William C. McCaffrey: C.V.
 

EXPERIENCE

INCO Ltd., Sudbury, Ontario, Smelter Technical Services, Project Engineer 1988-1990

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Gray, M.R., McCaffrey, W.C., Role of chain reactions and olefin formation in cracking, hydroconversion and coking of petroleum and bitumen fractions, Energy and Fuels, 16(3), 756-766 (2002)

Rhamain S., McCaffrey, W.C., Gray, M.R., Kinetics of solvent interactions with asphaltenes during coke formation, Energy and Fuels, 16(1), 148-154 (2002)

Gray MR, Le T, McCaffrey WC, Berruti F, Soundararajan S, Chan E, Huq I, Thorne C, Coupling of mass transfer and reaction in coking of thin films of an Athabasca vacuum residue, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 40 (15): 3317-3324 (2001)

Richard P. Dutta, William C. McCaffrey, and Murray R. Gray, Karlis Muehlenbachs. Use of 13C Tracers to Determine Mass-Transfer Limitations on Thermal Cracking of Thin Films of Bitumen, Energy & Fuels;; 15(5); 1087-1093 (2001)

Dutta, R.P, McCaffrey, W.C., Gray, M.R., Muehlenbachs, K, Thermal Cracking of Athabasca Bitumen: Influence of Steam on Reaction Chemistry, Energy & Fuels, 14, 671-676 (2000)

McCaffrey, W.C., Cooper, D.G., Kamal, M.R., The Effect Of Short Chain Branching On The Thermolysis/Reactive Distillation Of Polyethylene, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 73(8), 1415-1421 (1999)

McCaffrey, W.C., Cooper, D.G., and Kamal, M.R., Tertiary Recycling of Polyethylene: Mechanisms of Liquid Production from Polyethylene by Thermolysis/Reactive Distilation, Polym. Degrad. Stabil., 62(3), 513-521 (1998)

McCaffrey, W.C., Brues, M.J., Cooper, D.G., and Kamal, M.R., Thermolysis of Polyethylene/Polystyrene Mixtures, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 60, 2133-2140. (1996)

McCaffrey, W.C., Kamal, M.R., and Cooper, D.G., Thermolysis of Polyethylene, Polym. Degrad. Stabil., 47(1), 133-139. (1995)

McCaffrey, W.C.,  and Cooper, D.G, Sophorolipids Production by Candida bombicola in a Self-Cycling Fermentor, J. Fermentation and Biotechnology, 79(2) 146-151. (1995)

Liu, L., Wang, S., Gray, M.R., and McCaffrey, W.C., Thermal Processing of Heavy Petroleum  Fractions: Coking as an Emulsion Process. Proceedings, The 7th International UNITAR Conference, Oct 27-31. p867-871. (1998)

McCaffrey, W.C., Kamal, M.R., and Cooper, D.G., Thermolysis of Polyethylene, Society of Plastics Engineers ANTEC 94, San Francisco, California, May 1-4. (1994)

Soundararajan, S., Berruti, F., Chan E., Gray, M., Huq, I., Le T., McCaffrey, W., Thorne, C. Implication of Mass-Transfer Limitations on Product Yield During Pyrolysis of Athabasca Bitumen The 50th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Oct 15-18, 2000

Rahmani, S., McCaffrey, W., Gray, M.R., Role of Liquid Medium in Coking, The 50th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Oct 15-18, 2000

Effects of Finely-Dispersed Solids on Coke Formation from Athabasca Bitumen and Vacuum Residue, Liu, L., McCaffrey, W.C., Gray, M.R., AICHE 2000 Spring Session

Use of 13C-labelled Hydrocarbons to determine Mass-Transfer Effects during Coking of Athabasca Bitumen, Dutta, R.P., McCaffrey, W.C., Gray, M.R., Muehlenbachs, K., AICHE 2000 Spring Session

Dutta, R., Muehlenbachs,K., McCaffrey, W.C, Gray, M.R., Effect of Steam on Coking Chemistry of Athabasca Bitumen,  Division of Fuel Chemistry, 218th ACS Conference, New Orleans, LA, August 22-26, 805-809 (1999)

McCaffrey, W.C., Thermolysis of Polyethylene and Polyethylene/Polystyrene Mixtures, A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research of McGill University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Doctor of Philosophy. (1996)

Rahmani, S., Gray, M. R., McCaffrey, W.C.,  Effect of Solvent on the Conversion of Asphaltenes, CSChE’99, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1999

Dutta, R., McCaffrey, W.C., Gray, M.R., Rapid Coking of Oil-Sand Bitumen Feedstocks: Kinetics and Mechanisms, CSChE’99, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1999 

Sheremata, J.M., Gray, M.R., McCaffrey, W.C., Molecular Modeling of Heavy Oil Catalytic Hydrocracking Reactions, CSChE’99, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1999

Aoyagi, K., McCaffrey, W.C., Gray, M.R., Adjaye, J.. Yui, S., Ishida, K., Reversible Deactivation Model of Hydrocracker Catalyst, CSChE’99, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1999 

Liu, L., Gray, M.R., McCaffrey, W.C., Microphase Behavior of Coke Formation from Athabasca Bitumen and Vacuum Residue, CSChE’99, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1999

W.C. McCaffrey, R.A. Cameron, M.R. Gray, Physical Behavior of Bitumen under Rapid Heating, Preprints, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Inc., American Chemical Society, 43(4), 616-618 August 23-27, 1998

Liming Liu, Murray R. Gray and William C. McCaffrey. Effects of Primary Solids on Coking of Athabasca Bitumen and Vacuum Residue.  The 48th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Oct 4-7, 1998

McCaffrey, W.C., Cooper, D.G., and Kamal, M.R., (1997) Tertiary Recycling Of Polymers: Effect Of Reaction Mechanism On Reactor Design, 47th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Oct 4-7, 1998

McCaffrey, W.C., Cooper, D.G., and Kamal, M.R., (1995) Kinetics of Polyethylene Thermolysis, 45th Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Conference, Quebec City, October 15-18.

McCaffrey, W.C., Kamal, M.R., and Cooper, D.G., (1994) Thermolysis of Polyethylene, 44th Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 3-6.

McCaffrey, W.C. and Cooper, D.G, (1992) Self-Cycling Fermentation of Candida bombicola, 42nd Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 18-21.