An ARC Special Research Centre
Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (PFPC)

Dr Dalton Harvie

BMech.Eng(Uni Syd), PhD Eng.(Uni Syd)

Position

Associate

Phone Number

61 3 8344 6421

Fax Number

61 3 8344 4153

Email

Department

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Office Location

Rm 3.09, Bld 165

 

Academic Teaching

Lecture core second year engineering course:

Current Research Fields: Experience and Future Directions

Microfluidic Droplets; Microfluidic Electrokinetics; Surface Wettability and Structure; Droplet/Surface Interactions; An Eulerian Description of Disperse Phase Flows; Spray Dryer Technology.


Selected Recent Publications

Dalton J. E. Harvie, M. R. Davidson, and Murray Rudman. An analysis of parasitic current generation in volume of uid simulations. Appl. Math Mod., 30(10):1056-1066, 2006. [link]

David Fletcher, Baoyu Guo, Dalton J. E. Harvie, Tim Langrish, Justin Nijdam, and Jennifer Williams. What is important in the simulation of spray dryer performance and how do current CFD models perform? Appl. Math Mod., 30:1281-1292, 2006.

Gary Rosengarten, Dalton J. E. Harvie, and Justin J. Cooper-White. Contact angle e ects on microdroplet deformation using CFD. Appl. Math Mod., 30(10):1033-1042, 2006.

Dalton J. E. Harvie, Malcolm R. Davidson, Justin J. Cooper-White, and Murray J. Rudman. A parametric study of droplet deformation through a micro uidic contraction: Low viscosity Newtonian droplets. Chemical Engineering Science, 61:5149-5158, 2006.

Malcolm R. Davidson, Dalton J. E. Harvie, and Justin J. Cooper-White. Simulations of pendant drop formation of a viscoelastic liquid. Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, 18 (2):41-49, June 2006.

Dalton J. E. Harvie, Malcolm R. Davidson, Justin J. Cooper-White, and Murray J. Rudman. A parametric study of droplet deformation through a micro uidic contraction: Shear thinning liquids. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 33(5):545-556, 2007.

Malcolm R. Davidson and Dalton J. E. Harvie. Electroviscous e ects in low reynolds number liquid flow through a slit-like microfluidic contraction. Chemical Engineering Science, 62:4229-4240, 2007.