Workshop

Sino-UK Workshop - 22 and 23 October 2021

Sino-UK workshop on New Materials and Technologies in Water Treatment and Sludge Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal.

Venue: The Malone Hotel - 60 Eglantine Ave, Malone Rd, Belfast BT9 6DY & Online

Chunfei Wu

8:00 am (UK Time)

Chunfei Wu and Zhen Yang

Sino-Uk Workshop begins

Xiaolei Fan

8:10 am - 8:40 am (UK Time)

Chunfei Wu

Xiaolei Fan, University of Manchester, Microwave assisted catalytic conversion of sugar platforms to value added chemicals.

Haiping Yang

8:40 am - 9:10 am (UK Time)

Chunfei Wu

Haiping Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Thermal Chemical conversion of biomass wastes.

Xiaolei Zhang

9:10 am – 10:10 am (UK Time)

Xiaolei Fan

Xiaolei Zhang, University of Strathclyde, Atomistic insights on converting organic solid wastes into fuels and chemicals

Yeshui Zhang, University College London, Advanced metrology for studying catalyst degradation

Jinbo Ouyang, East China University of Technology, Application of biochar and its composites in the removal of pharmaceutical micropollutants from wastewater

Changlei Qin, Chongqing University, Development and Applicability of Li4SiO4 Sorbents for Sorption-Enhanced Reforming

10:10 am - 10:30 am (UK Time)

Break

Lina Liu

10:30 am – 11:00 am (UK Time)

Changlei Qin

Lina Liu, Nankai University, DBD Plasma-Catalytic Biomass Tar
Reforming and CO2 utilization

Cui Quan, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Development of activated
biochar supported Ni catalystfor enhancing tar steam reforming

Hui Jin

11:00 am – 11: 30 pm (UK Time)

Chunfei Wu

Hui Jin, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Supercritical water gasification technologies for H2 production.

Bing Guo

11:30 am – 12: 30 pm (UK Time)

Xiaolei Fan

Xuqing Liu, University of Manchester, Sustainable Fashion and Textile: Textile Waste Memberane Treatment Technology and Textile Waste Fiber Regeneration via a Green Chemistry Approach

Bing Guo, University of Surrey, Microbial symbiosis and interactions in anammox reactor

Le Han, Chongqing University, Recovery of ammonium from waste water via novel intergrated membrane process toward the zero energy concept

Guozhao Ji, Dalian University of Technology, Pyrolysis of plastic waste in rotary kiln with solid heat carriers

Chunfei Wu

12:30 pm – 13:10 pm (UK Time)

 Panel discussion, introduced and chaired by Chunfei Wu
(Queen’s University Belfast)

13:10 pm – 14:00 pm (UK Time)

Break

Guanjie He

14:00 pm – 15:00 pm (UK Time)

Xin Tu

Guanjie He, University of Lincoln, Electrolytic hydrogen generation from different aqueous media

Nathan Skillen, Queen’s University Belfast, Photocatalytic water treatment; addressing the technology transfer challenges

Mi Yan, Zhejiang University of Technology, Supercritical water
gasification of sewage sludge for H2 production

Lu Ding, East China University of Science and Technology, High
quality solid fuel production from sewage sludge employing the hydrothermal treatment

Jiawei Wang

8:10 am - 8:40 am (UK Time)

Jiawei Wang

Xin Tu, University of Liverpool, Non-thermal plasma: An emerging technology for bioenergy applications

Kai Yan

8:40 am - 9:10 am (UK Time)

Zhen Yang

Kai Yan, Sun Yat-sen University, High value-utilization of biomass-derived sources

Xiaoxia Ou

9:10 am – 10:10 am (UK Time)

Xiaolei Zhang

Xiaoxia Ou, University of Manchester, High ionic strength wastewater treatment 

Yikai Xu, Queen’s University Belfast, Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Water Remediation 

Hui Zhou, Tsinghua University, High-value-added utilization of lignin via hydrothermal treatment

Jianqiang Chen, Nanjing Forest University, Application of Pomelo peel-derived Hydrochar in Oil/water Separation and Bio-based Fuels

10:10 am - 10:30 am (UK Time)

Break

Jiawei Wang

10:30 am – 11:00 am (UK Time)

Hui Zhou

Jiawei Wang, Aston University, Product-oriented optimisation of the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste

Shikun Cheng

11:00 am – 11: 45 pm (UK Time)

Yikai Zhou

Shikun Cheng, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems (NSSS): Application and Development

Zhen Yang, Nanjing Normal University, Hydrophobic-modified metal-hydroxide

nanoflocculants enable one-step removal of multicontaminants

for drinking water production

Ningbo Gao, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Technologies development for water removal from sewage sludge

Yongliang Li

11:45 am – 12: 30 pm (UK Time)

Panel discussion, introduced and chaired by Yongliang Li (University of Birmingham)