Dr Alexander Badalyan

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• Instrumentation and Process Control
• Engineering Thermodynamics
• Heat Transfer

PhD in Technical Sciences (Thermophysical Properties of Liquids and Gases), Nov'1987, Azerbaijan Petroleum and Chemistry Institute, Baku, USSR.

Post Graduate Course (June'1983-May'1986), Thermophysical Properties of Liquids and Gases, Specialised Thermophysical Laboratory, Department of Heat Engineering and Hydraulics, Grozny Petroleum Institute, Grozny, USSR/RUSSIA.

Bachelor Degree with Distinction in Automatic Control (Sept.'76-June'1981), Grozny Petroleum Institute, Grozny, USSR/RUSSIA.

• development of computer-based systems for real-time process monitoring and control in research and industrial applications;
• characterisation of porous materials by low and high pressure gas adsorption;
• experimental measurements of thermophysical properties of gases and liquids at elevated temperatures and pressures;
• investigation and monitoring of urban stormwater;
• on-line real time monitoring of dissolved gases in transformer oil for the evaluation of condition of power transformers;
• application of supercritical fluids for extraction of essential oils.

1. Badalyan A.G. & Rodchenko S.I. Viscosity of n-Octane. Yzv. Vissh. Uchebn. Zaved., Oil and Gas, 1986, no. 7, pp. 61-64. (Chem. abstracts - 106: 162869).

2. Badalyan A.G., Keramidi A.S., Kurumov D.C. & Grigoriev B.A. Saturated vapour pressures and density of n-Octane along the saturation curve. Yzv. Vissh. Uchebn. Zaved., Oil and Gas, 1986, no. 9, pp. 54-57. (Chem. abstracts - 106: 162874).

3. Badalyan A.G. & Keramidi A.S. Viscosity of n-Octane along the saturation curve. Yzv. Vissh. Uchebn. Zaved., Oil and Gas, 1991, no. 3, pp. 58-60. (Chem. abstracts - 116: 114011).

4. Kleinig A.R., Mansell C.J., Nguyen Q.D., Badalyan A. & Middelberg A.P.J. Influence of broth dilution on the disruption of Escherichia coli. Biotechnology Techniques, 1995, Vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 759 - 762.

5. Badalyan A., Wilkinson G.T. & Chun B.-S. Extraction of Australian Ginger Root with Super- and Near-critical CO2 Containing Ethanol Entrainer. 4th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids (ISSF1997), Sendai, Japan, May, 1997.

6. Badalyan A. & Wilkinson G.T. Mass Transfer in the Extraction of Australian Ginger with SCO2 containing Ethanol Co-solvent, IPENZ, Rotorua, NZ, October, 1997.

7. Badalyan A.G., Wilkinson G.T. & Chun B.-S. Extraction of Australian ginger root with carbon dioxide and ethanol entrainer. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 1998, no. 13, pp. 319 - 324.

8. Badalyan A., Pendleton P., Wu H. Development of an automated gas adsorption apparatus for the characterisation of the surface area, pore size distribution and density of powdered materials. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2001, Vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 3038-3045.

9. Kharat A.N., Pendleton P., Badalyan A., Abedini M., Amini M. M. Oxidation of aldehydes usings silica supported Co(II)-substituted heteropolyacid. Journal of Molecular catalysis A: Chemical, 2001, Vol. 175, no. 1-2, pp. 277-283.

10. Davey D.E., Jones G.P., McLeod S., Badalyan A. Monitoring and control system for wine fermentation. Poster presentation, Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, 7-11 October 2001, Adelaide, Australia.

11. Kharat A. N., Pendleton P., Badalyan A., Abedini M. and Amini M. M. Decomposition of nickel formate on sol-gel alumina and characterisation of product by X-ray photoelectron and TOF-SIMS spectroscopies. Journal of Catalysis, 2002, Vol. 205, pp. 7-15.

12. Pendleton P., Wu H., Badalyan A. Activated carbon oxygen content influence on water and surfactant adsorption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2002, Vol. 246, pp. 235-240.

13. Badalyan A., Davey D. E., McLeod S. Trials with a monitoring system for wine fermentation. Poster presentation, Interact 2002, University of Technology (UTS)Sydney, 21-25 July 2002, Sydney, Australia.

14. McLeod S., Davey D. E., Badalyan A. The on-line monitoring of red wine fermentation - first trials. 9th International Conference on Flowanalysis, Oral Presentation. Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 17-23 February 2003.

15. Badalyan A., Chow C. W. K., Thomas Sh., Peddie F. Implementation of an automated real-time flow analysis system for mineral leaching. 9th International Conference on Flowanalysis, Oral Presentation. Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 17-23 February 2003.

16. Kharat A. Nemati, Abedini M., Amini M. Mohammadpour, Pendleton P., Badalyan A. Investigation of the Preyssler phosphotungstate heteropolyanion, [NaP5W30O110]14-, properties with different counter ions. Transition Metal Chemistry (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2003, Vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 339-344.

17. Badalyan A., Pendleton P. Analysis of uncertainties in manometric gas adsorption measurements. I: Propagation of uncertainties in BET analyses. Langmuir, 2003, Vol. 19, no. 19, pp. 7919-7928.

18. McLeod S., Davey D., Badalyan A. The on-line monitoring of the fermentation of red wine - the use of some unique flow analysis technologies. 2nd Black Sea Basin Conference on Analytical Chemistry. Oral Presentation, Yildiz Technical University, Istambul, Turkey, 13-17 September, 2003.

19. Pendleton P., Badalyan A. Gas adsorption data uncertainty and propagation analyses. Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption. Plenary Presentation, 23-28 May 2004, Sedona, Arisona, USA. In journal: Adsorption, 2005, No. 11, pp. 61-66.

20. Badalyan A., Pendleton P. Sample container temperature gradient influence on the BET specific surface area. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2005, Vol. 283, No. 2, pp. 605-608.

21. Holmes M., Chow C. W. K., May R., Badalyan A., Fitzgerald F., Nixon J., Dandy G., Maier H. DrCT: Developing tools for improved disinfection control within water distribution systems. 2005 WEF/AWWA/IWA Disinfection Specialty Conference, Oral Presentation, Mesa, Arizona, 6-9 February, 2005. (Session 11 – Innovative Technologies).

22. Fitzgerald F., Buff J., Badalyan A., Holmes M. Online disinfectant residual analyser evaluation. South Australian AWA Water Operators Conference, Oral Presentation, 6 April 2005, Educational Development Centre, Adelaide, Australia.

23. Chun B.-S., Pendleton P., Badalyan A. The effect of supercritical fluids on the preparation of mesoporous silica. 7th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids (ISSF2005), Poster Presentation, 1-4 May 2005, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA.

24. Pendleton P., Badalyan A. Effect of uncertainty in pore volumes on the uncertainty in amount adsorbed at high-pressures on activated carbon cloth. 1st International Conference on Carbon for Energy Storage and Environmental Protection (CESEP-05), Oral Presentation, 2-6 October 2005, Orleans, France.

25. Park S.-Y., Badalyan A., Pendleton P. Controlled-release of allyl isothiocyanatefrom locally ordered mesoporous materials. 25 Australian Colloid and Surface Science Student Conference, Oral Presentation, 6-10 February 2006, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.

26. Jarvis K., Barnes T.J., Prestidge C.A., Badalyan A., Pendleton P. Porous silicon - a nunostructired delivery system. Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3-7 July 2006, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). Editors: C. Jagadish and G. Q. Max Lu. IEEE Publishing Co, 2006, pp. 536-539.

27. Park S.–Y., Badalyan A., Pendleton P. Synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials using supercritical aarbon dioxide for drug delivery application. 16th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution. Poster Presentation. 4-9 June 2006, Seoul, Korea.

28. Pendleton P., Badalyan A. Uncertainty in pore volumes derived from alpha-S-analyses and from the theory for volume filling of micropores. The Fourth International TRI/Princeton Workshop: Characterization of Porous Materials: From Angstroms to Millimeters. Oral Presentation, 21-23 June 2006, Princeton, NJ, USA. (In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical Engineering Aspects, 2007, Vol. 300, pp. 253-258).

29. Badalyan A., Pendleton P. Uncertainty in alpha-S-analyses and pore volume from uncertainty in gas adsorption data. 7th International Symposium on the Characterisation of Porous Solids (COPS-7), Poster Presentation, 26-28 May 2005, Aix-en-Provence, France. In Surface Science and Catalysis, Characterisation of Porous Solids VII, Eds. Llwellyn P.L., Rouquerol J., Rodrigues-Reinoso, Seaton N.A., Elsevier, 2007, pp. 383-388.

30. Pendleton P., Badalyan A., Bromball R., Skinner W. Effect of oxidizing agent on activated carbon cloth porosity and surface chemistry. 7th International Symposium on the Characterisation of Porous Solids (COPS-7), Poster Presentation, 26-28 May 2005, Aix-en-Provence, France. In Surface Science and Catalysis, Characterisation of Porous Solids VII, Eds. Llwellyn P.L., Rouquerol J., Rodrigues-Reinoso, Seaton N.A., Elsevier, 2007, pp. 575-582.

31. Pendleton P., Badalyan A. (Australia). Liquid nitrogen level control system. U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. (2007), 9pp. CODEN: USXXCO US 2007095668 A1 20070503 Patent written in English. Application: US 2006-555275 20061031.

32. Davey D. E., McLeod S., Badalyan A. Monitoring wine fermentation using NIR and continuous flow analysis. International Conference "In Vino Analytica Scientia 2007", 22-25 July 2007, Melbourne, Australia. Oral Presentration.

33. Jarvis K., Barnes T., Badalyan A., Pendleton P., Prestidge C. The impact of thermal oxidation on the adsorptive properties and structure of porous silicon particles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, Vol. 112, No. 26, pp. 9717-9722.

34. Badalyan A., Pendleton P. Analysis of uncertainties in manometric gas-adsorption measurements. II: Uncertainty in alpha-S-analyses and pore volumes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2008, Vol. 326, No. 1, pp. 1-7.

35. Motzko S., Fabris R., Badalyan A., Henderson R., Chow C. W. K., Vitanage D. Assessment of chloramination control strategy based on free ammonia concentration. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA. 2009, Vol 58, No. 1, pp. 29–39.

36. Fang Sh.-F., Pendleton P., Badalyan A. Effects of surface functional groups of activated carbon on adsorption of triclosan from aqueous solution. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. 2009, Vol. 10, No. 9, pp. 36-45.

37. Badalyan A., Buff J., Holmes M., Chow C. W. K., Vitanage D. On-line free-chlorine/total-chlorine monitors' evaluation - a step towards a correct choice of residual disinfectant monitor. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA. 2009, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 181-190.

38. Badalyan A., Holmes M., Chow C.W.K., Vitanage D. Making good choices with free chlorine analysers: a users guide. Water - Journal of the Australian Water Association. 2009 (September), Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 67-73.

39. Chun B.-S., Pendleton P., Badalyan A., Park S.-Y. Mesoporous silica synthesis in sub- and supercritical carbon dioxide. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering. (Accepted, 24 August 2009).

40. Badalyan A., Bromball R., Pendleton P., Skinner W. An assessment of activated carbon cloth microporosity change due to chemical activation. Carbon. (Accepted on 09 November 2009).