Zulli, Paul

Overview

Dr Paul Zulli was appointed Director of the ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing in March 2017. He is an internationally recognised leader in steel manufacturing research, technology development and deployment, combining over 30 years of technical and management experience across many aspects of the steel and ferrous minerals industries. He is a respected leader of multi-disciplinary teams, with an established reputation for delivery of tactical and strategic project outcomes into various operating businesses. An influential senior manager, he has been active in seeking to bridge the gaps between academic research products and innovative industrial solutions, with the goal to provide value-adding and sustainable outcomes. He has been successful in securing numerous competitive national funds. His specific areas of scientific reputation include development and implementation of simulation methods and operational systems concerned with complex manufacturing processes in difficult industrial settings, coupled with experimentation, pilot and plant trials activities. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Interaction Between Mineral Phases in a Hematite Iron Ore and Fluxing Materials During Sintering Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2020	Investigation of Molten Liquids Flow in the Blast Furnace Lower Zone: Numerical Modelling of Molten Slag Through Channels in a Packed Bed Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2020	Pressure-drop modelling in the softening and melting test for ferrous burden Published In ISIJ International
2020	Zinc removal from basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) filter cake by sintering Published In Journal of Hazardous Materials
2019	A review of high-temperature experimental techniques used to investigate the cohesive zone of the ironmaking blast furnace Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2019	Effect of coal properties on the strength of coke under simulated blast furnace conditions Published In Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy
2019	Prediction of blast furnace hearth condition: part I – a steady state simulation of hearth condition during normal operation Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2019	Prediction of blast furnace hearth condition: part II – a transient state simulation of hearth condition during blast furnace shutdown Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2018	Sintering of Iron Ores in a Millipot in Comparison with Tablet Testing and Industrial Process Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2017	Effect of charcoal addition on the properties of a coke subjected to simulated blast furnace conditions Published In Fuel Processing Technology
2017	Simulation of particle deformation within a compressed packed bed Published In Powder Technology
2016	Changes in pore structure of metallurgical cokes under blast furnace conditions Published In Energy and Fuels
2016	Coke degradation under simulated blast furnace conditions Published In ISIJ Internationa
2015	Development of Low-Emission Integrated Steelmaking Process Published In Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy
2015	Numerical Analysis of Titanium Compounds in Blast Furnace Hearth During Titania Addition Published In Steel Research International
2014	Effects of annealing on microstructure and microstrength of metallurgical coke Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2014	Improved CFD Model to Predict Flow and Temperature Distributions in a Blast Furnace Hearth Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2013	Compare Pilot-Scale And Industry-Scale Models Of Pulverized Coal Combustion In An Ironmaking Blast Furnace Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2012	CFD study of in-furnace phenomena of pulverised coal injection in blast furnace: Effects of operating conditions Published In Powder Technology
2012	Cold model study of blast gas discharge from the taphole during the blast furnace hearth drainage Published In ISIJ Internationa
2012	Modelling in-furnace phenomena of pulverized coal injection in ironmaking blast furnace: Effect of coke bed porosities Published In Minerals Engineering
2012	Simulation of macroscopic deformation using a sub-particle DEM approach Published In Powder Technology
2011	A hot metal temperature predictor based on hybrid decision tree techniques Published In International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society
2011	CFD Modeling and Analysis of The Flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer in a Blast Furnace Hearth Published In Steel Research International
2011	CFD Modelling and Analysis of Pulverized Coal Injection in Blast Furnace: An Overview Published In Steel Research International
2011	Gas-solid flow in an ironmaking blast furnace - I: Physical modelling Published In Powder Technology
2011	Gas-solid flow in an ironmaking blast furnace-II: Discrete particle simulation Published In Powder Technology
2011	Size segregation mechanism of binary particle mixture in forming a conical pile Published In Chemical Engineering Science
2011	Three-dimensional modelling of in-furnace coal/coke combustion in a blast furnace Published In Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy
2010	Numerical and theoretical investigation of the surface flows of granular materials on heaps Published In Powder Technology
2010	A Model to Simulate Titanium Behavior in the Iron Blast Furnace Hearth Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2010	A new computational method for studying heat transfer in fluid bed reactors Published In Powder Technology
2010	Modeling of Blast Furnace with Layered Cohesive Zone Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2010	Numerical Investigation of the Transient Multiphase Flow in an Ironmaking Blast Furnace Published In ISIJ Internationa

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	A Deep Learning Approach to the Acoustic Condition Monitoring of a Sintering Plant Published In 2018 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2018 - Proceedings
2016	Discovering temporal operational modes in an industrial chemical process and identifying their driving factors with symbolic data mining Published In 14th Australasian Data Mining Conference Canberra (AusDM 2016)
2015	Macrostrength and pore structure of coke subjected to gasification and annealing under blast furnace conditions Published In 2015 AISTech Conference Proceedings
2014	Current status and future direction of low-emission integrated steelmaking process Published In TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)
2013	Behaviour of New Zealand ironsand during iron ore sintering Published In The 5th Annual High Temperature Processing Symposium
2013	Coke microstructure and strength under blast furnace conditions Published In 10th Australian Coal Science Conference Proceedings
2012	The potential for charcoal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the Australian steel industry Published In 6th Int. Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking 2012, ICSTI 2012 - Including Proceedings from the 42nd Ironmaking and Raw Materials Seminar, and the 13th Brazilian Symp. on Iron Ore
2010	Simulation of Macroscopic Deformation Using a Sub-particle DEM Approach Published In Chemeca 2010: Engineering at the Edge

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020	ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Innovation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
2017 - 2020	Phosphorous and Iron Recovery from Steelmaking Slag for Effective Recycling Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2013	Coke integrity in blast furnace ironmaking: Understanding and technology development Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2009	The Fundamentals of Liquid Flow Through A Reactive Packed Bed Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Characterising the degradation of cokes made from Australian coals and subjected to simulated blast furnace operating conditions Awarded by: Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) Funding Scheme: Grant

Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Process Assessment and Energy Analysis of Industrial Processes	Meng, Sai

Keywords

Ironmaking, ferrous raw materials characterisation and performance, computational fluid dynamics, process simulation, operator guidance systems of complex manufacturing processes, pilot scale experimentation, steel plant trials

Located In Facility

Building 6, Room 303

Scopus Id

7003603894

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Interaction Between Mineral Phases in a Hematite Iron Ore and Fluxing Materials During Sintering Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2020	Investigation of Molten Liquids Flow in the Blast Furnace Lower Zone: Numerical Modelling of Molten Slag Through Channels in a Packed Bed Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2020	Pressure-drop modelling in the softening and melting test for ferrous burden Published In ISIJ International
2020	Zinc removal from basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) filter cake by sintering Published In Journal of Hazardous Materials
2019	A review of high-temperature experimental techniques used to investigate the cohesive zone of the ironmaking blast furnace Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2019	Effect of coal properties on the strength of coke under simulated blast furnace conditions Published In Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy
2019	Prediction of blast furnace hearth condition: part I – a steady state simulation of hearth condition during normal operation Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2019	Prediction of blast furnace hearth condition: part II – a transient state simulation of hearth condition during blast furnace shutdown Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2018	Sintering of Iron Ores in a Millipot in Comparison with Tablet Testing and Industrial Process Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2017	Effect of charcoal addition on the properties of a coke subjected to simulated blast furnace conditions Published In Fuel Processing Technology
2017	Simulation of particle deformation within a compressed packed bed Published In Powder Technology
2016	Changes in pore structure of metallurgical cokes under blast furnace conditions Published In Energy and Fuels
2016	Coke degradation under simulated blast furnace conditions Published In ISIJ Internationa
2015	Development of Low-Emission Integrated Steelmaking Process Published In Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy
2015	Numerical Analysis of Titanium Compounds in Blast Furnace Hearth During Titania Addition Published In Steel Research International
2014	Effects of annealing on microstructure and microstrength of metallurgical coke Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2014	Improved CFD Model to Predict Flow and Temperature Distributions in a Blast Furnace Hearth Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2013	Compare Pilot-Scale And Industry-Scale Models Of Pulverized Coal Combustion In An Ironmaking Blast Furnace Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2012	CFD study of in-furnace phenomena of pulverised coal injection in blast furnace: Effects of operating conditions Published In Powder Technology
2012	Cold model study of blast gas discharge from the taphole during the blast furnace hearth drainage Published In ISIJ Internationa
2012	Modelling in-furnace phenomena of pulverized coal injection in ironmaking blast furnace: Effect of coke bed porosities Published In Minerals Engineering
2012	Simulation of macroscopic deformation using a sub-particle DEM approach Published In Powder Technology
2011	A hot metal temperature predictor based on hybrid decision tree techniques Published In International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society
2011	CFD Modeling and Analysis of The Flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer in a Blast Furnace Hearth Published In Steel Research International
2011	CFD Modelling and Analysis of Pulverized Coal Injection in Blast Furnace: An Overview Published In Steel Research International
2011	Gas-solid flow in an ironmaking blast furnace - I: Physical modelling Published In Powder Technology
2011	Gas-solid flow in an ironmaking blast furnace-II: Discrete particle simulation Published In Powder Technology
2011	Size segregation mechanism of binary particle mixture in forming a conical pile Published In Chemical Engineering Science
2011	Three-dimensional modelling of in-furnace coal/coke combustion in a blast furnace Published In Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy
2010	Numerical and theoretical investigation of the surface flows of granular materials on heaps Published In Powder Technology
2010	A Model to Simulate Titanium Behavior in the Iron Blast Furnace Hearth Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2010	A new computational method for studying heat transfer in fluid bed reactors Published In Powder Technology
2010	Modeling of Blast Furnace with Layered Cohesive Zone Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2010	Numerical Investigation of the Transient Multiphase Flow in an Ironmaking Blast Furnace Published In ISIJ Internationa

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	A Deep Learning Approach to the Acoustic Condition Monitoring of a Sintering Plant Published In 2018 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2018 - Proceedings
2016	Discovering temporal operational modes in an industrial chemical process and identifying their driving factors with symbolic data mining Published In 14th Australasian Data Mining Conference Canberra (AusDM 2016)
2015	Macrostrength and pore structure of coke subjected to gasification and annealing under blast furnace conditions Published In 2015 AISTech Conference Proceedings
2014	Current status and future direction of low-emission integrated steelmaking process Published In TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)
2013	Behaviour of New Zealand ironsand during iron ore sintering Published In The 5th Annual High Temperature Processing Symposium
2013	Coke microstructure and strength under blast furnace conditions Published In 10th Australian Coal Science Conference Proceedings
2012	The potential for charcoal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the Australian steel industry Published In 6th Int. Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking 2012, ICSTI 2012 - Including Proceedings from the 42nd Ironmaking and Raw Materials Seminar, and the 13th Brazilian Symp. on Iron Ore
2010	Simulation of Macroscopic Deformation Using a Sub-particle DEM Approach Published In Chemeca 2010: Engineering at the Edge

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020	ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Innovation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
2017 - 2020	Phosphorous and Iron Recovery from Steelmaking Slag for Effective Recycling Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2013	Coke integrity in blast furnace ironmaking: Understanding and technology development Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2009	The Fundamentals of Liquid Flow Through A Reactive Packed Bed Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Characterising the degradation of cokes made from Australian coals and subjected to simulated blast furnace operating conditions Awarded by: Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) Funding Scheme: Grant

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Process Assessment and Energy Analysis of Industrial Processes	Meng, Sai

Keywords

Ironmaking, ferrous raw materials characterisation and performance, computational fluid dynamics, process simulation, operator guidance systems of complex manufacturing processes, pilot scale experimentation, steel plant trials

Located In Facility

Building 6, Room 303

Scopus Id

7003603894

Zulli, Paul Dr

Director Steel Research Hub

Overview

Overview

Available as Research Supervisor

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Keywords

Contact

Located In Facility

Identity

Scopus Id

Overview

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Keywords

Contact

Located In Facility

Identity

Scopus Id

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