Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
de Vaal, PL
MIng PhD(Pret) - Professor and Head
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2197
Fax number: 012 362 5173
E-mail address: philip.devaal@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Process modelling and control
Tribology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
de Vaal PL, Sandrock C: 2007. Control of a batch pulp digester using a simplified mechanistic model to predict degree of polymerisation. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 31, pp 1222-1230.
Burger NDL, de Vaal PL, Meyer JP: 2007. Failure analysis on retrieved ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) acetabular cups. Engineering Failure Analysis, 14, pp 1329-1345, Full Text
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
de Vaal PL, Phillpotts D: 2007. Comparison of test methods to determine diesel fuel lubricity. In ECOTRIB 2007: Joint European Conference on Tribology and Final Conference of COST 532: Triboscience and Tribotechnology, Slovenian Society for Tribology, pp 895-905.
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