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Professor Keith D. King

Head, School of Chemical Engineering

ASTC, BSc (NSW), PhD (NSW) FIChemE, FRACI, MAIChE, MRSC

Location: Room N116 (Academic Office), Room N119 (Head's Office) Engineering North
Email: keith.king@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 5448 or + 61 8 8303 6317
Fax: + 61 8 8303 4373 or + 61 8 8303 3951

Expertise and Interests

• Energy and combustion (flames, ignition and explosions, and soot formation)
• Gas to liquids (GTL) conversion technologies
• Laser diagnostics
• Reaction engineering, kinetics, energy transfer and catalysis
• Microalgal engineering
• Thermodynamics

Selected Recent Publications

• Z. T. Alwahabi, J. Reppel, G. J. Nathan, Q. N. Chan, and K. D. King, "Structure of Precessing Jet Methane Flames from Planar Hydroxyl Radical Distributions", 2007 Australian Combustion Symposium, Proceedings, ISBN 978-1-74210-041-8, 38-41 (2007).
• V. A. Stamatov, K. D. King, and D. K. Zhang, "Ignition of Combustible Atmospheres Caused by Uniform and Non-Uniform Radiation Heating of an Inert Particle", Combustion Science and Technology, 178, 1325-1344 (2006).
• V. Stamatov and K. D. King, "NOx Emission from Post-Explosion Combustion of a Bi-Component Fuel Droplet," Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA-06), Proceedings, ISBN 9948-02-128-2, 623-627 (2006).
• N. H. Qamar, Z. T. Alwahabi, G. J. Nathan, and K. D. King, "Laser-Induced Incandescence Study of a Turbulent Precessing Jet Flame," Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA-06), Proceedings, ISBN 9948-02-128-2, 395-398 (2006).
• J. R. Barker, P. J. Stimac, K. D. King, and D. M. Leitner, "CF3CH3 → HF + CF2CH3: A non-RRKM Reaction?," Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110 [Special Issue, Jürgen Troe Festschrift], 2944-2954 (2006).
• N. H. Qamar, G. J. Nathan, Z. T. Alwahabi, and K. D. King, "The Effect of Global Mixing on Soot Volume Fraction: Measurements in Simple Jet, Precessing Jet and Bluff Body Flames", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 30, 1493-1500, (2005).
• V. A. Stamatov, K. D. King, and D. K. Zhang, "Explosions of Methane/Air Mixtures Induced by Radiation-Heated Large Inert Particles," Fuel, 84, 2086-2092 (2005).
• N. H. Qamar, G. J. Nathan, Z. T. Alwahabi, and K. D. King, "Effects of Turbulent Mixing on Soot Sheet Dimensions," ASPACC ‘05, ISBN 0-9757855-1-6, 349-352 (2005).
• U. N. Alexander, K. D. King, and W. D. Lawrance, "Rate Constants for the Gas-Phase Reactions of Germylene with CH3OCH3, CH3OH, CD3OD and D2O at Ambient Temperature," Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5, 1557-1561 (2003).
• J. Zhu, F. Barnes, J. Bromley, D. K. Zhang, and K. D. King, "NOx Catalytic Effect in CH4 Partial Oxidation: A Perspective Application in CH4 Reforming", ASPACC-2003, Proceedings, ISBN: 7-81089-376-9, 321-325 (2003).