Publications and Presentations

Boiler economisers. Robertson L J (1991) Dairy Technology, 5, (1) p12.

Energy cost control. Robertson L J (1991) Summary of proceedings. Dairy Industry Conference 1991 (Confidential presentations). Pub: New Zealand Dairy Research Institute.

Stress analysis vital in dairy industry. Robertson L J (1992). Dairy Technology, 6, (3) p4

Contributed to "Pinch technology and process integration" seminar run by the Professional Development unit of the Continuing education section of the University of Canterbury. Reference Mr Ian Gilmour. October 14/15 1992

Presented paper "Cogeneration experiences - The Users view" to a seminar entitled "Cogeneration potential in the food and dairy industry". Seminar organised by the Cogeneration Association of NZ. 17 Nov 1993.

Robertson L J (1993) Cogeneration revisited. Dairy Technology, 7, (1) p3.

Process integration study of a milk powder plant. Robertson L J, Baldwin A J (1993) Journal of dairy research. Vol.60:327-338 Link

Presented paper entitled "Emerging technologies for Milk Powder" to the "Milk Powders for the Future II" conference, 6 July 1994.

Robertson L J (1994) Cogeneration in the NZ Dairy Industry. Electrical Industry. June/July 1994. p 11

Presented paper entitled "Establishing a (more) sustainable technological and economic basis for heat recovery and reuse" at the 1995 IPENZ conference, held in Palmerston North. 13 Feb 1995 (16:00 - 16:20).

Presented paper "Transcritical CO2 heat pumping in the dairy industry" to industry, ECNZ and University personnel, in Wellington on 8March1996

Presented paper "Ethanol from dairy waste" at "Application of bioenergy technologies" conference. Sheraton, Rotorua. Organised by EECA/FRI.13 Mar 96

Arranged, and presented key paper at seminar "Energy targeting and monitoring for the NZ dairy industry" held at Airport Plaza hotel, CHRISTCHURCH, 7 May 1997. Attended by representatives of almost all NZ dairy companies

Contributed material for article "An overview of refrigeration research within the Environmental Research program of the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute" IRHACE journal V9N1 Jan/Feb97 P25

Presentation "Energy in our future environment" Dairy technology conference, 18June98. Palmerston North science centre auditorium

Jointly prepared paper "Alternative technologies for water heating" with Don Cleland, Roger Kallu (ECNZ) & P M Strack for presentation at DIANZ Engineering Section meeting, July 1998.

Acknowledged as peer reviewer of "Compliance monitoring and emission testing discharges to air" (ref page ii) Published by Ministry for the environment POBox 10362 Wellington NZ (August 1998)

Presented lecture/workshop on "Energy management in the NZ dairy industry" to 4th year Energy Management Students at Otago University Physics dept. 30 Sept 98 .

Large (acknowledged) contribution to paper "Culinary steam in the Dairy Industry" by D B Weston. Dairy Technology Oct1998P11

Robertson L J, Gilmour I A & Young G A D (1998) "Cogeneration spreadsheet simulator - A design and education tool" Paper presented at IAST conference, Mexico (Check details)

Non-product operations, services and waste handling. Robertson L J (2001). Mechanisation and Automation in Dairy Technology. Ch.12: pp.318-339. Pub: Sheffield Academic Press. Ed: Tamine A Y, Law B A.

"Prospective energy alternatives". White S D & Robertson L J. 12 April. 2002. Australian Dairy Manufacturer's Environmental Forum. (Invited presentation by Dr Stephen D White, CSIRO Energy Tech).

Dairy industry perspectives on methane emissions and production from cattle fed pasture or total mixed rations in New Zealand. L. J. Robertson & G. C. Waghorn. (July 2002). Peer reviewed paper presented at Society of Animal Production conference.

Ice fouling on a subcooled metal surface examined by thermo-response and electrical conductivity. Qin G F, Russell A B, Chen X D, Robertson L J (2003) Journal of Food Engineering. 59(4), 421-429. Pub: Elsevier.

Simulation and experiment of the unsteady heat transport in the onset time of nucleation and crystallization of ice from the subcooled solution. Qin G F, Zhao J C, Russell A B, Chen X D, Chen J, Robertson L J (2003) International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 46(17), 3221-3231. Pub: Elsevier.

Robertson L J (2004) Energy and greenhouse gas issues: impacts on food engineering in New Zealand. p135ff. In Proc. Joint SCENZ/FEANZ/SMNZI conference 2004 "Engineering Revolutions". 2 July 2004. Ed CJR Verbeek. Held Waikato University, Hamilton.

Paper "A missing link" in 2/2004 issue of "Stimulus". Posted 23 May 2004

Energy use in dairy processing: Introduction. L J Robertson (2005). Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation 401/2005.

Energy use in dairy processing Section 1: "World standard energy practice". R S Nicol, N Kydas, L J Robertson Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation 401/2005. Energy use in dairy processing: Section 4: "Heat recovery systems". H Hanneman & L J Robertson. Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation 401/2005. Energy use in dairy processing: Section 5: "Monitoring and targeting". L J Robertson. Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation 401/2005.

Robertson L J (2007). Network/Data Layer Messaging Protocol for Stand-Alone, Free-Field Communications Systems. QEX. 242 pp33-38

Robertson L J (2010). "From societal fragility to sustainable robustness:some tentative technology trajectories". Technology in Society 32 (2010), pp. 342-351. DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2010.10.012
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