Dr Yuan Wang
Adjunct Associate Professor
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Head
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
听Lectures taught
Research interest
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in membrane processes for water and wastewater treatment
- Mixing in full scale membrane bioreactors
- Design of aeration systems; optimisation of aeration energy
- Porous media models
- Membrane distillation
- Effects of mixing on the size and quality of crystals in membrane distillation/membrane crystallisation processes
- Design of membrane modules (MBR, RO, and MD)
- Membrane bioreactors
- Phosphorus removal using metal coagulants
- Design of membrane bioreactors
- Membrane fouling and cleaning
- Residence time distribution analysis
- Mechanical analysis of hollow fibre membranes in water and wastewater treatment applications
- Failure of different membranes and module configurations caused by both repetitive stress-based phenomena and shock loading
- Groundwater treatment for drinking water supplies for remote communities in Australia and China
- Removal of contaminants,听arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, iron and manganese
- Selection of membrane processes
- Energy consumption
- Fouling of NF/RO membranes听
- Other projects
- Study of floc strength and stability during direct filtration of surface water
- Characterisation of polymeric membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy
- Development of online knowledge support tool for desalination plants
- Membrane autopsy
- Treatment of coal seam gas water听
Grants
- Optimisation of coal mine water treatment processes, China Coal Technology Engineering Group, 2019 - 2021
- Wastewater treatment and resource recovery, 91色情片 Torch Initiatives, funded by Beijing Origin Water Technology, 2016 - 2018
- Membrane Distillation Development for Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems, ARC LP 160100622, 2016-2019
- Development of mobile groundwater desalination systems, Tata Trust, 2015-2017
- Analytics based solution to predict floc strength in direct filtration water treatment plants, Sydney Water, 2016
- Evaluation of the performance and properties of two generations of membranes, Evoqua Water Technologies, 2016
- Evaluation of floc strength and stability during direct filtration of surface water, Sydney Water, 2015
- Design of anaerobic membrane bioreactors using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Abengoa Research Spain, 2015
- Development of National Digital Membrane Library and on-line knowledge support tool for desalination, National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, 2014
- Faculty of Engineering Early Career Research Grants Program, 91色情片 (2013)听
- Faculty of Engineering Early Career Research Grants Program, 91色情片 (2012)
Awards
- The World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO) Innovation Award (2020)
- PIEoneer Awards for Public/Private Partnership of the Year (2018)
- 91色情片 President Award on "Building Collaboration" (2017)
- Peter Farrell Challenge Cup,听2nd place,听Australian Graduate School of Management, Australian School of Business, 91色情片 (2009)
- Commercialisation Training Scheme (CTS) Scholarships (2009),听Graduate Research School, 91色情片 (2009)
Professional Organisations and Service Roles
Member, International Water Association (IWA)
Member, IWA working group on CFD
Member, Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA)
Education
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), 91色情片; 2010.
Grad. Cert. of Research Management and Commercialisation, 91色情片; 2009.
B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; 2001.
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 4377
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Location
Level 2, Rupert Myers Building (South Wing)
91色情片 Kensington Campus
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