Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor Moses O. Tadé
Department of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO BOX U1987 Perth 6845
Western Australia

Phone: (08) 9266-7581
Fax: (08) 9266-2681
Email: M.O.Tade@curtin.edu.au

SENIOR EDITOR
Associate Professor Martyn S. Ray
Department of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987 Perth 6845
Western Australia

Phone: (08) 9266-7702
Fax: (08) 9266-2681
Email: m.ray@curtin.edu

EDITOR
Dr Hong Mei Yao
Department of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987 Perth 6845
Western Australia

Phone: (08) 9266-3677
Fax: (08) 9266-2681
Email: H.Yao@curtin.edu.au

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Professor Stephen J. Allen
Department of Chemical Engineering
The Queens University of Belfast
Stranmillis Road
Belfast BT9 5AH
Northern Ireland
UK

Dr Angelo Basile
Senior Researcher
Institute of Membrane Technology
Italian National Research Council
Rende
Italy

Professor Ravindra Datta
Department of Chemical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester
Massachusetts 01609-2280
USA

Professor Nosa O. Egiebor
Environmental Engineering Program
Department of Chemical Engineering
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL 36088
USA

Professor Keisuke Fukui
Department of Mechanical and System Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
Division of Energy and Environment
University of Hyogo
Himeji 672-2201
Japan

Professor Xi-Jun Hu
Department of Chemical Engineering
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Clear Water Bay
Hong Kong

Professor Mohd Azlan Bin Hussain
Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University Malaya
Kuala Lumpur 50603
Malaysia

Professor Didier Lecomte
Research in Albi on Particulate Solids
Energy & Environment
Ecole des Mines dAlbi-Carmaux
France

Professor Jing-Hai Li
Institute of Process Engineering
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100684
China

Professor Shih-Jung Liu
Mechanical Engineering & Dean of General Affairs
Chang Gung University 259
Wen-Hwa 1st Road
Tao-Yuan 333
Taiwan

Professor Gao-Qing (Max) Lu
ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Queensland
Queensland 4072
Australia

Associate Professor Brian K. O'Neill
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Adelaide
Adelaide 5005
South Australia

Dr Vivek V. Ranade
Industrial Flow Modeling Group
National Chemical Laboratory
Pune 411008
India

Dr Yu-Chun Tian
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Australia

Professor Lawrence R. Weatherley
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
The University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas 66045-7609
USA

Professor Ming-Hou Xu
State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion
Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Wuhan, Hubei 430074
P.R. China

Professor John Zhu
School of Chemical Engineering
University of Queensland
Brisbane 4072 QLD
Australia

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Professor Xiao Dong Chen
Department of Chemical Engineering
Monash University
Clayton
Victoria 3800
Australia

Professor Richard R. Horsley
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO BOX U1987
Perth 6845
Western Australia

Professor Wan-Qin Jin
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing
P. R. China

Professor Arun S. Mujumdar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore
Singapore 119260

Professor Hans Müller-Steinhagen
Director, Institute for Technical Thermodynamics
German Aerospace Centre
University of Stuttgart
Pfaffenwaldring 38-40
D-70569 Stuttgart
Germany

Dr Shantanu Roy
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 11006
India

Professor Peter L. Spedding
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
The Queen's University of Belfast
Stranmillis Road
Belfast BT9 5AH
Northern Ireland
UK

Professor You-Xian Sun
Department of Control Science and
Engineering
Yuquan
Hangzhou 310027
P.R. China

Professor W (Bill) Y. Svrcek
Department of Chemical & Petroleum
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary
Alberta T2E 2R2
Canada