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Professor Paul Webley

Professor Paul Webley

B.Sc.(Chem Eng), University of Natal, 1983
M.Sc.(Chem Eng), University of Natal, 1985
MSCEP (Chem Eng), MIT, 1986
PhD (Chem Eng), MIT, 1989

Professor, Department Chairman

Email: Paul.Webley@eng.monash.edu.au
Tel: +61 3 9905 3445
Fax: +61 3 9905 5686
Room 210, Building 36 Engineering

Research Information Page

Adsorption Processes

Professional Appointments

  • 2008-present: Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
  • 2003-2007: Reader, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
  • 1996-2003: Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
  • 1992-1996: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Allentown, Pennsylvania, senior process research and development engineer
  • 1990-1992: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor and Director, MIT School of Chemical Engineering Practice

Professional Affiliations 

  • Member, IChemE
  • Member, International Adsorption Society
  • Member, Australian Institute of Energy

Current Research and Professional Interests

  • Leader, Adsorption Research Group
  • Development of improved pressure swing adsorption systems development of adsorbent and cycle screening tools with experimental validation
  • Synthesis and characterisation of zeolites for use in adsorptive separations and gas storage
  • Synthesis and development of novel carbon nanostructures for gas storage applications
  • Development of adsorption cycles for CO2 capture. (see http://www.co2crc.com.au/)
  • Simulation and optimization of industrial pressure swing adsorption systems and development of mathematical models to simulate cyclic PSA systems
  • Control of pressure swing adsorption systems
  • Hazardous waste destruction using supercritical water oxidation kinetics and thermodynamics of supercritical water/organic systems

Selected Publications

  • Zhang, J., Xiao, P. and Webley, P. A. "Adsorbent Screening Methodology for CO2 Capture" Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, in review.
  • Zhang, J., Xiao, P. and Webley, P. A. "Cycle development and design for CO2 capture from flue gas by vacuum swing adsorption" Environmental Science and Technology, in press, 2008.
  • Zhang, J., Webley, P. A. and Xiao, P. "Effect of process parameters on the power requirements of vacuum swing adsorption technology for CO2 capture from flue gas." Energy Conversion and Management, 49, 346-356, 2008.
  • Yang, Y., Singh, R. K. and Webley, P. A. "Hydrogen Adsorption In Carbon Nano-Structures" Adsorption, in press, 2008.
  • Zhang, J., Singh, R. K. and Webley, P. A. "Alkali and Alkaline earth cation exchanged chabazite zeolites for adsorption based CO2 capture" Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, in press, 2008.
  • Xiao, P., Zhang, J., Webley, P. A., Li, G. and Singh, R. K. "Comparison of zeolite 13X and NaY for CO2 capture from fuel gas by vacuum pressure swing adsorption" Adsorption, in press, 2008.
  • Li, G., Xiao, P., Webley, P. A., Zhang, J. and Singh, R. K. "Capture Of CO2 From Humid Flue Gas Streams By Vacuum Swing Adsorption Using Multi-Layered Beds" Adsorption, in press, 2008.
  • Yang, Y., Rosalie, J., Webley, P. A. and Bourgeois, L. "Bulk synthesis of carbon nanostructures: hollow stacked-cone-helices by chemical vapor deposition" Materials Research Bulletin, in press, 2008.
  • Zhang, X., Wang, H., Bourgeois, L., Pan, R., Zhao, D. and Webley, P. A. "Direct Electrodeposition of Gold Nanotube Arrays for Sensing Applications" Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(4), 2008.
  • Zhang, X. Y., Dai, J. Y., Lam, C. H., Wang, H. T., Webley, P. A., Li, Q. and Ong, H. C. "Zinc/ZnO core–shell hexagonal nanodisk dendrites and their photoluminescence" Acta Materialia, 55, 5039-5044, 2007.
  • Zhang, X., Bourgeois, L., Yao, J., Wang, H. and Webley, P. A. "Tuning the Morphology of Bismuth Ferrite Nano- and Microcrystals: From Sheets to Fibers" Small, 3, 1523-1528, 2007.
  • Deng, Y., Liu, C., Yu, T., Liu, F., Zhang, F., Wan, Y., Zhang, L., Wang, C., Tu, B., Webley, P. A., Wang, H. and Zhao, D. "Facile Synthesis of Hierarchically Porous Carbons from Dual Colloidal Crystal/Block Copolymer Template Approach" Chemistry of Materials, 19, 3271, 2007.
  • Chen, L., Singh, R. K. and Webley, P. A. "Synthesis, characterization and hydrogen storage properties of microporous carbons templated by cation exchanged forms of zeolite Y with propylene and butylene as carbon precursors." Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 102, 159-170, 2007.
  • Chaffee, A., Knowles, G., Liang, Z., Delaney, S., Graham, J., Zhang, J., Xiao, P. and Webley, P. A. "CO2 capture by adsorption: materials and process development" International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 1, 11-18, 2007.
  • Todd, R. S. and Webley, P. A. "Mass transfer models for rapid pressure swing adsorption simulation" AIChE Journal, 52, 3126-3145, 2006.
  • Kearns, D. and Webley, P. A. "Modelling and evaluation of dual-reflux pressure swing adsorption cycles: Part II . Productivity and energy consumption." Chemical Engineering Science, 61, 7234-7239, 2006.
  • Kearns, D. and Webley, P. A. "Modelling and evaluation of dual-reflux pressure swing adsorption cycles: Part I. Mathematical Models." Chemical Engineering Science, 61, 7223-7233,2006