By Dr Ghislain Bournival

Journal articles

Bournival G; Kim YC; Shah I; Anzoom SJ; Guillard F; Ata S, 2024, 'Novel application of X-ray characterisation techniques in froth flotation for the study of bubble clusters', Minerals Engineering, 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108787

Zhang F; Bournival G; Ata S, 2024, 'Salt removal from coal flotation product filter cakes using counter-current and displacement washing', Powder Technology, 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2024.120128

Janishar Anzoom S; Bournival G; Ata S, 2024, 'Micro-CT imaging of a frozen bubble cluster: Sample holder development and image processing techniques', Separation and Purification Technology, 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.126111

Janishar Anzoom S; Bournival G; Ata S, 2024, 'Coarse particle flotation: A review', Minerals Engineering, 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2023.108499

Zhang F; Bournival G; Ata S, 2024, 'Overview of Fine Coal Filtration. Part I: Evaluation of Filtration Performance and Filter Cake Structure', Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08827508.2024.2334956

Zhang F; Bournival G; Ramandi HL; Ata S, 2023, 'Digital Cake Analysis: A Novel Coal Filter Cake Examination Technique Using Microcomputed Tomography', Minerals, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min13121509

Jung MU; Kim YC; Bournival G; Ata S, 2023, 'Industrial application of microbubble generation methods for recovering fine particles through froth flotation: A review of the state-of-the-art and perspectives', Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2023.103047

Jung M; Kim JYC; Bournival G; Ata S, 2023, 'Preliminary study to scale up microbubble generation with acoustic wave', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154, pp. A194 - A194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0023239

Karakashev SI; Grozev NA; Mircheva K; Ata S; Bournival G; Hristova S; Ozdemir O, 2023, 'Surface Chemistry Tuning Solutions for Flotation of Fine Particles', Minerals, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min13070957

Pan Y; Bournival G; Karakashev SI; Yang B; Wang L; Ata S, 2022, 'Effect of electrolyte and flotation collector on foam films in the presence of frothers', Chemical Engineering Science, 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.118176

Pan Y; Bournival G; Ata S, 2022, 'Foaming behaviour of frothers in the presence of PAX and salt', Minerals Engineering, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107405

Saavedra Moreno Y; Bournival G; Ata S, 2022, 'Classification of flotation frothers – A statistical approach', Chemical Engineering Science, 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2021.117252

Karakashev SI; Grozev NA; Ozdemir O; Guven O; Ata S; Bournival G; Batjargal K; Boylu F; Hristova S; Çelik MS, 2022, 'Physical restrictions of the flotation of fine particles and ways to overcome them', Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing, 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/153944

Pan Y; Gresham I; Bournival G; Prescott S; Ata S, 2022, 'Synergistic effects of frothers, collector and salt on bubble stability', Powder Technology, 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.117028

Bournival G; Ata S, 2021, 'The impact of water salinity and its interaction with flotation reagents on the quality of coal flotation products', Journal of Cleaner Production, 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129519

Saavedra Moreno Y; Bournival G; Ata S, 2021, 'Foam stability of flotation frothers under dynamic and static conditions', Separation and Purification Technology, 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117822

Karakashev SI; Grozev NA; Ozdemir O; Batjargal K; Guven O; Ata S; Bournival G; Boylu F; Sabri Çelik M, 2021, 'On the frother's strength and its performance', Minerals Engineering, 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107093

Bournival G; Yang X; Ata S, 2021, 'The interaction of a bubble with a particle-laden interface in frother solutions', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126609

Bournival G; Ata S, 2021, 'An evaluation of the australian coal flotation standards', Minerals, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min11060550

Ling X; Mayer A; Yang X; Bournival G; Ata S, 2021, 'Motion of Particles in a Monolayer Induced by Coalescing of a Bubble with a Planar Air-Water Interface', Langmuir, 37, pp. 3648 - 3661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00012

Tabelin CB; Dallas J; Casanova S; Pelech T; Bournival G; Saydam S; Canbulat I, 2021, 'Towards a low-carbon society: A review of lithium resource availability, challenges and innovations in mining, extraction and recycling, and future perspectives', Minerals Engineering, 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2020.106743

Muin SR; Rabbani A; Bournival G; Ata S; Armstrong RT, 2021, 'Utilization of microcomputed tomography and pore network modeling to characterize foam dynamics', Chemical Engineering Science, 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.116174

Pan Y; Bournival G; Ata S, 2021, 'The role of non-frothing reagents on bubble size and bubble stability', Minerals Engineering, 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2020.106652

Bournival G; Zhang F; Ata S, 2021, 'Coal Flotation in Saline Water: Effects of Electrolytes on Interfaces and Industrial Practice', Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 42, pp. 53 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08827508.2019.1654474

Yang X; Bournival G; Ata S, 2020, 'Effect of polydispersity on the behaviour of the particle-laden interface', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125494

Chu P; Finch J; Bournival G; Ata S; Hamlett C; Pugh RJ, 2019, 'A review of bubble break-up', Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 270, pp. 108 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2019.05.010

Bournival G; Yoshida M; Cox N; Lambert N; Ata S, 2019, 'Analysis of a coal preparation plant. Part 1. Changes in water quality, coal seam, and plant performance', Fuel Processing Technology, 190, pp. 67 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2019.03.022

Bournival G; Yoshida M; Cox N; Lambert N; Ata S, 2019, 'Analysis of a coal preparation plant. Part 2. Effect of water quality on flotation performance', Fuel Processing Technology, 190, pp. 81 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2019.03.023

Zhang F; Bournival G; Ata S, 2019, 'The influence of process water chemistry on coal thermoplastic properties', Powder Technology, 345, pp. 468 - 477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2019.01.002

Chipfunhu D; Bournival G; Dickie S; Ata S, 2019, 'Performance characterisation of new frothers for sulphide mineral flotation', Minerals Engineering, 131, pp. 272 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2018.11.014

Yang X; Mayer A; Bournival G; Pugh R; Ata S, 2018, 'Experimental technique to study the interaction between a bubble and the particle-laden interface', Frontiers in Chemistry, 6, pp. 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00348

Saavedra Moreno Y; Bournival G; Ata S, 2017, 'Analysis of Bubble Coalescence Dynamics and Postrupture Oscillation of Capillary-Held Bubbles in Water', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, pp. 14781 - 14792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b03197

Bournival G; Muin SR; Lambert N; Ata S, 2017, 'Characterisation of frother properties in coal preparation process water', Minerals Engineering, 110, pp. 47 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2017.04.006

Bournival G; Ata S; Jameson GJ, 2017, 'Bubble and Froth Stabilizing Agents in Froth Flotation', Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 38, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08827508.2017.1323747

Bournival G; Ata S; Wanless EJ, 2016, 'Behavior of Bubble Interfaces Stabilized by Particles of Different Densities', Langmuir, 32, pp. 6226 - 6238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00656

Bournival G; Ata S; Wanless EJ, 2015, 'The roles of particles in multiphase processes: Particles on bubble surfaces', Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 225, pp. 114 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2015.08.008

Bournival G; Ata S, 2015, 'Foaming and gas holdup of esterified nanoparticle dispersions in the presence of sodium chloride', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 480, pp. 245 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.01.005

Ueno K; Bournival G; Wanless EJ; Nakayama S; Giakoumatos EC; Nakamura Y; Fujii S, 2015, 'Liquid marble and water droplet interactions and stability', Soft Matter, 11, pp. 7728 - 7738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5sm01584g

Bournival G; de Oliveira e Souza L; Ata S; Wanless EJ, 2015, 'Effect of alcohol frothing agents on the coalescence of bubbles coated with hydrophobized silica particles', Chemical Engineering Science, 131, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2015.03.036

Bournival G; Du Z; Ata S; Jameson GJ, 2014, 'Foaming and gas dispersion properties of non-ionic frothers in the presence of hydrophobized submicron particles', International Journal of Mineral Processing, 133, pp. 123 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.minpro.2014.08.010

Bournival G; Du Z; Ata S; Jameson GJ, 2014, 'Foaming and gas dispersion properties of non-ionic surfactants in the presence of an inorganic electrolyte', Chemical Engineering Science, 116, pp. 536 - 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2014.05.011

Bournival G; Ata S; Karakashev SI; Jameson GJ, 2014, 'An investigation of bubble coalescence and post-rupture oscillation in non-ionic surfactant solutions using high-speed cinematography', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 414, pp. 50 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2013.09.050

Bournival G; Ata S; Jameson GJ, 2014, 'The influence of submicron particles and salt on the recovery of coarse particles', Minerals Engineering, 69, pp. 146 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2014.07.003

Ang ZJ; Bournival G; Ata S, 2013, 'Influence of frothers on the detachment of galena particles from bubbles', International Journal of Mineral Processing, 121, pp. 59 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.minpro.2013.02.003

Bournival G; Ata S, 2012, 'Examination of NaCl and MIBC as bubble coalescence inhibitor in relation to froth flotation', Minerals Engineering, 25, pp. 47 - 53

Bournival G; Ata S, 2010, 'Packing of particles on the surface of bubbles', Minerals Engineering, 23, pp. 111 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2009.10.012

Chiesa F; Duchesne B; Bournival G; Morin G, 2007, 'Developing coatings for Mg', Modern Casting, 97, pp. 47 - 50

Conference Papers

Bournival G; Ata S, 2022, 'Introducing mining engineering to first year students: The benefits of a digital uplift', Namibia University of Science and Technology, presented at 32nd SOMP Annual Meeting and Conference, Namibia University of Science and Technology, 12 September 2022 - 14 September 2022

Bournival G; Pan Y; Ata S, 2022, 'Comparison of bubble coalescence time and thin film balance techniques in studying the interaction of flotation reagents and salt', in Comparison of bubble coalescence time and thin film balance techniques in studying the interaction of flotation reagents and salt, Melbourne, pp. 807 - 814, presented at XXXI International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC), Melbourne, 22 August 2022 - 24 August 2022

Zhang F; Bournival G; Ata S, 2022, 'Evaluation of filter cake by microcomputed tomography', in Evaluation of filter cake by microcomputed tomography, Melbourne, presented at XXXI International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC), Melbourne, 22 August 2022 - 24 August 2022

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