Asia-Pacific Journal of

Chemical
Engineering

January February 2016

Volume 11
Issue No. 1
Editor-in-Chief
Moses O Tad
Senior Editor
Martyn S Ray

www.apjchemeng.com
ISSN 1932-2135

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Moses O. Tad
Department of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO BOX U1987 Perth 6845
Western Australia
Phone: (08) 9266-7702
Fax: (08) 9266-2681
Email: M.O.Tade@curtin.edu.au

FOUNDING SENIOR EDITOR

Martyn S. Ray
Department of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987 Perth 6845
Western Australia

EDITORS
Hong Mei Yao
Department of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO BOX U1987 Perth 6845
Western Australia
Phone: (08) 9266-3677
Fax: (08) 9266-2681
Email: H.Yao@curtin.edu.au

Jian Liu
Department of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987 Perth 6845
Western Australia
Phone: (08) 9266-2522
Fax: (08) 9266-2681
Email: Jian.Liu@curtin.edu.au
ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Ali Abbas
School of Chemical and Biological Engineeing
The Univesity of Sydney
Sydney,
Australia
Dr Angelo Basile
Senior Researcher
Institute of Membrane Technology
Italian National Research Council
Rende,
Italy

Mohd Azlan Bin Hussain

Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University Malaya
Kuala Lumpur 50603
Malaysia

M. Masud K. Khan
School of Engineering & Technology
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton, Qld 4702
Australia

Nina Fechler
Department of Colloid Chemistry
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and
Interfaces
Germany

Jean-Franois Lamonier
Department of Chemistry
University of Lille, Sciences and Technologies
France

Keisuke Fukui
Department of Mechanical and System Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
Division of Energy and Environment
University of Hyogo
Himeji 672-2201
Japan

Shih-Jung Liu
Mechanical Engineering & Dean of General Affairs
Chang Gung University 259
Wen-Hwa 1st Road
Tao-Yuan 333
Taiwan

Zoltan K Nagy
School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette
USA
Junwang Tang
Department of Chemical Engineering
University College London
UK
Yu-Chun Tian
School of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane QLD 4001
Australia
Ming-Hou Xu
State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion
Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Wuhan, Hubei 430074
P.R. China
John Zhu
School of Chemical Engineering
University of Queensland
Brisbane 4072 QLD
Australia

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Wan-Qin Jin
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing
P. R. China
Jing-Hai Li
Director, Institute of Processing Engineering
Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Max Lu
Provost and Senior Vice-President
The University of Queensland
Queensland, Australia

Arun S. Mujumdar
Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University
Montereal, Canada
and
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada

Peter L. Spedding
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
The Queens University of Belfast
Stranmillis Road
Belfast BT9 5AH
Northern Ireland
UK

Shantanu Roy
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 11006
India

W (Bill) Y. Svrcek
Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary
Alberta T2E 2R2 Canada

Aims & scope

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering is aimed at capturing current engineering developments and initiatives in the
Asia-Pacific region. The journal publishes high quality papers special topic issues, and reviews in chemical-engineering
related and specialised areas.
Publishing six times each year, the journal showcases innovative technological developments from the Asia-Pacific region,
providing an opportunity for technology transfer and collaboration.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering will focus particular attention on the key areas of; Process Application
(separation, polymer, catalysis, nanotechnology, ferrous metallurgy), Energy and Environmental Technology (natural
resources, coal gasification, gas liquidation, air pollution control, water treatment, waste utilisation and management) and
Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering (biomaterials, bioprocess, biochemical engineering)
Formerly known as Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing: The Australasian Research Journal,
published by Curtin University of Technology in print only (ISSN:09691855).

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