Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Nicol, W
BIng(Chem)(Pret) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: B3
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:
Schwarzer R, du Toit EL, Nicol W: 2009. Solid phosphoric acid catalysts: The effect of free acid composition on selectivity and activity for 1-hexene dimerisation. Applied Catalysis A-General, 369, pp 83-89.
Van Houwelingen A J, Van der Merwe W, Wales NJ, Heydenrych MD, Nicol W: 2009. The effect of hydrodynamic multiplicity on liquid phase trickle flow axial dispersion. Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 87, pp 677-683.
Van der Merwe W, Nicol W: 2009. Trickle flow hydroynamic multiplicity: Experimental observations and pore-scale capillary mechanism. Chemical Engineering Science, 64, pp 1267-1284.
Joubert R, Nicol W: 2009. Multiplicity Behavior of Trickle Flow Liquid - Solid Mass Transfer. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48 (18), pp 8387-8392.
De Vos WP, Nicol W, du Toit EL: 2009. Entrainment behaviour of high density Geldart A Powders with different shapes. Powder Technology, 190, SAIMM, pp 297-303.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
De Vos WP, Nel H, Nicol W, du Toit EL: 2009. A Comparison between Single Particle and Bulk Particle Behaviour in Fluids: The Effect of Particle Shape. In South African Chemical Engineering Congress 2009 Towards Sustainable Engineering Development, South African Institution of Chemical Engineers, pp 1-7.
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