Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Nicol, W
BIng(Chem)(Pret) PhD(Wits) - Associate Professor
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3796
Fax number: 012 362 5173
E-mail address: willie.nicol@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Process modelling and control
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Van Houwelingen A J, Sandrock C, Nicol W: 2006. Particle wetting distribution in trickle-bed reactors. AICHE Journal, 52 (10) / Oct, pp 3532-3542.
Loudon D, Van der Merwe W, Nicol W: 2006. Multiple hydrodynamic states in trickle flow: Quantifying the extent of pressure drop, liquid holdup and gas-liquid mass transfer variation. Chemical Engineering Science, 61, pp 7551-7562.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Nicol W, Sandrock C, Van Houwelingen A J: 2006. The effect of trickle flow morphology on particle-scale wetting distributions. In SACEC 2006: Engineering Africa in the 21st Century, South African Institution of Chemical Engineers, p. 16.
Loudon D, Nicol W, Van der Merwe W: 2006. Multiple Hydrodynamic states in trickle flow: quantifying the extent of pressure drop, liquid holdup and gas-liquid mass transfer variation. In SACEC 2006: Engineering Africa in the 21st Century, South African Institution of Chemical Engineers, p. 12.
Van der Merwe W, Nicol W, De Beer F: 2006. Quantification of the effect of the pre-wetting procedure on trickle flow maldistribution by X-ray computed tomography. In SACEC 2006: Engineering Africa in the 21st Century, South African Institution of Chemical Engineers, p. 10.
du Toit EL, Nicol W, Schwarzer R: 2006. Esterification of Acetic Acid with Methanol: A Kinetic Study on Amberlyst 15. In SACEC 2006: Engineering Africa in the 21st Century, South African Institution of Chemical Engineers, p. 12.
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