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Hao Liu

Professor of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Professor Hao Liu is a Chair in Energy Engineering at the University of Nottingham, a Chartered energy engineer and a member of the UK Energy Institute. He acts as the Associate Director of the UK EPSRC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Cleaner Fossil Energy and the Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Decarbonised Fuel Energy Systems. He has international reputation in the research fields of sustainable/renewable energy technologies, carbon capture, coal combustion, power plant engineering, fluidized beds, biomass/waste combustion and gasification, and combined heat and power (CHP). His current research mainly focuses on the following aspects: (1) Clean fossil fuels and carbon capture technologies encompassing all three main categories of CO2 capture technologies (oxy-fuel combustion, post-combustion capture and pre-combustion capture); (2) Renewable energy technologies including biomass/waste gasification, pyrolysis, combustion/co-firing and solar thermal/PV; (3) Distributed power generation, CHP; (4) Fluidised bed technologies.

Prof Liu is the Head of the Low Carbon Energy and Resources Technologies (LCERT) Research Group.

Prof Liu also serves as the Associate Principal Editor of the Elsevier journal: FUEL (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/fuel).

Expertise Summary

Professor Hao Liu has research expertise in the research fields of sustainable/renewable energy technologies, carbon capture, combustion and gasification of solid fuels (coal, biomass and waste), power plant engineering, fluidized beds, and combined heat and power (CHP). His current research mainly focuses on the following aspects: (1) Clean fossil fuels and carbon capture technologies encompassing all three main categories of CO2 capture technologies (oxy-fuel combustion, post-combustion capture and pre-combustion capture); (2) Renewable energy technologies including biomass/waste gasification, pyrolysis, combustion/co-firing and solar thermal/PV; (3) Distributed power generation, CHP; (4) Fluidised bed technologies. Many of his past and present research projects are supported by funding from the UK research councils, especially UK EPSRC, and other funding organisations, and involve collaborations with UK/International universities/institutions and industrial partners.

Future Research

Future research continues to focus on 'low carbon energy and resources technologies' including clean biomass/coal/waste combustion, gasification, micro-scale combined heat and power generation, CO2 abatement technologies (oxy-fuel combustion, chemical looping combustion, carbon capture and storage etc.), combustion-generated pollution control, sustainable waste management and disposal, hydrogen production from biomass/coal/waste etc.

Further inquires from potential national/international collaborators and high calibre PhD applicants are welcome.

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