Dr Liyuan Fan ~ Lecturer, Chemical Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
- About
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- Teaching
- Interests
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- Research
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- Biosyngas Upgrading; Solid Oxide Fuel Cell; Reforming Kinetics; Electrochemistry; Material Characterisation; Hydrogen Production; Waste recovery; Gasification.
- Experience
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- 2019 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
- 2017 to 2019 - Early Career Academic, The University of Melbourne (Parkville, Australia)
- 2016 to 2017 - Visiting Researcher, The University of Melbourne (Parkville, Australia)
- 2014 to 2016 - Associate Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology (Delft, The Netherlands)
- 2009 to 2014 - Ph.D candidate, Delft University of Technology (Delft, The Netherlands)
- 2013 - Visiting Academic, Imperial College London (London, UK)
- 2006 to 2009 - Msc student, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei, China)
- 2002 to 2006 - Undergraduate, Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin, China)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Excellent experience in engineering research and teaching in Australian, Asian and European universities. Experience in teaching various science and engineering subjects, deliver seminars and workshops to enhance students’ graduate outcomes and employability, experience in providing reliable advices to the exchange study programs.
Research interests focus on application of fuel cell technology, biomass gasification and gas cleaning technology to renewable energy systems founded by strong fundamentals in mathematical modelling and materials investigations. Proven ability to lead interdisciplinary research through first author journal publications, as well as being one of the principal researcher on major European academic and industry projects. Proven record of securing competitive research funding including the European Horizon 2020 grant and the Bill-Melinda Gates foundation Grant. Successfully supervised undergraduates, master’s and Ph.D students.
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Faheem H, Abbas S, Tabish A, Fan L and Maqbool F (2022) A review on mathematical modelling of Direct Internal Reforming- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Journal of Power Sources, 520.
- Fan L, Mokhov A, Saadabadi S, Brandon N and Aravind P (2021) Methane steam reforming reaction in solid oxide fuel cells: influence of electrochemical reaction and anode thickness. Journal of Power Sources, 507.
- He Z, Liu S, Zhang C, Fan L, Zhang J, Chen Q, Sun Y, He L, Wang Z and Zhang K (2021) Coal based carbon dots: recent advances in synthesis, properties, and applications. Nano Select, 2 (9). pp. 1589-1604
- Tabish A, Fan L, Farhat I, Irshad M and Abbas S (2021) Computational fluid dynamics modeling of anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells using triple-phase boundary-based kinetics. Journal of Power Sources, 513.
- Saadabadi S, Thallam Thattai A, Fan L, Lindeboom R, Spanjers H, Aravind P and (2019) Solid oxide fuel cells fuelled with biogas: potential and constraints. Renewable Energy, 134. pp. 194-214
- Fernandes A, Brabandt J, Posdziech O, Saadabadi A, Recalde M, Fan L, Promes E, Liu M, Woudstra T and Aravind P (2018) Design, construction, and testing of a gasifier-specific solid oxide fuel cell system. Energies, 11 (8).
- Fan L, van Biert L, Thallam Thattai A, Verkooijen A and Aravind P (2015) Study of methane steam reforming kinetics in operating solid oxide fuel cells: influence of current density. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40 (15). pp. 5150-5159
- Fan L, Dimitriou E, Pourqui M, Liu M, Verkooijen A and Aravind P (2011) Prediction of the performance of a solid oxide fuel cell fuelled with biosyngas: Influence of different steam-reforming reaction kinetic parameters. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38 (1). pp. 510-524
- Conference Papers
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- Shvartsman R, Fan L and Trieu V (2018) Encouraging engineering students' participation in face-to-face peer learning. Proceedings of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference. In: AAEE 2018: 29th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, 9-12 December 2018, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Fan L, Pourqui M, Thaitta A, Verkooijen A, Aravind P and (2013) Kinetics of internal methane steam reforming in solid oxide fuel cells and its influence on cell performance: coupling experiments and modeling. ECS Transactions. In: SOFC-XIII: 13th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, 6-11 October 2013, Okinawa, Japan
- Fan L, Aravind P, Dimitriou E, Pourqui M and Verkooijen A (2012) CFD evaluation of solid oxide fuel cell performances with different fuels. International Proceedings of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering. In: ICFEE 2012: International Conference on Future Environment and Energy, 26-28 February 2021, Singapore
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- Green Hydrogen Production and Fuel Cells (PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Develop biomass-based polymer composites using biochar by Microwave Pyrolysis (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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