Projects 

• Insoluble Oxide Product Formation and its Effect On Coke Dissolution In Liquid Iron

•The Fundamentals of Liquid Flow Through A Reactive Packed Bed

•Thermodynamic Modelling of Novel Magnesium Production Processes

•A Pilot Study to Assess the Impact of Tundish Parting-Coat Refractories on Steel Cleanness

•The Kinetics of Iron Carburization in the New Zealand Steel Ironmaking Process

 

Current Research Areas

• Morphology and Control of Steelmaking Inclusions
• The Fundamentals of Liquid Flow Through A Reactive Packed Bed
• Thermodynamic Modelling of Novel Magnesium Production Processes
• The Hot Metal Vanadium Removal
• Sidewall Materials for Use in Electrolytic Aluminium Production; Novel Spinel Based Materials
• A Novel Multi-Stage High Temperature Aluminium Production Route
• Fundamental of Iron Carburization in the New Zealand Melter Process
• The Kinetics of Blast Furnace Hearth Refractory and Coke Ash Mineral Interactions