Areas of Expertise:

• Gas-solid fluidisation fundamentals and application
• Superfine powders
• Gasification of coal and biomass
• Solid waste disposal
• Drying technology

Current Research Projects

• Gasification of coal in a compartmented fluid bed reactor
• Mixing and circulation in a fluid bed with a draft tube
• Liquid and gas flow near the raceway in a blast furnace
• Fundamental standpipe studies
• Combustion of spent pot liner in a Torbed fluidised reactor
• Development of a plasma fluid bed reactor
• Diamond synthesis
• Gas-solid separation
• Fluid bed bagasse combustion
• Microwave bubble detector for standpipe control
• Advanced landfill design and operation

Consultancies

• Arunta Investments
• BHP Ltd
• CFB Incineration Ltd
• Queensland Alumina Ltd
• Queensland Cement Ltd
• Shell Australia Ltd
• Shell International Petroleum Mij
• CRC WMPC Limited

Professional Experience

• 6 years as faculty member in Chemical Engineering, University of Qld
• 7 years process design, project engineering and project management with major process engineering contracting company
• 4 years experience on process design, plant commissioning, plant operations with major chemical manufacturing company.

Conferences & Continuing Education Courses

• Organiser -Improved Drying for agriculture, industry and mining
• Organiser - Drying Process Technology
• Presenter - Winter Environmental School
• Technical Committee: 2nd International Conference on Control of Granular Materials, Chengde, China 1991; 8th International Drying Symposium, International Drying Society, Montreal, Canada, 1992
• Conference Co-ordinator: 7th International Fluidization Conference, Engineering Foundation, Australia 1992
• Co-chairman: 9th International Drying Symposium, International Drying Society, Gold Coast, Australia, 1994

Selected Publications

ZHANG, J-Y and RUDOLPH,V.,Resolving non-fluidised standpipe flow problems,
Fluidization 7, eds: O. Potter & D.J. Nicklin, Engineering Foundation, 1992.

HE, Y. RUDOLPH, V., NICKLIN, D.J. and CHONG, Y.O., Circulating fluidised oil shale
retort, Fuel pp879-884, 1993.

HE, Y-H and RUDOLPH, V.,Control mechanism for gas crossflow in a compartmented dense phase CFB, 4th Internat. Conference on Circulating Fluidised Bed, Pittsburg,
USA Aug 1993.

RUDOLPH, V. CHONG, Y.O. and LITSTER J.D., Vapour phase synthesis of particles
in a plasma concal fluidised bed, in Vapour phase synthesis of materials, Kona, USA, Jan 1994

RUDOLPH, V. and KROL, A., MSW Landfills - a research perspective, Landfill 94, Banksia Foundation, North Ryde, NSW 1994.

RUDOLPH, V. and KEEY, R.B., eds, Drying 94, The University of Queensland, 1994 pp1402