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
2022	Assessment of Blast Furnace Operational Constraints in the Presence of Hydrogen Injection Published In ISIJ International
2022	Energy and exergy analyses of an intensified char gasification process Published In Energy
2022	Geometallurgical characterisation of a Channel Iron Deposit (CID) Ore Published In Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
2022	Operational application of numerical modelling for evaluation of hearth condition over a blast furnace campaign: Whyalla No. 2 Blast Furnace 4th campaign Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2022	Segregation of a Phosphorus Rich Phase During Differential Solidification of BOF Slag Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2021	Determining Drag Coefficient of Simplified Dendritic Particles in Metallurgical Systems Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
2021	Interaction Between Mineral Phases in a Goethitic Iron Ore and Fluxing Materials During Sintering Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2021	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
2021	Numerical Investigation of Slag Flow Through a Coke Funnel Analog and Packed Bed Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2021	Numerical study into gravity separation of phosphorus from BOS slag during solidification Published In ISIJ International
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	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
2009	A three-dimensional numerical study of the combustion of coal blends in blast furnace Published In Fuel
2009	Computational fluid dynamics study of pulverized coal combustion in blast furnace raceway Published In Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2009	Effect of particle properties on particle percolation behaviour in a packed bed Published In Minerals Engineering
2009	Flooding diagram for multi-phase flow in a moving bed Published In ISIJ International
2009	Model study of the effects of coal properties and blast conditions on pulverized coal combustion Published In ISIJ International
2009	Modeling coal combustion behavior in an ironmaking blast furnace raceway: Model development and applications Published In Iron and Steel Technology
2009	Modelling of multiphase flow in ironmaking blast furnace Published In Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2009	Particle scale study of heat transfer in packed and bubbling fluidized beds Published In AIChE Journal
2009	Stress fields of solid flow in a model blast furnace Published In Granular Matter
2008	CFD modelling of liquid metal flow and heat transfer in blast furnace hearth Published In ISIJ International
2008	Discrete particle simulation of gas-solid flow in a blast furnace Published In Computers and Chemical Engineering
2008	Free Surface Instability and Gas Entrainment during Blast Furnace Drainage Published In Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
2008	Three-dimensional modelling of coal combustion in blast furnace Published In ISIJ International
2007	Modelling of multiphase flow in a blast furnace: Recent developments and future work Published In ISIJ International
2007	Numerical investigation of crater phenomena in a particle stream impact onto a granular bed Published In Granular Matter
2006	Discrete particle simulation applied to blast furnace modelling Published In Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals
2006	Simulation of turbulent flow in a packed bed Published In Chemical Engineering and Technology
2005	Discrete particle simulation of solid flow in a model blast furnace Published In ISIJ International
2005	Three-dimensional simulation of flow and combustion for pulverised coal injection Published In ISIJ International
2004	A simplified mathematical model for gas-solid flow in a blast furnace Published In Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics
2004	Discrete particle simulation of gas fluidization of particle mixtures Published In AIChE Journal
2004	Experimental Studies of Gas-Liquid-Powder Flow in Moving Particles Published In Steel Research International
2004	Gas-powder flow and powder accumulation in a packed bed: I. Experimental study Published In Powder Technology
2004	Gas-powder flow and powder accumulation in a packed bed: II: Numerical study Published In Powder Technology
2004	Modelling the gas-liquid flow in an ironmaking blast furnace Published In Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics
2003	Melt down behaviour of a fused layer in the blast furnace cohesive zone Published In ISIJ International
2003	Modelling of gas-powder flow in a blast furnace Published In STEEL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
2003	Numerical study of gas-solid flow in the raceway of a blast furnace Published In STEEL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
2002	An experimental and numerical study of the angle of repose of coarse spheres Published In Powder Technology
2002	Characterization of metallurgical chars by small angle neutron scattering Published In Energy and Fuels
2002	Flow characteristics in a blast furnace trough Published In ISIJ International
2002	Flow characteristics of a blast furnace taphole stream and its effects on trough refractory wear Published In ISIJ International
2002	Numerical modelling of iron flow and heat transfer in blast furnace hearth Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2001	A numerical and experimental study of the gas-solid flow in a fluid bed reactor Published In Powder Handling and Processing
2001	Modelling of liquid flow in the blast furnace. Application in a comprehensive blast furnace model Published In ISIJ International
2001	Modelling of liquid flow in the blast furnace. Theoretical analysis of the effects of gas, liquid and packing properties Published In ISIJ International
2001	Numerical investigation of the angle of repose of monosized spheres Published In Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
2000	Numerical simulation of the gas-solid flow in a bed with lateral gas blasting Published In Powder Technology
1999	Evaluation of effective thermal conductivity from the structure of a packed bed Published In Chemical Engineering Science
1998	Coordination number of binary mixtures of spheres Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
1998	Model based control of a coke battery Published In Iron and Steelmaker (I and SM)
1998	Modelling of the Solids Flow in a Blast Furnace Published In ISIJ International
1998	Modelling of the solids flow in a blast furnace Published In Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
1997	Experimental study of liquid flow in blast furnace cohesive zone Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
1997	Model study of liquid flow in the blast furnace lower zone Published In ISIJ International
1997	Modeling the discontinuous liquid flow in a blast furnace Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
1997	Three-dimensional modelling of the wall heat transfer in the lower stack region of a blast furnace Published In ISIJ International
1984	EXPERIMENTAL MODEL STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL MECHANISMS GOVERNING BLAST FURNACE HEARTH DRAINAGE. Published In Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	Current Status and Future Direction of Low-Emission Integrated Steelmaking Process Published In Celebrating the Megascale Publisher Springer International Publishing
2014	Current Status and Future Direction of Low-Emission Integrated Steelmaking Process Published In Celebrating the Megascale Publisher Springer Nature

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 AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings
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
2011	CFD modeling and applications of pulverized coal injection in blast furnace Published In AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings
2010	An integrated model of coal/coke combustion in a blast furnace Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2010	Simulation of Macroscopic Deformation Using a Sub-particle DEM Approach Published In Chemeca 2010: Engineering at the Edge
2009	DEM simulation of granular flows on a heap Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2009	Investigation of viscous fingering during blast furnace hearth drainage using a Hele-Shaw viscous flow model Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2009	Modelling in-furnace phenomena of coal/coke combustion in a blast furnace: Effects of coal properties Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2009	Modelling of titanium compound formation in blast furnace hearth Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2009	Optimisation of the design of pulverised coal injection lances: From concept to full scale implementation at bluescope steel's BF6 Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2006	21^st century ironmaking an Australasian perspective Published In 4th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmarking, ICSTI 2006, Proceedings
2006	Blast furnace hearth drainage: Continuous casting Published In 4th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmarking, ICSTI 2006, Proceedings
2006	Gas-powder flow in blast furnace with different shapes of cohesive zone Published In Applied Mathematical Modelling
2006	Impact of solid flow on a granular bed Published In AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
2006	PARTICLE SCALE STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER IN GAS FLUIDIZATION Published In International Heat Transfer Conference 16
2006	SIMULATION OF FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN BLAST FURNACE HEARTH Published In International Heat Transfer Conference 16
2006	THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF COMBUSTION BEHAVIOUR OF PULVERISED COAL INJECTION IN A BLAST FURNACE Published In International Heat Transfer Conference 16
2003	Coordination number of ternary mixtures of spheres Published In Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
2003	Effects of differencing schemes on simulation of dense gas-particle two-phase flows Published In COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS 2002
2003	Stress distribution in a sandpile formed on a deflected base Published In Advanced Powder Technology
2002	Fluid flow and refractory wear in a blast furnace trough - A water model study using LDV Published In Proceedings - Ironmaking Conference
2002	Numerical simulation of solids flow in a blast furnace Published In Applied Mathematical Modelling
2001	Assessment of the blast furnace lower zone permeability based on liquids flow distribution Published In 60TH IRONMAKING CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2001	Convective and conductive heat transfer in the blast furnace cohesive zone: Effect of softening and melting Published In CHT'01: ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER II, VOLS 1 AND 2, PROCEEDINGS
2001	Numerical study of sandpile formation and force evolution Published In POWDERS AND GRAINS 2001
2001	The effect of interparticle forces on powder fluidization behaviour Published In POWDERS AND GRAINS 2001
1999	Gas-liquid-powder flow in moving particles: Operational and non-operational regimes Published In Chemical Engineering Science
1997	Experimental and numerical simulation of discrete liquid flow in a packed bed Published In Chemical Engineering Science
1997	Model based control of a coke battery Published In Proceedings - Ironmaking Conference
1997	Powder entrapment in a multi-phase flow packed bed Published In TMS Annual Meeting
1992	Simulation and control of blast furnace hot blast stoves Published In National Conference Publication - Institution of Engineers, Australia
1990	Operational control systems for liquids and thermal management in the ironmaking blast furnace Published In CHEMECA '90, Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference
1989	THE USE OF SENSING TECHNIQUES AND MATHEMATICAL-MODELS TO IMPROVE BLAST-FURNACE PERFORMANCE Published In 48TH IRONMAKING CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

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
2022	Assessment of Blast Furnace Operational Constraints in the Presence of Hydrogen Injection Published In ISIJ International
2022	Energy and exergy analyses of an intensified char gasification process Published In Energy
2022	Geometallurgical characterisation of a Channel Iron Deposit (CID) Ore Published In Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
2022	Operational application of numerical modelling for evaluation of hearth condition over a blast furnace campaign: Whyalla No. 2 Blast Furnace 4th campaign Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2022	Segregation of a Phosphorus Rich Phase During Differential Solidification of BOF Slag Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2021	Determining Drag Coefficient of Simplified Dendritic Particles in Metallurgical Systems Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
2021	Interaction Between Mineral Phases in a Goethitic Iron Ore and Fluxing Materials During Sintering Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2021	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
2021	Numerical Investigation of Slag Flow Through a Coke Funnel Analog and Packed Bed Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
2021	Numerical study into gravity separation of phosphorus from BOS slag during solidification Published In ISIJ International
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	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
2009	A three-dimensional numerical study of the combustion of coal blends in blast furnace Published In Fuel
2009	Computational fluid dynamics study of pulverized coal combustion in blast furnace raceway Published In Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2009	Effect of particle properties on particle percolation behaviour in a packed bed Published In Minerals Engineering
2009	Flooding diagram for multi-phase flow in a moving bed Published In ISIJ International
2009	Model study of the effects of coal properties and blast conditions on pulverized coal combustion Published In ISIJ International
2009	Modeling coal combustion behavior in an ironmaking blast furnace raceway: Model development and applications Published In Iron and Steel Technology
2009	Modelling of multiphase flow in ironmaking blast furnace Published In Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2009	Particle scale study of heat transfer in packed and bubbling fluidized beds Published In AIChE Journal
2009	Stress fields of solid flow in a model blast furnace Published In Granular Matter
2008	CFD modelling of liquid metal flow and heat transfer in blast furnace hearth Published In ISIJ International
2008	Discrete particle simulation of gas-solid flow in a blast furnace Published In Computers and Chemical Engineering
2008	Free Surface Instability and Gas Entrainment during Blast Furnace Drainage Published In Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
2008	Three-dimensional modelling of coal combustion in blast furnace Published In ISIJ International
2007	Modelling of multiphase flow in a blast furnace: Recent developments and future work Published In ISIJ International
2007	Numerical investigation of crater phenomena in a particle stream impact onto a granular bed Published In Granular Matter
2006	Discrete particle simulation applied to blast furnace modelling Published In Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals
2006	Simulation of turbulent flow in a packed bed Published In Chemical Engineering and Technology
2005	Discrete particle simulation of solid flow in a model blast furnace Published In ISIJ International
2005	Three-dimensional simulation of flow and combustion for pulverised coal injection Published In ISIJ International
2004	A simplified mathematical model for gas-solid flow in a blast furnace Published In Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics
2004	Discrete particle simulation of gas fluidization of particle mixtures Published In AIChE Journal
2004	Experimental Studies of Gas-Liquid-Powder Flow in Moving Particles Published In Steel Research International
2004	Gas-powder flow and powder accumulation in a packed bed: I. Experimental study Published In Powder Technology
2004	Gas-powder flow and powder accumulation in a packed bed: II: Numerical study Published In Powder Technology
2004	Modelling the gas-liquid flow in an ironmaking blast furnace Published In Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics
2003	Melt down behaviour of a fused layer in the blast furnace cohesive zone Published In ISIJ International
2003	Modelling of gas-powder flow in a blast furnace Published In STEEL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
2003	Numerical study of gas-solid flow in the raceway of a blast furnace Published In STEEL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
2002	An experimental and numerical study of the angle of repose of coarse spheres Published In Powder Technology
2002	Characterization of metallurgical chars by small angle neutron scattering Published In Energy and Fuels
2002	Flow characteristics in a blast furnace trough Published In ISIJ International
2002	Flow characteristics of a blast furnace taphole stream and its effects on trough refractory wear Published In ISIJ International
2002	Numerical modelling of iron flow and heat transfer in blast furnace hearth Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
2001	A numerical and experimental study of the gas-solid flow in a fluid bed reactor Published In Powder Handling and Processing
2001	Modelling of liquid flow in the blast furnace. Application in a comprehensive blast furnace model Published In ISIJ International
2001	Modelling of liquid flow in the blast furnace. Theoretical analysis of the effects of gas, liquid and packing properties Published In ISIJ International
2001	Numerical investigation of the angle of repose of monosized spheres Published In Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
2000	Numerical simulation of the gas-solid flow in a bed with lateral gas blasting Published In Powder Technology
1999	Evaluation of effective thermal conductivity from the structure of a packed bed Published In Chemical Engineering Science
1998	Coordination number of binary mixtures of spheres Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
1998	Model based control of a coke battery Published In Iron and Steelmaker (I and SM)
1998	Modelling of the Solids Flow in a Blast Furnace Published In ISIJ International
1998	Modelling of the solids flow in a blast furnace Published In Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
1997	Experimental study of liquid flow in blast furnace cohesive zone Published In Ironmaking and Steelmaking
1997	Model study of liquid flow in the blast furnace lower zone Published In ISIJ International
1997	Modeling the discontinuous liquid flow in a blast furnace Published In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
1997	Three-dimensional modelling of the wall heat transfer in the lower stack region of a blast furnace Published In ISIJ International
1984	EXPERIMENTAL MODEL STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL MECHANISMS GOVERNING BLAST FURNACE HEARTH DRAINAGE. Published In Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	Current Status and Future Direction of Low-Emission Integrated Steelmaking Process Published In Celebrating the Megascale Publisher Springer International Publishing
2014	Current Status and Future Direction of Low-Emission Integrated Steelmaking Process Published In Celebrating the Megascale Publisher Springer Nature

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 AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings
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
2011	CFD modeling and applications of pulverized coal injection in blast furnace Published In AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings
2010	An integrated model of coal/coke combustion in a blast furnace Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2010	Simulation of Macroscopic Deformation Using a Sub-particle DEM Approach Published In Chemeca 2010: Engineering at the Edge
2009	DEM simulation of granular flows on a heap Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2009	Investigation of viscous fingering during blast furnace hearth drainage using a Hele-Shaw viscous flow model Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2009	Modelling in-furnace phenomena of coal/coke combustion in a blast furnace: Effects of coal properties Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2009	Modelling of titanium compound formation in blast furnace hearth Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2009	Optimisation of the design of pulverised coal injection lances: From concept to full scale implementation at bluescope steel's BF6 Published In 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, ICSTI 2009
2006	21^st century ironmaking an Australasian perspective Published In 4th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmarking, ICSTI 2006, Proceedings
2006	Blast furnace hearth drainage: Continuous casting Published In 4th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmarking, ICSTI 2006, Proceedings
2006	Gas-powder flow in blast furnace with different shapes of cohesive zone Published In Applied Mathematical Modelling
2006	Impact of solid flow on a granular bed Published In AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
2006	PARTICLE SCALE STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER IN GAS FLUIDIZATION Published In International Heat Transfer Conference 16
2006	SIMULATION OF FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN BLAST FURNACE HEARTH Published In International Heat Transfer Conference 16
2006	THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF COMBUSTION BEHAVIOUR OF PULVERISED COAL INJECTION IN A BLAST FURNACE Published In International Heat Transfer Conference 16
2003	Coordination number of ternary mixtures of spheres Published In Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
2003	Effects of differencing schemes on simulation of dense gas-particle two-phase flows Published In COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS 2002
2003	Stress distribution in a sandpile formed on a deflected base Published In Advanced Powder Technology
2002	Fluid flow and refractory wear in a blast furnace trough - A water model study using LDV Published In Proceedings - Ironmaking Conference
2002	Numerical simulation of solids flow in a blast furnace Published In Applied Mathematical Modelling
2001	Assessment of the blast furnace lower zone permeability based on liquids flow distribution Published In 60TH IRONMAKING CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2001	Convective and conductive heat transfer in the blast furnace cohesive zone: Effect of softening and melting Published In CHT'01: ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER II, VOLS 1 AND 2, PROCEEDINGS
2001	Numerical study of sandpile formation and force evolution Published In POWDERS AND GRAINS 2001
2001	The effect of interparticle forces on powder fluidization behaviour Published In POWDERS AND GRAINS 2001
1999	Gas-liquid-powder flow in moving particles: Operational and non-operational regimes Published In Chemical Engineering Science
1997	Experimental and numerical simulation of discrete liquid flow in a packed bed Published In Chemical Engineering Science
1997	Model based control of a coke battery Published In Proceedings - Ironmaking Conference
1997	Powder entrapment in a multi-phase flow packed bed Published In TMS Annual Meeting
1992	Simulation and control of blast furnace hot blast stoves Published In National Conference Publication - Institution of Engineers, Australia
1990	Operational control systems for liquids and thermal management in the ironmaking blast furnace Published In CHEMECA '90, Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference
1989	THE USE OF SENSING TECHNIQUES AND MATHEMATICAL-MODELS TO IMPROVE BLAST-FURNACE PERFORMANCE Published In 48TH IRONMAKING CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

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

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Graduate Advising Relationship

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

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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

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Zulli, Paul Dr

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