IntroductionProf. Yong Luo received a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) in 2008 and 2013. He studied in Washington University in St. Louis as a joint PhD student from September 2011 to September 2012. Since July 2013, he has been working in the department of Chemical Engineering and the High Gravity Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education of BUCT. His research interests involve the fundamental and application of high gravity technology, surface nano-structure construction and fluid flow control, preparation of nano-catalysts and catalytic reaction process intensification. Prof. Luo has published more than 100 journal papers in AIChE J., Chem. Eng. Sci., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., etc. He was the winner of Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China (2020). He was awarded the first prize of technological invention by Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (2019), the first prize of technological invention by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (2019), the Youth Award of Hou Debang Science and Technology Award (2020), etc. He was serviced as the Deputy Secretary General of Chemical Process Intensification Division of Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China and member of the International Scientific Committee of the Second International Conference on Chemical Process Intensification. Education Work ExperienceSocial PositionSocial ActivitiesResearch[1] Process intensification of HiGee (high-gravity) technology and rotating packed bed (RPB) reactor HiGee technology, accomplished by a RPB, is one of the typically process intensification technologies. Our interest is to apply the RPB reactor for the processes who has the characteristics of micromixing and mass transfer limitation. We focus on the fundamental and application researches of the RPB, such as hydrodynamics and mass transfer. [2] Nano-mirco structure surface and surface modification Nano-mirco structure surface has the advantages of hydrophobic/oleophobic or super-hydrophobic/super-oleophobic. Our work is to prepare the RPB’s packing with surface modification and then applied this packing to be used in the RPB reactor for a better liquid dispersion, which will be benefit for the mass transfer and mixing. [3] Monolithic catalysts and its applications of catalytic reactions A major drawback of many conventional multiphase reactors is that both activity and selectivity of the catalyst may be strongly reduced by mass transfer limitations. We use RPB reactor with monolithic catalysts for the multiphase of gas-liquid-solid reactions. With the mass transfer enhancement with gas-liquid interface and liquid-solid interface, the reaction rate and selectivity will be improved, comparing with a conventional gas-liquid-solid reactor. TeachingChemical Reaction Engineering, for Undergraduate, 48 credit hours PostgraduatesFunding1. Design of industrial high-gravity hydroformylation reactor, Project Duration: October 31, 2024 to October 30, 2027 2. Research and application of super large and high-gravity equipment, Project Duration: October 25, 2024 to May 30, 2026 3. Development of high-gravity catalytic hydrogenation reactor equipment, National Natural Science Foundation of China Project, Project Duration: October 25, 2024 to May 30, 2026 Vertical ProjectHorizontal ProjectPublications(1) Su-Hang Cai; Li-Hua Wang; Zhi-Xuan Fan; Yong-Rui Xu; Lan Jiang; Xiang-Sen Wu; Jian-Feng Chen; Yong Luo* ; Hydrodynamics and mass transfer characteristics of a single microbubble in liquids with different properties, AIChE Journal, 2025, e18787 (2) Li-Hua Wang; Hai-Long Liao; Liang Zheng; Zhi-Xuan Fan; Hai-Kui Zou; Yong Luo* ; Microbubble swarm in a HiGee-aided bubble column reactor: Size, gas holdup, and effective interfacial area, AIChE Journal, 2025, e18804 (3) Xin Zhang; Cai-Ji Zhou; Liang Zheng; Zi-Lun Li; Bao-Chang Sun; Jian-Feng Chen; Yong Luo* ; An efficient technology for dye intermediate production: Process intensification of catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic nitrocompounds in a rotating packed bed reactor, AIChE Journal, 2024, 70: e18535 (4) Hai-Long Liao; Lan Jiang; Li-Hua Wang; Yong Luo*; Qing-Feng Tan; Shou-Tao Ma; Jian-Feng Chen ; Hydrodynamics, mass transfer, and hydrogenation performance of a HiGee-aided fixed bed reactor, AIChE Journal, 2024, 70: e18384 (5) Shun Bai; Wen-Si Li; Wei Liu; Yong Luo*; Guang-Wen Chu; Jian-Feng Chen*; Micromixing efficiency intensification of a millimeter channel reactor in the high gravity field, Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 251: 117407 Awards[1] Second prize of technological invention, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (2024) [2] the 15th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering, Young Researcher Award, AIChE (2022) [3] Winner of National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars, NSFC (2020) [4] the “Youth Award” of Hou Debang Science and Technology Award, Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (2020) [5] First prize of technological invention, Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (2019) [6] First prize of technological invention, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (2019) patentHonor RewardAdmissions Information |