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Pao, William King Soon

Ts. Dr.

Positions

Member, Centre of Flow Assurance , Institute of Sustainable Energy & Resources
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department , Faculty of Engineering
Senior Lecturer, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2011 -

overview

Dr. William King Soon Pao holds a position of Senior Lecturer at Universiti Technologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He has completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wales, U.K. Previously he was appointed as Geomechanics Specialist/Reservoir Engineer with Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Houstan US and Rijswijk, Netherlands, Lecturer in Computational Mechanics in School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Senior Lecturer in School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia, Senior Research Officer and Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Wales Swansea. He is associate member of IMechE, UK, and member of ASME, US, Institute of Mathematics, SPE, and graduate member of Institution of Engineers Malaysia. He has published 15 research articles n journals as well as 40 international proceedings and 7 technical reports contributed as author/co-author.

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Mechanical Engineering Department

selected publications

academic article
- Effect of Orientation on Two-phase Slug Flow Induced Vibrations. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences. 116:1-12. 2024
- Erosion-corrosion failure analysis of the elbow pipe of steam distribution manifold. Engineering Failure Analysis. 160:108177. 2024
- Experimental and numerical investigation of hydro-abrasive erosion in the Pelton turbine buckets for multiphase flow. Renewable Energy. 222:119829. 2024
- Flow regime classification using various dimensionality reduction methods and AutoML. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 163:161-174. 2024
- Investigation of the liquid carryovers in the branching T-junction, based on historical data. Petroleum Science and Technology. 42:2133-2157. 2024
- Regression-based prediction of flow-induced dominant vibrational frequencies in two-phase flow regimes. Ocean Engineering. 307:118178. 2024
- Two-phase Upward Flow-Induced Vibrations in U-bend under Different Orientations. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences. 114:1-12. 2024
- CFD Investigation of the Effect of Vibration Direction on the Heat Transfer Enhancement of Heat Sink. CFD Letters. 15:170-185. 2023
- Effect of fin spacing on the vibration-assisted thermal performance of heat sink. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 1281:012059. 2023
- Effect of fin spacing on the vibration-assisted thermal performance of heat sink. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 1281:012059. 2023
- Numerical Gas–Liquid Two-Phase Flow Regime Identification in a Horizontal Pipe Using Dynamic Pressure Data. Applied Sciences. 13:1225. 2023
- Two-phase flow regime identification using multi-method feature extraction and explainable kernel Fisher discriminant analysis. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 2023
- A Review: Factors Affecting Internal Two-Phase Flow-Induced Vibrations. Applied Sciences. 12:8406. 2022
- Flow Regime Identification in Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Horizontal Pipe by Deep Learning. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology. 27:86-91. 2022
- Identification of Horizontal Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Regime using Deep Learning. CFD Letters. 14:68-78. 2022
- Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Square and Sinusoidal Waves Vibration Parameters on Heat Sink Forced Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement. Applied Sciences. 12:4911. 2022
- Numerical evaluation of separation efficiency in the diverging T-junction for slug flow. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 32:1567-1587. 2022
- Numerical investigation and prediction of phase separation in diverging T-junction. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 32:3671-3696. 2022
- Role of phase change materials thickness for photovoltaic thermal management. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 49:101719. 2022
- A Preliminary Numerical Investigation of Thermal Mixing Efficiency in T-Junctions with Different Flow Configurations. International Journal of Heat and Technology. 39:1590-1600. 2021
- A review: Evolution of branching T-junction geometry in terms of diameter ratio, to improve phase separation. Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal. 24:1211-1223. 2021
- Review of Factors Affecting the Phase-Redistribution in the Branching T-Junction. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences. 84:60-77. 2021
- Simulation Analysis of Thermal Mixing Characteristics of Fluids Flowing Through a Converging T-junction. CFD Letters. 13:28-41. 2021
- Effect of Sand Fines Concentration on the Erosion-Corrosion Mechanism of Carbon Steel 90° Elbow Pipe in Slug Flow. Materials. 13:4601. 2020
- Experimental investigation of two-phase separation in T-Junction with combined diameter ratio. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 73:103048. 2020
- Influence of Sand Fines Transport Velocity on Erosion-Corrosion Phenomena of Carbon Steel 90-Degree Elbow. Metals. 10:626. 2020
- Influence of Sand Fines Transport Velocity on Erosion-Corrosion Phenomena of Carbon Steel 90-Degree Elbow. Metals. 10:626. 2020
- Phase change material/heat pipe and Copper foam-based heat sinks for thermal management of electronic systems. Journal of Energy Storage. 32:101971. 2020
- An Experimental Study on the Erosion-Corrosion Performance of AISI 1018 Carbon Steel and AISI 304L Stainless Steel 90-Degree Elbow Pipe. Metals. 9:1260. 2019
- Condensate retention as a function of condensate flow rate on horizontal enhanced pin-fin tubes. Thermal Science. 23:3887-3892. 2019
- Erosion–Corrosion of 30°, 60°, and 90° Carbon Steel Elbows in a Multiphase Flow Containing Sand Particles. Materials. 12:3898. 2019
- Experimental investigation of multiphase separation in different flow regimes through T-junction with an expander section. JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES. 13:5163-5181. 2019
- Experimental investigation of two-phase separation in a horizontal T-junction with vertical branch arm. JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES. 13:5922-5937. 2019
- Numerical Investigation of the Influence of Sand Particle Concentration on Long Radius Elbow Erosion for Liquid-Solid Flow. International Journal of Engineering. 32. 2019
- Numerical evaluation of separation efficiency in converging T-junction with slug flow. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 30:3515-3534. 2019
- A Preliminary Experimental Investigation of Wet Fine Erosion in Two-Phase Flow. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 328:012023. 2018
- Copper foam/PCMs based heat sinks: An experimental study for electronic cooling systems. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 127:381-393. 2018
- Effect of T-junction diameter ratio on stratified-wavy flow separation. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 51:223-232. 2018
- Experimental investigation on the effect of diameter ratio on two-phase slug flow separation in a T-Junction. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 170:139-150. 2018
- Mathematical model of coupled dual chemical osmosis based on mixture-coupling theory. International Journal of Engineering Science. 129:145-155. 2018
- Numerical Investigation of Liquid Carryover in T-Junction with Different Diameter Ratios. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 328:012007. 2018
- Numerical simulation of two-phase flow regime in horizontal pipeline and its validation. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 28:1279-1314. 2018
- Numerical simulation of two-phase separation in T-junction with experimental validation. JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES. 12:4216-4230. 2018
- Prediction of phase separation in a T-Junction. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 97:160-179. 2018
- Preliminary Results of Numerical Simulation of Slug Flow in a Regular T-Junction. MATEC Web of Conferences. 225:03001. 2018
- Numerical Validation of Two-Phase Slug Flow and its Liquid Holdup Correlation in Horizontal Pipeline. Key Engineering Materials. 740:173-182. 2017
- Numerical analyses for improved terminal velocity of deep water torpedo anchor. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 27:428-443. 2017
- Numerical investigation of smoke contamination in atrium upper balconies at different down stand depths. Building Simulation. 10:365-381. 2017
- Numerical investigation on the effect of balcony open and solid upstand on smoke contamination in atrium balconies. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 908:012038. 2017
- Numerical investigation on the effect of channelled and unchannelled screens on smoke contamination in atriums upper balconies with open upstand. MATEC Web of Conferences. 131:04009. 2017
- Numerical simulation of two-phase slug flow with liquid carryover in different diameter ratio T-junction. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 908:012037. 2017
- Numerical simulation of two–phase separation in a small diameter ratio T‐junction. Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. 48:255-260. 2017
- Thermal and strength performance of reinforced self-compacting concrete slabs mixed with basalt and PVA fibers in high intensity fire. MATEC Web of Conferences. 131:01009. 2017
- CO₂ flow in saline aquifer with salt precipitation. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 26:122-145. 2016
- Design of Helical Capacitance Sensor for Holdup Measurement in Two-Phase Stratified Flow: A Sinusoidal Function Approach. Sensors. 16:1032. 2016
- Numerical investigation of side arm gas volume fraction in two phase T-junction. JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES. 10:2311-2323. 2016
- Numerical investigation of side arm gas volume fraction in two phase T-junction. JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES. 10:2311-2323. 2016
- Unsaturated hydro-mechanical–chemical constitutive coupled model based on mixture coupling theory: Hydration swelling and chemical osmosis. International Journal of Engineering Science. 104:97-109. 2016
- Cuttings-liquid frictional pressure loss model for horizontal narrow annular flow with rotating drillpipe. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 78:012009. 2015
- Fill removal from horizontal wellbore using foam in different coiled tubing/annulus diameter ratios. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. 9:129. 2015
- Modelling of pressure drop in eccentric narrow horizontal annuli with the presence of cuttings and rotating drillpipe. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. 9:39. 2015
- Modified Yield Power‐Law fluid flow in narrow annuli with inner rotating pipe. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 93:150-165. 2015
- Numerical analyses for improved hydrodynamics of deep water torpedo anchor. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 100:012059. 2015
- Thermal Comfort Analysis of PMV Model Prediction in Air Conditioned and Naturally Ventilated Buildings. Energy Procedia. 75:1373-1379. 2015
- Computational Analyses of Passive Wet Gas Separation in Branched Piping. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:03009. 2014
- Computer Simulation Investigation on the Effect of Channelled and Unchannelled Screens on Smoke Contamination in Atriums Upper Balconies. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:02007. 2014
- Effect of Different Qualities of Foam on Fill Particle Transport in Horizontal Well Cleanup Operation Using Coiled Tubing. Advanced Materials Research. 903:39-44. 2014
- Effect of Down Stand Depth Variation on Atriums Upper Balconies Smoke Contamination. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:05010. 2014
- Effects of Capillary Pressure on Multiphase Flow during CO₂Injection in Saline Aquifer. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:02001. 2014
- Factors affecting fill removal from horizontal well during colied tubing cleanout operation. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:02024. 2014
- Modeling of Axial Spring Stiffness in Active Vibration Controlled Drilling. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:01004. 2014
- Numerical Coupling of Drilling Vibration to Riser’s Oscillation. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 548-549:1893-1897. 2014
- Numerical Study of Water Control with Downhole Oil-Water Separation Technology. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:02029. 2014
- Numerical Study of Water Control with Downhole Oil-Water Separation Technology. MATEC Web of Conferences. 13:02029. 2014
- Simulation of Drill String Vibration inside Well Bore due to Riser's Oscillation. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology. 7:174-182. 2014
- Combining expert formula and geometric feature extraction for die design. Asian Journal of Scientific Research. 6:589-595. 2013
- A Unified Adaptive Fanger's Model for Thermal Comfort in Tropical Countries. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 393:799-808. 2013
- Assessment of Different Matrix-fracture Shape Factor in Double Porosity Medium. Journal of Applied Sciences. 13:308-314. 2013
- Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model with consideration of thermal-osmosis based on modified mixture theory. International Journal of Engineering Science. 64:1-13. 2013
- Fill Removal in Wellbore Using Coiled Tubing. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 393:863-871. 2013
- Fill Removal with Foam in Horizontal Well Cleaning in Coiled Tubing. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology. 6:2655-2661. 2013
- Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Down Stand Structure in Fire Compartment on Smoke Contamination Atrium Upper Balconies. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 465-466:480-484. 2013
- Optimization of Insulation Padding for Directional Solidification. Journal of Applied Sciences. 13:321-325. 2013
- Simulation of Drill Pipe Lateral Vibration due to Riser's Oscillation. Advanced Materials Research. 845:168-172. 2013
- In-situ Stress Perturbation Due to Temperature Around Borehole During Carbon Injection. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences. 6:40-49. 2012
- A genetic algorithm for optimizing gravity die casting’s heat transfer coefficients. Expert Systems with Applications. 38:7076-7080. 2011
- An explicit drive algorithm for aiding the design of firing sequence in side‐drive micromotor. Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering. 24:2131-2136. 2008
- Computer implementation of Heuvers' circle method for thermal optimisation in castings. International Journal of Cast Metals Research. 18:119-128. 2005
- Enhanced medial axis interpolation algorithm and its application to hotspot prediction in a mould–casting assembly. International Journal of Cast Metals Research. 18:1-12. 2005
- A medial-axes-based interpolation method for solidification simulation. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design. 40:577-593. 2004
- Alternative techniques for casting process simulation. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 14:145-166. 2004
- Instability and reaction‐diffusion transport of bacteria. Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering. 20:777-787. 2004
- Finite element analysis and approximate estimation of the cross coupling effect in fractured reservoirs. Geophysical Research Letters. 30. 2003
- Fully coupled modeling of seabed subsidence and reservoir compaction of North Sea oil fields. Hydrogeology Journal. 11:142-161. 2003
- Numerical Simulation of Three-Phase Flow in Deforming Fractured Reservoirs. Oil & Gas Science and Technology. 57:499-514. 2002
- Three-dimensional finite element simulation of three-phase flow in a deforming fissured reservoir. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 191:2631-2659. 2002
- A fully coupled hydro‐thermo‐poro‐mechanical model for black oil reservoir simulation. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 25:1229-1256. 2001
- Coupling temperature to a double-porosity model of deformable porous media. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 49:421-438. 2000
- Coupling temperature to a double-porosity model of deformable porous media. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 49:421-438. 2000
chapter
- Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Vibration on Cooling Enhancement of Heat Sinks. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. 171-178. 2023
- Preliminary Numerical Evaluation of Temperature Fluctuation in Two Different Converging Mixing-Tee Junctions. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. 91-106. 2023
- Influence of Elbow Orientation on Solid Particle Erosion for Multiphase Flow. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. 695-701. 2020
- Investigation of Maximum Erosion Zone in the Horizontal 90° Elbow. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. 223-230. 2020
- Numerical Investigation of Sand Particle Erosion in Long Radius Elbow for Multiphase Flow. Advances in Material Sciences and Engineering. 41-49. 2020
- Surrogate Reservoir Model for Average Reservoir Pressure. Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2016. 737-746. 2018
- Dynamic Well Bottom-Hole Flowing Pressure Prediction Based on Radial Basis Neural Network. Studies in Computational Intelligence. 279-292. 2015
conference paper
- Experimental study on the impact of wet sand particle to the erosion of carbon steel and HDPE. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY (ISGST2019). 2018
- Investigation on Erosion Due to Fine Particles in Multiphase Flow 2018
- Numerical investigation on the effect of fire compartment opening width and heat release rate on the horizontal projection of smoke plume in a full-scale atrium. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY (ISGST2019). 2018
- Simulation study on impact of fine sand particle to 90° steel elbow in pipe. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY (ISGST2019). 2018
- Two-phase slug flow separation at T-junction with regular and reduced vertical side arm. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY (ISGST2019). 2018
- Numerical study of gas-liquid flow maldistribution in a T-junction having very small diameter ratio 2017
- Dynamic Surrogate Reservoir Model with well constraints 2016
- Sinusoid based calibration for holdup measurement in two-phase flow using helical capacitance sensor 2016
- Numerical investigation of gas separation in T-junction. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY (ISGST2019). 2015
- Capillary pressure and buoyancy effects in the CO₂/brine flow system. Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards III. 2014
- Prediction of Bottom-Hole Flowing Pressure using general regression neural network 2014
- Surrogate reservoir modeling-prediction of Bottom-Hole Flowing Pressure using Radial Basis Neural Network 2014
- A preliminary study on well-based surrogate reservoir model 2013
- Minimal Controller Synthesis Adaptive Control for Direct Torque Controlled Induction Motor Drives 2006

education and training

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales Swansea 1997 - 2001
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales Swansea 1995 - 1997

full name

William Pao King Soon

primary email

william.pao@utp.edu.my

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