Yuanhui Zhang
Professor
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
University of Illinois at urbana champaign
United States of America
Biography
He has received his Ph.D and M.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering from University of Saskatchewan, Canada.Professor Zhang has pioneered the research in Environment-Enhancing Energy (E2-Energy), in which he combines waste treatment, water cleaning, carbon dioxide sequestration and biofuel conversion into one process. He has successfully converted biowaste including animal and human waste, food processing waste and algae into crude oil using thermochemical conversion (TCC) much similar to mother-nature’s petroleum-formation, but in a few minutes rather than geological years. Currently he is a Professor in Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
Research Interest
Indoor air quality, effect of indoor air quality on occupants, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning control, waste treatment. Professor Zhang’s research is to enhance the quality of living by focusing on the immediate environment of living things, people, animal and plants. One of his research areas is indoor air quality engineering. His team has developed and continued research on aerodynamic filter-less air cleaning; and three-dimensional, near-real-time volumetric particle tracking velocimetry (VPTV) for room air flow measurement and modeling. His book, Indoor Air Quality Engineering, has been used as textbook in several universities.
Publications
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Recovery of reducing sugars and volatile fatty acids from cornstalk at different hydrothermal treatment severity Zhu, Z., Liu, Z., Zhang, Y., Li, B., Lu, H., Duan, N., Si, B., Shen, R. & Lu, J. Jan 1 2016 In : Bioresource Technology. 199, p. 220-227 8 p.
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On the Lagrangian features of circular and semicircular jets via 3D Particle Tracking Velocimetry Kim, J. T., Zhang, Z., Liberzon, A., Zhang, Y. & Chamorro, L. P. Oct 1 2016 In : Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 77, p. 306-316 11 p.
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Nutrient recovery and biomass production by cultivating Chlorella vulgaris 1067 from four types of post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater Zhang, L., Lu, H., Zhang, Y., Li, B., Liu, Z., Duan, N. & Liu, M. Apr 1 2016 In : Journal of Applied Phycology. 28, 2, p. 1031-1039 9 p.
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Microbial electrolysis cell to treat hydrothermal liquefied wastewater from cornstalk and recover hydrogen: Degradation of organic compounds and characterization of microbial community Shen, R., Liu, Z., He, Y., Zhang, Y., Lu, J., Zhu, Z., Si, B., Zhang, C. & Xing, X. H. Feb 23 2016 In : International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41, 7, p. 4132-4142 11 p.
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Extract Nitrogen-Containing Compounds in Biocrude Oil Converted from Wet Biowaste via Hydrothermal Liquefaction Chen, W. T., Tang, L., Qian, W., Scheppe, K., Nair, K., Wu, Z., Gai, C., Zhang, P. & Zhang, Y. Apr 4 2016 In : ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 4, 4, p. 2182-2190 9 p.
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Continuous production of biohythane from hydrothermal liquefied cornstalk biomass via two-stage high-rate anaerobic reactors Si, B. C., Li, J. M., Zhu, Z. B., Zhang, Y. H., Lu, J. W., Shen, R. X., Zhang, C., Xing, X. H. & Liu, Z. Nov 21 2016 In : Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9, 1, 254
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Comparing three methods for photosynthetic bacteria separation and recycling during wastewater treatment Lu, H., Zhang, G., Dai, X., Yuan, G., Cao, W., Zhang, Y. & Li, B. Jun 8 2016 In : Desalination and Water Treatment. 57, 27, p. 12467-12477 11 p.
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Bio-crude production from kitchenwaste through hydrothermal liquefaction Qu, Z., Liu, Z., Zhu, Z., Li, B. & Zhang, Y. May 28 2016 In : Taiyangneng Xuebao/Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 37, 5, p. 1327-1333 7 p.
