Newcastle University

Qualifications

B.Eng. (Hons) Chemical and Process Engineering
Ph.D. Chemical and Process Engineering
Certificate in Teaching and Learning

Previous Positions

1995 - 1997 Lectuer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bradford. Teaching Fluid Mechanics and conducting resaerch on solvent extraction in rotating equipment and electrically assisted coalescence in waer in crude oil dispersions.

1993 - 1995 Research Associate, Process intensification Group, University of Newcastle. Working on Solvent Extraction in Rotating Packed Bed Contactors.

Memberships

Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers

Languages

French

Research Interests

Process Intensification

Research themes:

Other Expertise

Thermodynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics

Current Work

Microchannel condensers for loop thermosyphons used in high performance electronics cooling.

Microchannel reactors for the steamless thermal cracking of hydrocarbons.

Hydrodynamics of centrifugal liquid-liquid contactors

Biodiesel Production reactive extraction from rapeseed

Future Research

Flexible Heat Pipes
Biofuels Production using Algae grown in microchannel photo reactors

Esteem Indicators

Proposal Reviewer for STW, the Dutch Technology Foundation.
Reviewer for Chemical Engineering Science.
Reviewer for Journal of Chemical Engineering Data.

Consultant to Titanium Resources Group on biofuels projects around their Rutile extraction site in Sierra Leone.

Industrial Relevance

Consultancy

Specialist Expertise
Solvent extraction, in particular rotating liquid-liquid contactors for the extraction of product from fermentation broths. We have a rotating solvent extraction unit that can be used for small scale trials.
Fluid flow/ multiphase flow:Expert in the use of FLUENT software to simulate complex fluid flow problems, in particular solid particle+gas flows.
Biofuels: Biodiesel and the use of algae to provide oil for conversion into biodiesel.

Projects

• Direct Production of Biodiesel from Non-edible Oilseeds by Reactive Extraction
  Project Leader(s): Dr. Adam Harvey

My main teaching interests are in Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Process Design. I am also responsible for a number of case studies that aim to integrate the knowledge that the students gain from the separate chemical engineering modules.

Currently I teach on the following modules

CME1025 Principles of Chemical Engineering

• Eterigho EJ, Lee JGM, Harvey AP. Triglyceride cracking for biofuel production using a directly synthesised sulphated zirconia catalyst. Bioresource Technology 2011, 102(10), 6313-6316.
• Bailes PJ, Lee JGM, Parsons AR. An experimental investigation into the motion of a single drop in a pulsed DC electric field. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2000, 78(3), 499-505.
• Velasquez Orta SB, Lee JGM, Harvey A. Alkaline in situ transesterification of Chlorella vulgaris. Fuel 2012, 94, 544-550.
• Velasquez-Orta SB, Harvey AP, Lee J. Biodiesel production from nannochloropsis occulata by in situ transesterification. In: European Process Intensification Conference. 2011, Manchester, UK: AIChE.