Projects per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
- Energy/chemicals production from thermo-chemical conversion of renewable and waste resources (biomass, plastics, waste glycerol, food waste etc.)
- Heterogeneous catalyst development and application for hydrogen and syngas production
- CO2 in-situ capture during thermo-chemical processing
- Carbon nanotubes production from waste and renewable hydrocarbons
- CO2 capture using solid sorbents and catalytic conversion of CO2 into chemicals (e.g. CH4)
Achievements
2018 – EPSRC SuperGen Bioenergy Hub (£50, 000)
Novel and integrated low carbon process combining the gasification of waste biomass and plasma-catalytic reforming for the production of sustainable aviation biofuels, Co-I, collaborated with University of Liverpool.
2017 – 2019 EPSRC (£200,000)
Microwave-assisted upgrading of fast pyrolysis bio-oil using structured zeolites on microwave-absorbing foam supports (EP/R000670/1), Co-I, collaborated with University of Manchester
2016 – 2017 International Exchange Scheme - Royal Society, (£7,400)
Upgrading of bio-oil produced from biomass pyrolysis, Principal Investigator,
collaborated with Southeast University.
2015 – 2016 EPSRC SuperGen Bioenergy Hub (£19,761)
Catalytic ultrasound pre-treatment of pyrolysis oil, Principal Investigator
2015 – 2017 EPSRC (£911,539)
Novel low energy plasma/catalytic gas cleaning process to deliver high quality syngas from the gasification of waste biomass (EP/M013162/1)
Named Researcher and Principal Investigator in Hull in 2017
2014 – 2018 EU H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 (€405,000)
Co-processing biomass and plastic wastes (643322), Co-Investigator, collaborated with Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, Sydney, Tsinghua University, Xi’an Jiaotong University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology etc.
2013 – 2014 White Rose Collaboration Fund (£10,500)
Conventional and microwave pyrolysis of biomass, Principal investigator
2011 – 2012 International Exchange Scheme - Royal Society (£6,000)
Catalytic gasification of biomass (IE110273), Principal investigator
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Projects
- 3 Active
R6635CCE: Advanced Zeolite Catalysis for Sustainable Biorefinery to Produce Value-added Chemicals
Wu, C., Artioli, N. & Manyar, H.
28/11/2019 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
Catalytic conversion of hard plastics to valuable carbon nanotubes
Gou, X., Zhao, D. & Wu, C., Jan 2020, In : Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 145, 8 p., 104748.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
H2 production from co-pyrolysis/gasification of waste plastics and biomass under novel catalyst Ni-CaO-C
Chai, Y., Gao, N., Wang, M. & Wu, C., 15 Feb 2020, In : Chemical Engineering Journal. 382, 16 p., 122947.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Temperature sensitivity of the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) performance of Ce–TiO2 in the presence of SO2
Zhang, W., Liu, G., Jiang, J., Tan, Y., Wang, Q., Gong, C., Shen, D. & Wu, C., Mar 2020, In : Chemosphere. 243, 9 p., 125419.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Autothermal CaO Looping Biomass Gasification for Renewable Syngas Production
Sun, H. & Wu, C., 06 Aug 2019, In : Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 15, p. 9298-9305Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) production from catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastics: The influence of catalyst and reaction pressure
Wang, J., Shen, B., Lan, M., Kang, D. & Wu, C., 28 Jan 2019, In : Catalysis Today.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Activities
Encapsulated materials development for CO2 capture and energy storage
Chunfei Wu (Examiner)06 Jan 2020
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
UK Catalysis Conference 2020
Chunfei Wu (Participant)07 Jan 2020 → 09 Jan 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Producing valuable carbon nanotubes from catalytic gasification of plastic wastes
Chunfei Wu (Advisor)16 Apr 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Integrated CO2 capture and utilisation for fuels production
Chunfei Wu (Advisor)31 Dec 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Influence of organic liquid on microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass
Chunfei Wu (Examiner)03 Sep 2019
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination