FacultyName:Yazhong Chen

Title:AssociateProfessor

Office:608, Shenghua Building, Hefei University of Technology

Phone:+86-0551-62901450

Email:chenyazhong@hfut.edu.cn

Education:

B.S.,Chemistry Education, HunanUniversity of Science & Technology,1995-1999

M.S.,Organic Chemistry, HunanUniversity of Science & Technology,1999-2002

Ph.D.,Physical Chemistry, DalianInstitute of Chemical Physics,CAS,2002-2006

Postdoc,Chemical Engineering, NanjingUniversity of Technology,2006-2008

Biography:Themajor research interests include hydrogen production via catalyticprocesses like steam reforming, auto thermal reforming and partialoxidation from various sources such as biomass, ethanol, dimethylether and natural gas and so on. Further purification of thegenerated hydrogen-containing gas mixture was also investigated usingPd-based metallic membranes to obtain high-purity hydrogen forapplication to proton exchange membrane fuel cells or semiconductorindustry. On the environmental catalysis such as the selectivecatalytic reduction of NO_x,elimination of various VOCs through catalytic combustion withsimultaneous energy recovery, both fundamental research and thedesign of the chemical process for industrial application are themain work during the past five years. Currently the major workinclude the handling of the solid wastes such as spent FCC catalysts,and automobile shredder residue (ASR) through catalytic processes topromote the circular economy for industry.

ResearchInterests：

Properhandling of the solid wastes, particularly the dangerous solid wastessuch as spent FCC catalysts, automobile shredder residue (ASR), andelectronic shredder residue (ESR) through catalytic processes topromote the circular economy for industry.

Keywords:solid waste; spent FCC catalysts; ASR; ESR; handling

TeachingInterests:

Coursesfor undergraduate:

Principlesof chemical engineering;

ChemicalInstrument

Coursesfor graduate:

Principlesof heterogeneous catalysis

Membraneseparation technology

SelectedFunded Projects:

NaturalScience Foundation of Anhui Province;

Projectsfrom Cooperation among industry, university and research institutes.

SelectedAwards and Honors:

1、Scienceand Technology Award of China Chemical Engineering Society, 2022

SelectedPublications：

1. XianlongZhang, Shi Jin, Shiwen Liu, YazhongChen,Cheng Fang, Kui Wang, et al, Low-Temperature NH₃-SCRover Hierarchical MnOx Supported on Montmorillonite Prepared byDifferent Methods, ACSOmega,2023, 8(14) 13384-13395

2. XinWang, YazhongChen,Xiaozhao Han, Jiarui Yu, Kesong Xiao, Xianlong Zhang, High-toughnessmullite ceramics fabricated by hot-press sintering of pyrophylliteand AlOOH at low temperatures, InternationalJournal of Applied  Ceramic Technology, 2023,20(3) 1442-1456

3. XianlongZhang, Xiaorui, Hu, Shiwen Liu, YazhongChen,Shi Jin, Xinyu Wang et al,MnOx-pillaredrectorite prepared by in situ deposition as efficient catalysts forlow-temperature NH₃-SCR:The influences of manganese (II) precursors, Journalof Environmental Chemical Engineering,2022, 10(2) 107318

4. XiaojianPang, YazhongChen^*,Ruiqi Dai, Peng Cui, Co/CeO₂Catalysts Prepared Using Citric Acid Complexing for Ethanol SteamReforming, ChineseJournal of Catalysis,2012,33 (2) 281-289

5. YazhongChen,Yuzhong Wang, Hengyong Xu^*,Guoxing Xiong^*,Hydrogen production capacity of membrane reformer for methane steamreforming near practical working conditions, Journalof Membrane Science,2008, 322(2) 453-459

6. YazhongChen,Yuzhong Wang, Hengyong Xu^*,Guoxing Xiong^*,Efficient production of hydrogen from natural gas steam reforming inpalladium membrane reactor, AppliedCatalysis B: Environmental,2008, 81(3-4) 283-294

7. YazhongChen,Zongping Shao, Nanping Xu, steam reforming over Pt catalystssupported on CexZr_1-xO₂prepared via a glycine nitrate process, Energy& Fuels,2008, 22(3) 1873-1879

8. YazhongChen,Wei Zhou, Zongping Shao, Nanping Xu, Nickel catalyst prepared viaglycine nitrate process for partial oxidation of methane to syngas,CatalysisCommunications,2008, 9(6) 1418-1425

9. YazhongChen,Yuzhong Wang, Hengyong Xu^*,Guoxing Xiong^*,Integrated one-step PEMFC-grade hydrogen production from liquidhydrocarbons using Pd membrane reactor, Industrial& Engineering Chemistry Research,2007, 46 (17) 5510-5515

10. YazhongChen,Hengyong Xu^*,Yuzhong Wang, Guoxing Xiong^*,Hydrogen productionfrom the steam reforming of liquid hydrocarbons in membrane reactor,CatalysisToday,2006, 118 (1-2) 136-143