Vipasiri Vimonses

PhD Candidate

BSc(Biotechnology), MEng (Chemical), MEngSc (Process)

Location: R. B16a, Benham Laboratory Building
Email: vipasiri.vimonses@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 7048
FAX: + 61 8 8303 6222

Supervisors

Associate Professor Bo Jin, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide
Professor Chris Saint, Australian Water Quality Centre
Associate Professor Chris Chow, Australian Water Quality Centre

Research Topic

Integration of Nanotechnology for Wastewater Treatment

Research Abstract

This project is to explore the possibility of replacing conventional tertiary wastewater treatment process with modified low-cost nanoporous adsorbents i.e. clay minerals, followed by lab- synthesised nanophotocatalysts through photocatalytic reaction to enhance the removal efficacy of recalcitrant contaminants . The treated effluent from these combined processes is expected to be delivered for recycle purposes.
The project is funded by the ARC Linkage Grant (LP0562153) and supported by the Australian Water Quality Centre, SA Water Corporation through the Water Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory (WEBL) at the University of Adelaide.

Interests

• Wastewater treatment, photocatalysis, adsorption

Publications

• Vimonses, V., Lei, S., Jin, B., Chow, C.W.K., Saint, C., Adsorption of Congo Red by Three Australian Kaolins, Applied Clay Science, 2009, 43(3-4), 465-472.
• Vimonses, V., Lei, S., Jin, B., Chow, C.W.K., Saint, C., Kinetic Study, Equilibrium Isotherm Analysis of Congo Red Adsorption by Clay Materials. Chemical Engineering Journal, Accepted.
• Chong, M.N., Vimonses, V., Lei, S., Jin, B., Saint, C., Chow, C., Synthesis and characterisation of novel titania impregnated kaolinite nano-photocatalyst, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2009, 117(1-2), 233-242.
• Coleman, H.M., Vimonses, V., Leslie, G., Amal, R., Degradation of 1,4-dioxane in Water Using TiO2 Based Photocatalytic and H2O2/UV Processes, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2007, 146, 496-501
• Coleman, H.M., Vimonses, V., Leslie, G., Amal, R., Removal of Contaminants of Concern in Water Using Advanced Oxidation Technologies, Water Science and Technology, 2007, 55(12), 301-306.