• Fuels and chemicals from biomass
• Catalytic micro-combustion
• Microscale flows and microscale heat transfer
• Microkinetic modelling of catalytic processes