Research
My main research interests lie in the processing of stiff pastes, and the densification of particulate material via compaction. My work has focused on the effect of paste preparation and extrusion-spheronisation processing conditions on the mechanism of pellet formation for water-based microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) pastes. Current work includes the compaction of granular biomass.
Biography
MPhil ACE Programme Manager
MEng, MA (Cantab), PhD (DIC)
Dr Rough has been teaching and researching within the Department since the late 1990s. She is also the Programme Manager for the M.Phil. in Advanced Chemical Engineering.
Publications
Rough, S.L. and Wilson, D.I. (2005) Extrudate fracture and spheronisation of microcrystalline cellulose pastes, J. Mat. Sci., 40, 4199-4219.
Bazargan, A., Rough, S.L. and G McKay, G. (2014) Compaction of palm kernel shell biochars for application as solid fuel, Biomass and Bioenergy, 70, 489-497.
Parkin, J., Widjaja, K.S., Bryan, M.P., Rough, S.L. and Wilson, D.I. (2016) Experimental validation of a dimensional analysis of spheronisation of cylindrical extrudates, Powder Tech., 298, 73-83.
Ferstl, H., Wilson, D.I. and Rough, S.L. (2019) Quantifying the convective drying behaviour of cemented carbide paste extrudates, Powder Tech., 351, 212-221.
Thompson, S.O. and Rough, S.L. (2021) The densification of cocoa bean shells for bioenergy purposes, Biomass and Bioenergy, 148, 106057.
