Professor Chun-Zhu Li BEng in Coal Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Taiyuan University of Technology, 1983 MEng in Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, 1988 PhD, DIC in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, University of London, 1993 Professor email: chun-zhu.li@eng.monash.edu.au tel: +61 3 9905 9623 fax: +61 3 9905 5686 Room 218, Building 69 Engineering

Professional Appointments

• 2006-Present: Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
• 2001-2005: Reader, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
• 1999-2000: Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
• 1996-1998: Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
• 1994-1996: Rothmans Foundation Fellow, Division of Coal and Energy Technology, CSIRO
• 1993-1994: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College, University of London
• 1983-1989: Teaching and Research Assistant, Taiyuan University of Technology

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers
• Fellow, Australian Institute of Energy
• Member of the Editorial Board of journal "Process Safety and Environmental Protection" (Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part B) (Elsevier and IChemE)
• Member of the Editorial Board of journal "Fuel" (Elsevier)
• Member of the Advisory Board of journal "Energy & Fuels" (ACS)
• Member of the Editorial Board of journals "Recent Patents on Engineering" and 3 other journals (Bentham)

Current Research and Professional Interests

• Coal science and technology, with a particular focus on Victorian brown coal:

• Oxy-fuel combustion of Victorian brown coal
• Advanced gasification of Victorian brown coal
• Combustion of dewatered/dried Victorian brown coal
• Formation and destruction of air pollutants (e.g. NOx) during coal combustion and gasification
• Other uses of Victorian brown coal (e.g. synthesis of specialised nano materials or catalysts)
• Properties and structure of Victorian brown coal

• Bio-energy science and technology:

• Production of bio-oil from the pyrolysis of biomass (solid wastes)
• Bio-refinery
• Gasification of biomass (solid wastes), particularly for distributed power generation

• Utilisation of waste plastics:

• Production of diesel from the pyrolysis of waste plastics
• Development of novel catalysts for the pyrolysis of waste plastics
  

• Fundamental catalysis:

• Desorption of radicals from catalyst surface and the mass transfer of radicals
• Direct use of nano-particles as catalysts
• Catalytic processes of ultra-short contact time

• Fuel cell technology:

• Novel materials for fuel cell electrodes (with Dr H Wang)

Selected Publications

Books

• C.-Z. Li (Editor), Advances in the Science of Victorian Brown Coal (ISBN: 0-08-0442692), Elsevier, 2004 (in press). Dr Li is also the co-author of three chapters in the book.

Journal Papers (2007-)

• S. Hosokai, K. Kumabe, M. Ohshita, K. Norinaga, C.-Z. Li and J.-i. Hayashi, Mechanism of decomposition of aromatics over charcoal and necessary condition for maintaining its activity, Fuel, 2008, in press (doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2008.04.019).
  
•  W. J. Lee and C.-Z. Li, Opposite effects of gas flow rate on the rate of formation of carbon during the pyrolysis of ethane and acetylene on a nickel mesh catalyst, Carbon, in press (available on-line, doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2008.04.023)
  
• M. Garcia-Perez, S. Wang, J. Shen, M. Rhodes, W.J. Lee and C.-Z. Li, Effects of temperature on the formation of lignin-derived oligomers during the fast pyrolysis of mallee woody biomass, Energy & Fuels, 2008, 22, 2022–2032.
• M. Garcia-Perez, X.S. Wang, J. Shen, M.J. Rhodes, F. Tian, W.-J. Lee, H. Wu and C.-Z. Li, Fast pyrolysis of oil mallee woody biomass: Effect of temperature on the yield and quality of pyrolysis products, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2008, 47, 1846 – 1854.
• D. M. Keown, J.-i. Hayashi and C.-Z. Li, Effects of volatile-char interactions on the volatilisation of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species during the pyrolysis of biomass, Fuel, 2008, 87, 1187 - 1194.
• D. M. Keown, J.-i. Hayashi and C.-Z. Li, Drastic changes in biomass char structure and reactivity upon contact with steam, Fuel, 2008, 87, 1127-1132.
• L. J. McKenzie, F.-J. Tian, X. Guo and C.-Z. Li, NH3 and HCN formation during the gasification of three rank-ordered coals in steam and oxygen, Fuel, 2008, 87, 1102-1107.
• W. Zhu, F. Zhao, J. Yao, X. Zhang, H. Wang, C. Xia and C.-Z. Li, Humic acids as a complexible fuel for combustion synthesis of ceramic nanoparticles, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2007, 90, 4012-4014.
• L. J. McKenzie, F.-J. Tian and C.-Z. Li, NH3 formation and destruction during the gasification of coal in oxygen and steam, Environmental Science & Technology, 2007, 41, 5505-5509.
• D. M. Keown, X. Li, J.-i. Hayashi and C.-Z. Li, Characterisation of the structural features of char from the pyrolysis of cane trash using Fourier Transform-Raman spectroscopy, Energy & Fuels, 2007, 21, 1816-1821.
• C.-Z. Li, Some recent advances in the understanding of the pyrolysis and gasification behaviour of Victorian brown coal, Fuel, 2007, 86, 1664-1683.
• F.-J. Tian, J. Yu, L. J. McKenzie, J.-i. Hayashi and C.-Z. Li, Conversion of fuel-N into HCN and NH3 during the pyrolysis and gasification in steam: A comparative study of coal and biomass, Energy & Fuels, 2007, 21, 517 - 521.
• J. Yu, F.-J. Tian and C.-Z. Li, Novel water-gas-shift reaction catalyst from iron-loaded Victorian brown coal, Energy & Fuels, 2007, 21, 395 - 398.
• O. Mašek, N. Sonoyama, E. Ohtsubo, S. Hosokai, C.-Z. Li, T. Chiba and J.-i. Hayashi, Examination of catalytic roles of inherent metallic species in steam reforming of nascent volatiles from the rapid pyrolysis of a brown coal, Fuel Processing Technology, 2007, 88, 179 - 185.
• T. Kitsuka, B. Bayarsaikhan, N. Sonoyama, S. Hosokai, C.-Z. Li, K. Norinaga and J.-i. Hayashi, Behavior of inherent metallic species as a crucial factor for kinetics of steam gasification of char from coal pyrolysis, Energy & Fuels, 2007, 21, 387 - 394.
• C. Zeng, S. Clayton, H. Wu, J.-i. Hayashi and C.-Z. Li, Effects of dewatering on the pyrolysis and gasification reactivity of Victorian brown coal, Energy & Fuels, 2007, 21, 399 - 404.
• W. J. Lee and C.-Z. Li, Coke formation and reaction pathways of catalyst-surface-generated radicals during the pyrolysis of ethane using Ni mesh catalyst, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2007, 316, 90-99.