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Associate Professor Vishnu Pareek, BE, MTech, PhD (UNSW)

Room: 204-405
Phone: 08 9266 4687
E-mail: v.pareek@curtin.edu.au

Research:

Dr Pareek has conducted extensive applied research/consultancy for several multinational companies (such as Chevron, BP, Woodside, Aker Kvaerner Subsea, Scotland and FMC Singapore). A List of current projects includes: Design of a New LNG Plant (for Chevron), CFD Simulations of an FCC Unit (for BP) and Flow Analysis within Subseas Oil Trees (for Woodside, Aker Kvaerner, FMC Technologies). He is an expert in process simulations and design in general, and CFD (Flow Assurance and Multiphase Flow) in particular. He has extensive experience with both lumped and distributed process modeling and simulations. His mission is to enable chemical process industry to realize greater benefits of modern process simulation and design tools (e.g., FLUENT and process simulators such as ASPEN and HYSYS).

Specific Research Areas

• Multiphase Flow Modelling
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Flow Assurance for
• Reactor Engineering
• Reservoir Simulations
• Process Plant Flowsheeting for Mineral Processes
• Erosion Modelling
• Granular Flow Modelling
• LNG Process Modelling
• Pipeline networking

List of Projects:

• Pareek, V. K., Process Flowsheeting of a Gold Plant, AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy (2006-2009).
• Wilkinson, S., Rothnie, N., Pareek, V. K. Tade M. O., Wang, S. and Ang, M., Vulnerability of Indoor Air to Airborne Threats Released Inside a Building: Experimental and Numerical Simulations, CRC CARE, (2007-2008).
• Pareek, V. K., Li Q., Tadé M. O., CFD simulations of FCC unit, BP Kwinana Refinery (2005-2007).
• Pareek, V. K., Tadé, M. O. and M. Trebble, Feasibility Study on a Gorgon LNG Process Plant. Chevron USA/Australia, (2006).
• Pareek, V. K., Kruger. O., Tadé, M. O., CFD Simulations on Subsea Oil Well. FMC Technologies Singapore (2006).
• Pareek, V. K., Kruger. O., Tadé, M. O., Hydrodynamic Assessment of a Retrofit on X-tree (Subsea Oil Well). Aker Kvaerner Subsea Pty Ltd. (2006).
• Pareek, V. K. and Tadé, M. O., CFD Simulation of Vincent-Field Oil-Reservoirs, Woodside Petroleum (2003-2006).
• Pareek, V. K., Advanced Process Flowsheeting of a Pressure Acid Leaching Plant, AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy (2003-2006).
• Pareek, V. K., Kruger. O., Tadé, M. O., CFD Simulations on Subsea Trees. Woodside Energies Pty Ltd. (2005).
• Pareek, V. K. and Tadé M. O. Process Simulations and Revamp of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Units, Small DRG Research Grant, The Office of Research and Development, Curtin University of Technology (2005).
• Pareek, V. K. and Tadé, M. O., FCC Preliminary CFD Simulations, BP Kwinana Oil Refinery (2004).
• Pareek, V. K. and Tadé, M. O., Dynamic CFD Simulations and Scale-Up of Three-Phase Slurry Reactors for Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) Technology, Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery)

List of Significant Publications

• Patel, R., Singh, K., Pareek, V. and Tadé, Dynamic Simulation of Reactive Batch Distillation Column for Ethyl Acetate Synthesis, Accepted in Chemical Product and Process Modeling (2007).
• Agustina,T. E., H.M. Ang and Pareek V. K., Treatment of Winery Wastewater By UV-A Radiation, Accepted in International Journal of Environment and Waste Management ), (2007).
• Akhtar, M. A., Tade, M. O., Pareek V. K., Simulations of Bubble Column Reactors Using a Volume of Fluid Approach: Effect of Air Distributor, Accepted in Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (2007).
• Novia, Ray, M., and Pareek, V. K., Three-dimensional Hydrodynamics and Reaction Kinetics Analysis in FCC Riser Reactors, Accepted in Chemical Product and Process Modeling (2007).
• Akhtar, M. A., Tade, M. O., Pareek V. K., CFD Simulations for Continuous Flow of Bubbles through Gas-Liquid Columns: Application of VOF Method, 2: A9 (2007).
• Akhtar, M. A., Tade, M. O., Pareek V. K., Modern trends in CFD simulations: Application to GTL technology, Chemical Product and Process Modeling 1: A2 (2006).
• Razavimanesh, A., Tadé, M. O., Rumaball, J. and Pareek, V. K., Steady-state Simulation of Hybrid Nickel Leaching Circuit Using SysCAD, Chemical Product and Process Modeling 1: A1 (2006).
• R. Vuthaluru, O. Kruger, M. Abhishek, V.K. Pareek and H.B. Vuthaluru, Investigation of Wear Pattern in a Complex Coal Pulveriser Using CFD Modelling, Fuel Processing Technology, 87(8): 687-694 (2006).
• Pareek, V. K., An End to Guess Work, Editorial in The Chemical Engineering, March (2006).
• Akhtar, M. A., Tade, M. O., Pareek V. K., Two-Fluid Eulerian Simulation of Bubble Column Reactors with Distributors, Journal of Chemical Engineering Japan 39(8): 831-841 (2006).
• Agustina,T. E., H.M. Ang and Pareek V. K., A Review of Synergistic Effect of Photocatalysis and Ozonation on Wastewater Treatment, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 6(4): 264-273 (2005).
• Pareek V. K. Light Intensity Distribution in a Dual-Lamp Photoreactor, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 3:A56 (2005).
• Vuthaluru, H. B., Pareek, V. K., Vuthaluru, R. Multiphase Flow Simulation of a Simplified Coal Pulveriser, Fuel Processing Technology, 86(11): 1195-1205 (2005).
• Pareek, V. K. Photochemical Reactors: Brighter is Better, The Chemical Engineer, Feb. Issue, pp 28 (2005).
• Pareek, V. K. and Adesina, A. A., Light Intensity Distribution in Photocatalytic Reactor Using Finite Volume Method, AIChE J., 50(6): 1273 (2004).
• Pareek, V. K., Srivastava, V. K., Adesina, A. A., Modeling of Absorption of NO2 with Chemical Reaction in a Falling Raindrop. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 20(2): 328-333 (2003).
• Pareek, V. K., Brungs, M. P., Young, B. and Adesina A. A., Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Simulation of a Pilot-Scale Annular Bubble Column Photocatalytic Reactor, Chemical Engineering Science. 58: 859-865 (2003).
• Pareek, V. K., Srivastava, A., Adesina, A. A. and Sharma, R., Modeling of a Non-isothermal FCC Riser. Chemical Engineering Journal, 92(1-3): 101-109 (2003).
• Pareek, V. K., Brungs, M. P. and Adesina, A. A., A New Simplified Model For Light Scattering in Photocatalytic Reactors. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 42(1): 26-36 (2003).
• P>areek, V. K. and Adesina, A. A., Analysis of Photocatalytically Reactive Systems: Kinetic Modeling and Reactor Design Via Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), in Handbook of Photoreactor (M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb and H. S. Nalwa, Editors), American Scientific Publishers (ASP), Stevenson Ranch CA, USA (2003).
• Pareek, V. K., Brungs, M. P. and Adesina A. A., Photocausticization of Spent Bayer Liquor: A Pilot-Scale Study, Advances in Environmental Research 7(2): 411-420 (2003).
• Pareek, V. K., Brungs, M. P. and Adesina, A. A., Artificial Neural Network Modeling of a Multiphase Photodegradation System, Journal of Photochem. Photobiol. 149(1-3): 139-146 (2002).
• Pareek, V. K., Srivastava, A., Adesina, A. A. and Sharma, R., Sensitivity Analysis of Rate Constants for Weekman’s Riser Kinetics and Evaluation of Heat of Cracking Using CATCRAK, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 181(1-2): 263-274 (2002).
• Pareek, V. K., Yap, Z., Brungs, M. P. and Adesina A. A., Particle Residence Time Distribution (RTD) in Three-phase Annular Bubble Column Reactor, Chem. Eng. Sci. 56(21-22): 6063-6071 (2001).
• Pareek, V. K., Brungs, M. P. and Adesina A. A., Continuous Process for Photodegradation of Industrial Bayer Liquor, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 40(23): 5120-5125 (2001).