Name:
Guoqiang GUAN
Introduction:
Associate Prof. Guoqiang GUAN PhD
Director, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering
+86-20-87110055
gqguan@scut.edu.cn
Research interests:
Zero-liquid-discharge brine processing – process simulation and optimization of seawater desalination integrated with process intensification techniques such as membrane distillation; membrane crystallization
Solid waste recycle – dehalogenation of plastics in waste electrical and electronic equipments; preparation of high-performance activated carbon from sewage sludge
Education:
PhD 2004 Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University
BE 1999 Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University
Working experiment:
2014/09 – present Assoc. Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE), South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou
2011/11 – 2014/08 Assist. Professor, CCE, SCUT, Guangzhou
2010/10 – 2011/10 Research fellow, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2007/05 – 2010/09 Lecturer, CCE, SCUT, Guangzhou
2004/08 – 2006/12 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing
Award:
Zhu J.H., Wang J.P., Guo S.W., Guan G.Q., et al., A cleaner MAP production technology of the phosphoric acid concentrated at low temperature, The First Prize for Progress in Science and Technology of Chinese Petrol and Chemistry Industry Association, 2007
Grants:
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (2014ZZ0061), 200k RMB
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (2009ZM0033), 50k RMB
National Nature Science Foundation of China (20906033), 170k RMB
Publications:
[1]. Guan G.Q., Yang X., Wang R.*, Fane A.G., Evaluation of heat utilization in membrane distillation desalination system integrated with heat recovery, Desalination, 2015, 366: 80-93.
[2]. Guan G.Q., Yang X., Wang R.*, Field R., Fane A.G., Evaluation of hollow fiber-based direct contact and vacuum membrane distillation systems using Aspen process simulation, Journal of Membrane Science, 2014, 464: 127-139.
[3]. Zuo G.Z., Guan G.Q., Wang R.*, Numerical modeling and optimization of vacuum membrane distillation module for low-cost water production, Desalination, 2014, 339(1): 1-9.
[4]. Guan G.Q.*, Liu X., Chen L.Q., Cai M.Z., Kinetics of thermal decomposition of decabromodiphenyl ether and interaction with polystyrene in pyrolysis, CIESC Journal, 2012, 63(11): 3537-3545.
[5]. Guan G.Q., Wang R.*, Filicia W., Yang X., Fane A. G., Analysis of Membrane Distillation Crystallization System for High Salinity Brine Treatment with Zero Discharge Using Aspen Flowsheet Simulation，Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research，2012, 51(41): 13405-13413.
[6]. Guan G.Q.*, Chen L.Q., Peng S.H., Solubility of decabromodiphenyl ether in different solvents at (283.0 to 323.0) K, Journal of Chemical Engineering Data，2010, 55: 5294-5296.
[7]. Guan G.Q.*, Zhou W.X., Chen L.Q., Chen Y., Cai M.Z., Prolytic debromination of phenolic resin type PCB enhanced by calcium carbonate, CIESC Journal, 2009, 60(1): 216-222.
[8]. Guan G.Q., Zhu J.H.*, Xia S.L. Feng Z.H. Davis E.J., Simulation of mass transfer from an oscillating microdroplet, International Journal of Heat Mass Transfer, 2005, 48(9): 1705-1715.
[9]. Guan G.Q., Zhu J.H.*, Yang X.F., Feng Z.H., Yu H., Mass transfer from oscillating microdroplet and its modeling, CIESC Journal, 2004, 55(8): 1230-1236.
[10]. Guan G.Q., Zhu J.H.*, Xia S.L., Yang X.F., Mass transfer of micro droplet instantaneously accelerated by high-speed gas stream, Journal of Sichuan University (Science and Engineering), 2002, 34(5): 1-4.
Peer-reviewed conference and workshop papers:
Yang X., Guan GQ, Wang R., Fane A.G, Process optimization & module matrix design in membrane distillation using Aspen Plus, International Membrane Science and Technology (IMSTEC), Melbourne, Australia, 2013/11/25-29
Patents:
[1]. Determination of decabromodiphenyl ether in plastics by HPLC, 201010195537.X, China
[2]. Preparation of spherical activated carbon for water treatment from sewage sludge, 201510016710.8, China
[3]. Preparation of electronic-grade copper chloride dehydrate, 201510296754.0, China
