Professor Brian S. Haynes

The School of Chemical ang Biomolecular Engineering
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Tel: +61 2 9351 3435
Fax:+61 2 9351 3471
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• BE (Chemical Engineering, with University Medal), University of New South Wales
• PhD (Chemical Engineering), University of New South Wales

FTSE, FIEAust, FIChemE

• Combustion chemistry, especially regarding pollutant formation and behaviour
• Reaction kinetics and detailed kinetc modelling - homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic reations
• Biomass processing under hydrothermal (hot compressed and supercritical water) conditions
• Fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels, especially multiphase (gas-liquid) flow
• Highly compact heat exchangers
• Process intensification - miniaturised chemical plant for scaleable and distributed manufature

• Member of Editorial Board of Combustion and Flame
• Presdent of the International Combustion Institute, 2004-2008
• Associate Dean (Research), 2002 - 2007
• Head of School, 1994 - 2000

Some Recent Publications
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• P. J. Ashman, B. S. Haynes, P. M. Nicholls, and P. F. Nelson, "Interactions of gaseous NO with char during the low temperature oxidation of coal chars.", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 28:2171-2180 (2000).
• I. Liu, N. W. Cant, J. H. Bromly, F. J. Barnes, P. F. Nelson, and B. S. Haynes, "Formate species in the low temperature oxidation of dimethyl ether.", Chemosphere, 42:5-7, 583-589 (2001)
• B.S. Haynes, "A Turnover Model For Carbon Reactivity: I. Development", Combustion and Flame, 126:1421-1432 (2001).
• A.M. Johnston and B.S. Haynes, "Heatric Steam Reforming Technology", AIChE 2002 Spring National Meeting, Proceedings of Conference on Natural Gas Utilization, (C.-W. Chiu, R.D. Srivastava, and R. Mallinson, eds), AIChE, New Orleans; pp380-385, 2002. (Download from http://www.heatric.com/)
• K. Sendt, M. Jazbec, and B.S. Haynes, "Chemical Kinetic Modelling of the H/S System: H2S Thermolysis and H2 Sulfidation", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 29, 2439-2446 (2002).
• J.R. Baird, D.F. Fletcher and B.S. Haynes, "Local Condensation Heat Transfer Rates in Fine Passages", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 46(23) 4453-4466 (2003).

• Excellent laboratory facilities for reaction kinetic studies - reactors, gc's, mass spectrometry, FTIR spectroscopy, TG/DTA
• Pilot plant for biomass upgrading
• Pilot plants for process intensification
  microPIV for microchannel flow characterisation

Students should have a strong interest in the application of fundamentals to innovative chemical engineering applications.

Combustion, air pollution, heat transfer, reaction engineering.

• Bush walking
• Sea Kayaking
• Cooking and eating
• Reading