Yang Yang

Engineering & Applied Science
Lecturer, Chemical Eng & Applied Chemistry

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-3803

School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom

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Personal profile

Contact Details

Phone: 0121 204 3433

Email: y.yang6@aston.ac.uk

Office: EB102

Scholarship and fellowship

I currently have a fully funded PhD scholarship open for applicaton.

Please see the weblink for details: https://www2.aston.ac.uk/eas/documents/studentships/yang-yang-advert.pdf

General

I am a lecturer within the Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry department. My research interests lie 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

Qualifications

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

2019 - present, EPSRC Associate College Member

2019 - present, Fellow of Higher Education Academy

2012 - present, Associate Member of the Energy Institute

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Research Output

21 Article
1 Chapter
1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Poster

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

Industrial technologies for slow pyrolysis

López Ordovás, J., Chong, K., Bridgwater, T. & Yang, Y., 28 May 2019, Advanced Carbon Materials from Biomass: An Overview. Manya, J. (ed.). p. 33-44 11 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Open Access