Sustainable Technology Publications

We publish articles on research and teaching in sustainable technology, covering the large-scale production, purification and functionalisation of carbon nanotubes, ultra-lean combustion of hydrocarbon fuels using porous burners, zero emission process design, the hydrogen energy economy, biomass energy, nanomaterials synthesis and characterisation, phytomining and phytosynthesis and process intensification. By necessity these publications appear in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. Our recent publications (2007 and 2008) are listed below, with a link to a PDF copy of the article. Note that for some files access to a commercial repository (e.g. Sciencedirect) is required. Please contact us (link) for a preprint version if you do not have access to the published article.

1.Florin, N.H. and Harris, A.T., (2008) “Mechanistic study of enhanced hydrogen synthesis in biomass gasifiers with in situ CO2 removal using CaO”, AIChE Journal, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp 1096-1109. Link

2.Harris, A.T., and Bali, R. (2008), “On the formation and extent of uptake of silver nanoparticles by live plants”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Vol 10, pp 691-695. Link

3.See, C.H. and Harris, A.T. (2008) “CaCO3 supported Co-Fe catalysts for carbon nanotube synthesis in fluidised bed reactors”, AIChE Journal, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp 657-664. Link Link

4.MacKenzie, K., Dunens, O., See, C.H., and Harris, A.T., (2008) "Large-scale carbon nanotube synthesis", Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp 25-40. Link

5.Florin, N. and Harris, A.T., (2008) “Review of enhanced hydrogen production from biomass with in situ carbon dioxide capture using calcium dioxide sorbents”, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 63, Issue 2, pp 287-316. Link Link

6.Harris, A.T. (2008), “On the vibration assisted fluidisation of silica nanoparticles”, International Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 5, Nos. 2/3, pp 179-194. Link Link

7.Harris, A.T., See, C.H. and Liu, J., MacKenzie, K and Dunens, O. (2008) “Large-Scale Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes in Fluidised Beds”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, pp 1-8.

8.Florin, N.H. and Harris, A.T. (2007) “Hydrogen production from biomass coupled with carbon dioxide capture: The implications of thermodynamic equilibrium”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 32, Issue 17, pp 4119-4134. Link

9.See, C. and Harris, A.T., (2007) “Spent fluidised catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts: an untapped resource for large-scale carbon nanotube supply”, AIChE Journal, Vol. 53, No. 8, pp 2198-2200. Link

10.See, C.H. and Harris, A.T. (2007), “On the development of fluidised bed chemical vapour deposition for large-scale carbon nanotube synthesis: influence of synthesis temperature”, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 60, No. 7, pp. 541-546. Link

11.Florin, N.H. and Harris, A.T. (2007) “Hydrogen production from biomass”, The Environmentalist, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp 207-215. [[http://www.springerlink.com/content/ap347jg8v73013h4/?p=360f838a32f04acdb7147d011dc3da0c&pi=0||Link

12.See, C.H. and Harris, A.T. (2007) “A review of carbon nanotube synthesis using fluidised bed chemical vapour deposition”, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp 997-1012. Link