Kevin Wing-kan Yee

PhD Research Student

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Profile:

• B.E. (Hons.) & B.Com., The University of Sydney, Australia, 2001

• Teaching Assistant (2006 – 2008) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• Assistant Project Manager (2002 – 2005) He-Ro Chemicals Ltd., Hong Kong
• Research Assistant (2002), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Chemical Engineer (2000 – 2001) BRI Australia Limited, Sydney, Australia

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Research Project Summary:

The project aims to investigate the dynamic modelling and control of membrane separation systems. It will integrate advanced CFD modelling and control principles for the design and operation of membrane systems, which will not only enable significant advances in the fundamental understanding of, but also improve the methodologies when applying both CFD and control to the integrated design and operation of membrane systems.

Outcomes of this project include a set of dynamic models which can be used for active control purpose and dynamics control strategies which lead to improvements in membrane system performance with reduced operating costs and product variability. Prof Dianne E. Wiley

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Selected Publications:

• K. W. K. Yee, A. Alexiadis, J. Bao and D. E. Wiley, Effects of multiple-stage membrane process designs on the achievable performance of automatic control, Journal of Membrane Science, 320 (2008) 280 – 291.
• K. W. K. Yee, A. Alexiadis, J. Bao and D. E. Wiley, Effects of recycle ratios on process dynamics and operability of a whey ultrafiltration stage, Desalination (in press).
• K. W. K. Yee, D. E. Wiley and J. Bao, Whey protein concentrates production by continuous ultrafiltration: Operability under constant operating conditions, Journal of Membrane Science, 290 (2007) 125 – 137.
• K. W. K. Yee, D. E. Wiley and J. Bao, Steady state operability of whey ultrafiltration (UF) system, Desalination, 199 (2006) 497 – 498.
• V. G. Gomes and K. W. K. Yee, A periodic separating reactor for propene metathesis, Chemical Engineering Science, 57 (2002) 3839 – 3850.

• K. W. K. Yee, J. Bao and D. E. Wiley, Effects of long-term membrane fouling on the dynamic operability of an industrial whey ultrafiltration process, International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes 2008 (ICOM 2008), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 12 – 18 July 2008.

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