Dr Massimiliano Zanin
Contact Details
Tel: +61 8 8302 3263
Fax: +61 8 8302 3683
Email: massimiliano.zanin@unisa.edu.au
Position
Research Fellow in Mineral Processing
Qualifications
BEng Trieste, Italy PhD Cagliari, Italy
Background
Max Zanin graduated in Mineral Processing Engineering at the University of Trieste (Italy) in 1996. His thesis work was on the Simulation and Modelling of Flotation Networks.
He completed his PhD in Earth and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cagliari (Italy) in 2000. The subject of his research was the use of mineral processing technologies for the recovery of Secondary Raw Materials, and in particular for plastic recycling. He carried out his research at the Universities of Trieste (Italy), Cagliari (Italy) and Delft (The
Netherlands), under the supervision of Prof. G. Ferrara.
He then spent three years at the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Raw Materials Engineering of the University of Trieste, as a Research Fellow.
In 2002 he was selected by the Italian Ministry for the Environment as an expert in solid waste recycling technologies and sustainable development, and worked in Rome until early 2003.
Max joined the Ian Wark Research Institute in May 2003.
Research Interests
Mineral processing: froth flotation and dynamic dense medium separation, fundamental and applied studies, modelling.
Solid waste treatment: application of mineral processing technologies for the separation and recovery of solid waste fractions (plastics, glass, paper, metals).
Technologies for polluted soil remediation.
Sustainable use of resources and optimization of processes in general.
Publications
G.D.Schena, M. Zanin and A. Chiarandini, "Procedures for the automatic design of flotation networks",
Int.Journal of Min. Processing, 52, pp.137-160 (1997)
G.D.Schena and M. Zanin, "Development of a synthesizer for the design of flotation networks",
Proceedings of the XX Int. Min. Proc. Congress, Aachen (Germany), 1, pp.293-302 (1997)
G.D. Schena, M. Zanin and A. Casali, "Process -optimisation and -route selection driven by economic objective functions",
5th South Hemisphere Meeting on Mineral Technology, Buenos Aires (Argentina), pp.345-348 (1997)
M. Zanin and P. Bevilacqua, "Use of the Tri-Flo separator in the recycling process of beverage bottles",
Proceedings of the R'99 Congress, Geneva (Switzerland), 3, pp.82-87 (1999)
G.D. Schena and M.Zanin, "Numerical prediction of mineral liberation spectra",
Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 108 - section C (1999)
G. Ferrara, P. Bevilacqua, L. De Lorenzi and M. Zanin, "The influence of particle shape on the Dynamic Dense Medium Separation of Plastics",
Int. Journal of Mineral Proc., 59, n°3, pp.225-236 (2000)
G. Ferrara, P. Bevilacqua, L. De Lorenzi and M. Zanin, "Influence of Particle Shape on Dynamic DMS Processes"
Proceedings of the XXI Int. Min. Proc. Congress, Roma, 2000, A7, pp. 95-104.
M. Zanin, "Compost production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: a positive experience in northern Italy" 5° Conference on Environment and Mineral Processing - Ostrava (Czech Republic), 23-25 June 2000.
M. Zanin, "Use of the respiration index as a measure of the stability of organic waste",
New trends in Mineral Processing IV - Ostrava (Czech Republic), 28-30 June 2001.
P. Bevilacqua and M. Zanin, "A simulation procedure for the design of dense medium separation circuits",
8th Samancor Symposium on Dense Media - Port Douglas (Australia), 2002.