Dr Troy Farrell

Teaching Areas

• Applied Mathematics

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Areas of Expertise

• Applied mathematical modelling
• Electrochemically active porous media
• Perturbation methods
• Liquid/binary gas interfaces

[Further expertise and media contact]

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Professional Associations

• Member of the Electrochemical Society
• Member of the Australian Mathematical Society
• Treasurer of Queensland Branch ANZIAM

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Current Grants

• Multi-Scale Modelling and Thermal Design Optimisation of Large-Scale Biomass Stockpiles for Use in Renewable Energy Products
• Mathematical Modelling of Drying of Colloidal Nanoparticle Sols

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Selected Research Projects

• Thermal Modelling of Large-Scale Biomass Stockpiles
• The Drying of Colloidal Sol Droplets
• Mathematical Modelling of Primary Alkaline Batteries
• The Optimisation of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
• The Electroreclamation of Salt in Soils

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Selected Publications

• T.W. Farrell, C.P. Please, D.L.S. McElwain and D.A.J. Swinkels, Primary Alkaline Battery Cathodes - A Three Scale Model, J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 4034-4044, (2000)
• M.A. Penny, T.W. Farrell, G. Will and J. Bell, Modelling Interfacial Charge Transfer in Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells, J. Photochem. & Photobiol. A: Chem., 164, 41-46, (2004)
• T.W. Farrell and C.P. Please, Primary Alakaline Battery Cathodes: A Simplified Model for Porous Manganese Oxide Particle Discharge, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152, A1930-A1941, (2005)
• G.J. Oberman, T.W. Farrell and E. Sizgek, Drying of a Liquid Droplet Suspended in its Own Vapour, ANZIAM J. (E), 46, C1155-C1169, (2005)
• J.F. Johansen, T.W. Farrell and C.P. Please, The Modelling of Primary Alkaline Batteries: A Simplified Model, J. Power Sources, 156, 645-654, (2006)

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Current Postgraduate Students

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