Dr Hui Song
Research Associate
School of Engineering
- Email:hui.song@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 40339351
Career Summary
Biography
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
- Master of Aeronautical Engineering, Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Eng - China
Keywords
- Chemical looping air separation
- Chemical looping combustion
- Flue gas cleaning for coal fired power plants
- Hydrogen energy
Languages
- Mandarin (Mother)
- English (Fluent)
Fields of Research
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400402 | Chemical and thermal processes in energy and combustion | 100 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
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Research Associate | University of Newcastle School of Engineering Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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10/3/2009 - 25/2/2011 | Research Associate | School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia |
Teaching appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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10/7/2002 - 8/3/2009 | Lecture | Shenyang Aerospace University School of Power and Energy Engineering China |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (12 outputs)
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2016 |
Zhou C, Shah K, Song H, Zanganeh J, Doroodchi E, Moghtaderi B, 'Integration Options and Economic Analysis of an Integrated Chemical Looping Air Separation Process for Oxy-fuel Combustion', Energy and Fuels, 30 1741-1755 (2016) [C1] This paper is concerned about a detailed techno-economic assessment of a hypothetical 500 MWe coal-fired power plant in New South Wales, Australia, for oxy-fuel conversion using i... [more] This paper is concerned about a detailed techno-economic assessment of a hypothetical 500 MWe coal-fired power plant in New South Wales, Australia, for oxy-fuel conversion using integrated chemical looping air separation (ICLAS) technology and cryogenic air separation unit (CASU). The key objectives of this study are to (i) investigate and compare the detailed integration options for oxy-fuel conversion using ICLAS and CASU and (ii) determine the technical merits of the above integration options and the conditions at which the technologies become economically feasible. The study produced scientific evidence that confirms the viability of the CLAS process from both technical and economic points of view under certain conditions. The detailed technical analysis revealed that ICLAS with natural gas integration is energy-efficient compared to CASU running on parasitic load. This is primarily due to the fact that ICLAS needs less auxiliary power compared to CASU. Despite the fact that ICLAS natural gas integration has resulted in higher efficiencies than CASU running on parasitic load, from a series of detailed economic analyses, it was observed that both ICLAS and CASU may not be viable under the present operating and economic conditions. Nevertheless, from sensitivity analysis, it was concluded that ICLAS can become feasible if economic conditions are improved, e.g., a low natural gas market price (<$3.5/GJ), a high electricity wholesale price (>$59/MWh), and/or a high carbon tax (>$33/tonne).
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2016 |
Yang N, Yu JL, Dou JX, Tahmasebi A, Song H, Moghtaderi B, et al., 'The effects of oxygen and metal oxide catalysts on the reduction reaction of NO with lignite char during combustion flue gas cleaning', Fuel Processing Technology, 152 102-107 (2016) [C1] The development of lignite-char-supported metal oxide catalyst for reduction of nitric oxide (NO) is investigated in this paper. The characteristics of NO reduction by copper and ... [more] The development of lignite-char-supported metal oxide catalyst for reduction of nitric oxide (NO) is investigated in this paper. The characteristics of NO reduction by copper and iron oxide catalysts supported on activated lignite chars (ALC) was studied using a fixed-bed reactor at 300 °C. The results showed that the impregnation of Cu on ALC resulted in higher catalytic reactivity during NO reduction compared with that of Fe. Chemisorption of O2 and NO on Cu/ALC catalyst was found to play an important role in denitrification. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses showed that chemically adsorbed oxygen facilitates the formation of C(O) complex and oxidation of Cu0 to Cu+ for Cu/ALC catalyst. The C(O) intermediates and C*production formed due to the fact that C/O2 reaction promoted the reduction of NO. It is suggested that the catalytic reaction of NO in this case comprised of C/O2 reaction, C(O)/NO reaction and formation of N2 and CO2. Cu seemed to have significantly promoted the C(O) formation and CO oxidation compared with Fe. The catalytic reactivity of Cu species for C(O) formation and CO oxidation followed the order of Cu0 > Cu+ > Cu2 +. Fe3O4 was believed to be the active phase in Fe catalyst. The oxygen and char-supported metal catalysts significantly promoted C/NO reaction, and therefore may lead to a lower operation temperature of NOx removal.
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2015 |
Shah K, Zhou C, Song H, Doroodchi E, Moghtaderi B, 'A novel hybrid chemical-looping oxy combustor process for the combustion of solid and gaseous fuels: Thermodynamic analysis', Energy and Fuels, 29 602-617 (2015) [C1] The larger reactor volume, additional oxygen polishing unit, and carbon stripper for the separation of oxygen carriers and ash in the chemical looping combustion (CLC) and/or chem... [more] The larger reactor volume, additional oxygen polishing unit, and carbon stripper for the separation of oxygen carriers and ash in the chemical looping combustion (CLC) and/or chemical looping oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) processes for solid fuels are anticipated not only to incur operational complexity but also to increase the capital and operating costs. As an alternative, this paper proposes a novel hybrid process, called "Chemical Looping Oxy Combustor (CLOC)". This novel process provides an integration of chemical looping air separation (CLAS) with fluidized bed oxy-fuel combustion and is expected to eliminate the need for an additional oxygen polishing unit and carbon stripper. It can be retrofitted to any existing coal circulating fluidized bed (CFB) at low cost. The other advantages of CLOC includes less solid handling issues, flexibility in handling low-grade coal with high moisture, no/less contamination of oxygen carriers, no/less slip of CO2/SOx in an air reactor, low energy penalty, etc. Also, in the CLOC process, coal combustion will occur in a separate fluidized bed combustor with relatively faster kinetics, because of the availability of high oxygen concentration (i.e., ~25-28 vol-"%), which eliminates the need for a larger fuel reactor volume. In the current paper, thermodynamic simulations of CLOC process using Cu-, Mn-, and Co-based metal oxide oxygen carriers were performed. Their performances were also compared against the conventional air-firing and oxy-firing technologies, e.g., oxy-fuel combustion integrated with cryogenic air separation unit (CASU) and CLOU. It was identified that the CLOC process needs external heat for reduction reactor provided by either direct or indirect methane combustion. Moreover, a maximum plant thermal efficiency was achieved for CLOC using Cu-based oxygen carrier. The energy penalty of the CLOC process, compared with the air-firing base case, was found to be ~2%-3%, which is ~4-5 times smaller than those of the CASU cases and only half of that of the CLOU process, indicating that CLOC offers a promising option for the combustion of solid fuels.
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2014 |
Song H, Shah K, Doroodchi E, Moghtaderi B, 'Development of a Cu-Mg-Based Oxygen Carrier with SiO2 as a Support for Chemical Looping Air Separation', ENERGY & FUELS, 28 163-172 (2014) [C1]
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2014 |
Song H, Shah K, Doroodchi E, Wall T, Moghtaderi B, 'Analysis on Chemical Reaction Kinetics of CuO/SiO2 Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Air Separation', ENERGY & FUELS, 28 173-182 (2014) [C1]
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2014 |
Song H, Shah K, Doroodchi E, Wall T, Moghtaderi B, 'Reactivity of Al The chemical looping air separation (CLAS) is a novel method for producing high-purity oxygen, which can be effectively integrated to oxy-fuel power plants. CuO/Cu2O, Mn2O3/Mn3O 4... [more] The chemical looping air separation (CLAS) is a novel method for producing high-purity oxygen, which can be effectively integrated to oxy-fuel power plants. CuO/Cu2O, Mn2O3/Mn3O 4, and Co3O4/CoO have been found to be the most thermodynamically suitable oxidation pairs for the CLAS process. In the current study, the reactivity and stability of these metal oxides were analyzed further. A total of six different oxygen carrier samples were prepared by the dry impregnation method on SiO2 and Al2O3 supports. Their redox behavior has been investigated in a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) at four different temperatures, i.e., 800, 850, 900, and 950 C, where the temperature-programmed oxygen release and oxidation were applied for 5 continuous cycles using nitrogen and air, respectively. The results indicate that, although relatively all oxygen carriers exhibited good reactivity, CuO/Cu2O with SiO2 and Co3O4/CoO with Al2O3 were found to be most stable. Furthermore, oxygen transport capacity (OTC) (%) and rate of oxygen transport (ROT) (% min-1) were calculated. It was found that Cu oxide with SiO 2 has the highest OTC of 4.77% as well as the highest ROT of 5.1 and 10.9% min-1 for oxygen release and oxidation, respectively, at 950 C. The CuO/SiO2 oxygen carrier also exhibited better stability for the 41 continuous cycle test, with only 10.3% loss in OTC compared to 22.3% for Co3O4/Al2O3. The grain size growth was found to be the key cause in the loss of OTC. The oxygen concentration in the outlet stream for the CuO/SiO2 oxygen carrier was measured in packed-bed experiments at different temperatures. It was observed that the oxygen concentration at the outlet of the reactor was consistent with the equilibrium values at studied temperatures. © 2014 American Chemical Society.
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2012 |
Song H, Doroodchi E, Moghtaderi B, 'Redox characteristics of Fe-Ni/SiO2 bimetallic oxygen carriers in CO under conditions pertinent to chemical looping combustion', Energy & Fuels, 26 75-84 (2012) [C1]
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2010 |
Zeng W, Xie MZ, Ai YT, Song H, 'Numerical simulation of aromatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formation in n-heptane HCCI combustion', Ranshao Kexue Yu Jishu/Journal of Combustion Science and Technology, 16 79-84 (2010) By amending the CHEMKIN III chemical kinetics package, the multi-zone model of emission characteristics of n-heptane HCCI combustion was built. The formation and evolution mechani... [more] By amending the CHEMKIN III chemical kinetics package, the multi-zone model of emission characteristics of n-heptane HCCI combustion was built. The formation and evolution mechanisms of aromatic (benzene) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (including naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene) in n-heptane HCCI combustion were simulated by this model. The detailed reaction mechanisms of combustion of n-heptane and formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were adopted (including 107 species, 542 reactions). The results show that numerical simulation of pressure through this computational model is in good agreement with the experimental results. The mass fraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the core zones is rather low because of high temperature. Due to low temperature in the boundary layer zone, and especially in the crevice zone, where the temperature is the same as that on the wall, combustion of n-heptane is not sufficient. Furthermore, these two zones become the main source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. |
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2010 |
Moghtaderi B, Song H, 'Reduction properties of physically mixed metallic oxide oxygen carriers in chemical looping combustion', Energy & Fuels, 24 5359-5368 (2010) [C1]
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2009 |
Li X, Song H, Wang Q, Meesri C, Wall TF, Yu J, 'Experimental study on drying and moisture re-adsorption kinetics of an Indonesian low rank coal', Journal of Environmental Sciences, 21 S127-S130 (2009) [C1]
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2008 |
Hu S, Xie W, Chang L, Song H, Yu J, 'Characteristics of Fe-Ce sorbents and its ash-support for desulphurization of hot coal gas', Liaoning Gongcheng Jishu Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Liaoning Technical University (Natural Science Edition), 27 620-622 (2008) Using different size range of flying ash samples from gangue thermal power plant of Liaoning Fuxin as carrier, Fe-Ce oxide as active component, Kaolin as binder, through mechanica... [more] Using different size range of flying ash samples from gangue thermal power plant of Liaoning Fuxin as carrier, Fe-Ce oxide as active component, Kaolin as binder, through mechanical mixing, forming, drying and high temperature calcination, columnar samples are prepared. In the condition of 120°C, drying for 4h,then calcining in 700°C for 8h, the iron-cerium-based sorbents for hot coal gas desulphurization were prepared using coal ash as the support and the sorbents and coal ash are characterized by means of numerous analytical methods such as composition analysis, XRD and SEM. The results clearly indicate that the sorbents prepared using coal ash as the support demonstrate high reactivity and high resistance to attrition during sulfidation during the temperature range of 400 °C to 600°C.
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2007 |
Xie W, Chang L, Song H, Liu X, Xie K, Wall T, Yu J, 'Two-step hot coal gas desulphurization process integrated with direct production of elemental sulfur using iron-based sorbents: A preliminary study', 24th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2007, PCC 2007, 1 544-553 (2007) The paper proposed a two-step desulphurization process using iron-based high temperature sorbents for removal of hydrogen sulfide from hot coal gases after coal gasification. The ... [more] The paper proposed a two-step desulphurization process using iron-based high temperature sorbents for removal of hydrogen sulfide from hot coal gases after coal gasification. The authors use the mixture of iron oxide with other metal oxides (e.g. Ce) supported by ash from a coalgangue- fired power plant to prepare high temperature desulphurization sorbents. The two-step desulphurization process is comprised of a first-stage desulphurization of removing majority of sulfur followed by a second-stage desulphurization to remove the remaining sulfur species. The process is integrated with effective sulfur recovery through direct elemental sulfur production during the regeneration of Fe/Ce based sorbents. Preliminary studies on sulfidation using a quartz fixed-bed reactor demonstrated that the Fe/Ce-based sorbents prepared in this study was able to remove >97% sulfur in the temperature range of 400-600°C. Simultaneous removal of organic and inorganic sulfur species was achieved.
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Conference (3 outputs)
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2011 |
Song H, Shah KV, Doroodchi E, Moghtaderi B, 'Thermogravimetric analysis of Ni0/Si02 oxygen carriers under CO/air environment for chemical looping combustion', Proceedings of the 11th Australian Combustion Symposium, Shoal Bay, NSW (2011) [E1]
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2010 |
Moghtaderi B, Song H, 'Reaction properties of mixed metal oxides for chemical looping combustion', Chemeca 2010: Proceedings of the 40th Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, Adelaide, Australia (2010) [E1]
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2006 |
Yu J, Song H, Chang L, Xie W, Xie K, 'A study on the ash from coal gangue fired power plant-characteristics and application', 23rd Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, PCC - Coal-Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (2006) Coal will continue to dominate China s energy supply in the future. The mining of coal creates large amount of gangue which not only occupies a large area of land but also generat... [more] Coal will continue to dominate China s energy supply in the future. The mining of coal creates large amount of gangue which not only occupies a large area of land but also generate environmental problems. On the other hand, coal gangue is a low calorific fuel which should be utilized properly. A few small power plants are current running or under construction in China. However, due to its high ash content, coal gangue generates a large amount of ash when it is combusted in power plants. The ash from power stations not only contributes to emissions of fine particulates in the air but also results in the contamination of soil. The utilization of coal gangue ash is therefore important to reduce China s environmental pollution. In this paper, current status of the research and development of gangue ash utilization in China is reviewed. The gangue ash has found its application in a wide range of areas, such as road construction, chemicals, agriculture fertilizers, etc. Some ash samples were collected by the authors from a coal gangue fired power plant in Fuxin, northeast China. Characteristics of the ash were analyzed by using XRD, SEM, Laser sizer and other techniques. Because of its physical structure (e.g., large surface area and porosity) and its composition (i.e., containing mainly SiO2, Al2O3 and CaO) the gangue ash has a potential in the application of iron-based sorbents for high temperature removal of hydrogen sulfide from coal gas. A desulphurization sorbent was prepared by using the mixture of iron oxide and the gangue ash collected from the power plant. The structure and property of the surbent were examined using XRD, SEM and other techniques.
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Report (1 outputs)
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2015 |
Moghtaderi B, Wall T, Doroodchi E, Shah K, Zhou C, Song H, 'Chemical Looping Oxygen Generation for Oxy-fuel Combustion: Final Report', Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research & Development, 94 (2015) [R1]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 3 |
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Total funding | $595,000 |
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20193 grants / $595,000
Computational Fluid Dynamic Modelling of a Generic VAM Abatement Plant Under Hot Flow Conditions$331,000
Funding body: Centennial Coal Company Limited - Fassifern
Funding body | Centennial Coal Company Limited - Fassifern |
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Project Team | Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Doctor Jafar Zanganeh, Doctor Zhengbiao Peng, Doctor Hui Song, Doctor Cheng Zhou |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1901008 |
Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
Category | 3100 |
UON | Y |
Simulation of VAM Fluid dynamic properties for a generic VAM abatement plant with out heat source (Cold Flow Modelling)$215,000
Funding body: Centennial Coal Company Limited - Fassifern
Funding body | Centennial Coal Company Limited - Fassifern |
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Project Team | Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Doctor Jafar Zanganeh, Doctor Zhengbiao Peng, Doctor Hui Song, Doctor Cheng Zhou |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1901007 |
Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
Category | 3100 |
UON | Y |
Modelling to determine the optimum gap distance between the mine fan outlet and VAM capture duct inlet$49,000
Funding body: Centennial Coal Company Limited - Fassifern
Funding body | Centennial Coal Company Limited - Fassifern |
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Project Team | Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Doctor Jafar Zanganeh, Doctor Zhengbiao Peng, Doctor Hui Song |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1900573 |
Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
Category | 3100 |
UON | Y |
Dr Hui Song
Position
Research Associate
School of Engineering
College of Engineering, Science and Environment
Contact Details
hui.song@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 40339351 |