Process Engineering Group
The Process Engineering Group is a multidisciplinary Group focussing on research into aspects of the processing industries particularly those which are represented in New Zealand. Many aspects of process development, process control and process improvement are covered. These are applied across a broad selection of industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to primary production. We consider our strengths are in the wide range of backgrounds, experience and expertise of the members of the Group enabling us to provide a new perspective and assist with many industrial developments
Specalist areas include:
Particle Tehcnology
Process Control
Bioprocesss
Sensor Development
Process Modelling
Refrigeration
There are many postgraduate opportunities in this area.
Group Members are:
Particle Technolgy
Dairy Powders
- Modelling the dissolution of lactose (AHJP)
- Catalysis of the mutarotation of alpha- to beta-lactose (JEB/AHJP)
- Caking of lactose crystals (JEB/AHJP)
- Conditioning of amorphous lactose (AHJP/JEB)
- Inventing a novel method of producing beta-lactose (AHJP)
- The crystallisation of lactose under industrial conditions (AHJP)
- The caking of milk powders (AHJP/JEB)
- The stickiness and crystallisation of amorphous lactose at higher temperatures (AHJP/JEB)
- The stickiness curve measurement of milk powders using a particle gun (AHJP/JEB)
- Flavour encapsulation (JJ)
- Granulation of mild powders (JJ)
Food Powders
- Caking of bulk sucrose (AHJP/JEB)
- Caking of pharmaceutical grade salt (AHJP/JEB)
- Effect of ines on caking of sucrose (AHJP/JEB)
- Protein/starch separation (AHJP/JEB)
Process Control
- Control of air-conditioning systems (AHJP)
- Control of constant temperature rooms (AHJP)
- Control of environmentally-controlled rooms (HHCB/AHJP)
- Fuzzy logic control of environmentally-controlled rooms (HHCB / AHJP)
- A farm automation system (HHCB)
- Control of a mild palletising machine (HHCB)
Huub Bakker, Tony Paterson
Possible Ph.D. looking at controlling an air-conditioning system
Bioprocess
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~ychisti/BioCenter.html
Yusuf Chisti and others
Sensor Development
- Oxygen in follicular fluid during egg harvesting in human IVF (JEB)
Process Modelling
- Scale of food processing operations (JEB)
- Optimal design of packaging (JEB)
- Heat transfer in builk milk fat products - Fonterra (JEB)
- Modelling the dissolution of lactose (AHJP)
Bleaching
- Bleaching of sea sponges (AHJP)
- Bleaching of possum fur (AHJP)
- Mixing of bleaching chemicals into paper pulp (AHJP)
Hydroponics
- Hydrodynamics of turblent bed contactors (AHJP)
- Wool cyclones (AHJP)
- Standing wave fo surfing (AHJP)
- Bitumen emulsion formulation (AHJP)
- The crystallisation of lactose under industrial conditions (AHJ)
- Modelling and control of milk evaporator (HHCB)
- Modelling and control of a whey products evaporator (HHCB)
- Modelling of a rotary, on-farm evaporator (HHCB)
