Introduction：

Name: Donglai Xie

Assoc. Prof. Donglai Xie
Head，Department of Energy Engineering.
Tel.: 86-20-22236985, Fax: 86-20-22236985,  E-mail: dlxie@scut.edu.cn
2001-2005, Senior Scientist, Membrane Reactor Technologies, Canada
2001-Ph. D., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
1995-M. App. Sci., Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
1992 - B. App. Sci., Shandong Inst. of Arch. & Civial Eng., Jinan, China.
Research Areas:
Distributed Hydrogen Production from Hydrocarbons
Town Gas Transimission & Distribution Technologies
Gas Combustion & Utilization Technologies
Fluidization Technology
Current Research Projects:
1. Development of a novel fluidized bed membrane reactor for pure hydrogen production, supported by the Chinese Hi-tech Research & Development (863) Program.
2. Fluidized bed tube reactor for syn-gas production, supported by Ally Hi-Tech Co. Ltd.
3. Palladium membrane hydrogen separator, supported by SCUT 100 talents Program
4. Risk assessment and integrity management for town gas pipeline, supported by the Ministry of Science & Technology, China
5. Gas & particle mixing in an internally circulating fluidized bed with intensive internals, supported by the Chinese Natural Science Foundation
Recent Publications:
D. Xie, C. Jim Lim, John R. Grace, Alaa-Eldin M. Adris, Gas and Particle Circulation in an Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor Cold Model, Chemical Engineering Science, 64, 2599 – 2606，2009
G. Ye, D. Xie, W. Qiao, John R. Grace, C. Jim Lim, Modeling of Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactors for Hydrogen Production from Steam Methane Reforming with Aspen Plus, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34, 4755－4762, 2009
D. Xie, J.R. Grace and C.J. Lim, Development of an Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor for Hydrogen Production from Natural Gas， Journal of Wuhan University of Science & Technology，28， 252-256， 2006.
D. Xie, B.D. Bowen, J.R. Grace and C.J. Lim, A three-dimensional model for suspension-to-membrane-wall heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds, Chem. Eng. Sci, 58, 4247-4258, 2003.
D. Xie, B.D. Bowen, J.R. Grace and C.J. Lim, Two-dimensional model of heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds, Part I: model development and validation, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 46, 2179-2191, 2003.
D. Xie, B.D. Bowen, J.R. Grace and C.J. Lim, Two-dimensional model of heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds, Part II: heat transfer in a high density CFB and sensitivity analysis, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 46, 2193-2205, 2003.