Dr Marcus Campbell Bannerman
Senior Lecturer
- About
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Internal Memberships
Programme leader for Chemical Engineering.
EG4012/EG4013 Coordinator for Chemical Engineering undergraduate thesis/individual projects. - Research
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Research Overview
I apply a wide range of computational techniques to solve engineering problems. This sounds very nebulous but I have worked on a broad range of topics ranging from computational thermodynamics, particle dynamics simulation, and pilot-scale production trials of novel cement formulations to the virtual reality rendering of volumetric datasets and GPU programming. At the heart of it all is the development of engineering simulation software.
Current Research
I am currently working on the production-process optimisation, simulation, and computational thermodynamics of a novel low-carbon cement formulations and traditional Portland cement. I have developed a thermodynamic database for the high-temperature simulation of cement clinkerisation, which is accessible here at http://simcem.com.
A large part of my research is also centred on simulation of molecular and granular particulate systems. As a part of that research I developed a unique and cutting-edge event-driven particle-dynamics package called DynamO. DynamO is a general tool that has already found application in a wide range of systems such as granular dampers, nano-colloidal fluids, and protein folding/helix formation. A major focus of my current research centres around the development a new class of particle models for solids processing systems. Coupled with novel algorithms, it is now possible to simulate process scale equipment with millions of particles in near real-time. An example application is in the full-scale modelling of the solids/granular/heat/reaction processes in cement kilns. For more information, please visit http://dynamomd.org.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
EX3030 Heat, Mass, and Momentum Transfer
EM40JN Heat and Momentum Transfer
EX3502 Separation Processes 1 (evaporation, distillation, and absorption)
EG5099 Upstream Oil & Gas Engineering - Publications
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Production of belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement using sulfur as a fuel and as a source of clinker sulfur trioxide: pilot kiln trial
Advances in Cement Research, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 643-653Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/jadcr.16.00018
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9424/1/jadcr_2E16_2E00018.pdf
Erratum to: Stable algorithm for event detection in event-driven particle dynamics: logical states (Comp. Part. Mech, 10.1007/s40571-016-0106-7)
Computational Particle Mechanics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 389Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-016-0111-x
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Stable algorithm for event detection in event-driven particle dynamics: logical states
Computational Particle Mechanics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 383-388Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-016-0106-7
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8898/1/logical_states.pdf
Lowering the carbon footprint and energy consumption of cement production: A novel Calcium SulfoAluminate cement production process
Contributions to Conferences: Papers1D thermal model of rotary kilns used in cement production
Contributions to Conferences: PapersThermodynamic data of ye’elemite (C4A3S̅ ) for cement clinker equilibrium calculations
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsThermodynamics of Portland Cement Clinkering
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsStable algorithm for event detection in event-driven particle dynamics
Computational Particle Mechanics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 191-198Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.6718
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-014-0021-8
Mapping continuous potentials to discrete forms
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 140, no. 3, 034105Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861669
Multicanonical Simulations Based On Contact Maps for Square-Well Heteropolymers Using Event Driven Molecular Dynamics: Proc. AIChE Annual Meeting
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings