Microreactor Technology for Energy and Carbon Conversion
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Microreactor Technology for Energy and Carbon Conversion
Wed, 29/10/2014 - 16:00
Location:
Speaker:
Prof Jin Xuan
Affiliation:
Heriot-Watt University
Synopsis:
A microreactor is a device in which chemical reactions take place in a confinement with typical dimensions from tens to hundreds microns. It offers many advantages over conventional scale reactors such as enhanced mass and heat transfer, increased precision and accuracy, high-throughput with reduced amount of feedstock, low costs and low power consumption, minimal environmental hazards and increased safety, and no scaling-up losses. The microreactor technology has shown great impact in the field of energy and environment, resulting in significant reduction in cost and increase in efficiency of the related reaction processes.
In this talk, research work being carried out in our team will be introduced, including microreaction platform setup, numerical/theoretical modelling framework, microscale heat/mass transfer visualization, microscale interface control and intensification, as well as system scale-up. Moreover, microreactor for renewable energy conversion and for carbon capture and utilization will be discussed.
Biography:
Dr Jin Xuan obtained his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 2011. After that, he joined East China University of Science and Technology as a Faculty member in School of Mechanical and Power Engineering. In 2014, he moved his academic career to U.K., taking his current position in Heriot-Watt University. Dr Xuan was also a visiting researcher in The University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong during 2011-2014. Dr Xuan’s research interests include meso-science & technology, renewable energy, micro-reactors and process intensification. He is a Specialty Associate Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Science. Dr Xuan has published 1 Edited book (by CRC press), 3 book chapter, 30+ journal papers, 20+ conference papers and 6 patents. He was the invited speaker in several conferences. He has also received a number of awards including American Chemical Society ENVR Certificate of Merit Award, Shanghai Pujiang Talent Award and Excellence in Hong Kong Young Scientist Award. He is joining IMPEE as Assistant Professor.