Yang Yang

Personal profile

Contact Details

Phone: 0121 204 3433

Email: y.yang6@aston.ac.uk

Office: EB102

General

I am currently a lecturer within the Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry department. My research interest lies in the field of:

Advanced thermal conversion
• Intermediate and slow pyrolysis process development
• Biomass derived liquid for diesel and heavy marine fuels
• Waste plastic polymer conversion to chemical monomers
• Novel bio-bitumen and bio-asphalt

Energy System
• Combined heat and power from stationary engine system
• Renewable energy system integration (e.g. biological, thermal and solar processing) and evaluation
• Energy system techno-economic evaluation and carbon footprint analysis

Teaching Activity

CE2002 Design Project
CE3003 Advanced Design Project
CE4011 MEng Research Project
Process Labs (2nd Year)

Qualification

PhD Chemical Engineering, Aston University 2014
BEng Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham 2009
BEng Thermal and Energy Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology 2009

Employment

2019 - present: Lecturer, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University
2014 - 2019: Research Fellow, European Bioenergy Research Institute, Aston University
2013 - 2014: Marie Curie Early Stage Fellow, WEHRLE-WERK AG (Germany)

Research Grant

2020 – 2022, PI, £11.9k "Healing-capable Bitumen from Pyrolysis of Mixed Plastic Waste", Royal Society International Exchanges grant.
2020 - 2022, Co-I, £149.9k, "FuelPlas", British Council UK-Turkey Institutional Link grant.
2019 - 2022, Co-I, €846k, "Biomass-CCU", Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE grant.
2018 - 2018, PI, £1.3k, "Upgrading of Pyrolysis Oil by Low Temperature Plasma", SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub Mobility Award.
2017 - 2020, Co-I, €3.6m, "GreenCarbon", Horizon 2020 MSA ITN grant.
2016 - 2017, PI (Aston), £50.2k, "Process Intensification of Biodiesel Produciton" SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub Sandpit grant.

Professional Bodies

2020 - present, Chartered Member, IChemE
2020 - present, Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council
2019 - present, Associate Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
2019 - present, Fellow, The Higher Education Academy
2012 - present, Associate Member, The Energy Institute

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Research Output

26 Article
1 Chapter
1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Poster
1 More
- 1 Review article

A review on catalytic & non-catalytic bio-oil upgrading in supercritical fluids

Omar, S., Yang, Y. & Wang, J., 10 Jun 2020, In : Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Open Access

File

Coal and biomass co-pyrolysis in a fluidized-bed reactor: Numerical assessment of fuel type and blending conditions

Ismail, T. M., Banks, S. W., Yang, Y., Yang, H., Chen, Y., Bridgwater, A. V., Ramzy, K. & Abd El-salam, M., 1 Sep 2020, In : Fuel. 275, 118004.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Co-pyrolysis of Miscanthus Sacchariflorus and coals: A systematic study on the synergies in thermal decomposition, kinetics and vapour phase products

Tian, H., Jiao, H., Cai, J., Wang, J., Yang, Y. & Bridgwater, A. V., 15 Feb 2020, In : Fuel. 262, 116603.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Oily sludge catalytic pyrolysis combined with fine particle removal using a Ni-ceramic membrane

Gao, N., Li, J., Quan, C., Wang, X. & Yang, Y., 29 May 2020, In : Fuel. 277, 118134.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Pyro-oil and wax recovery from reclaimed plastic waste in a continuous Auger pyrolysis reactor

Al-Salem, S. M., Yang, Y., Wang, J. & Leeke, G. A., 20 Apr 2020, In : Energies. 13, 8, 2040.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Datasets

Steam gasification of Miscanthus derived char: the reaction kinetics and reactivity with correlation to the composition and microstructure

Yang, Y. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 8 Apr 2020

DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000465, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890420305707

Dataset

A Fundamental Study on the CO2 Gasification of Char Derived from Miscanthus at Various Processing Conditions

Yang, Y. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 25 Aug 2020

DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000471

Dataset

Co-pyrolysis of Miscanthus Sacchariflorus and coals: a systematic study on the synergies in thermal decomposition, kinetics and vapour phase products

Yang, Y. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 19 Oct 2019

DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000438, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001623611931957X

Dataset

Pyrolysis of Rice husk and Corn stalk in Auger Reactor: Part 1. Characterization of Char and Gas at Various Temperatures

Yu, Y. (Creator), Yang, Y. (Creator), Cheng, Z. (Creator), Blanco Sanchez, P. H. (Creator), Liu, R. (Creator), Bridgwater, T. (Creator) & Cai, J. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 1 Dec 2016

DOI: 10.17036/16aaf5bb-9374-4b77-a3e2-67e487b4da4c, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02276

Dataset