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Prof Alan Chaffee - Researcher Profile

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Biography

Alan works in the School of Chemistry at Monash University as a Professor.

Energy for the future

For the best part of a century, brown coal has provided most of the energy Victorians use. But concern about the environmental consequences throws down many challenges. Are there more efficient ways of using coal? How can we best control the carbon dioxide emissions? If we capture carbon, are there good uses for it? How do we develop renewable fuels to replace coal? And if we stop using brown coal for fuel, what purpose can we find for this massive resource?

Professor Alan Chaffee’s research embraces all these, and more.

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Brown coal’s reputation as a dirty fuel is not entirely justified, Alan says. “It’s very low in nitrogen, very low in sulphur, very low in ash, so to some extent people are getting the wrong message.”

On the other hand, its high water content makes it inefficient to burn and, conversely, once dry it is liable to spontaneous combustion. It is also an infamous generator of carbon dioxide.

“But it’s such a large resource that if we can overcome those things or use it for other things, then that is beneficial to us,” Alan says.

Victoria has an abundance of brown coal, readily available in thick seams close to the surface. With the support of a Research Leader Fellowship from Brown Coal Innovation Australia, Alan is seeking new uses for this “massive resource” and improved ways of dealing with it.

Obtaining chemicals from coal, and finding methods of extracting the moisture that don’t themselves use high levels of energy, are both on this agenda.

He is also directing his chemistry expertise towards capturing the carbon dioxide pumped out of power stations, in research funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies.

His group develops adsorbents, specialist materials that function rather like sponges to separate the carbon in flue gases.

In a variation on that theme, Alan is also involved in investigating ways of catching carbon before rather than after combustion.

If coal is gassified to produce synthetic gas, carbon dioxide can be separated before the gas is burned for electricity. It’s a more efficient way to produce power from coal, Alan says, but different materials are required as the carbon capture happens at much higher temperatures.

Talk of wholesale carbon capture raises questions about what to do with it, other than sequester it underground.

One apt use, which feeds into Alan’s interest in sustainable biofuels, derives from carbon’s capacity to increase the growth of algae.

Algal concentrates are already converted into biodiesel, but current processes use only half the suitable material. With support from Energy Technology Innovation Strategy, Alan is starting work on a different process that would convert it all.

That vast, accessible supply of brown coal is always front and centre in his mind.

“We do have this massive resource,” Alan says. “It’s so easy and it’s so clean. But we have to make things more sustainable now. I don’t think we have any choice. We’re trying to do all these things in better and more efficient ways than in the past.”

Keywords

lignite-water interactions, mechanical thermal expression

Qualifications

GCHE: Institution: Monash University; Year awarded: 2001

PHD: Institution: University of Melbourne; Year awarded: 1981

BSC(HONS): Institution: University of Melbourne; Year awarded: 1977

Publications

Book Chapters

Allardice, D.J., Chaffee, A.L., Jackson, W.R., Marshall, M., 2004, Water in brown coal and its removal, in Advances in the Science of Victorian Brown Coal, eds Chun-Zhu Li, Elsevier, Oxford UK, pp. 85-133.

Allardice, D., Chaffee, A., Jackson, W., Marshall, M., 2004, Water in brown coal and its removal, in Advances in the Science of Victorian Brown Coal, eds Chun-Zhu Li, Elsevier, Oxford England, pp. 85-133.

Favas, G., Chaffee, A.L., Jackson, W.R., 2002, Reducing greenhouse emissions from lignite power generation by improving current drying technologies, in Environmental Challenges and Greenhouse Gas Control for Fossil Fuel Utilization in the 21st Century, eds M Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Chunshan Song and Yee Soong, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York USA, pp. 175-187.

Clemow, L.M., Jackson, W.R., Chaffee, A.L., Sakurovs, R.J., Allardice, D.J., 2002, Understanding brown coal-water interactions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, in Environmental Challenges and Greenhouse Gas Control for Fossil Fuel Utilization in the 21st Century, eds M Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Chunshan Song and Yee Soong, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York USA, pp. 203-216.

Journal Articles

Taghavimoghaddam, J., Knowles, G.P., Chaffee, A.L., 2012, Mesoporous silica SBA-15 supported Co3O4 nanorods as efficient liquid phase oxidative catalysts, Topics In Catalysis [P], vol 55, issue 7-10, Springer/Plenum Publishers, New York United States, pp. 571-579.

Taghavimoghaddam, J., Knowles, G.P., Chaffee, A.L., 2012, Preparation and characterization of mesoporous silica supported cobalt oxide as a catalyst for the oxidation of cyclohexanol, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical [P], vol 358, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 79-88.

Mathews, J.P., Chaffee, A.L., 2012, The molecular representations of coal - A review, Fuel [P], vol 96, issue 1, Elsevier, Oxon England, pp. 1-14.

Xiao, G., Singh, R., Chaffee, A., Webley, P., 2011, Advanced adsorbents based on MgO and K2CO3 for capture of CO2 at elevated temperatures, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control [P], vol 5, issue 4, Elsevier Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 634-639.

Subagyono, D., Liang, Z., Knowles, G., Chaffee, A., 2011, Amine modified mesocellular siliceous foam (MCF) as a sorbent for CO(2), Chemical Engineering Research & Design [P], vol 89, issue 9, Institute of Chemical Engineers, United Kingdom, pp. 1647-1657.

Qi, Y., Hoadley, A., Chaffee, A., Garnier, G., 2011, Characterisation of lignite as an industrial adsorbent, Fuel [P], vol 90, issue 4, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1567-1574.

Fei, Y., Marshall, M., Jackson, W., Gorbaty, M., Amer, M., Cassidy, P., Chaffee, A., 2011, Evaluation of several methods of extraction of oil from a Jordanian oil shale, Fuel [P], vol 92, issue 1, Elsevier Sci Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 281-287.

Yuliani, G., Qi, Y., Hoadley, A., Chaffee, A., Garnier, G., 2011, Lignite clean up of magnesium bisulphite pulp mill effluent as a proxy for aqueous discharge from a ligno-cellulosic biorefinery, Biomass and Bioenergy [P], vol 36, Pergamon Elsevier Science, Oxford UK, pp. 411-418.

Vogt, C., Wild, T., Strauss, K., Hulston, J., Chaffee, A., 2011, Mechanical/thermal dewatering of lignite. Part 4: Physico-chemical properties and pore structure during an acid treatment within the MTE process, Fuel [P], vol 93, Elsevier Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 433-442.

Wells, B., Chaffee, A., 2011, Modeling gas separation in metal-organic frameworks, Adsorption-Journal Of The International Adsorption Society [P], vol 17, issue 1, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 255-264.

Waksburg, A., Nguyen, M., Chaffee, A., Kidder, M., Buchanan, A., Britt, P., 2011, Molecular dynamics modelling of tethered organics in confined spaces, Molecular Simulation [P], vol 37, issue 15, Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1266-1275.

Jayaratne, V., Chang, L., Fang, X., Chaffee, A., 2011, Phase and morphological segregation in Ti-MCM-41, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 151, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 466-473.

Kidder, M., Chaffee, A., Nguyen, M., Buchanan, A., 2011, Pyrolysis of phenethyl phenyl ether tethered in mesoporous silica. Effects of confinement and surface spacer molecules on product selectivity, Journal Of Organic Chemistry [P], vol 76, issue 15, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 6014-6023.

Nasir, S., Sarfaraz, T., Verheyen, V., Chaffee, A., 2011, Structural elucidation of humic acids extracted from Pakistani lignite using spectroscopic and thermal degradative techniques, Fuel Processing Technology [P], vol 92, issue 5, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 983-991.

Mathews, J., van Duin, A., Chaffee, A., 2011, The utility of coal molecular models, Fuel Processing Technology [P], vol 92, issue 4, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands, pp. 718-728.

Liang, Z., Marshall, M., Chaffee, A., 2010, CO2 adsorption, selectivity and water tolerance of pillared-layer metal organic frameworks, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 132, issue 3, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 305-310.

Yang, Y., Brown, C.M., Zhao, C., Chaffee, A.L., Burke, N., Zhao, D., Webley, P.A., Schalch, J., Simmons, J.M., Liu, Y., Her, J.-., Buckley, C.E., Sheppard, D.A., 2010, Micro-channel development and hydrogen adsorption properties in templated microporous carbons containing platinum nanoparticles, Carbon [P], vol 49, issue 4, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 1305-1317.

Wallis, P.J., Chaffee, A.L., Gates, W., Patti, A.F., Scott, J., 2010, Partial exchange of Fe(III) montmorillonite with hexadecyltrimethylammonium cation increases catalytic activity for hydrophobic substrates, Langmuir [P], vol 26, issue 6, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 4258-4265.

Chaffee, A., Lay, G., Marshall, M., Jackson, W., Fei, Y., Verheyen, V., Cassidy, P., Scott, S., 2010, Structural characterisation of Middle Jurassic, high-volatile bituminous Walloon Subgroup coals and correlation with the coal seam gas content, Fuel [P], vol 89, issue 11, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 3241-3249.

Liang, Z., Fadhel, B.A., Schneider, C.J., Chaffee, A.L., 2009, Adsorption of CO2 on mesocellular siliceous foam iteratively functionalized with dendrimers, Adsorption [E], vol 15, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 429-437.

Fadhel, B.A., Hearn, M.T.W., Chaffee, A.L., 2009, CO2 adsorption by PAMAM dendrimers: Significant effect of impregnation into SBA-15, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 123, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 140-149.

Liang, Z., Marshall, M., Chaffee, A.L., 2009, CO2 adsorption-based separation by metal organic framework (Cu-BTC) versus zeolite (13X), Energy and Fuels [E], vol 23, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 2785-2789.

Liang, Z., Marshall, M., Chaffee, A.L., 2009, Comparison of Cu-BTC and zeolite 13X for adsorbent based CO2 separation, Energy Procedia [E], vol 1, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 1265-1271.

Wells, B.A., Liang, Z., Marshall, M., Chaffee, A.L., 2009, Modeling gas adsorption in metal organic frameworks, Energy Procedia [E], vol 1, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 1273-1280.

Yang, Y., Bourgeois, L.N., Zhao, C., Zhao, D., Chaffee, A.L., Webley, P.A., 2009, Ordered micro-porous carbon molecular sieves containing well-dispersed platinum nanoparticles for hydrogen storage, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 119, issue 1-3, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 39-46.

Artanto, Y., McDonnell, E., Verheyen, V., Adeloju, S.B.O., Chaffee, A.L., 2009, The remediation of MTE water by combined anaerobic digestion and chemical treatment, Fuel [P], vol 88, issue 9, Elsevier, UK, pp. 1786-1792.

Fei, Y., Abd Aziz, A.A., Nasir, S., Jackson, W.R., Marshall, M., Hulston, J., Chaffee, A.L., 2009, The spontaneous combustion behavior of some low rank coals and a range of dried products, Fuel [P], vol 88, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 1650-1655.

Fadhel, B.A., Hearn, M.T.W., Chaffee, A.L., 2008, CO2 adsorption by neat versus impregnated pamam dendrimers, Fuel Chemistry Division, Preprints, vol 53, issue 2, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 731-732.

Wells, B., Chaffee, A.L., 2008, Gas binding to Au13, Au12 Pd, and Au11 Pd2 nanoclusters in the context of catalytic oxidation and reduction reactions, The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol 129, American Institute of Physics, USA, pp. 164712-1-164712-10.

Butler, C.J., Green, A.M., Chaffee, A.L., 2008, MTE water remediation using Loy Yang brown coal as a filter bed adsorbent, Fuel, vol 87, issue 6, Elsevier Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 894-904.

Liang, Z., Fadhel, B.A., Schneider, C.J., Chaffee, A.L., 2008, Stepwise growth of melamine-based dendrimers into mesopores and their CO2 adsorption properties, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol 111, issue 1-Mar, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 536-543.

Chaffee, A.L., Knowles, G.P., Liang, Z., Zhang, J., Xiao, P.Y., Webley, P.A., 2007, CO2 capture by adsorption: Materials and process development, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, vol 1, Elsevier, UK, pp. 11-18.

Kidder, M.K., Britt, P.F., Chaffee, A.L., Buchanan, A.C., 2007, Confinement effects on product selectivity in the pyrolysis of phenethyl phenyl ether in mesoporous silica, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 52-54.

Bergins, C., Hulston, J., Strauss, K., Chaffee, A.L., 2007, Mechanical/thermal dewatering of lignite. Part 3: Physical properties and pore structure of MTE product coals, Fuel, vol 86, issue 1-2, Elsevier, England, pp. 3-16.

Butler, C.J., Green, A.M., Chaffee, A.L., 2007, Remediation of mechanical thermal expression product waters using raw Latrobe Valley brown coals as adsorbents, Fuel, vol 86, issue 7-Aug, Elsevier Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1130-1138.

Fei, Y., Zhang, C., Marshall, M., Jackson, W.R., Chaffee, A.L., Allardice, D.J., 2007, The effect of cation content of some raw and ion-exchanged Victorian lignites on their equilibrium moisture content and surface area, Fuel, vol 86, Elsevier, England, pp. 2890-2897.

Butler, C.J., Green, A.M., Chaffee, A.L., 2007, The fate of trace elements during MTE and HTD dewatering of Latrobe Valley Brown Coals, Coal Preparation, vol 27, issue 4, Taylor & Francis Group Inc, USA, pp. 210-229.

Fei, Y., Marshall, M., Jackson, W.R., Chaffee, A.L., Allardice, D.J., 2006, A comparison of adsorption isotherms using different techniques for a range of raw, water- and acid-washed lignites, Fuel, vol 85, issue 10-11, Elsevier, UK, pp. 1559-1565.

Fei, Y., Giroux, L., Marshall, M., Jackson, W.R., MacPhee, J.A., Charland, J., Chaffee, A.L., 2006, A comparison of primary lignite structure as determined by pyrolysis techniques with chemical characteristics determined by other methods, Fuel, vol 85, issue 7-8, Elsevier Ltd., UK, pp. 998-1003.

Butler, C.J., Green, A.M., Chaffee, A.L., 2006, Assessment of the water quality produced from mechanical thermal expression processing of three Latrobe Valley lignites, Fuel, vol 85, issue 10-Nov, Elsevier Science Ltd, Kidlington UK, pp. 1364-1370.

Fei, Y., Artanto, Y., Giroux, L., Marshall, M., Jackson, W.R., MacPhee, J.A., Charland, J., Chaffee, A.L., Allardice, D.J., 2006, Comparison of some physico-chemical properties of Victorian lignite dewatered under non-evaporative conditions, Fuel, vol 85, issue 14-15, Elsevier, UK, pp. 1987-1991.

Knowles, G.P., Delaney, S.W., Chaffee, A.L., 2006, Diethylenetriamine[propyl(silyl)]-functionalized (DT) mesoporous silicas as CO2 adsorbents, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol 45, issue 8, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 2626-2633.

Zeng, C., Favas, G., Wu, H., Chaffee, A.L., Hayashi, J., Li, C., 2006, Effects of pretreatment in steam on the pyrolysis behavior of Loy Yang brown coal, Energy & Fuels, vol 20, issue 1, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 281-286.

Knowles, G.P., Delaney, S.W., Chaffee, A.L., 2005, Amine-functionalised mesoporous silicas as CO2 adsorbents, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, vol 156, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 887-896.

Knowles, G.P., Graham, J.V.D., Delaney, S.W., Chaffee, A.L., 2005, Aminopropyl-functionalized mesoporous silicas as CO2 adsorbents, Fuel Processing Technology, vol 86, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 1435-1448.

Hulston, J., Chaffee, A.L., Bergins, C., Strauss, K., 2005, Comparison of physico-chemical properties of various lignites treated by mechanical thermal expression, Coal Preparation, vol 25, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Philadelphia USA, pp. 269-293.

Artanto, Y., Chaffee, A.L., 2005, Dewatering Low Rank Coals by Mechanical Thermal Expression (MTE) and its Influence on Organic Carbon and Inorganic Removal, Coal Preparation, vol 25, Taylor & Francis, USA, pp. 251-267.

Chaffee, A.L., 2005, Effective utilisation of lignite. A fuel for the future, Enerugi Sogo Kogaku, vol 27, issue 4, Enerugi Sogo Kogaku Kenkyujo, Japan, pp. 55-65.

Fei, Y., Chaffee, A.L., Marshall, M., Jackson, W.R., 2005, Lignite-water interactions studied by phase transition - Differential scanning calorimetry, Fuel, vol 84, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1557-1562.

Chaffee, A.L., 2005, Molecular modeling of HMS hybrid materials for CO2 adsorption, Fuel Processing Technology, vol 86, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 1473-1486.

Hulston, J., Favas, G., Chaffee, A.L., 2005, Physico-chemical properties of Loy Yang lignite dewatered by mechanical thermal expression, Fuel, vol 84, issue 14-15, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1940-1948.

Kidder, M.K., Britt, P.F., Zhang, Z., Dai, S., Hagaman, E.W., Chaffee, A.L., Buchanan, A.C., 2005, Pyrolysis of mesoporous silica-immobilized 1,3-diphenylpropane. impact of pore confinement and size, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 127, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 6353-6360.

Butler, C.J., Green, A.M., Chaffee, A.L., 2005, The influence of water quality on the reuse of lignite-derived waters in the Latrobe Valley, Australia, Coal Preparation, vol 25, issue 1, Taylor & Francis Inc., Philadelphia USA, pp. 47-66.

Knowles, G.P., Graham, J., Chaffee, A.L., Delaney, S.W., 2004, Aminopropyl-functionalised silicas as high capacity CO2 adsorbents, Abstracts Of Papers Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 227, American chemical society, Washington USA, p. U1086.

Chaffee, A.L., Delaney, S.W., Knowles, G.P., 2002, Hybrid mesoporous materials for carbon dioxide separation, Abstracts Of Papers Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 223, american chemical society, Washington USA, pp. U572-U573.

Vu, T., Chaffee, A.L., Yarovsky, I., 2002, Investigation of lignin-water interactions by molecular simulation, Molecular Simulation, vol 28, issue 10-11, Gordon Breach Scie Publ Ltd, Reading England, pp. 981-991.

Conference Proceedings

Taghavimoghaddam, J., Knowles, G.P., Chaffee, A.L., 2012, Supported cobalt oxide: preparation and application for liquid phase oxidation of cyclohexanol, Selective Oxidations, American Chemical Society, United States, pp. 263-264.

Subagyono, D., Liang, Z., Knowles, G., Webley, P., Chaffee, A., 2011, PEI modified mesocellular siliceous foam: A novel sorbent for CO2, Energy Procedia [E], 19 September 2010 to 23 September 2010, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 839-843.

Wells, B., Webley, P., Chaffee, A., 2011, Simulations of model metal-organic frameworks for the separation of carbon dioxide, Energy Procedia [E], 19 September 2010 to 23 September 2010, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 568-575.

Nguyen, M., Chaffee, A.L., Held, M., Boysen, R.I., Nicolau, D., Hearn, M.T., 2008, A study on the atomic hydrophobicity of peptides in aqueous solutions using molecular dynamics modeling methods, Biomedical Applications of Micro- and Nanoengineering IV and Complex Systems, 10 December 2008 to 12 December 2008, SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, United States, pp. 727002-1-727002-10.

Delaney, S.W., Knowles, G.P., Chaffee, A.L., 2007, Electrically regenerable mesoporous carbon for CO2 capture, Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society, The American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, p. 65.

Liang, Z., Schneider, C.J., Chaffee, A.L., 2007, Mesopore-bound melamine-type dendrimers and their CO2 adsorption properties, Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, p. 68.

Knowles, G.P., Chaffee, A.L., 2007, New approaches for the preparation of amino-propyl-functionalized silicas, Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society, The American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, p. 44.

Chaffee, A.L., Qi, Y., 2007, Organics in product water from Mechanical Thermal Expression of lignite, Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, p. 71.

McDonnell, E., Artanto, Y., Barbagallo, M.S., Chaffee, A.L., Brook-Carter, P., Verheyen, V., 2007, The effect of batch anaerobic digestion upon MTE wastewaters, Proceedings & Abstracts 11th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD11), 23 September 2007 to 27 September 2007, International Water Association, Brisbane Qld Australia, p. 126.

Kidder, M.K., Buchanan, A.C., Britt, P.F., Chaffee, A.L., 2006, Quasielastic neutron scattering study of the dynamics of 1,3-diphenylpropane grafted to the pore surface of MCM-41, Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society, The American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, p. 225.

Knowles, G.P., Delaney, S.W., Chaffee, A.L., 2005, Amine-functionalized mesoporous silicas as CO2 adsorbents, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis [P], Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 887-896.

Qi, Y., Chaffee, A.L., 2002, Effects of processing conditions on the nature of product water from a novel coal drying process, Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 23 September 2001 to 27 September 2001, World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.

Kealy, T.J., Favas, G., Tiu, C., Chaffee, A.L., 2002, Lignite upgrading by Mechanical-Thermal Expression (MTE), Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 23 September 2001 to 27 September 2001, World Congress of Chemcal Engineering, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.

Other

Chaffee, A., Knowles, G., Liang, Z., Zhang, J., Xiao, P., Webley, P., 2011, Corrigendum to: CO2 capture by adsorption: Materials and process development, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control [P], Elsevier Ltd, United Kingdom.

Adeloju, S.B.O., Chaffee, A.L., Artanto, Y., 2007, Remediation of by-product water from non-evaporative dewatering processes, PhD Project, SASE Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Amine functionalised mesoporous metal organic frameworks for CO2 adsorption at low pressure.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main), Batten, S (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Carbon adsorbents from Victorian brown coal for CO2 capture..
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main), Bhattacharya, S (Associate), Webley, P (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Extraction of Oil from Oil Shale by New, More Environmentally Acceptable Methods.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint-co), Jackson, W (Joint).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: High temperature carbon dioxide capture using metal oxides.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Identification and monitoring of byproducts generated from amine based solvents and adsorbents during post-combusion Co2 capture (PPC) from brown coal flue gases.
Supervisors:: Adeloju, S (Main), Verheyen, V (Associate), Chaffee, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Nutrient recovery from agricultural wastewaters using adsorbents with brown coal and its derivatives.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint), Patti, A (Joint-co), Cavagnaro, T (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Selective oxygen adsorbents for air separation.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Soil Carbon, its long term stability and influences to soil health (Centre of Green Chemistry).
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main), Jackson, W (Associate), Patti, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Spontaneous Combustion of Coal.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main), Hoadley, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The use of coal derived liquids to improve the cokinf ability of brown coal.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint-co), Jackson, W (Joint).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass for sustainable aviation fuel/fuel additives.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint-co), Jackson, W (Joint).

Completed Supervision

Student:: Artanto, Y.
Program of Study:: Mechanical / thermal dewatering of low-rank coals: optimisation and dynamics of coal structure during the process. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main).
Student:: Butler, C.
Program of Study:: The utilisation of product water from mechanical thermal expression processing of Latrobe Valley brown coals. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint), Green, A (Joint-Co).
Student:: Delaney, S.
Program of Study:: Electrically regenerable carbon adsorbents for CO2 capture. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main).
Student:: Fadhel, B.
Program of Study:: CO2 adsorption by ordered mesoporous substrates modified with amine-terminated dendrimers. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint), Hearn, M (Joint-Co).
Student:: Fei, Y.
Program of Study:: Lignite structure and its interactions with water. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main), Jackson, W (Associate).
Student:: Jahan, M.
Program of Study:: Removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams with metal oxides at high temperature. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main).
Student:: Jayaratne, V.
Program of Study:: Synthesis and characterisation of homogeneous porous titanosilicate catalyst supports for carbon dioxide conversion. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main), Chang, L (Associate).
Student:: Qi, Y.
Program of Study:: CHARACTERISATION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC COMPONENTS IN PROCESS WATER FROM A NOVEL LIGNITE DEWATERING PROCESS. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main).
Student:: Subagyono, D.
Program of Study:: CO2 adsorption selectivity of amine modified siliceous mesostructured cellular foam. (Masters) 2011.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main).
Student:: Taghavi Moghaddam, J.
Program of Study:: Mesoporous Silica SBA-15 supported Cobalt Oxide: an investigation of the structure, morphology and catalytic activity of various composites. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Main), Macfarlane, D (Associate).
Student:: Xiao, G.
Program of Study:: Capture of CO2 from pre-combustion gas by adsorption processes at high temperatures. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint), Webley, P (Joint-Co).
Student:: Yuliani, G.
Program of Study:: Colour removal from magnesium bisulphite pulp and paper mill effluent using lignite adsorption and salt coagulation. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:: Chaffee, A (Joint-Co), Garnier, G (Joint).