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Dr Peter J Ashman

Senior Lecturer

B.E. (University of Sydney), M.E. (Sydney), Ph.D. (Sydney).

Location: Room N209 Engineering North
Email: pashman@chemeng.adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 5072
FAX: +61 8 8303 4373

Interests

• Gas-phase and gas-solid kinetics
• Combustion and gasification of solid fuels
• Design and operation of small-scale gas burners
• Formation of combustion generated pollutants

Recent Publications

• Ashman Peter J., Peter J. Mullinger, "Research Issues in combustion and gasification of lignite" in Fuel, 84 (2005) 1195-1205.
• Ballantyne Timothy R., Peter Ashman, Peter Mullinger, "A new method for determining the conversion of low-ash coals using synthetic ash as a tracer", Fuel, 84 (2005) 1980-1085.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ashman, P.J., Kosminski, A., Button, S.J. and Mullinger, P.J. "Gasification of Victorian lignite in a laboratory scale fluidised bed gasifier", in Proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion - ASPACC '05. (Adelaide, Australia). July, 2005. pp. 113-116.
• Ballantyne, T.R., Ashman, P.J. and Mullinger, P.J. "The effect of dewatering on the combustion behaviour of Loy Yang coal is a drop tube furnace", in Proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion - ASPACC '05. (Adelaide, Australia).
• van Eyk P.J., C.Y. Wong, N. Syred, E.P. Ung, Z.T. Alwahabi, P.J. Ashman, G.J. Nathan, "Study on atomic sodium release from pulverised coal particles in a pre-mixed natural gas flame", Fourth Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, 7-9 December 2005 July, 2005. pp. 129-132.
• Ross, D.P., McCullough, D.P., Kosminski, A. and Ashman, P.J. "The Influence of Steam on Ash Behaviour in Fluidised Bed Gasification - Possible Implications for Oxygen Blown Systems". 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering. (Glasgow, Scotland) July, 2005.