Name:

Yu Qian

Introduction:

Yu Qian, Ph.D.
Chair Professor of Chemical Engineeirng
Director, Center for Chemical Product and Process Systems Engineering
Phone: +86-20-87113046; E-mail: ceyuqian@scut.edu.cn
website: http://www2.scut.edu.cn/ce/pse/qianyuen.htm

1982, B.S. Chemical Engineering,  Tsinghua University, China
1987, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
1989-91, Post-Doc. Norwegian Institute of Technology, Norway
1991-94, Research Associate, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1999-2000, Visiting Professor, The Ohio State University, USA

Research Areas
•Modeling, simulation, and life cycle analysis of chemical and energy processes
•Integration of process design, operation, and product quality control
•Multi-scale models for structure-attribute relations and design of chemical products

Current research projects
•Innovation and design of chemical products, supported by China NSF key project program.
•Operations research on the system network of crude oil supply and strategic reserve, China NSF.
•Monitoring, fault diagnosis, and abnormal situation management for petrochemical process systems, supported by China NSF and Sino-Petro-Chem.
•Solvent extraction process development for phenol removal from industrial coal-gasification wastewater

Recent Publications
1.Pan Ming, Xiuxi Li, Yu Qian, New approach for scheduling crude oil operations, Chem Eng Sci, 64(5),  965-983(2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.054
2.Feng D, Zhenjiang Yu, and Yu Qian, A novel single stripper to remove ammonia and sour gas simultaneously for coal-gasification wastewater treatment, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2009, 48 ,  5816–5823
3.Qian Yu, Liu Jingyao, HuangZX, Huang YL. Conceptual design and system analysis of a poly-generation system for power and olefin production from natural gas. Applied Energy 86, 2088-2095(2009).
4.Zhou H, Li XX; Qian Y; Chen Y, Kraslawski A, Optimizing the Initial Conditions to Improve the Dynamic Flexibility of Batch Processes. Ind. Eng Chem Res. 2009, 48, 6321–6326
5.Pan Ming, Yu Qian, Xiuxi Li, A novel material-based MILP formulation for short-term scheduling of multipurpose batch plants, Chem Eng Sci, 63  4313 -4332 (2008).
6.Xiao J, YL Huang, Y Qian, and HH Lou, Integrated product and process control of single-input-single-output systems, AIChE Journal, 53, 891-901(2007).
7.Guo XD, LJ Zhang, Y Qian, J Zhou, Effect of composition on the formation of poly (DL-lactide) microparticles: mesoscale simulation,  Chem Eng J. 131,  195-201 (2007)
8.Qian Y, Y Chen, YB Jiang, LJ Zhang, A clean production process of sodium chlorite from sodium chlorate, J. Cleaner Production. 15, 920-926(2007).
9.Long CX, LJ Zhang, Y Qian, Mesoscale simulation of drug molecules distribution in the matrix of solid lipid microparticles (SLM),  Chem. Eng. J. 119, 99-106(2006).