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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering

Nicol, W

BIng(Chem)(Pret) PhD(Wits) - Associate Professor

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Telephone number: 012 420 3796
Fax number: 012 362 5173
E-mail address: willie.nicol@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Process modelling and control

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Van der Merwe W, Nicol W, De Beer F: 2007. Trickle flow distribution and stability by X-ray radiography. Chemical Engineering Journal, 132, pp 47-59.

Van der Westhuizen I, du Toit EL, Nicol W: 2007. Trickle Flow Multiplicity: The Influence of the Prewetting Procedure on Flow Hysteresis. Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 85 (A12), pp 1604-1610.

Van Houwelingen A J, Van der Merwe W, Nicol W: 2007. Extension of liquid-limited trickle-bed reactor modelling to incorporate channelling effects. Chemical Engineering Science, 62, pp 5543-5548.

Van der Merwe W, Nicol W, De Beer F: 2007. Three-dimensional analysis of trickle flow hydrodynamics: Computed tomography image acquisition and processing. Chemical Engineering Science, 62, pp 7233-7244.

 

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