Associate Professor Brian O'Neill

Senior Lecturer

B.E. (Chem) 1st Class Honours, Queensland, PhD (University of Queensland)

Location: Room N114 Engineering North
Email: boneill@chemeng.adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 4647
FAX: + 61 8 8303 4373

Interests

• Process systems modelling,
• Heat-exchanger network integration and energy systems,
• Biochemical engineering and fermentation systems,
• Wastewater treatment systems,
• Process control and dynamic simulation, artificial intelligence and enductionary optimisation.

Recent Publications

• Wang Haipeng, Allen Pring, Yaning Xie, Yung Ngothai, Brian O'Neill, "Phase evolution and kinetics of the oxidation of monosulfide solid solution under isothermal conditions", Themochimica Acta, 427 (2005) 13-25.
• Wang Haipeng, Allen Pring, Yaning Xie, Yung Ngothai, Brian O'Neill, "A low-temperature kinetic study of the exsolution of pentlandite from the monosulfide solid solution using a refined Avrami method", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.06.031, 415-425.
• Waters, E.J., Alexander, G., Muhlack, R., Pocock, K.F., Colby, C., O'Neill, B.K., Høj, P.B., and Jones P., "Preventing protein haze in bottled white wine", Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 11, 215-225, 2005
• Ashman, P.J., Colby, C.B., O'Neill, B.K., "Recent Curriculum Changes at the University of Adelaide - Broadening perceptions of chemical engineering" Chemeca 2005, Smart Solutions - Doing More with Less 25-28 September 2005, Brisbane Queensland.
• Lloyd, F.K., Colby, C.B., O'Neill, B.K., Waters, E., "Combined Heat/Proteolytic Enzyme Treatment for the Removal of Protein Haze in Wine" Chemeca 2005, Smart Solutions - Doing More with Less" 25-28 September 2005, Brisbane Queensland.
• Low, L.L., Colby, C.B., O'Neill, B.K., Ford, C., Godden, J., Gishen, M., "Alternataive Technologies for Tartrate Stabilisation of Wines: Which is Better" Chemeca 2005, Smart Solutions - Doing More with Less" 25-28 September 2005, Brisbane Queensland.
• Ngothai Yung, Haipeng Wang, Allan Pring, Brian O'Neill, "A review on the controversial phase relations of pyrrhotite group minerals in low temperature ranges" Chemeca 2005, Smart Solutions - Doing More with Less" 25-28 September 2005, Brisbane Queensland
• Ooi, S.M., O'Neill, B.K., Colby, C.B.C., Humphris, K., King, K.D., "The evaluation of different electrolyte thermodynamic models for simulating the hot potassium carbonate process", 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland
• 21. Ridgway, N., O'Neill, B.K., Colby, C.B., "The life cycle tribology of slurry gland seals", Sealing for Pollution Prevention and Control 18th International Conference on Fluid Sealing, Antwerp, Belgium, 12-14 October 2005.