postdoctoral research at School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology in 2020.

Research field: Coal catalytic hydrogasification to produce CH₄ and light hydrocarbon liquids; Hydropyrolysis and gasification of biomass; Numerical simulation of thermal conversion of carbonaceous fuel

Research results and main published thesis

1. Yan Shuai, Bi Jicheng, Qu Xuan. The behavior of catalysts in hydrogasification of sub-bituminous coal in pressured fluidized bed. Applied Energy 2017; 206: 406–412.

2. Yan Shuai, Zhang Jianshu, Yan Xiaoqiang, Pan Dengfeng, Ren Hui, Qu Xuan. Catalytic coal hydrogasification by cobalt-calcium catalyst in a pressurized fluidized bed: Role of hydropyrolysis and catalysis process. J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 2018; 135: 251–259.

3. Xuan Qu, Yan Shuai, Zhang Jianshu,Zheng Qi, An Yingbao. Role of cobalt and calcium on coal catalytic hydrogasification in a pressurized fluidized bed. Fuel 2019; 239: 347–356.

4. Zhang Feng, Sun Hao, Bi Jicheng, Qu Xuan, Yan Shuai, Zhang Jinli, Zhang Jianshu.The evolution of Fe and Fe-Ca catalysts during char catalytic hydrogasification. Fuel 2019; 257: 116040.

5. Sun Hao, Zhang Feng, Bi Jicheng, Qu Xuan, Yan Shuai, Zhang Jinli, Zhang Jianshu.Study of Cu−Ni−Ca Composite Catalysts in Catalytic Hydrogasification of Char. Energy Fuels 2019, 33, 9661−9670.

6. 张峰, 孙浩, 张建树, 严帅, 曲旋, 张荣, 毕继诚. Fe 的分散程度对煤焦催化加氢气化的影响.燃料化学学报2019; 47: 402-410.