Experimental and CFD modelling study of Fluid dynamic.

Dr. Guang Li has been committed to studying hydrodynamics occurring in various types of chemical reactors and other process equipment through both experimental measurement and numerical simulation for years. The research team has developed a number of  advanced optical measurement techniques for investigating the fluid dynamics, including laser Doppler anemometry, hot-wire anemometry and particle image velocimeter, enabling to perform cuttingin -edge research work in exploring fluid flow behavior and fostering development of new industrial equipment.

Process intensification and green reaction engineering

Another research area of Dr. Li Guang is to develop process intensification technologies by designing and customizing novel chemical reactors from the perspective of coordinating the hydrodynamics and kinetics of specific chemical reactions. Flow chemistry is the most popular research direction for fine chemistry, nanomaterials, pharmaceutical industry in recent years, which is also one of the important application fields of process intensification technologies developed by our research group.

Specific research topics:

·        Fluid mechanics and multiphase flow 

·        Chemical engineering and chemical reactors

·        Flow chemistry and hardware design

·        Crystallization/precipitation process and particle controllable synthesis

·        Engineering functional particle materials and production

·        Ionic liquid and large-scale production technology

Funded Research Projects:

• A Continuous Flow Skid-mounted Production System for Micro-Nano Silver Powder, UNNC, Feb 2026 - Feb 2027,¥300K, PI

•  Conductive Materials for Electronic Industry, Ningbo XX Electronic Materials Co., Ltd., Oct. 2023 – Oct. 2025., ¥300K, PI

• Development and Demonstration of Key Technologies for Bio-based Environmentally Friendly High-end Materials, Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (Key Project), Grant No. REMT202209001, Jul. 2022 – Jul. 2025., ¥500K, PI
• Development of XXX Continuous Flow Process and Equipment, Zhejiang XX Chemical Co., Ltd., Grant No. H02202207002, Sep. 2022 – Jul. 2024. ¥380K, PI
• Optimization of Roller Kiln Structure and Sintering Process for the Solid-phase Sintering of Multi-element Cathode Materials, Ningbo XX New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., 2021 – 2022. ¥300K, PI
• Development and Industrial Application of Key Technologies for Continuous Production of Lithium Battery Multi-element Cathode Precursor Materials, Ningbo Major Science and Technology Tackling Project, 2021 – 2023. ¥450K, PI
• Mesoscale Gas-solid Interaction, Solid-liquid Turbulence and Bubble-induced Turbulence Coupling and Control in Gas-liquid-solid Three-phase Flow Bubble Column Reactors, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Sino-German Cooperation Project), Grant No. 21761132026, Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2020. ¥2.1 M, CoI
• Mechanism Study on Mesoscale Solid-liquid Turbulence and Bubble-induced Turbulence Coupling and Control in Gas-liquid-solid Three-phase Flow Bubble Column Reactors, Major Research Plan Cultivation Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 91534118, Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2018.  ¥780k, CoI
• Reaction-flow Coupling Mechanism and Control in the Preparation of Fine Powder Materials in Combined Reactors, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21576141, Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2019. ¥760k, CoI
• Fluid Dynamic Mechanism of Efficient and Controllable Preparation of Lithium-ion Battery Multi-element Cathode Precursor Materials in Novel Taylor Reactors, Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, Grant No. LY15B060001, Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2017. ¥100k, CoI
• Solid-liquid Two-phase Flow, Mass Transfer Performance and Regulation Rules of Fine Particles in Taylor Reactors, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21606259, Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2019. ¥230k, PI
• Turbulence Characteristics and Enhancement Mechanism of Transport Process in Ultrasound-impinging Stream Reactors, Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2022.¥90k, PI