Summary
My main research interests are 4D sample characterisation, process design and optimisation, chemical reaction kinetics, and thermodynamics. I have been particularly interested in developing methodologies for quantifying the chemical and mechanical performance of processes (e.g. grain depletion in hydrometallurgical processes; surface exposure and preferential breakage for minerals processing, morphological changes in compression tests, electrode degradation, expansion and/or breakage in batteries; and pore development in porous media) by coupling non-destructive imaging techniques with modelling and simulations for process design and optimisation.
BIOGRAPHY
- 2022-Present: Research Associate at Imperial College London.
- 2021-2022: Research Fellow at University College London (UCL).
- 2020-2021: Research Assistant at Imperial College London.
- 2017-2021: Research Postgraduate (PhD) at Imperial College London.
- 2017: Project Engineer at University of Concepcion.
- 2011-2016: BSc in Metallurgical Engineering at University of Concepcion.
Publications
Journals
Salinas-Farran L, Neethling SJ, 2023, Modelling the curing of agglomerated ores with comparison to micro-CT, Minerals Engineering, Vol:202, ISSN:0892-6875
Daemi SR, Tan C, Tranter TG, et al., 2022, Computer‐vision‐based approach to classify and quantify flaws in Li‐ion electrodes, Small Methods, Vol:6, ISSN:2366-9608
Salinas-Farran L, Batchelor A, Neethling SJ, 2022, Multimodal assessment of the curing of agglomerated ores in the presence of chloride ions, Hydrometallurgy, Vol:207, ISSN:0304-386X
Conference
Ouyang M, Guo Z, Salinas Farran L, et al., Co-Electrospin-Electrosprayed High Areal-Loading Sodium-Ion Battery Electrodes, 244th ECS Meeting
Salinas Farran L, Brownscombe W, Brito Parada P, Combining micro-CT and BSE/SEM to assess the surface exposure of antimony sulphide ores and estimate metallurgical performance, Process Mineralogy