个人简介

Professor Galvin joined the University of Newcastle in 1993. Previously he spent 10 years with BHP Research (1980-1987; 1990-1993), and 3 years at Imperial College on a Commonwealth Scholarship where he did his PhD under the supervision of Professor Brian Briscoe. His primary research interests are in the phenomena of bubbles, drops and particles in the context of process systems. He invented a new separator termed the Reflux Classifier, developing the technology through an R&D Agreement with Ludowici Australia. Following a research breakthrough in 2008 the technology was re-designed in 2009 to promote the effects of a laminar shear mechanism, leading to rapid acceptance and up-take by industry. The technology attracted a number of national awards and led to exports and over 100 installations in more than ten countries.

研究领域

Chemical Engineering

I have built an active research group covering the generic theme of "bubbles, drops, and particles in process systems". My interest has been in the areas of surface chemistry, and the suspension mechanics of bubbles, drops, and particles. The bulk of this research has been directly relevant to mineral processing and more generally particle technology. I have a strong international reputation for my research in the area of mineral processing. I have worked extensively on interfacial problems concerned with surfactant adsorption onto bubbles in ion flotation and drops in emulsification. I have also worked on problems concerned with the nucleation of bubbles, drops, and solid particles, as well as problems concerned with their growth and coalescence. I have studied mass transfer, especially the molecular diffusion of molecules to growing bubbles, and the transport of gas molecules through interfaces containing adsorbed surfactants. Applied research in this area has led to the development of a new method for producing emulsion explosives. My major research activity, however, has focused on the problem of separating particles on the basis of size and density in fluidized beds, and on the motion of particles near inclined surfaces. Fundamental studies, relevant to the emerging field of micro-fluidics were concerned with the role of surface roughness in these interactions, with a new understanding of how such phenomena might contribute to remarkably high levels of hydrodynamic diffusion. Other significant advances have been made in understanding dispersion in fluidized beds. The work on fluidized beds and inclined sedimentation has culminated in the development of the Reflux Classifier, a high throughput fluidized bed technology that has since been adopted by industry in many countries. Fundamental studies of this system have focused on the separation and transport of the particles through the inclined channels, with investigations of the particle lift force and other mechanisms of particle resuspension. In more recent years my group has developed a novel technology that has the potential to change the way fine hydrophobic particles are recovered in industry. We have developed a novel binder that is effective in selectively agglomerating particles from less than a micron to several hundred microns within a few seconds, and arguably just a fraction of a second. The novel binder reduces the oil consumption of traditional agglomeration by more than an order of magnitude, via the establishment of very thin films of order 100 nm.

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2016 Galvin KP, Forghani M, Doroodchi E, Iveson SM, 'Consolidation of non-colloidal spherical particles at low particle Reynolds numbers', KONA Powder and Particle Journal, 2016 249-263 (2016) 2016 Galvin KP, Zhou J, Price AJ, Agrwal P, Iveson SM, 'Single-stage recovery and concentration of mineral sands using a REFLUX¿ Classifier', Minerals Engineering, 93 32-40 (2016) 2015 Dickinson JE, Jiang K, Galvin KP, 'Fast flotation of coal at low pulp density using the Reflux Flotation Cell', Chemical Engineering Research and Design, (2015) [C1] 2015 Kiani A, Zhou J, Galvin KP, 'Upgrading of positively buoyant particles using an Inverted Reflux Classifier', Advanced Powder Technology, 26 119-125 (2015) [C1] 2015 Van Netten K, Moreno-Atanasio R, Galvin KP, 'A Kinetic Study of a Modified Fine Coal Agglomeration Process', Procedia Engineering: New Paradigm of Particle Science and Technology Proceedings of The 7th World Congress on Particle Technology, 102 508-516 (2015) [C1] 2015 Kiani A, Zhou J, Galvin KP, 'Enhanced recovery and concentration of positively buoyant cenospheres from negatively buoyant fly ash particles using the inverted reflux classifier', Minerals Engineering, 79 1-9 (2015) [C1] 2015 Kiani A, Zhou J, Galvin KP, 'A pilot scale study of cenosphere recovery and concentration using the inverted reflux classifier', Minerals Engineering, 79 17-23 (2015) [C1] 2015 Iveson SM, Hunter DM, Galvin KP, 'A water-based method for measuring density-based partition curves of separators used in coal and mineral processing', Minerals Engineering, 79 196-211 (2015) [C1] 2015 van Netten K, Moreno-Atanasio R, Galvin KP, 'Selective agglomeration of fine coal using a water-in-oil emulsion', Chemical Engineering Research and Design, (2015) 2014 Van Netten K, Moreno-Atanasio R, Galvin KP, 'Fine particle beneficiation through selective agglomeration with an emulsion binder', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 15747-15754 (2014) [C1] 2014 Galvin KP, Harvey NG, Dickinson JE, 'Fluidized bed desliming in fine particle flotation - Part III flotation of difficult to clean coal', Minerals Engineering, (2014) [C1] 2014 Dickinson JE, Galvin KP, 'Fluidized bed desliming in fine particle flotation - Part I', Chemical Engineering Science, 108 283-298 (2014) [C1] 2014 Hunter DM, Iveson SM, Galvin KP, 'The role of viscosity in the density fractionation of particles in a laboratory-scale Reflux Classifier', Fuel, 129 188-196 (2014) [C1] 2014 Li J, Agarwal A, Iveson SM, Kiani A, Dickinson J, Zhou J, Galvin KP, 'Recovery and concentration of buoyant cenospheres using an Inverted Reflux Classifier', Fuel Processing Technology, 123 127-139 (2014) [C1] 2014 Liyanaarachchi KR, Webber GB, van Netten K, Moreno-Atanasio R, Galvin KP, 'Selective collection of fine particles by water drops', Advanced Powder Technology, (2014) [C1] 2014 Galvin KP, Dickinson JE, 'Fluidized bed desliming in fine particle flotation - Part II: Flotation of a model feed', Chemical Engineering Science, 108 299-309 (2014) [C1] 2014 Iveson SM, Mason M, Galvin KP, 'Gravity separation and desliming of fine coal: Pilot-plant study using reflux classifiers in series', International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, 34 239-259 (2014) [C1] 2014 Jiang K, Dickinson JE, Galvin KP, 'Maximizing bubble segregation at high liquid fluxes', Advanced Powder Technology, 25 1205-1211 (2014) [C1] 2013 Liyanaarachchi KR, Ireland PM, Webber GB, Galvin KP, 'Electrostatic formation of liquid marbles and agglomerates', APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 103 (2013) [C1] 2013 Galvin KP, Dickinson JE, 'Particle transport and separation in inclined channels subject to centrifugal forces', CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 87 294-305 (2013) [C1]