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Professor HAO LIU's Outputs (7)

Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor (2021)
Journal Article
Chi, H., Pans, M. A., Sun, C., & Liu, H. (2022). Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor. Renewable Energy, 185, 945-958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.072

In this study, molochite (calcined kaolin) and dolomite with particle sizes (ca.1 mm) similar to those of the sand bed materials of industrial-scale fluidised beds, rather than powders which were normally used by previous studies, were investigated a... Read More about Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor.

Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency (2021)
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Garcia, E., & Liu, H. (2022). Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency. Energy, 239, Article 121913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121913

Co-firing coal and biomass has the potential to reduce GHG emissions. However, high levels of alkali and alkaline metals in biomass ash can bring additional issues to the operation of coal-fired boilers. This study investigates the effects of ilmenit... Read More about Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency.

Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse (2021)
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Rios-Del Toro, E. E., Chi, H., González-Álvarez, V., Méndez-Acosta, H. O., Arreola-Vargas, J., & Liu, H. (2021). Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse. Applied Energy, 299, Article 117293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117293

The tequila industry is one of the pillar industries in many regions of Mexico, bringing wealth and economic development to rural areas. However, appropriate disposal and management of the tequila manufacturing residues such as the Agave tequilana ba... Read More about Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse.

Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy (2021)
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Sun, Y., Wilson, R., Liu, H., & Wu, Y. (2021). Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy. Building and Environment, 203, Article 108048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108048

Smart window designs have emerged as a means of providing dynamic regulation of solar energy and daylight, enhancing indoor comfort, and achieving building energy conservation. We evaluated a novel window design that integrated a thermotropic (TT) ma... Read More about Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy.

Energy and daylight performance of a smart window: Window integrated with thermotropic parallel slat-transparent insulation material (2021)
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Sun, Y., Liu, X., Ming, Y., Liu, X., Mahon, D., Wilson, R., Liu, H., Eames, P., & Wu, Y. (2021). Energy and daylight performance of a smart window: Window integrated with thermotropic parallel slat-transparent insulation material. Applied Energy, 293, Article 116826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116826

With the increasing awareness of building energy efficiency, indoor environment quality for human wellbeing and working efficiency, efforts have intensified in to inventing intelligent building components. This paper provides a first step in developi... Read More about Energy and daylight performance of a smart window: Window integrated with thermotropic parallel slat-transparent insulation material.

Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler (2021)
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Xu, L., Huang, Y., Yue, J., Dong, L., Liu, L., Zha, J., Yu, M., Chen, B., Zhu, Z., & Liu, H. (2021). Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler. Journal of the Energy Institute, 96, 106-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joei.2021.02.006

Owing to the lack of direct measurement on the slagging extent of the waterwall, random or empirical soot-blowing strategies practiced in many power plants can result in untimely or excessive soot-blowing operations. In this research, a dynamic slagg... Read More about Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler.