Tiến sĩ Hóa học tại
Canterbury
University, Úc.
Giáo sư Ðại học School
of Chemical Engineering and
Industrial Chemistry
và The
University of New South Wales
Scholarship available
PhD
Scholarship in High Pressure
freezing - see
details
EDUCATION
BE (Hons)
Chemical Engineering, Canterbury
University, Christchurch, New
Zealand, 1970.
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering,
Canterbury University, 1976.
EMPLOYMENT
Meat
Industry Research Institute of
New Zealand, Research Engineer,
1977-1991.
University of Western
Sydney-Hawkesbury, Lecturer in
Food Engineering, 1991.
UNSW, Senior Lecturer in
Chemical Engineering, 1992-2000
UNSW, Associate Professor in
Chemical Engineering, 2000-
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Member,
Institution of Chemical
Engineers.
Member, Australian Institute of
Food Science and Technology.
Vice President of Commission C2
(Food Technology), International
Institute of Refrigeration.
EDITORIAL DUTIES
Regional
and Food Editor, International
Journal of Refrigeration.
Editorial Board, Journal of Food
Process Engineering.
I have
published more than 100 refereed
papers on the following topics:
Heat
and mass transfer: Mixed
convection. Numerical heat
transfer.
A long-time interest in the
development of efficient finite
difference and finite elements
technique to solve the phase
change problem. (
Abstract
)
Food
engineering: Refrigeration.
Freezing and chilling. Thermal
properties of foods.
The food industry is one of the
largest employers of chemical
engineers and users of process
engineering equipment.
Refrigeration processes, in
particular, are big users of
energy and need to be modelled
accurately and optimised.
See also
International Congress Of
Refrigeration, Sydney 1999.
Environment: Natural
replacements for ozone-depleting
refrigerants
Hydrocarbons, ammonia and other
natural substances are ideal
replacements for ozone-depleting
CFC refrigerants. They are
cheap, plentiful, and
environment- friendly. They do
not cause ozone depletion or
greenhouse warming. So why are
they not used more widely? (
Abstract
)
(See also
Greenpeace's Ozone Action
Homepage.
)
Artificial intelligence:
Applications of genetic
algorithms in chemical
engineering
Modern minimisation methods such
as evolutionary optimisation and
simulated annealing, in
conjunction with faster
computers, are getting better in
handling uncertainties and
errors, in finding global optima
and in coping with large
problems. They have wide
potential applications in the
processing industries. (
Abstract
)
(See also
The
Genetic Algorithm Archive.
)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Pham, Q.T.
(1979) Explicit equations for
the solution of turbulent
pipe-flow problems. Trans. Inst.
Chem. Eng. 57:281-283. (PDF
file)
(
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. and Oliver, D.W. (1983)
Infiltration of air into cold
stores. Proc. International
Congress of Refrigeration,
Paris, vol.4:67-72. (PDF)
Pham,
Q.T. (1984) An extension to
Plank's equation for predicting
freezing times of foodstuffs of
simple shapes. Int. J. Refrig.
7:377-383. (PDF
file)
(
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1985) Analytical method
for predicting freezing times of
rectangular blocks of
foodstuffs. Int. J. Refrig.
8:43-47. (PDF
file)
(
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1986) Freezing of
foodstuffs with variations in
environmental conditions. Int.
J. Refrig. 9:290-5. (
PDF file
) (
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1987) A converging-front
model for the asymmetric
freezing of slab-shaped
foodstuffs. J. Food Sci.
52:795-800. (
PDF file
) (
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1987) Moisture transfer
due to temperature changes or
fluctuations. J. Food Eng.
6:33-50 (PDF)
Pham,
Q.T. (1988) Conduction heating
of objects of simple shape in a
fluid with finite heat capacity.
ASME J. Heat Transfer
110:551-553. (
PDF file
) (
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1991) Shape factors for
the freezing time of ellipses
and ellipsoids. J. Food Eng.
13:159-170, 1991. (
PDF file
) (
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1986) Simplified equation
for predicting the freezing time
of foodstuffs. J. Food
Technolology 21:209-219. (
PDF file
) (
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. and Smith, C.G., 1986,
Thermal imbalance error and
effective area in guarded hot
plate. Review of Scientific
Instruments 57:99-105. (
PDF file
) (
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1985) A fast,
unconditionally stable
finite-difference method for
heat conduction with phase
change. Int. J. Heat Mass
Transfer 28:2079-2084. (Acrobat
file
) (
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1987) Calculation of
thermal process lethality for
conduction-heated canned foods.
J. Food Sci. 52: 967-974. The
method of this paper has been
implemented in a
spreadsheet (click here)
. (MSWord
file)
(
Abstract
) (Fortran
file
)
Pham
Q.T., Wee H K, Kemp R M &
Lindsay D (1994) Determination
of enthalpy values of foods by
an adiabatic calorimeter. J.
Food Eng. 21: 137-156.
Pham,
Q.T. and Lovatt, S.L. (1996)
Optimisation of refrigeration
processes by stochastic methods.
Food Australia, 48(2):64-69. (
Zipped Postscript file
) (PDF
file)
(
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1995) Comparison of
general-purpose finite element
methods for the Stefan problem.
Numerical Heat Transfer Part B -
Fundamentals 27: 4. p.417-435. (
Zipped Postscript file
) (PDF
file)
(
Abstract
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1996) Prediction of
calorimetric properties and
freezing time of foods from
composition data. J. Food Eng
30:95-107. (
Acrobat file
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1995) Competitive
evolution: a natural approach to
operator selection. In: Progress
in Evolutionary Computation,
Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence, Vol. 956, p.49-60.
X. Yao (ed.), Springer-Verlag,
Heidelberg. (
Zipped Postscript file
) (PDF
file)
(
Abstract
)
Davey,
L. and Pham, Q.T. (1996)
Construction of a predictive
model for product heat load
during chilling using an
evolutionary method. Proc.
Meeting Comm. B1,B2,E1,E2,
International Institutte of
Refrigeration, Melbourne, Feb. (
Zipped Postscript file
) (
Acrobat file
)
Davey,
L. and Pham, Q.T. (1996) A
technique for measuring product
heat load during beef chilling.
6th Australasian Conference on
Heat and Mass Transfer, Sydney,
Dec 1996. Published in Heat and
Mass Transfer Australasia 1996:
Proc. 6th Australasian Heat and
Mass Transfer Conference, New
York, Begell House, pp. 453-460,
ISBN 1-56700-099-1 (Acrobat
file).
Q.T.
Pham and R.F. Mawson (1997)
Moisture migration and ice
recrystallization in frozen
foods. In: Quality in Frozen
Foods, ed. M.C. Erickson and
Y.C. Hung, Chapman and Hall,
N.Y., p.67-91. ISBN
0-412-07041-3.
Aisbett, E. and Q.T. Pham (1998)
Natural replacement for
ozone-depleting refrigerants in
eastern and southern Asia.
International Journal of
Refrigeration, Vol.21 No.1
p.18-28.(
Zipped MSWord 6 file
) (Acrobat
file
) (
Abstract
)
Davey,
L.M. and Pham, Q.T. (1997)
Predicting the dynamic product
heat load and weight loss during
beef chilling using a
multi-region finite difference
approach. International J.
Refrigeration 20: 470-482. (
MSWord97 file
)
Pham,
Q.T. (1998) Dynamic Optimization
Of Chemical Engineering
Processes By An Evolutionary
Method. Computers and Chem. Eng.
22:1089-97 (
Abstract
) (PDF
file)
Davey,
L.M. and Pham, Q.T. (2000) A
multi-layered two-dimensional
finite element model to
calculate dynamic product heat
load and weight loss during beef
chilling. International J.
Refrigeration, 23(6):444-456. (
MSWord97 file
)
Q.T.
Pham and D.H. Le (2001) A
Windows Interface for Numerical
Modelling Software. Model-IT:
Second International Symposium
on Applications of Modelling as
an Innovative Technology in the
Agri-Food Chain, 9 - 13 December
2001, Palmerston North. (
Powerpoint presentation
)
Q.T.
Pham (2002) Optimising
Refrigeration Systems in the
Food Industry. Australian Food
Engineering Association (AFEA)
NSW Seminar, 12 Feb 2002. (
Powerpoint presentation
)
Q.T.
Pham (2002) Calculation of
processing time and heat load
during food refrigeration. AIRAH
Conference "Food for Thought -
Cool", Sydney, 24 May 2002. (
PDF file
)
Q.T.
Pham (2003) A Computer Package
for Dairy Plant Refrigeration
Systems. Talk given at he Dairy
Manufacturer's Environmental
Forum, 21 March 2003. (
Powerpoint presentation
)
Trujillo, F.J., Wiangkaew, C.
and Pham, Q.T. (2004) Comparison
of three methods of estimating
the effective diffusivity of
moisture in meat from drying
data. ICEF9 – 2004 International
Conference Engineering and Food,
Montpellier, 7-11 March 2004,
paper 582. (PDF)
Q.T.
Pham (2005) Effect of Numerical
Errors on the Performance of
Optimization Methods. Paper 601,
Proc. Chemeca 2005, Brisbane,
Australia
September 25 - 28, 2005 (PDF)
Q.T.
Pham 2005 Stresses, Strains and
Failure of Biomaterials During
Freezing. Paper D04, Proc.
Eurotherm Seminar 77 Heat and
MassTransfer in Food Processing,
Parma, Italy (PDF)
Q.T.
Pham 2005 Evolutionary
Optimization of Dynamic Control
Problems Accelerated by
Progressive Step
Reduction.GECCO’05, June 25-29,
2005, Washington, DC, USA. (PDF)
Q.T.
Pham (2005) Dynamic Optimization
using Evolutionary Algorithm
with Progressive Step Reduction.
Paper 603, Proc. Chemeca 2005,
Brisbane, Australia
September 25 - 28, 2005 (PDF)
James
M. Whitacre, Tuan Q. Pham and
Ruhul A. Sarker (2006) Use of
Statistical Outlier Detection
Method in Adaptive Evolutionary
Algorithms. GECCO’06, July 8–12,
2004, Seattle, Washington, USA.
(PDF)
James
M. Whitacre, Tuan Q. Pham and
Ruhul A. Sarker (2006) Credit
Assignment in Adaptive
Evolutionary Algorithms.
GECCO’06, July 8–12, 2004,
Seattle, Washington, USA. (PDF)
James
M. Whitacre, Ruhul A. Sarker and
Q. Tuan Pham (2007) The
Self-Organization of Interaction
Networks for Nature-Inspired
Optimization. IEEE Transactions
on Evolutionary Computation,
accepted March 6, 2007. (PDF)
An Excel
spreadsheet for the calculation
of food cooling, freezing and
thawing times using simplified
methods (
Xls spreadsheet
)
An
Excel spreadsheet for the
calculation of sterilizing
values and sterilizing times
during the thermal processing of
cylindrical cans (
Xls spreadsheet
)
An
Excel spreadsheet for genetic
algorithm and curve-fitting (Xl
Spreadsheet)
