Yang Xu

Doctor, Assistant Research Scientist

Tel: 0532-58631981

E-mail: yangxu@sdu.edu.cn

Correspondence Address: Binhai Road 72, Qingdao, Shandong Province

Work/Education Experience:

2019/07-now, Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Assistant Research Scientist

2016/09-2019/06, State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Doctor

2014/09-2016/09, State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Master

2010/09-2014/06, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Bachelor

Research Field:

Pollutants removal from coal-fired/sintering flue gas

Disposal and resource utilization of municipal solid waste

Solid materials modified by non-thermal plasma

Research Projects

[1] Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University, Mechanism study of Fe/Cl/Br directional fixation and the enhanced mercury removal performance of magnetic composite sorbents derived from municipal solid wastes, 2019/07-2021/12, PI

[2] Graduates’ Innovation Fund, Study on the preparation of waste-derived sorbents and its mercury removal performance, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2017/01-2017/12, PI

[3] National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Study on mechanism of S/Cl/Br directional conversion to improve mercury removal performance of sorbent derived from municipal solid waste, 2018/01-2021/12, Participator

[4] National Key Technologies R&D Program. Technology for PM 2.5 and mercury removal from coal combustion flue gas. 2016/07-2020/06, Participator

[5] National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Mercury sorbent with high surface activity prepared in non-thermal plasma and its enhanced mercury capture performance in coal-fired flue gas, 2015/01-2018/12, Participator

Selected Publications

[1] Yang Xu, Guangqian Luo, Qicong Pang, Shuangwu He, Fangfang Deng, Yongqing Xu, Hong Yao. Adsorption and catalytic oxidation of elemental mercury over regenerable magnetic Fe-Ce mixed oxides modified by non-thermal plasma treatment, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 358: 1454-1463.

[2] Yang Xu, Fangfang Deng, Qicong Pang, Shuangwu He, Yongqing Xu, Guangqian Luo, Hong Yao. Development of waste-derived sorbents from biomass and brominated flame retarded plastic for elemental mercury removal from coal-fired flue gas. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 350: 911-919.

[3] Yang Xu, Guangqian Luo, Shuangwu He, Fangfang Deng, Qicong Pang, Yongqing Xu, Hong Yao. Efficient removal of elemental mercury by magnetic chlorinated biochars derived from co-pyrolysis of Fe(NO₃)₃-laden wood and polyvinyl chloride waste. Fuel, 2019, 239: 982-990.

[4] Yang Xu, Mengli Zhou, Jingyuan Hu, Yongqing Xu, Guangqian Luo, Xian Li, Hong Yao. Particulate matter filtration of the flue gas from iron-ore sintering operations using a magnetically stabilized fluidized bed. Powder Technology, 2019, 342: 335-340.

[5] Yang Xu, Xiaobo Zeng, Guangqian Luo, Yongqing Xu, Xian Li, Hong Yao. Study on the effects of carrier and modifier on mercury adsorption behavior over halides modified sorbents using temperature programmed desorption method. Fuel Processing Technology, 2018, 178: 293-300.

[6] Yang Xu, Xiaobo Zeng, Guangqian Luo, Bi Zhang, Ping Xu, Minghou Xu, Hong Yao. Chlorine-Char composite synthesized by co-pyrolysis of biomass wastes and polyvinyl chloride for elemental mercury removal. Fuel, 2016, 183: 73-79.

[7] Yang Xu, Xiaobo Zeng, Bi Zhang, Xianqing Zhu, Mengli Zhou, Renjie Zou, Ping Sun, Guangqian Luo, Hong Yao. Experiment and kinetic study of elemental mercury adsorption over a novel chlorinated sorbent derived from coal and waste polyvinyl chloride. Energy & Fuels, 2016, 30(12): 10635-10642.

[8] Xiaobo Zeng, Yang Xu, Bi Zhang, Guangqian Luo, Ping Sun, Renjie Zou, Hong Yao. Elemental mercury adsorption and regeneration performance of sorbents FeMnOx enhanced via non-thermal plasma. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 309: 503-512.

[9] Mengting Shi, Guangqian Luo, Yang Xu, Renjie Zou, Hailu Zhu, Jingyuan Hu, Xian Li, Hong Yao. Using H₂S plasma to modify activated carbon for elemental mercury removal. Fuel, 2019, 254: 115549.

[10] Rongli Gan, Guangqian Luo, Yang Xu, Ruidong Mei, Hailu Zhu, Mengli Zhou. Removal of toluene by non-thermal plasma coupled with Cu-Ce catalysts. Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, 2018, 37(9): 3416-3423.

Selected Patents

[1] Yang Xu, Qingzhu Zhang, Lin Du, Fei Xu, Yanwei Li, Shibo Zhang, Wei Cui. A method for simultaneously preparing high-quality oil and high-performance mercury sorbent. National Invention Patent (202010455889.8).

[2] Yang Xu, Qingzhu Zhang, Lin Du, Fei Xu, Yanwei Li, Shibo Zhang, Wei Cui. A method for synthesizing sorbents for simultaneously removal of different species of mercury and its application. National Invention Patent (202010457294.6).

[3] Yang Xu, Qingzhu Zhang, Lin Du, Fei Xu, Yanwei Li, Shibo Zhang, Wei Cui. A method for synthesizing sorbents for mercury removal and its application. National Invention Patent (202010641347.X).

[4] Yang Xu, Qingzhu Zhang, Wei Cui, Fei Xu, Yanwei Li. A method for preparing sulfur-modified sorbent for mercury removal and its application. National Invention Patent (201910963199.0).

[5] Guangqian Luo, Yang Xu, Qicong Pang, Fangfang Deng, Shuangwu He, Hailu Zhu, Mengting Shi, Jingyuan Hu, Hong Yao. A method for preparing magnetic waste-derived sorbent and its application. National Invention Patent (ZL201810724164.7).

[6] Guangqian Luo, Yang Xu, Mengli Zhou, Jingyuan Hu, Rongli Gan, Hailu Zhu, Ruidong Mei, Hong Yao. A method for multi-contaminant synergistic removal using a magnetically stabilized fluidized bed. National Invention Patent (ZL201710570021.0).

[7] Guangqian Luo, Yang Xu, Qiao Yu, Bi Zhang, Ping Xu, Xiaobo Zeng, Hong Yao, Jun Shu. A waste-derived sorbent for mercury removal and its preparation method. National Invention Patent (ZL201510220594.1).