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Prof Jim Jones BE(Hons) 1st Class, MS, PhD
Professor and Research Director
School of Food and Advanced TechnologyProfessor Jim Jones teaches into the Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering degree and is the Research Director for SF&AT. He conducts research across a number of fields, principally in thermal processing and particle technology. This includes current projects such as pyrolysis kinetics, pyrolyser design, life cycle assessment of biochar systems, mastication of food, coating of powders, spray-drying of emulsions, flow of food powders, volcanic pyroclastic density currents and lahars. Previous projects include agglomeration of milk powder, coating of high fat powders, granulation modelling, secondary nucleation of lactose, truck spreading of fertiliser, and ballistic modelling for topdressing.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: 06 356 9099 x 84142
Location: RD B2.90, Riddet
Campus: Turitea -
Ph: 06 356 9099 x 84142
Location: 3B29, Block 3
Campus: Wellington
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours - University of Canterbury (1988)
- Master of Science - The University of Idaho (1990)
- Doctor of Philospohy - University of Cambridge (1999)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
I have a broad range of research interests that cover many aspects of chemical engineering science and interdisciplinary science. The following list is indicative and explains each field:
Pyrolysis kinetics - the heating of organic carbonaceous materials in the absence of oxygen to make a range of products, char, oil and gas. This includes biomass, biosolids and plastics.
Pyrolyser design - the design issues around safe design, safe operation and emission control of pyrolysis reactors.
Biochar - the char resulting from pyrolysis that is then sequestered in soil to remove carbon from the atmospheric carbon cycle and improve soil function. This includes manipulating the properties of biochar to deliver desired functions.
Charcoal - when the char is used for purposes other than biochar, e.g., fuel, reductant, adsorbent.
Granular flow - flow of materials such as pyroclastic flows, lahars, fertilisers (e.g. from topdressing aircraft), food powders (both in the powder flow properties and the design of blending equipment).
Solids handling - the design of the equipment that moves solids.
Mastication - modelling of food as it is chewed by humans. This includes the analysis of what it means to swallow safely.
Coating and encapsulation - spray-droplet coating of high fat powders, film coating of high-value powders and study of parameters influencing surface composition of food emulsions, slow release coatings for denitrification inhibitors.
Agglomeration, granulation and stickiness - agglomeration of dairy powders, granulation of dairy powders, stickiness of amorphous lactose.
Crystallization - secondary nucleation kinetics of lactose.
Jamming - important in solid object dispenser design, and in devices designed to move solids.
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture, Health and Well-being, Future Food Systems
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Carbon Capture Engineering (excl. Sequestration) (090401):
Chemical Engineering (090400):
Earth Sciences (040000):
Engineering (090000):
Environmental Engineering (090700):
Environmental Technologies (090703):
Food Engineering (090802):
Food Sciences (090800):
Geology (040300):
Heat and Mass Transfer Operations (091505):
Interdisciplinary Engineering (091500):
Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels) (090405):
Powder and Particle Technology (090406):
Turbulent Flows (091508)
Keywords
The following keywords give a comprehensive guide to my interests. See the desciption of research to learn how they have been applied to particular projects.
Pyrolysis
Thermal Processing
Particle Technology
Granular Flow
Pyrolysis kinetics
Pyrolysis chemistry
Pyrolysis system design
Biochar
Charcoal
Biomass thermal processing
Plastics thermal processing
Biosolids thermal processing
Life cycle assessment
Carbon markets
Biofuels
Volcanic flows
Pyroclastic flows
Pyroclastic density currents
Lahars
Hopper flow
Hopper design
Ballistics
Fertiliser spreading
Mastication modelling
Coating
Encapsulation
Spray coating
Film coating
Powder surface composition
Surface chemistry
Slow release coatings
Agglomeration
Granulation
Stickiness
Crystallization
Secondary nucleation
Jamming
Dispenser design
Research Projects
Current Projects
Project Title: FIET - Smoke Generator - Project 4b
Date Range: 2015 - 2023
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof Jim Jones - Project Leader
Completed Projects
Project Title: FIET - Robotic Valve Plate - Project 11b
Date Range: 2015 - 2021
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
- Prof Jim Jones - Team Member
Project Title: FIET - Atmospheric Freezer Drying - Project 8b
Date Range: 2015 - 2019
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof Jim Jones - Project Leader
Project Title: FIET - Spray Drying - Project 7b
Date Range: 2015 - 2021
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof Tony Paterson - Project Leader
- Prof Jim Jones - Team Member
Project Title: FIET - Pomace Fracturing - Project 6b
Date Range: 2015 - 2021
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof John Bronlund - Project Leader
- Prof Jim Jones - Team Member
Project Title: FIET - Meat Tenderisation - Project 3b
Date Range: 2015 - 2021
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof John Bronlund - Project Leader
- Prof Jim Jones - Team Member
Project Title: FIET - Milk Chilling & Farm Vat - Project 1b
Date Range: 2015 - 2021
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof Johan Potgieter - Project Leader
- Prof Jim Jones - Team Member
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
I teach into the Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering and Food technology degrees with a particular interest in project-based teaching in the fourth year of CBE with individual inquiry research, team process plant design projects, and from 2015 process improvement from 2015 where global and NZ landmark industries are examined to understand how and why they have changed over the years examining process efficiency, minimisation of hazards and societal pressures. I also have a keen interest in engineering science fundamentals, having taught across a range of topics over the years, e.g., particle technology, fluid dynamics, mass transfer, drying, heating and ventilation, chemical equilibria and separation processes.
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Nadeem Caco
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Doctor of Philosophy
Understanding and fine tuning the parameters that lead to desirable smoke aroma in culinary smoking
Co-supervisor of:
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Bryan Ybanez
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Doctor of Philosophy
Life cycle sustainability assessment of alternative fruit processing technologies: Investigating the nutrition, food safety, environmental, and socio-economic impacts of mango processing and preservation technologies in the Philippines -
Daniel Uhle
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Doctor of Philosophy
Effects of Multiphase Turbulence on the Flow and Hazard Behavior of Dilute Pyroclastic Density Currents
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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2017
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Adam Neather
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Doctor of Philosophy
Experimental Investigations of Granular Matter Flow Regimes leading to Insight into Lahar Flow Dynamics -
2016
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Georg Ripberger
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Doctor of Philosophy
A Study of the Importance of Secondary Reactions in Char Formation and Pyrolysis -
2016
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Eli Gray-Stuart
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Doctor of Philosophy
Modelling Food Breakdown and Bolus Formation During Mastication -
2008
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Anna Williams
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Doctor of Philosophy
Instant Milk Powder Production: Determining the Extent of Agglomeration -
2005
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Stephen Werner
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Doctor of Philosophy
Air suspension coating of dairy powders: A micro-level approach
Co-supervisor of:
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2023
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Merit Mathew
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Doctor of Philosophy
Rate controlling mechanisms in atmospheric freeze drying -
2023
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Suchima Gonapinuwala
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Doctor of Philosophy
Commercially scalable fish collagen processing -
2023
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Lucas Corna
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Interactions of Pyroclastic Density Currents with Obstacles – a Large-scale Experimental Study -
2021
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Muhammad Mohd Firdaus How
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Doctor of Philosophy
Modelling of chewing and aroma release during oral processing: model development, model validation and comprehensive examples for food design -
2019
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Siti Nadjiha Mohd Rozali
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Doctor of Philosophy
Atomization of fruit juice with fibres as drying aid: Nozzle - view more...
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2019
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Ermanno Brosch
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Doctor of Philosophy
Inside pyroclastic surges – a characterisation of the flow behaviour, hazard impact mechanisms and sedimentation processes through large-scale experiments -
2017
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Shakti Singh
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Doctor of Philosophy
Interactions of moving particles and bubbles in air: a micro-level process approach -
2016
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Horng Saw
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Doctor of Philosophy
Characterization and Flow of Food and Mineral Powders -
2016
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Amit Taneja
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Doctor of Philosophy
Spray Dried Milk-Protein Stabilized Emulsions with High Oil Content -
2012
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Shailesh Agrawal
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Doctor of Philosophy
Evaporative Crystallization of Alpha-Lactose Monohydrate -
2012
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Christine Flynn
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Particle Size Distribution of Solid Foods after Human Mastication -
2011
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Scott Hutchings
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Doctor of Philosophy
Oral processing of heterogeneous foods -
2011
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Peter Bishop
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Doctor of Philosophy
Polymer coated controlled release agrichemicals as mititgation tools in pastoral farming -
2010
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Miles Grafton
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Doctor of Philosophy
Flow on particute material from a topdressing aircraft -
2008
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Robert Murray
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Doctor of Philosophy
Variable Rate Application Technology in The New Zealand Aerial Topdressing Industry -
2007
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Hayden Lawrence
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Doctor of Philosophy
Adoption of Precision Agriculture Technologies for Fertiliser Placement in New Zealand. -
2007
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Jeremy McLeod
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Doctor of Philosophy
Crystallisation of Lactose. -
2005
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Patrick Rynhart
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Doctor of Philosophy
Mathematical modelling of granulation processes.
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