Shane Usher

Development of a method for determining the maximum van der Waals force to analyze dispersion and aggregation of particles in a suspension

K Kushimoto, S Ishihara, S Pinches, ML Sesso, SP Usher, GV Franks, J Kano

Journal article  |  2020  |  Advanced Powder Technology

Compartmentalization of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) solubilization and cake microstructure in relation to wastewater sludge dewatering behavior assisted by horizontal electric field: Effect of operating conditions

Bingdi Cao, Weijun Zhang, Youjing Du, Ruilu Wang, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales, Dongsheng Wang

Journal article  |  2018  |  Water Research

Analysis of Centrifugal Settling of Strongly Flocculated Suspensions

SJ Skinner, A STICKLAND, LR White, DR Lester, SP Usher, PJ Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

Quantification of wastewater sludge dewatering

Samuel J Skinner, Lindsay J Studer, David R Dixon, Peter Hillis, Catherine A Rees, Rachael C Wall, Raul G Cavalida, Shane P Usher, Anthony D Stickland, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Water Research

Designing thickeners by matching hindered settling and gelled suspension zones in the presence of aggregate densification

Yi Zhang, Paul Grassia, Alastair Martin, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Mathematical modelling of batch sedimentation subject to slow aggregate densification

Yi Zhang, Paul Grassia, Alastair Martin, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Chemical Engineering Science

COMPRESSIONAL DEWATERING OF FLOCCULATED MINERAL SUSPENSIONS

Peter J Scales, Ashish Kumar, Ben BG van Deventer, Anthony D Stickland, Shane P Usher

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Aggregate densification in the thickening of flocculated suspensions in an un-networked bed

Rudolf Spehar, Anat Kiviti-Manor, Phillip Fawell, Shane P Usher, Murray Rudman, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Implementation of ‘dry stacking’ operation in wastewater treatment sludge drying pans

S Chellappan, SP Usher, KB Dassanayake, A STICKLAND, PJ Scales, CA Rees, M Devadas

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

Determination of Breakthrough Concentration and Cracking Time during Drying of Wastewater Sludge

S Chellappan, CA Rees, M Devadas, SP Usher, A STICKLAND, PJ Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

Sewage sludge dewatering properties for predicting performance of industrial thickeners, centrifuges and filters

SJ Skinner, A STICKLAND, RG Cavalida, SP Usher, PJ Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

Thickener modelling – from laboratory experiments to full-scale prediction of what comes out the bottom and how fast

P SCALES, AH Crust, SP Usher

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

Characterization of Bed Densification in a Laboratory Scale Thickener, by Novel Application of an Acoustic Backscatter System

TN Hunter, SP Usher, S Biggs, PJ Scales, AD Stickland, GV Franks

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  Procedia Engineering

Impact of seawater salts on the viscoelastic behavior of flocculated mineral suspensions

Ricardo I Jeldres, Pedro G Toledo, Fernando Concha, Anthony D Stickland, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2014  |  Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Effects of aggregate densification upon thickening of Kynchian suspensions

Paul Grassia, Yi Zhang, Alastair D Martin, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales, Adam H Crust, Rudolf Spehar

Journal article  |  2014  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Wall effects during settling in cylinders

Benjamin Buratto, Shane P Usher, David Parris, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2014  |  Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Impact of seawater salts on the viscoelastic behaviour of flocculated mineral suspensions

RI Jeldres, PJ Scales, SP Usher, AD STICKLAND, PG Toldeo, F Concha

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  IMPC 2014 - 27th International Mineral Processing Congress

Characterisation of dewaterability from equilibrium and transient centrifugation test data

Shane P Usher, Lindsay J Studer, Rachael C Wall, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2013  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Yield and flow measurement of fine and coarse binary particulate mineral slurries

Sanghyuk Lim, Kyung Hyun Ahn, Seung Jong Lee, Ashish Kumar, Nicky Duan, Xiaodan Sun, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal of Mineral Processing

Characterising Mineral Slurry Dewatering through Laboratory Centrifugation

S Berres, R Garces, SP Usher

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  Proceedings of the 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation

Compressional dewatering of flocculated mineral suspensions

PJ Scales, A Kumar, BBG Van Deventer, AD Stickland, SP Usher

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  Proceedings of the XXVI International Mineral Processing Congress

Aggregate densification and batch settling

Ben BG van Deventer, Shane P Usher, Ashish Kumar, Murray Rudman, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2011  |  Chemical Engineering Journal

Closed-form solutions for batch settling height from model settling flux functions

P Grassia, SP Usher, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2011  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Comprehensive characterisation of material properties for dewatering: How much is enough?

RGD De Kretser, ADS Stickland, SPU Usher, PJS Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  FILTECH 2011 Congress Proceedings

Thickener modelling - incorporating shear effects

S Usher, R Spehar, A Kiviti-Manor, P Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  XXV International Mineral Processing Congress Proceedings

Shear effects in thickening

S USHER, R SPEHAR, P SCALES

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Proceedings of the 13th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings 2010

The Compressional Rheology of Flocculated Suspensions: Understanding and Optimizing sedimentation, thickening and filtration

P SCALES, R DE KRETSER, S USHER

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  49th Annual Conferernce of Metallurgists of CIM

Predicting settler/clarifier behaviour: The role of shear effects

S Usher, P Scales

Journal article  |  2009  |  Filtration

Theoretical analysis of aggregate densification: Impact on thickener performance

Shane P Usher, Rudolf Spehar, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2009  |  Chemical Engineering Journal

The influence of ionic strength and osmotic pressure on the dewatering behaviour of sewage sludge

Daan Curvers, Shane P Usher, Adam R Kilcullen, Peter J Scales, Hans Saveyn, Paul Van der Meeren

Journal article  |  2009  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Predicting settler/clarifier behaviour: The role of shear effects

S USHER, P SCALES

Journal article  |  2009  |  Filtration

20 Years of AMIRA P266 “Improving Thickener Technology” - How Has It Changed The Understanding Of Thickener Performance?

PD Fawell, JB Farro, AR Heath, TV Nguye, AT Owen, D Paterson, M Rudman, P SCALES, K Simic, S USHER, JD Swift, DW Stephens

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  PASTE 2009: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings

Fundamental dewatering properties of wastewater treatment sludges from filtration and sedimentation testing

Anthony D Stickland, Casey Burgess, David R Dixon, Peter J Harbour, Peter J Scales, Lindsay J Studer, Shane P Usher

Journal article  |  2008  |  Chemical Engineering Science

A simplified parameter extraction technique using batch settling data to estimate suspension material properties in dewatering applications

P Grassia, SP Usher, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2008  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Average cake filtration properties: Are they all that different to the local ones?

R DE KRETSER, P SCALES, S USHER, HK SAHA

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  Proceedings of 10th World Filtration Congress

Response to comment on "Linking dewatering parameters from traditional, fluid mechanical and geotechnical theories": by R. de Kretser and P. Scales, Filtration, 7(1), 60-66, 2007 [2]

R de Kretser, P Scales, S Usher

Journal article  |  2007  |  Filtration

Determination of the Gel point from the fractal Dimension

S USHER, Y Zhou, G FRANKS, P SCALES

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  CHEMCA 2007: Academia and Industry Strengthening the Profession

Exploring the Parabolic-Asymptotic Transition in Cake Filtration and Compression

R DE KRETSER, P SCALES, A STICKLAND, S USHER, J LIM

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  Proceedings of FILTECH 2007

Compressive rheology of aggregated particulate suspensions

Brendan Gladman, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2006  |  Korea-Australia Rheology Journal

New approaches to dewatering of suspensions in the minerals industry

PJ Scales, BJ Gladman, SP Usher, MJ Rudman

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Proceedings of the XXIII International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC)

Electrically enhanced dewatering (EED) of particulate suspensions

Ainul AA Aziz, David R Dixon, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2006  |  Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Numerical modelling of fixed-cavity plate-and-frame filtration: Formulation, validation and optimisation

Anthony D Stickland, Ross G de Kretser, Peter J Scales, Shane P Usher, Peter Hillis, Martin R Tillotson

Journal article  |  2006  |  Chemical Engineering Science

Prediction of transient bed height in batch sedimentation at large times

SP Usher, PJ Scales, LR White

Journal article  |  2006  |  AICHE Journal

Understanding the thickening process

BR GLADMAN, S USHER, P SCALES

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Proceedings of the Ninth International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings

New techniques for understanding settler/clarifier behaviour

SP Usher, B Gladman, PJ Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2005  |  2005 Conference Proceedings

Comprehensive dewatering behaviour analysis for fine and flocculated materials

RG De Kretser, SP Usher, PJ Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2005  |  2005 Conference Proceedings

Validation of numerical filtration modelling for industrially relevant materials

AD Stickland, SP Usher, RG De Kretser, PJ Scales, P Hillis, MR Tillotson

Conference Proceedings  |  2005  |  2005 Conference Proceedings

Steady state thickener modelling from the compressive yield stress and hindered settling function

SP Usher, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2005  |  Chemical Engineering Journal

Estimation of the hindered settling function R(phi) from batch-settling tests

DR Lester, SP Usher, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2005  |  AICHE Journal

P527-BSAMS Batch Settling Analysis and Modelling Software - Version 2

R DE KRETSER, S USHER

Software / Code  |  2005

The yielding of particulate suspensions

PJ SCALES, AAB ABD AZIZ, S USHER, GH MCKINLEY

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Korean-Australian Rheology Conference 2003

P527-BSAMS Batch Settling Analysis and Modelling Software

R DE KRETSER, S USHER

Software / Code  |  2003

Modeling of the consolidation stage in pressure filtration of compressible cakes

PC Kapur, S Laha, SP Usher, RG deKretser, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Letter to the editor

C Tien, BV Ramarao, SP Usher, RG De Kretser, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2002  |  AIChE Journal

Untitled - Reply

SP Usher, RG de Kretser, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2002  |  AICHE JOURNAL

Untitled

C Tien, BV Ramarao

Journal article  |  2002  |  AICHE JOURNAL

Letters to the Editor: "Validation of a New Filtration Technique for Dewaterability Characterizaton"

S USHER, R DE KRETSER, P SCALES

Journal article  |  2002  |  AICHE Journal

Rapid filtration measurement of dewatering design and optimization parameters

RG de Kretser, SP Usher, PJ Scales, DV Boger, KA Landman

Journal article  |  2001  |  AICHE Journal

Validation of a new filtration technique for dewaterability characterization

SP Usher, RG De Kretser, PJ Scales

Journal article  |  2001  |  AICHE Journal

Filtration process modelling and optimisation using fundamental theory

PJ SCALES, RG DE KRETSER, AD STICKLAND, S USHER

Conference Proceedings  |  2001  |  Proceedings of filtech Europa, filtration process modelling and optimisation using fundamental theory

Practically applicable modelling of cake filtration

RG DE KRETSER, PJ SCALES, S USHER

Conference Proceedings  |  2001  |  Proceedings of the American Filtration and Separations Society, Science & Technology of Filtration and Separations