Dr Jonathan Lee
Lecturer
- Email: jonathan.lee@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5201
- Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 5292
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
Biofuel and chemical production from algae
Algae harvesting
Research themes:
Other Expertise
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Algae Harvesting
Current Work
Rotating packed beds for carbon capture from
Hydrodynamics of co current and counter current mulit phase flows in rotating systems
Harvesting of marine micro algae using a foam column
Catalytic pyrolysis of micro algae.
Catalytic cracking of vegetable oil.
Future Research
Esteem Indicators
Invited Presentations to the Netherlands Process Intensification Network
Reviewer for Chemical Engineering Science.
Reviewer for Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research.
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
I teach thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and process design. I believe that group design projects play a vital role in linking student knowledge from single subjects to give an overview of what professional chemical engineers do, the problems they have to solve and teh issues they have to consider. For this reason I supervise design based case studies and projects in Stages 1, 2 and 3.
Currently I teach on the following modules
CME1025 – Chemical Engineering Principles, Module LeaderCME2020 – Separation Processes 1 – Module Leader CME2023 – Transfer Processes 2 CME3028 – Industrial Design Project – Module Leader CME3032 – Process Business Operations CME3033 – Separation Processes 2 – Module Leader CME3037 – Separation Processes 2(Industry) – Module Leader CME3039 – Design Project – Module Leader CME8018 – Air Pollution CME8022 – Hydrocarbon Production and Process Engineering – Module Leader CME8055 – Energy Sources and Storage CME8107 – Process Intensification CME8115 – Enhanced Process Design CME8117 – M.Eng. Research Project CME8119 – Advanced Transport Processes – Module Leader SPG8007 – Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology
- Coward T, Lee JGM, Caldwell GS. Development of a foam flotation system for harvesting microalgae biomass. Algal Research 2013, 2(2), 135-144.
- Velasquez-Orta SB, Lee JGM, Harvey A. Evaluation of FAME production from wet marine and freshwater microalgae by in situ transesterification. Biochemical Engineering Journal 2013, 76, 83-89.
- Velasquez Orta SB, Lee JGM, Harvey A. Alkaline in situ transesterification of Chlorella vulgaris. Fuel 2012, 94, 544-550.
- Porwal J, Bangwal D, Garg MO, Kaul S, Harvey AP, Lee JGM, Kasim FH, Eterigho EJ. Reactive-extraction of pongamia seeds for biodiesel production. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 2012, 71(12), 822-828.
- 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.
- 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.