Moss Prize (2009) Winners

An International Award
(Presented on 21st October 2010 by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK),
Process Industries Division, London, United Kingdom.)

The Fluid Transient Flow Systems Research Team

From the right: Dr DT Nguyen; Assoc. Prof. TS Lee(Principal Investigator); Assoc.
Prof. HT Low; WRA Neo and CP Ng.

Assoc. Prof. TS Lee (Principal Investigator) and his research team, Assoc. Prof. HT
Low, Dr. DT Nguyen and Mr WRA Neo of Mechanical Engineering Department,
National University of Singapore, were awarded the “Moss Prize 2009” by the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK for their published paper: TS Lee, HT
Low, DT Nguyen & WRA Neo, “Experimental study of check valves performances
in fluid transient”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK,
Volume 233, Part E, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, April 2009, pp.61-
69. [Published: DOI: 10.1243/09544089JPME228]. The Moss Prize Award Criteria
is: “A prize to be awarded for the best paper on a process industries mechanical
engineering subject published by the Institution in the previous year or for a
contribution or for achievement in that field.” The award consists of a prize money
and a certificate. The award was presented on 21st October 2010 by the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers (United Kingdom), Process Industries Division at One
Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ, United Kingdom.
[Reference: e-mail from IMechE, UK dated Monday, August 16, 2010 5:22 PM.].
[www.imeche.org/events/L165<http://www.imeche.org/events/L165>]

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 Related Research Publications
by
The “Fluid Transients in Flow Systems” Research Team

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

001 T.S. Lee, "Numerical Computation of Fluids Pressure Transient in Pumping Installations with Air
Entrainment", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. Vol.12, pp.747-763, May
1991
002 T.S.Lee, "Numerical Modelling and Computation of Fluid Pressure Transients with Air
Entrainment in Pumping Installations", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. July
1994, Vol.19, No.2, pp.89-103.
003 T.S.Lee, "Numerical Studies on Effects of Check Valve Performance on Pressure Surges
During Pump Trip in Pumping System with Air Entrainment", International Journal for Numerical
Methods in Fluids. Volume 21, No.4, 30 August 1995. pp.337-348.
004 T.S.Lee and S. Pejovic, "Air Influence on Similarity of Hydraulic Transients and Vibrations".
ASME Journal of Fluid Engineering, Vol.118, No.4, December 1996. pp.706-709.
005 T.S.Lee, “ A Numerical Method for the Computation of the Effects of Air Vessel on the Pressure
Surges in Pumping Systems with Air Entrainment”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in
Fluids. Vol.28, 1998, pp.703-718.
006 T.S.Lee and L.C. Leow, “Numerical study on the effects of air valve characteristics on pressure
surges during pumping trip in pumping systems with air entrainment”, International Journal for Numerical
Methods in Fluids. Vol.29, pp.645-655 (April, 1999)
007 T.S.Lee, “Air Influence on Hydraulic Transients of Fluid Systems with Air Valves”, ASME Journal
of Fluids Engineering, Vol.121, September 1999, pp.646-650.
008 T.S.Lee, “Effects of Air Entrainment on the Ability of Air Vessels in the Pressure Surge
Protection”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol.122, September 2000, pp.499-504.
009 T.S.Lee and Leow L.C., “Numerical Study on Effects of Check Valve Closure Flow Conditions on
Pressure Surges in Pumping Station with Air Entrainment”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in
Fluids. Vol.35, March 2001, pp.117-124.
*** TS Lee and HF Cheong, "Fluid Transients with Air Entrainment", Final Research Report R-
265-000-021-112, Mechanical Engineering Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
67 pages, April 2001 [Project fund: S$293,000.00],
010 TS Lee and K.L. Ngoh, “A Numerical Method for the Computation of Air Entrainment Effects on
the Performance of Pumping Systems with Weir Discharge Chamber". ASME Journal of Fluids
Engineering, December 2002, Vol.124, pp.1034-1043
011 TS Lee, HT Low and W.D. Huang, "The Influence of Air Entrainment on the Fluid
PressureTransients in a Pumping Installation", International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics,
Vol.17, No.5, October 2003, pp.387-403
012 TS Lee, HT Low and W.D. Huang, "Numerical Study of Fluid Transient in Pipes with Air
Entrainment", International Journal of COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, Vol.18, No.5, July 2004,
pp. 381-391
013 TS Lee, HT Low, DT Nguyen and AWR Neo, “Experimental Study of Check Valves in Pumping
Systems with Air Entrainment”, International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems (IJFMS),
Vol.1,No.1, pp.140-147 (October –December 2008). [NUS Publication No. 0397571] Published on-line at:
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/ijfms/1/1/_contents
014 T.S. Lee, Nguyen DT, HT Low and JY Koh, “Investigation of Fluid transients in pipelines with air
entrainment”, Journal of Advances and Applications in Fluid Mechanics, Volume 4, Issue 2, December
2008, pp.117-133. http://pphmj.com/journals/articles/449.htm. [NUS Publication No.: 0368557]
015 T.S. Lee, H.T. Low, D. T. Nguyen and A. Neo, “Experimental Study of Check Valves
Performances in Fluid Transients”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK, Volume

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233, Part E, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, April 2009, pp.61-69. [NUS Publication No.:
0407033] - Moss Prize 2009 Winners [Awarded by IMechE(UK)(21 October 2010)]

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