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Associate Professor Q. Dzuy Nguyen

Associate Professor

B.E.(Chem.) (Monash), Ph.D. (Monash)

Location: Room N117 Engineering North
Email: dnguyen@chemeng.adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 5456
FAX: + 61 8 8303 4373

Interests

• Fluid and particle mechanics, Rheology, Minerals processing, Food processing
• Slurry pipeline transport, Minerals tailings treatment and disposal,
• Pipeline transport of waxy crude oils, High-temperature material processing.

Recent Publications

• 1. Nguyen Q.D., T. Akroyd, D.C. De Kee, L. Zhu, "Yield Stress Measurements in Suspensions: An Inter-Laboratory Study", Korea-Australia Journal of Rheology. Accepted for publication, 15-12-2005. In Press (2006)
• Ashman, P.J., Nguyen, D.T., Kosminski, A., Button, S.J. "Modelling the Performance of a Laboratory-scale, Fluidised-bed Gasifier" Chemeca 2005, Smart Solutions - Doing More with Less, 25-28 September 2005, Brisbane Queensland.
• Davidson M.R., Nguyen Q.D., Chang C., Rønningsen H.P., "A Model for Restart of a Pipeline with Compressible Gelled Waxy Crude Oil", J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 123, 269-280 (2004).
• Akroyd, T.J. and Nguyen Q.D., "Development of a Helical Flow Rheometer for On-Line Flow Property", Proc. XIVth Int. Congr. on Rheology, August, 2004, Seoul, Korea. ISBN 89-950057-5-0, paper RE03.
• Nguyen Q.D. and De Kee D., "Yield stress measurements in suspensions: A round robin project", Proc. XIVth Int. Congr. on Rheology, August, 2004, Seoul, Korea. ISBN 89-950057-5-0, paper SU08.
• Akroyd T.J. and Nguyen Q.D., "Continuous Rheometry for Industrial Slurries", Exp. Thermal & Fluid Sci., 27, 507-514 (2003).
• Akroyd T.J. and Nguyen Q.D.,"Continuous On-line Rheological Measurements for Rapid Settling Slurries", Minerals Engineering, 16, 731-738 (2003).
• Akroyd T.J., Nguyen Q.D. and Dernier J., "The Stability of Helical Flow of Pseudoplastic Fluids", Proc. 31st Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2003), Adelaide, September 2003. ISBN 0-86396-829-5.
• Akroyd, T.J. and Nguyen Q.D., "Effect of Density Difference between the Solids and Suspending Liquid on the Rheological Properties of Settling Slurry", Proc. 31st Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2003), Adelaide, September 2003. ISBN 0-86396-829-5.
• Tonmukayakul N. and Nguyen Q.D., "Time-Dependent Rheology of a Semi-Solid Aluminium Alloy", Proc. 31st Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2003), Adelaide, September 2003. ISBN 0-86396-829-5.
• Nguyen Q.D. and Davidson M.R., "A Start-Up Model for Gelled Waxy Oil Pipeline", Proc. 31st Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2003), Adelaide, September 2003. ISBN 0-86396-829-5.
• Ngothai Y., Nguyen Q.D. and Bhattacharya S.N., "A Krieger's Dimensional Approach for Scaling the Viscosity of Polystyrene Latex-Gelatin Dispersions", Proc. 31st Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2003), Adelaide, September 2003. ISBN 0-86396-829-5.
• Brauer M.C. and Nguyen Q.D., "Measurement of the Rheological Properties of Coal Ash under Gasification Conditions", Proc. 31st Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2003), Adelaide, September 2003. ISBN 0-86396-829-5.
• Tonmukayakul N. and Nguyen Q.D., "A new rheometer for direct measurement of the flow properties of coal ash at high temperatures", Fuel, 81, 397-404 (2002).
• Coussot P., Nguyen Q.D., Huynh T. and Bonn D., "Avalanche behaviour in yield stress fluids", Phys. Rev. Lett., 88 (17), 175501 (2002).
• Coussot, P., Nguyen Q.D., Huynh T. and Bonn D., "Viscosity bifurcation in thixotropic, yielding fluids", J. Rheology, 46, 573-589 (2002).
• Tonmukayakul N., Nguyen Q.D., De Figueredo A.M. and Pan Q.Y., "Time-Dependent Rheology of Semi-Solid Aluminium Alloy A357", in Advanced Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, Y. Tsutsui et al. (eds), Proc. 7th Intl Conf Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, Tsukuba, Japan, September 2002, p. 437-442.