Ai Wang

Dr Ai Wang has been actively involved in fundamental and applied research into multiphase systems over the last 10 years in mineral and pyro-metallurgical processing. She obtained her doctor degree of Chemical Engineering in the University of Newcastle. Her research involves a combination of experimental measurement, theoretical and computational modelling (e.g. CFD) using either commercial software ANSYS or self-developed codes. Using computationally modelling methods, Dr Ai optimized the structure of flotation column; modelled the collision between particles and bubbles in the presence of turbulence; simulated the diffusion of reactant gas through coke microstructure while reacting with carbon. Using experimental methods, Ai investigated the flow field inside flotation columns using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV); examined the rise dynamics of particle-laden bubbles in pure water and in surfactant solution using high-speed camera. Ai was also involved in gasification of coke in the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) under both CO2 and H2O environment wherein she developed image processing algorithms to analysis coke maceral composition and reacted microstructure. A summary of her current and past research can be found in

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=l_ZPjRUAAAAJ&hl=en

Examples of Dr Ai’s role as leading researchers includes the following projects: “Optimization of a cyclonic-static micro-bubble flotation column using CFD” with the National Engineering Research Centre of Coal Preparation and Purification (in China); “National 973 Key Basic Research Development Program: Basic Research of Large-Scale Quality Improvement and Utilization of Low-Quality coal" (in China); “Hydrodynamics of Flow Regime Transition in a Reflux Flotation Cell” Project 24 with Australia Research Council, Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals, (in Australia); “Coke Reactivity with CO2 and H20 and Impacts on Coke Microstructure and Gas Diffusion” with the Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research etc. In acknowledgement of her work in the multiphase flow and reacting engineering, Dr Ai is selected to be reviewers for abstracts submitted to the 16th International Conference on Gas–Liquid and Gas–Liquid–Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-16). She is also the lead guest editor in the Special issue "Recent Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation of Flotation" in the journal Minerals in MDPI publication group. Ai also co-supervised final-year graduate students. Dr Ai was also reviewer for Q1 journals such as “the Colloids and Surfaces A”, “ACS Omega” and Q2 journals such as “materials” and “powders” etc.