Introduction:

Prof. Li Chen
Director, Center of Chemical Technology
Tel. & Fax: +86-20-87111109; E-mail: celichen@scut.edu.cn
1999-Ph. D., (Chem. Eng.) South China University of Technology, China.
1988-M. S., (Chem. Eng.) South China University of Technology, China.
1982-B. S., (Chem. Eng.) South China University of Technology, China.

 Research Areas:
• Utilization of renewable resources.
• New energy utilization, Biomass, Solar, Hydrogen Energy.
• Plasma chemistry, including corona discharge plasma and DBD plasma.
• Industrial ecology and sustainability.
• Emergy analysis theory and application

Current Research Projects:
• Key issues in fuel ethanol production from cassava, sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology International Cooperation Project of China.
• Fuel ethanol and special ethanol productions by coupling purification technology, sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Project.
• R & D of the DBD plasma waste gas purification and degerming device, sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province “Production, Education and Research” Cooperation Project.
• High purity edible alcohol production technology, sponsored by the Sino-Thailand Cooperation Project
• R & D of the distributed bio-diesel technology and equipment, sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province “Production, Education and Research” Cooperation Project.

Recent Publications:
• Jing X., Chen L., Wang H.L., Degradation of alizarin red in mechanism hybrid gas-liquid phase dielectric barrier discharge plasmas: experimental and theoretical examination. Chem. Eng. J.，2008, 138 (1-3) : 120-127
• Jing Xue, Li Chen, Honglin Wang, et al. Stimuli-Responsive Multifunctional Membranes of Controllable Morphology from Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-graft-Poly[2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] Prepared via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Langmuir. 2008, 24:141~-14158.
• L. Wang, L. Chen, , H. L. Wanga and D.L. Liao. The adsorption refrigeration characteristics of alkaline-earth metal chlorides and its composite adsorbents. Renewable Energy. 2009, 34: 1016-1023
• Yan Z.C., Chen L., Wang H.L., Hydrogen generation from reforming of lower alcohols aqueous solution by glow discharge plasma under liquid, J. Chem. Ind. Eng., 2006, 57(6): 1432-1437
• Yan Z.C., Chen L., Wang H.L., Glow discharge plasma electrolysis of methanol solutions, Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin., 2007, 23(6): 835-840