Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Nursultanov N., Heffernan WJB., Altaner C. and Pang S. (2020) Anisotropic electrical conductivity of green timber within 20 - 90 ^∘C temperature range. Wood Science and Technology 54(5): 1181-1196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00226-020-01212-2.

• Nursultanov N., Heffernan WJB., van Herel MJWMR. and Nijdam JJ. (2019) Computational calculation of temperature and electrical resistance to control Joule heating of green Pinus radiata logs. Applied Thermal Engineering 159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113855.

• Heffernan WJB., Nursultanov N., van Herel R. and Smart T. (2018) Joule heating of logs for phytosanitary purposes and timber processing pre-treatment. Advanced Materials Letters 9(11): 767-775. http://dx.doi.org/10.5185/amlett.2018.2133.

• Nursulantov N., Altaner CM. and Heffernan WJB. (2017) Effect of temperature on electrical conductivity of green sapwood of Pinus radiata (radiata pine). Wood Science and Technology 51(4): 795-809. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00226-017-0917-6.

Intellectual Property

• Heffernan WJB., Nursultanov N. and van Herel MJWMR. (2017) Wood Heating System and Method.Patent No. 730025, NZ.

Reports

• Nursultanov N. and Heffernan WJB. (2019) Sapwood depth tool–proof of concept field prototype. In Sapwood depth tool – proof of concept field prototype, Specialty Wood Products (SWP).

• Nursultanov N. and Heffernan WJB. (2018) Specialty Wood Products (SWP) Technical Report. In Sapwood Depth Tool – Proof of Principle, Specialty Wood Products (SWP).

Theses / Dissertations

• Nursultanov N. (2018) Joule heating of green Pinus radiata logs for phytosanitary purposes : an in-depth investigation by experimentation and computational modelling. Christchurch. University of Canterbury.

Research Groups

Future Research

• Computational modelling of battery thermal management