Dr Peter J Ashman

Acting Head of School

Senior Lecturer

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

Location: Room N209 Engineering North (Academic Office), Room N119 Engineering North (Head's Office)
Email: peter.ashman@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 5072
FAX: +61 8 8303 4373

Interests

• Downstream processing of microalgae
• Low-temperature power cycles
• Geothermal energy
• 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

• Saw, W.L., Forssén, M., Hupa, M., Nathan, G.J. and Ashman, P.J. The Influence of Boron on the Emission of Sodium during Black Liquor Combustion. Accepted to Appita Journal, Dec 08.
• Lee, A.K., Lewis, D.L. and Ashman, P.J. Microbial flocculation, a potentially low-cost harvesting technique for marine microalgae for the production of biodiesel. Accepted to Journal of Applied Phycology, Nov 08.
• Battye, D.L. and Ashman, P.J. The Stoichiometry and Kinetics of Carbon Combustion at Low Temperature - A Surface Complex Approach. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, v32, pp. 1981-1988, 2009.
• van Eyk, P.J., Ashman, P.J., Alwahabi, Z.T. and Nathan, G.J. Simultaneous measurements of the release of atomic sodium, particle diameter and particle
  temperature for a single burning coal particle. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, v32, pp. 2099-2106, 2009.
• Phua, S.T.G., Ashman, P.J. and Daughtry, B.J. Levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) and Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) in Fillets of Farmed Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). Chemosphere, v73, pp. 915-922, 2008.
• van Eyk, P.J., Ashman, P.J., Alwahabi, Z.T. and Nathan, G.J. Quantitative measurement of atomic sodium in the plume of a single burning coal particle. Combustion and Flame (2008), v155, pp. 529-537, 2008.
• Afsharvahid, S., Ashman, P.J. and Dally, B.B. Investigation of NOx conversion characteristics in a porous medium. Combustion and Flame, v152, pp. 604-615, 2008.
• Langman, A.S., Nathan, G.J., Mi, J. and Ashman, P.J. The Influence of Geometric Nozzle Profile on the Global Properties of a Turbulent Diffusion Flame. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, v31, pp. 1599-1607, 2007.
• Ross, D., Noda, R., Horio, M., Kosminski, A., Ashman, P. and Mullinger, P. Axial gas profiles in a bubbling fluidised bed biomass gasifier. Fuel, v86, pp. 1417-1429, 2007.
• Ballantyne, T.R., Ashman, P.J. and Mullinger, P.J. A New Method for Determining the Conversion of Low-ash Coals Using Synthetic Ash as a Tracer. Fuel, v84, pp. 1980-1985, 2005.
• Ashman, P.J. and Mullinger, P.J. Research Issues in Combustion and Gasification of Lignite. Fuel, v84, pp. 1195-1205, 2005.
• Ashman, P.J., Scrutton, S., Stringer, D., Mullinger, P.J. and Willison, J. Stakeholder Perceptions of Chemical Engineering Graduate Attributes at the University of Adelaide. (Accepted to Chemeca08).
• van Eyk, P.J., Ashman, P.J., Alwahabi, Z.T. and Nathan, G.J. Measurement of atomic Na released from a coal particle using quantitative planar laser induced fluorescence. Proc. Australian Combustion Symposium, pp 38-41, Editors: AR Masri, K Sendt, PF Nelson and P Yaroshchyk, Dec. 9-11, 2007, University of Sydney.
• Saw, W.L., Hupa, M., Ashman, P.J., Nathan, G.J., Forssén M and Alwahabi, Z.T. Insight into the fate of atomic sodium from black liquor combustion in a flat flame using equilibrium calculations. Proc. Australian Combustion Symposium, pp 38-41, Editors: AR Masri, K Sendt, PF Nelson and P Yaroshchyk, Dec. 9-11, 2007, University of Sydney.
• Shim, S.H., B.B. Dally, P.J. Ashman, G. Szego and R.A. Graig, "Sawdust Burning Under MILD combustion Conditions", Proc. Australian Combustion Symposium, pp 38-41, Editors: AR Masri, K Sendt, PF Nelson and P Yaroshchyk, Dec. 9-11, 2007, University of Sydney.
• Saw, W. L, Nathan, G. J., Alwahabi, Z. T., Ashman, P. J, Forssén, M., and Hupa, M., Assessment of the release of sodium from a burning liquor droplet using Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) and smelt analysis, Int'l Chemical Recovery Conf., Tappi Proc. 2007, pp.97-100.
• Saw, W., Nathan, G.J., Alwahabi, Z.T., Ashman, P.J., Forssén, M., and Hupa, M. Preliminary Investigation on the Release Rate of Atomic Sodium from Combustion of Black Liquor. Bioenergy Australia 2006 Conference (Fremantle, Australia), December 2006.
• Philcox, A.P., Ashman, P.J., and Marney, D. The Method of Invariant Kinetic Parameters as Applied to Polypropylene and Brominated Flame Retardant Mixtures. CHEMECA 2005. (Auckland, New Zealand), Paper #264, 6 pp., September, 2006.
• van Eyk, P.J., Wong, C.Y., Syred, N., Ung, E.P., Alwahabi, Z.T., Ashman, P.J., and Nathan, G.J. Study of atomic sodium release from pulverised coal particles in a pre-mixed natural gas flame. 4th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, The University of Adelaide, pp. 133-136, 2005.
• Ashman, P.J., Nguyen, D.T., Kosminski, A. and Button, S.J. Modelling the perfomance of a laboratory-scale, fluidised-bed gasifier. 33rd Annual Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2005). (Brisbane, Australia), Paper #226, 6 pp., September, 2005.
• Ashman, P.J., Colby, C.B. and O'Neill, B.K. Recent curriculum changes at the University of Adelaide - Broadening perceptions of chemical engineering. 33rd Annual Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2005). (Brisbane, Australia), Paper #183, 6 pp., September, 2005.
• 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 in a drop tube furnace, in Proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion - ASPACC ‘05. (Adelaide, Australia). 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.
• Langman, A.S., Battye, D.L., Nathan, G.J., Ashman, P.J., Dally B.B. and Oakeshott, C. Preliminary Assessment of the Effect of Ambient Temperature on the Performance of Air-Cooled Geothermal Power Plants at a Typical Site in South Australia. Proceedings of the Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Australian Geothermal Energy Conference, pp. 153-6, Ed: Hal Gurgenci and Anthony Budd, 19-22 August 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
• Dally, B.B., Hew, F.L., Nathan, G.J. and Ashman, P.J. Feasibility of Underground Cooling for Geothermal Power Plant Applications. Proceedings of the Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Australian Geothermal Energy Conference, pp. 163-4, Ed: Hal Gurgenci and Anthony Budd, 19-22 August 2008, Melbourne, Australia.