Dr Liyuan Fan ~ Lecturer, Chemical Engineering

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.

 

Teaching

• CL3030: Reactor Design (Level 3; TSV)
• CL4040: Safety, Environment and Sustainability in the Process Industries (Level 4; TSV)
• CL4071: Chemical Engineering Design (Part 1 of 2) (Level 4; TSV)
• CL4072: Chemical Engineering Design (Part 2 of 2) (Level 4; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Biosyngas Upgrading; Solid Oxide Fuel Cell; Reforming Kinetics; Electrochemistry; Material Characterisation; Hydrogen Production; Waste recovery; Gasification.

Experience

• 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

• Chemical engineering (4004)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Energy transformation (1704)
• Energy exploration (1702)

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

• 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, Li C, van Biert L, Zhou S, Tabish A, Mokhov A, Aravind P and Cai W (2022) Advances on methane reforming in solid oxide fuel cells. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166.
• Fan L, Li C, Aravind P, Cai W, Han M and Brandon N (2022) Methane reforming in solid oxide fuel cells: challenges and strategies. Journal of Power Sources, 538.
• Shi J, Shao H, Yang F, Li J, Fan L and Cai W (2022) Dual-template induced multi-scale porous Fe@FeNC oxygen reduction catalyst for high-performance electrochemical devices. Chemical Engineering Journal, 445.
• 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

Conference Papers

• Kang X, Chen Y, Fan L and Huang D (2019) Iterative learning control of methane steam reforming reaction in operating solid oxide fuel cell. Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE 8th Data Driven Control and Learning Systems Conference. In: DDCLS 2019: IEEE 8th Data Driven Control and Learning Systems Conference, 24-27 May 2019, Dali, China
• 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

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 15+ research outputs authored by Dr Liyuan Fan from 2011 onwards.

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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

• Waste to Resources (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Develop biomass-based polymer composites using biochar by Microwave Pyrolysis (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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