Hu Qiang

Hu Qiang  

 

Personal Particulars
Research Fellow
NUS Environmental Research Institute,

1 Create Way,

Singapore 138602

Office: Create Tower, #15-02
Phone: (65) 92318060
Email: erihq@nus.edu.sg

 CURRENT WEBSITE (https://energy.hust.edu.cn/info/1131/9291.htm)

 

Education

Ph.D, State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2012-2018.

B.Eng., School of Power and Energy Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2008-2012.

Research Interests

Biomass pyrolysis/gasification;

Chemical looping conversion;

Catalytic reaction;

Research highlights

  1. Chemical looping gasification of biomass with Fe2O3/CaO as the oxygen carrier for hydrogen-enriched syngas production

  • Fe2O3/CaO was used as the oxygen carrier for chemical looping gasification of biomass.
  • Hydrogen production was promoted by one step reduction and oxidation of Ca2Fe2O5.
  • A temperature of no less than 800 °C was needed for a completed redox of Ca2Fe2O5.
  • Biomass ash destroyed the Ca2Fe2O5 structure to generate CaSiO3 and Fe2O3 during cyclic test.

 

  1. Steam co-gasification of horticultural waste and sewage sludge: Product distribution, synergistic analysis and optimization

  • Co-gasification of HW and SS was investigated using steam as gasification agent.
  • H2 content was increased and syngas yield was decreased with higher SS ratio.
  • Syngas yield and H2 production were significantly promoted by synergistic effect.
  • Optimal design and energy flow were performed for steam co-gasification.

Publications

Publications

[1] Qiang Hu, Ye Shen, Jia Wei Chew, Tianshu Ge, and Chi-Hwa Wang. Chemical looping gasification of biomass with Fe2O3/CaO as the oxygen carrier for hydrogen-enriched syngas production. Chemical Engineering Journal 379 (2020): 122346.

[2] Jingxin Zhang †, Qiang Hu †, Yiyuan Qu, Yanjun Dai, Yiliang He, Chi-Hwa Wang, and Yen Wah Tong. Integrating food waste sorting system with anaerobic digestion and gasification for hydrogen and methane co-production. Applied Energy 257 (2020): 113988. ((† Authors contribute equally to this work.)

[3] Qiang Hu, Yanjun Dai, and Chi-Hwa Wang. Steam co-gasification of horticultural waste and sewage sludge: Product distribution, synergistic analysis and optimization. Bioresource Technology 301 (2020): 122780.

[4] Qiang Hu, and Chi-Hwa Wang. Insight into the Fe2O3/CaO-based chemical looping process for biomass conversion. Bioresource Technology (2020): 123384.

[5] Zhiyi Yao, Xin He, Qiang Hu, Wei Cheng, Haiping Yang, and Chi-Hwa Wang. A Hybrid Peripheral Fragmentation and Shrinking-core Model for Fixed-bed Biomass Gasification. Chemical Engineering Journal (2020): 124940.

[6] Hu, J. Jung, D. Chen, K. Leong, S. Song, F. Li, B. Mohan, Z. Yao, A. K. Prabhakar, X. H. Lin, E. Y. Lim, L. Zhang, G. Souradeep , Y.S. Ok, H.W. Kua, S. F. Y. Li, H. T. W. Tan, Y. Dai, Y. W. Tong, Y. Peng, S. Joseph, C.H. Wang “Biochar Industry to Circular Economy”, Science of the Total Environment, 757, 143820 (2021).

[7] Zhang, Y. Cui, T. Zhang, Q. Hu, Y. W. Tong, Y. He, Y. Dai, C.H. Wang, Y. Peng, “Food waste treating by biochar-assisted high-solid anaerobic digestion coupled with steam gasification: Enhanced bioenergy generation and porous biochar production”, Bioresource Technology, 331, 125051 (2021).

[8] Hu, X. He, Z. Yao, Y. Dai, C.H. Wang, “Gaseous production kinetics and solid structure analysis during isothermal conversion of biomass pellet under different atmospheres”, Journal of Energy Institute, in press (2021).