Professor Meihong Wang

PhD, MSc, CEng, MIET

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor of Energy Systems

Professor Meihong Wang smiles as he stands in the Engineering Heartspace

meihong.wang@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7160

Room F61, Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Professor Meihong Wang
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Room F61
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

I was trained as a Process Engineer in China and moved to the UK in 1999 to join Imperial College London as Research Assistant (also part-time PhD at University College London), and then Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2002. From 2004 to 2006, I worked as Senior Engineer in Alstom Power, UK. From 2006 to 2012, I worked at Cranfield University as Lecturer in Process Systems Engineering and MSc Course Director. I joined the University of Hull in 2012 as Reader in Process and Energy Systems Engineering, was promoted to Professor in 2014. I began my position at the University of Sheffield in 2016.

Since 2007, I have been investigators in over 20 research grants with funding from UKRI (EPSRC and NERC), European Commission (FP7 and Horizon 2020) and Industry (RWE npower, Alstom and BF2RA).

I have published over 200 technical papers and industrial reports. One of my publications (Lazic et al., 2014) was awarded SAGE Best Paper Prize 2014 and also Ludwig Mond Prize 2014 by IMechE. Another paper (Wang et al., 2011) is the most cited paper in Chemical Engineering Research and Design since 2010. The paper (Aneke and Wang, 2016) was given the most cited Review Paper Award by Elsevier - Applied Energy Journal. I am also a joint winner of Nigeria Prize for Science 2019.

Qualifications

PhD in Advanced Process Control from Centre for Process Systems Engineering (CPSE) at University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London from Jan. 1999 to Dec. 2001. Viva held in Nov. 2002.
MSc in Process Control and Instrumentation from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China from Sept. 1992 to Jul. 1995.
Diploma in Process Control and Instrumentation from Nanjing Chemical Engineering and Power College (now part of Nanjing Normal University), China from Sept. 1985 to Jul. 1988.

Research interests

My main research areas is in Process/Energy Systems Engineering for Energy and Environment. The sub areas are:

Process Modelling, Simulation, Control and Optimisation
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)
Grid-scale Energy Storage
Bio-fuel Production
Power Plants
Refinery Planning and Scheduling
Process Control (e.g. Condition Monitoring and System Identification)

Publications

Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers

Journal articles

Hu G, Li X, Liu X, Hu J, Otitoju O, Wang M, Du W, Ye Z, Long J & Qian F (2023) Techno-economic evaluation of post-combustion carbon capture based on chemical absorption for the thermal cracking furnace in ethylene manufacturing. Fuel, 331, 125604-125604.
Al-Balushi FA, Burra KG, Chai Y & Wang M (2023) Co-pyrolysis of waste tyre and pine bark: Study of reaction kinetics and mechanisms. Biomass and Bioenergy, 168, 106654-106654.
Sun Z, Shao B, Zhang Y, Gao Z, Wang M, Liu H & Hu J (2022) Integrated CO2 capture and methanation from the intermediate-temperature flue gas on dual functional hybrids of AMS/CaMgO||Ni Co. Separation and Purification Technology, 122680-122680.
Liu Y, Yang M, Ding Y, Wang M & Qian F (2022) Process modelling, optimisation and analysis of heat recovery energy system for petrochemical industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 135133-135133.
Wang M-C, Marshman Z, Chen W-H & Shih W-Y (2022) A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a pilot school-based, toothbrushing programme. BMC Oral Health, 22(1). View this article in WRRO
Qian F, Bogle D, Wang M, Pistikopoulos S & Yan J (2022) Artificial intelligence for smart energy systems in process industries. Applied Energy, 324, 119684-119684.
Wang Q, Zheng C, Wu X & Wang M (2022) Robust monitoring of solvent based carbon capture process using deep learning network based moving horizon estimation. Fuel, 321, 124071-124071.
Li K, Yan S, Liu H, Li M & Wang M (2022) Editorial: advances in CCUS engineering technologies: processes, systems and applications. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10.
Akinola TE, Prado PLB & Wang M (2022) Experimental studies, molecular simulation and process modellingsimulation of adsorption-based post-combustion carbon capture for power plants: A state-of-the-art review. Applied Energy, 317, 119156.
Chai Y, Packham N & Wang M (2022) Process improvement analysis of pyrolysis/gasification of biomass and waste plastics with carbon capture and utilisation through process simulation. Fuel, 324.
Ding Y, Olumayegun O, Chai Y, Liu Y & Wang M (2022) Simulation, energy and exergy analysis of compressed air energy storage integrated with organic Rankine cycle and single effect absorption refrigeration for trigeneration application. Fuel, 317.
Kamkeng ADN & Wang M (2022) Long-term performance prediction of solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) for CO2/H2O co-electrolysis considering structural degradation through modelling and simulation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 429.
Shen F, Zhao L, Wang M, Du W & Qian F (2021) Data-driven adaptive robust optimization for energy systems in ethylene plant under demand uncertainty. Applied Energy. View this article in WRRO
Luo X, Wang M, Lee J & Hendry J (2021) Dynamic modelling based on surface renewal theory, model validation and process analysis of rotating packed bed absorber for carbon capture. Applied Energy, 301.
Otitoju O, Oko E & Wang M (2021) Technical and economic performance assessment of post-combustion carbon capture using piperazine for large scale natural gas combined cycle power plants through process simulation. Applied Energy, 292.
Kamkeng ADN, Wang M, Hu J, Du W & Qian F (2021) Transformation technologies for CO2 utilisation: Current status, challenges and future prospects. Chemical Engineering Journal, 409.
Shen F, Wang M, Huang L & Qian F (2021) Exergy analysis and multi-objective optimisation for energy system: a case study of a separation process in ethylene manufacturing. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 93, 394-406. View this article in WRRO
Shao B, Hu G, Alkebsi KAM, Ye G, Lin X, Du W, Hu J, Wang M, Liu H & Qian F (2020) Heterojunction-redox catalysts of FexCoyMg10CaO for high-temperature CO2 capture and in situ conversion in the context of green manufacturing. Energy & Environmental Science.
Akinola TE, Oko E, Wu X, Ma K & Wang M (2020) Nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) of the solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture process. Energy, 213.
Lin X, Shao B, Zhu J, Pan F, Hu J, Wang M & Liu H (2020) In situ electromagnetic induction heating for CO2 temperature swing adsorption on magnetic Fe3O4/N-doped porous carbon. Energy & Fuels, 34(11), 14439-14446.
Chai Y, Wang M, Gao N, Duan Y & Li J (2020) Experimental study on pyrolysis/gasification of biomass and plastics for H2 production under new dual-support catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal, 396. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Wang M & Lee KY (2020) Flexible operation of supercritical coal-fired power plant integrated with solvent-based CO2 capture through collaborative predictive control. Energy, 206. View this article in WRRO
Lu H, Wang H, Liu Y, Wang M, Hu J & Yang Q (2020) Substance transfer behavior controlled by droplet internal circulation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 393. View this article in WRRO
Liao P, Li Y, Wu X, Wang M & Oko E (2020) Flexible operation of large-scale coal-fired power plant integrated with solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture based on neural network inverse control. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 95. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Shen J, Wang M & Lee KY (2020) Intelligent predictive control of large-scale solvent-based CO2 capture plant using artificial neural network and particle swarm optimization. Energy, 196. View this article in WRRO
Wang C, Guo F, Li H, Xu J, Hu J, Liu H & Wang M (2020) A porous ionic polymer bionic carrier in a mixed matrix membrane for facilitating selective CO2 permeability. Journal of Membrane Science, 598. View this article in WRRO
Otitoju O, Oko E & Wang M (2020) A new method for scale-up of solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture process with packed columns. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 93. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Wang M, Liao P, Shen J & Li Y (2020) Solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture for power plants: A critical review and perspective on dynamic modelling, system identification, process control and flexible operation. Applied Energy, 257. View this article in WRRO
Oko E, Wang M & Ramshaw C (2019) Study of mass transfer correlations for rotating packed bed columns in the context of solvent-based carbon capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 91. View this article in WRRO
Yuan B, Zhang Y, Du W, Wang M & Qian F (2019) Assessment of energy saving potential of an industrial ethylene cracking furnace using advanced exergy analysis. Applied Energy, 254. View this article in WRRO
N.Borhani T & Wang M (2019) Role of solvents in CO2 capture processes : the review of selection and design methods. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 114. View this article in WRRO
Chai Y, Gao N, Wang M & Wu C (2019) H2 production from co-pyrolysis/gasification of waste plastics and biomass under novel catalyst Ni-CaO-C. Chemical Engineering Journal. View this article in WRRO
Olumayegun O & Wang M (2019) Dynamic modelling and control of supercritical CO2 power cycle using waste heat from industrial processes. Fuel, 249, 89-102. View this article in WRRO
Borhani TN, Oko E & Wang M (2019) Process modelling, validation and analysis of rotating packed bed stripper in the context of intensified CO2 capture with MEA. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 75, 285-295. View this article in WRRO
Meng H, Wang M, Olumayegun O, Luo X & Liu X (2019) Process design, operation and economic evaluation of compressed air energy storage (CAES) for wind power through modelling and simulation. Renewable Energy, 136, 923-936. View this article in WRRO
Liu L, Guo F, Xu J, Hu J, Wang H, Liu H & Wang M (2019) Adsorption-enhanced oxidative desulfurization by a task-specific pyridinium-based porous ionic polymer. Fuel, 244(ACS Sustain Chem Eng 5 2017), 439-446. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Shen J, Li Y, Wang M, Lawal A & Lee KY (2019) Dynamic behavior investigations and disturbance rejection predictive control of solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture process. Fuel, 242, 624-637. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Wang M, Shen J, Li Y, Lawal A & Lee KY (2019) Reinforced coordinated control of coal-fired power plant retrofitted with solvent based CO2 capture using model predictive controls. Applied Energy, 238, 495-515. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Wang M, Shen J, Li Y, Lawal A & Lee KY (2019) Flexible operation of coal fired power plant integrated with post combustion CO2 capture using model predictive control. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 82, 138-151. View this article in WRRO
Akinola TE, Oko E, Gu Y, Wei H & Wang M (2019) Non-linear system identification of solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture process. Fuel, 239, 1213-1223. View this article in WRRO
Akinola TE, Oko E & Wang M (2019) Study of CO2 removal in natural gas process using mixture of ionic liquid and MEA through process simulation. Fuel, 236, 135-146. View this article in WRRO
Olumayegun O, Wang M & Oko E (2019) Thermodynamic performance evaluation of supercritical CO2 closed Brayton cycles for coal-fired power generation with solvent-based CO2 capture. Energy, 166, 1074-1088. View this article in WRRO
Liao P, Wu X, Li Y, Wang M, Shen J, Lawal A & Xu C (2018) Application of piece-wise linear system identification to solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture. Fuel, 234, 526-537. View this article in WRRO
Borhani TN, Oko E & Wang M (2018) Process modelling and analysis of intensified CO2 capture using monoethanolamine (MEA) in rotating packed bed absorber. Journal of Cleaner Production, 204, 1124-1142. View this article in WRRO
Gao F, Huang J, Sun H, Hu J, Wang M, Mi J & Wu C (2018) CO2 capture using mesocellular siliceous foam (MCF)-supported CaO. Journal of the Energy Institute. View this article in WRRO
Diyoke C, Gao N, Aneke M, Wang M & Wu C (2018) Modelling of down-draft gasification of biomass - An integrated pyrolysis, combustion and reduction process. Applied Thermal Engineering, 142, 444-456. View this article in WRRO
Oko E, Zacchello B, Wang M & Fethi A (2018) Process analysis and economic evaluation of mixed aqueous ionic liquid and monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent for CO 2 capture from a coke oven plant. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 8(4), 686-700. View this article in WRRO
Oko E, Ramshaw C & Wang M (2018) Study of intercooling for rotating packed bed absorbers in intensified solvent-based CO 2 capture process. Applied Energy, 223, 302-316. View this article in WRRO
Li Z, Ding Z, Wang M & Oko E (2018) Model-free adaptive control for MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture processes. Fuel, 224, 637-643. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Shen J, Li Y, Wang M, Lawal A & Lee KY (2018) Nonlinear dynamic analysis and control design of a solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture process. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 115, 397-406. View this article in WRRO
Diyoke C, Aneke M, Wang M & Wu C (2018) Techno-economic analysis of wind power integrated with both compressed air energy storage (CAES) and biomass gasification energy storage (BGES) for power generation. RSC Advances, 8(39), 22004-22022. View this article in WRRO
Wu X, Shen J, Li Y, Wang M & Lawal A (2018) Flexible operation of post-combustion solvent-based carbon capture for coal-fired power plants using multi-model predictive control: A simulation study. Fuel, 220, 931-941. View this article in WRRO
Wei M, Qian F, Du W, Hu J, Wang M, Luo X & Yang M (2018) Study on the integration of fluid catalytic cracking unit in refinery with solvent-based carbon capture through process simulation. Fuel, 219, 364-374. View this article in WRRO
Li F, Zhang J, Shang C, Huang D, Oko E & Wang M (2018) Modelling of a post-combustion CO2 capture process using deep belief network. Applied Thermal Engineering, 130, 997-1003. View this article in WRRO
Meng H, Wang M, Aneke M, Luo X, Olumayegun O & Liu X (2018) Technical performance analysis and economic evaluation of a compressed air energy storage system integrated with an organic Rankine cycle. Fuel, 211, 318-330. View this article in WRRO
Joel AS, Wang M, Ramshaw C & Oko E (2017) Modelling, simulation and analysis of intensified regenerator for solvent based carbon capture using rotating packed bed technology. Applied Energy, 203, 11-25. View this article in WRRO
Olaleye AK & Wang M (2017) Conventional and advanced exergy analysis of post-combustion CO 2 capture based on chemical absorption integrated with supercritical coal-fired power plant. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 64, 246-256. View this article in WRRO
Huang J, Hu J, Du W, Liu H, Qian F & Wang M (2017) Ultrafast synthesis of 13X@NaA composites through plasma treatment for highly selective carbon capture. J. Mater. Chem. A, 5(35), 18801-18807. View this article in WRRO
Zhang W, Chen J, Luo X & Wang M (2017) Modelling and process analysis of post-combustion carbon capture with the blend of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol and piperazine. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 63, 37-46. View this article in WRRO
Luo X & Wang M (2017) Study of solvent-based carbon capture for cargo ships through process modelling and simulation. Applied Energy, 195, 402-413. View this article in WRRO
Li Z, Ding Z & Wang M (2017) Optimal Bidding and Operation of a Power Plant with Solvent-Based Carbon Capture under a CO 2 Allowance Market: A Solution with a Reinforcement Learning-Based Sarsa Temporal-Difference Algorithm. Engineering, 3(2), 257-265. View this article in WRRO
Luo X & Wang M (2017) Improving Prediction Accuracy of a Rate-Based Model of an MEA-Based Carbon Capture Process for Large-Scale Commercial Deployment. Engineering, 3(2), 232-243. View this article in WRRO
Olumayegun O, Wang M & Kelsall G (2017) Thermodynamic analysis and preliminary design of closed Brayton cycle using nitrogen as working fluid and coupled to small modular Sodium-cooled fast reactor (SM-SFR). Applied Energy, 191, 436-453. View this article in WRRO
Zacchello B, Oko E, Wang M & Fethi A (2017) Process simulation and analysis of carbon capture with an aqueous mixture of ionic liquid and monoethanolamine solvent. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 4(1), 25-32. View this article in WRRO
Li F, Zhang J, Oko E & Wang M (2017) Modelling of a post-combustion CO2 capture process using extreme learning machine. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 4(1), 33-40. View this article in WRRO
Wang M & Oko E (2017) Special issue on carbon capture in the context of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 4(1), 1-4. View this article in WRRO
Oko E, Wang M & Joel AS (2017) Current status and future development of solvent-based carbon capture. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 4(1), 5-14. View this article in WRRO
Xue B, Yu Y, Chen J, Luo X & Wang M (2016) A comparative study of MEA and DEA for post-combustion CO2 capture with different process configurations. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology. View this article in WRRO
Aneke M & Wang M (2016) Energy storage technologies and real life applications – A state of the art review. Applied Energy, 179, 350-377. View this article in WRRO
Olumayegun O, Wang M & Kelsall G (2016) Closed-cycle gas turbine for power generation: A state-of-the-art review. Fuel, 180, 694-717. View this article in WRRO
Luo X & Wang M (2016) Optimal operation of MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture for natural gas combined cycle power plants under different market conditions. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 48, 312-320.
Li XG, Wang J, Cong S, Luo XB, Wang MH & Li H (2016) Development and simulation of a novel oil absorption process for recovering ethylene from refinery dry gas. Huaxue Gongcheng/Chemical Engineering (China), 44(2), 1-6.
Wang M, Joel AS, Ramshaw C, Eimer D & Musa NM (2015) Process intensification for post-combustion CO2 capture with chemical absorption: A critical review. Applied Energy, 158, 275-291.
Nwokoagbara E, Olaleye AK & Wang M (2015) Biodiesel from microalgae: The use of multi-criteria decision analysis for strain selection. Fuel, 159, 241-249.
Wu C, Budarin VL, Wang M, Sharifi V, Gronnow MJ, Wu Y, Swithenbank J, Clark JH & Williams PT (2015) CO2 gasification of bio-char derived from conventional and microwave pyrolysis. Applied Energy, 157, 533-539.
Luo X, Wang M, Li X, Li Y, Chen C & Sui H (2015) Modelling and process analysis of hybrid hydration–absorption column for ethylene recovery from refinery dry gas. Fuel, 158, 424-434.
Liu X, Chen J, Luo X, Wang M & Meng H (2015) Study on heat integration of supercritical coal-fired power plant with post-combustion CO2 capture process through process simulation. Fuel, 158, 625-633.
Aneke M & Wang M (2015) Process analysis of pressurized oxy-coal power cycle for carbon capture application integrated with liquid air power generation and binary cycle engines. Applied Energy, 154, 556-566.
Li F, Zhang J, Oko E & Wang M (2015) Modelling of a post-combustion CO2 capture process using neural networks. Fuel, 151, 156-163.
Luo X, Wang M & Chen J (2015) Heat integration of natural gas combined cycle power plant integrated with post-combustion CO2 capture and compression. FUEL, 151, 110-117.
Oko E, Wang M & Zhang J (2015) Neural network approach for predicting drum pressure and level in coal-fired subcritical power plant. Fuel, 151, 139-145.
Olaleye AK, Wang M & Kelsall G (2015) Steady state simulation and exergy analysis of supercritical coal-fired power plant with CO2 capture. Fuel, 151, 57-72.
Aneke M & Wang M (2015) Potential for improving the energy efficiency of cryogenic air separation unit (ASU) using binary heat recovery cycles. Applied Thermal Engineering, 81, 223-231.
Oko E, Wang M & Olaleye AK (2015) Simplification of detailed rate-based model of post-combustion CO2 capture for full chain CCS integration studies. Fuel, 142, 87-93.
Wang M & Oko E (2015) Modelling a fast track to CCS. TCE The Chemical Engineer(886), 46-48.
Joel AS, Wang M & Ramshaw C (2015) Modelling and simulation of intensified absorber for post-combustion CO2 capture using different mass transfer correlations. Applied Thermal Engineering, 74, 47-53.
Canepa R & Wang M (2015) Techno-economic analysis of a CO2 capture plant integrated with a commercial scale combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant. Applied Thermal Engineering, 74, 10-19.
Olaleye AK, Adedayo KJ, Wu C, Nahil MA, Wang M & Williams PT (2014) Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system. Fuel, 137, 364-374.
Luo X, Wang M, Oko E & Okezue C (2014) Simulation-based techno-economic evaluation for optimal design of CO 2 transport pipeline network. Applied Energy, 132, 610-620.
Oko E & Wang M (2014) Dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of coal-fired subcritical power plant. Fuel, 135, 292-300.
Lazic T, Oko E & Wang M (2014) Case study on CO2 transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 228(3), 210-225.
Olaleye AK & Wang M (2014) Techno-economic analysis of chemical looping combustion with humid air turbine power cycle. Fuel, 124, 221-231.
Joel AS, Wang M, Ramshaw C & Oko E (2014) Process analysis of intensified absorber for post-combustion CO2 capture through modelling and simulation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 21, 91-100.
Hamisu AA, Kabantiok S & Wang M (2013) Refinery scheduling of crude oil unloading with tank inventory management. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 55, 134-147.
Wang M & Lawal A (2013) Special issue on process and mechanical engineering for carbon capture and transport. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 227(2), 87-88.
Canepa R, Wang M, Biliyok C & Satta A (2013) Thermodynamic analysis of combined cycle gas turbine power plant with post-combustion CO2 capture and exhaust gas recirculation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 227(2), 89-105.
Lawal A, Wang M, Stephenson P & Obi O (2012) Demonstrating full-scale post-combustion CO2 capture for coal-fired power plants through dynamic modelling and simulation. Fuel, 101, 115-128.
Huang Y, Wang M, Stephenson P, Rezvani S, McIlveen-Wright D, Minchener A, Hewitt N, Dave A & Fleche A (2012) Hybrid coal-fired power plants with CO2 capture: A technical and economic evaluation based on computational simulations. Fuel, 101, 244-253.
Biliyok C, Lawal A, Wang M & Seibert F (2012) Dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of post-combustion chemical absorption CO2 capture plant. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 9, 428-445.
Berreni M & Wang M (2011) Modelling and dynamic optimization of thermal cracking of propane for ethylene manufacturing. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 35(12), 2876-2885.
Wang M, Lawal A, Stephenson P, Sidders J & Ramshaw C (2011) Post-combustion CO2 capture with chemical absorption: A state-of-the-art review. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 89(9), 1609-1624.
Lawal A, Wang M & Stephenson P (2011) Investigating the dynamic response of CO2 chemical absorption process in enhanced- O2 coal power plant with post-combustion CO2 capture. Energy Procedia, 4, 1035-1042.
Lawal A, Wang M, Stephenson P, Koumpouras G & Yeung H (2010) Dynamic modelling and analysis of post-combustion CO2 chemical absorption process for coal-fired power plants. Fuel, 89(10), 2791-2801.
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Gao G-Y, Wang M, Ramshaw C, Li X-G & Yeung H (2009) Optimal operation of tubular reactors for naphtha cracking by numerical simulation. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 4(6), 885-892.
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Chapters

Luo X & Wang M (2018) Optimal Operation of MEA-Based Post-combustion Carbon Capture Process for Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants, Exergy for A Better Environment and Improved Sustainability 2 (pp. 299-313). Springer International Publishing
Joel A, Olaleye A, Lee J, Wu K, Kim D, Shah N, Kolster C, Dowell N, Wang M, Ramshaw C , Luo X et al (2017) 12 Carbon Capture, Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (pp. 457-632). CRC Press
Mujtaba I, Srinivasan R, Elbashir N, Joel A, Olaleye A, Lee J, Wu K, Kim D, Shah N, Kolster C , Dowell N et al (2017) The Water–Food–Energy Nexus, The Water–Food–Energy Nexus (pp. 457-632).
Lawal A, Rodriguez J, Ramos A, Sanchis G, Calado M, Oko E & Wang M (2017) Chapter 18 Improved design and operation of post-combustion CO2 capture processes with process modelling In Papadopoulos AI & Seferlis P (Ed.), Process Systems and Materials for CO2 Capture Modelling, Design, Control and Integration John Wiley & Sons
Olaleye AK, Wang M, Xu C & Kelsall G (2016) Dynamic Modelling, Validation and Analysis of Coal-fired Supercritical Once-through Boiler-Turbine-Generator Systems Under Stringent UK Grid Requirement, Clean Coal Technology and Sustainable Development (pp. 621-627). Springer Singapore
Lawal A, Rodriguez J, Ramos A, Sanchis G, Calado M, Samsatli N, Oko E & Wang M () Improved Design and Operation of Post-combustion CO2Capture Processes with Process Modelling, Process Systems and Materials for CO2Capture (pp. 463-499). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() The Water–Food–Energy Nexus CRC Press

Conference proceedings papers

Liao P, Wu X & Wang M (2022) Intelligent scheduling and flexible operation for the commercial-scale coal-fired power plant integrated with post-combustion carbon capture. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Vol. 55(9) (pp 553-558)
Oko E, Akinola TE, Cheng C-H, Wang M, Chen J & Ramshaw C (2019) Experimental study of CO2 solubility in high concentration MEA solution for intensified solvent-based carbon capture. MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol. 272 (pp 01004-01004)
Zhu J, Wu X, Shen J & Wang M (2019) Generalized active disturbance rejection control for the boiler-turbine unit using multi-objective optimization and extended state observer. MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol. 272 (pp 01002-01002)
Sha P, Wu X, Shen J, Liu X & Wang M (2019) Data-driven state monitoring of air preheater using density peaks clustering and evidential Knearest neighbour classifier. MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol. 272 (pp 01003-01003)
Liao P, Wu X, Li Y, Wang M, Shen J, Sun B & Pan L (2019) Flexible operation of coal-fired power plant integrated with post-combustion CO2 capture. Energy Procedia, Vol. 158 (pp 4810-4815)
Hachem H, Gheith R, Aloui F, Nasrallah SB & Wang M (2018) A CFD Analysis of the Air Flow Through the Stirling Engine’s Singularities (pp 271-287)
Olaleye AK & Wang M (2018) Conventional and Advanced Exergy Analysis of Post-combustion CO2 Capture in the Context of Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plant (pp 1235-1248)
Zacchello B, Oko E, Wang M & Aloui F (2018) Technical and Economic Analysis of Ionic Liquid-Based Post-combustion CO2 Capture Process (pp 1393-1411)
Luo X & Wang M (2018) Optimal Operation of MEA-Based Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Process for Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants (pp 1377-1391)
Aneke M & Wang M (2017) Thermodynamic Comparison of alternative Biomass Gasification Techniques for producing Syngas for Gas Turbine Application. Energy Procedia, Vol. 142 (pp 829-834) View this article in WRRO
Oko E, Ramshaw C & Wang M (2017) Study of absorber intercooling in solvent-based CO 2 capture based on rotating packed bed technology. Energy Procedia, Vol. 142 (pp 3511-3516) View this article in WRRO
Li Z, Ding Z & Wang M (2017) Operation and Bidding Strategies of Power Plants with Carbon Capture. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Vol. 50(1) (pp 3244-3249)
Liao P, Li Y, Wang M, Wu X & Shen J (2017) Review of dynamic modelling, system identification and control scheme in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture process. Energy Procedia, Vol. 142 (pp 3505-3510) View this article in WRRO
Oko E, Wang M & Ramshaw C (2017) Study of Mass Transfer Correlations for Intensified Absorbers in Post-combustion CO2 Capture Based on Chemical Absorption. Energy Procedia, Vol. 114 (pp 1630-1636) View this article in WRRO
Joel AS & Wang M (2017) Preliminary Performance Assessment of Intensified Stripper in Post-combustion Carbon Capture through Modelling and Simulation. Energy Procedia, Vol. 114 (pp 1637-1642) View this article in WRRO
Li F, Zhang J, Oko E & Wang M (2016) Modelling of a post-combustion CO2 capture process using extreme learning machine. 2016 21st International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), 29 August 2016 - 1 September 2016.
Olaleye AK, Oko E, Wang M & Kelsall G (2016) Dynamic Modelling and Analysis of Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plant Integrated with Post-combustion CO2 Capture (pp 359-363)
Bai Z, Li F, Zhang J, Oko E, Wang M, Xiong Z & Huang D (2016) Modelling of a Post-combustion CO2 Capture Process Using Bootstrap Aggregated Extreme Learning Machines, Vol. 38 (pp 2007-2012)
Olaleye A, Wang M & Kelsall G (2015) Dynamic modelling of steam generation in once-through supercritical boiler: Distributed vs Lumped parameter approach. Industrial Furnaces and Boilers (Infub-10)
oko E & Wang M (2015) Neural network model predictive controller for drum level control in coal-fired subcritical power plants. Industrial Furnaces and Boilers (Infub-10)
Aneke M & Wang M (2015) Improving the Energy Efficiency of Cryogenic Air Separation Units (ASU) through Compressor Waste Heat Recovery using Direct Binary Heat Engine Cycle (pp 2375-2380)
Olaleye A & Wang M (2014) Technical and Economic Analysis of Chemical Looping Combustion with Humid Air Turbine Power Cycle (pp 1123-1128)
Pacheco KA, Li Y & Wang M (2014) Study of Integration of Cryogenic Air Energy Storage and Coal Oxy-fuel Combustion through Modelling and Simulation (pp 1537-1542)
Luo X, Mistry K, Okezue C, Wang M, Cooper R, Oko E & Field J (2014) Process Simulation and Analysis for CO2 Transport Pipeline Design and Operation – Case Study for the Humber Region in the UK (pp 1633-1638)
Biliyok C, Canepa R, Wang M & Yeung H (2013) Techno-Economic Analysis of a Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant with CO2 Capture (pp 187-192)
Hamisu AA, Kabantiok S & Wang M (2013) An improved MILP model for scheduling crude oil unloading, storage and processing (pp 631-636)
Girei SA, Wang M & Hamisu AA (2013) Heat Exchanger Network Design and Economic Analysis for Coal-fired Power Plant retrofitted with CO2 Capture (pp 433-438)
Bello BZ, Nwokoagbara E & Wang M (2012) Comparative Techno-economic Analysis of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae via Transesterification Methods (pp 132-136)
Biliyok C, Lawal A, Wang M & Seibert F (2012) Dynamic Validation of Model for Post-Combustion Chemical Absorption CO2 Capture Plant (pp 807-811)
Ejikeme-Ugwu E & Wang M (2012) Aggregate Model for Refinery Production Planning (pp 917-921)
Bello BZ, Nwokoagbara E & Wang M (2012) Comparative Techno-economic Analysis of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae via Transesterification Methods. 22 EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS ENGINEERING, Vol. 30 (pp 132-136)
Berreni M & Wang M (2011) Modelling and dynamic optimisation for optimal operation of industrial tubular reactor for propane cracking (pp 955-959)
Ejikeme-Ugwu E, Liu S & Wang M (2011) Integrated Refinery Planning under Product Demand Uncertainty (pp 950-954)
Zakari BY & Wang M (2010) Modelling and simulation of biomass to liquid process by biomass integrated gasification and Fischer-Tropsch (BIG-FT) synthesis. Renewable and Alternative Energy Society of Nigeria, Federal University of Technology, OWERRI (FUTO)
Lawal A, Wang M, Stephenson P & Yeung H (2009) Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of CO2 Chemical Absorption Process for Coal-Fired Power Plants (pp 1725-1730)
Gao G-Y, Wang M, Pantelides CC, Li X-G & Yeung H (2009) Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Operation of Industrial Tubular Reactor for Naphtha Cracking (pp 501-506)
Wang M & Patel VC (2006) The development of a virtual plant demonstration model. 18th International Conference on System Engineering
Wang M & Patel VC (2006) VPDM: enabling framework for secure distributed whole power plant modeling. UK Automatic Control International Conference (UKACC)
Wang M & Sutton R (2005) System identification of a remotely-operated flight vehicle. Proceedings of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Part A: Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology(6) (pp 17-22)
Wang M, Sutton R & Chudley J (2004) The application of closed loop identification methods to a remotely operated flight vehicle. Advances in Technology for Underwater Vehicles, Oceanology International 2004 (pp 70-81)
Wang M & Sutton R (2004) Model predictive control of a remotely operated flight vehicle. Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS 2004) (pp 327-332)
Wang M, Thornhill NF & Huang B (2002) CLOSED LOOP IDENTIFICATION BASED ON QUANTIZATION. IFAC Proceedings Volumes, Vol. 35(1) (pp 319-324)
Wang M, Zhang XS, WANG DF & LI WX (1995) Software Development of the computer-controlled system for the manufacturing process of bursting disc. Proceedings of the Association of China Process Control and Instrumentation

Research group

Current PhD students

Mr O. Otitoju - Study of solvent-based carbon capture using RPB absorber and microwave regeneration technology through process modelling and simulation – Sponsored by PTDF Nigeria – from Oct. 2017 to Jan. 2022
Mr Y. Chai - Study of Pyrolysis and Gasification of Biomass and Waste Plastics – Sponsor: part of Uni. of Sheffield Scholarship & part self-funded - from Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2021.
Miss P. L. Bonilla Prado – Molecular simulation and process simulation of solid adsorbents for industrial carbon capture – Sponsored by Mexico National Council of Science and Technology – from Jan. 2018 to Dec. 2021
Miss A. Kamkeng – Process simulation and analysis of CO₂ Utilisation through SOEC and FTS – Sponsor: part of Uni. of Sheffield Scholarship & part self-funded – from May 2018 to May 2022
Miss F. Al Balushi – Modelling/Simulation and Analysis of Pyrolysis and Gasification of Biomass and Waste Tyre – Sponsor: Oman Government – from Jan. 2019 to Jan. 2023.
Miss S. Albdairat – Process control of power plant with carbon capture – Sponsor: Jordan Government – from Feb. 2019 to Feb. 2023
Mr M. Arishi – Solvent-based PCC for NGCC Power Plants – Sponsor: Saudi Arabia Government – from Oct. 2019 to Oct. 2023.
Mr Y. Ding – CAES in the context of Wind – Sponsor: part of Uni. of Sheffield Scholarship & part self-funded – from Feb. 2020 to Feb. 2024.
Mr M. N. Bin Morad – Study of Pyrolysis and Gasification of Biomass and Waste – Sponsor: Malaysia Government – from Feb. 2020 to Feb. 2024.
Mr Y. Han – Direct Air Capture and CO₂ Utilisation – Sponsor: part of Uni. of Sheffield Scholarship & part self-funded – from 2020 to Sept. 2024.
Mr David Aliaga – Energy Storage – Sponsor: Chile Government – from Feb. 2021 to Feb. 2025
Miss J. Ren – Carbon Capture for power plants - Sponsor: part of Uni. of Sheffield Scholarship & self-funded - from Feb. 2021 to Feb. 2025
Mr Y. Li - Carbon Capture - Sponsor: self-funded - from Feb. 2021 to Feb. 2025
Mr Y. Zhang - Modelling and analysis of thermal cracking furnace in ethylene manufacturing - Sponsor: self-funded - from Mar. 2021 to Mar. 2025.

Postdoc Researchers
Dr O. Olumayegun – funded by EPSRC & BEIS - from Dec. 2017 to present
Dr X. Wu – Newton International Fund (NIF), Royal Society – from Apr. 2019 to Oct. 2021
Dr Toluleke E. Akinola – EPSRC & BEIS - from Mar. 2020 to present

Grants

Aug. 2021 to Jul. 2025 – European Commission – EU RISE - Smart and CO₂ neutral Olefin Production by arTificial Intelligence and MAchine Learning (OPTIMAL), total budget €1,205 k (European partners €772.8 k and Chinese partners €433 k). My own share €367,080. Grant Agreement No: 101007963.
Apr. 2021 to Nov. 2021 – EPSRC IAA - Scale-up of RPB Absorber, £33,428.
Mar. 2019 to Oct. 2021 – Royal Society – to host Sino-British Research Fellow (part of Newton International Fellow) - £80,332
Sept. 2018 to Jul. 2021 – Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) UK – Visiting Professorship £29,925
Jan. 2018 to Sept. 2021 – UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Advancing RPB Technology for Reduced CO₂ Emissions (ARTEMIS), total budget £890 k (£165,000 to my Group).
Apr. 2017 to Mar. 2022: Co-I of the Consortium UK CCS Research Centre, total budget £6.23 million (£89,000 to my Group). EPSRC Ref: EP/P026214/1.
Oct. 2016 to Sept. 2019: Co-I of the Consortium (and PI at Sheffield) for EU H2020 Systematic design and testing of advanced rotating packed bed process and phase change solvents for intensified post-combustion CO₂ capture (ROLINCAP), total project budget: €3.2 million (€337,000 to my group), in collaboration with Greece, Sweden, Germany and other UK partners. Project ID: 727503
Oct. 2016 to Jan. 2020: Co-I of the Consortium (and PI at Sheffield) for EPSRC funded project: Novel adsorbents applied to integrated energy-efficient industrial CO₂ capture, total project budget: £985 k (£298,713 to my group). EPSRC Ref: EP/N024540/1
Oct. 2016 to Jul. 2020: Co-I of the Consortium (and PI at Sheffield) for EPSRC funded project: A compact CO₂ capture process to combat industrial emissions, total project budget: £982 k (£274,755 to my group). EPSRC Ref: EP/N024672/1
Oct. 2014 to Jun. 2019: PI for EPSRC funded consortium project ‘Process Intensification for Post-combustion Carbon Capture using Rotating Packed Bed through Systems Engineering Techniques’ – total grant value £1.27 million (£347,000 to my group). EPSRC Ref: EP/M001458/1 & EP/M001458/2
Jan. 2015 to Aug. 2018: Co-I of the consortium (and PI at Sheffield) for EPSRC funded project: Novel low energy plasma/catalytic gas cleaning process to deliver high quality syngas from the gasification of waste biomass, total project budget: £912 k (£217,000 to my group). EPSRC Ref: EP/M013162/1
May 2015 to Oct. 2016: CI (and PI at Hull) for DECC (UK Government) funded project: Process Intensification for carbon capture with new solvents, total project budget £167.5 k and £63,000 to my group
Jan. 2015 to Dec. 2018: CI (and PI at Sheffield) for EU Horizon 2020 RISE funded project Development of flexible pyrolysis-catalysis processing of waste plastics for selective production of high value products through research and innovation, PI at University of Leeds, total funding €405 k and €108,000 to my group, Proposal Ref: 643322-FLEXI-PYROCAT
ALSTOM Power sponsored PhD studentship £50,000 from Jan. 2014 to Nov. 2017 – Supercritical CO₂ Brayton Cycle Feasibility Study – Power Conversion System Operation.
Project coordinator (i.e. PI): €352.8k funded by EU Marie Curie IRSES from Jan. 2014 to Dec. 2017. The project includes 6 partners. Project title: Research and Development in Coal-fired Supercritical Power Plant with Post-combustion Carbon Capture using Process Systems Engineering techniques (Acronym: R-D-CSPP-PCC-PSE) – Grant Agreement no. PIRSES-GA-2013-612230
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China: Scheme - Collaborations between China and Europe for Process Energy Saving: TianJin University and University of Hull won 1.4 million RMB. 400 k RMB (£43.8 k) to University of Hull (from Jan. 2014 to Jan. 2016).
EPSRC Capital Investment on Energy Storage – £180 k to my group from Sept. 2013 to Mar. 2015. The total grant is around £3 million. I am the only CI outside Birmingham University. EPSRC Ref: EP/L017725/1
Principal Investigator at Cranfield University: £332 k from Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) with project title Multiscale whole systems modeling and analysis for CO₂ capture, transport and storage from Jun. 2010 to Dec. 2014. The other partners are Imperial College London, British Geological Survey and University of Sussex. The total project budget is £1.42 million. Ref: NE/H013865/1
Co-Investigator for Gas-FACTS project: Gas – Future Advanced Capture Technology Options – EPSRC funded Consortium Proposal by Cranfield/Hull, Edinburgh, Imperial, Leeds and Sheffield - the total project budget: £2.46 million (from Oct. 2012 to Dec. 2015) and £100 k was my share.
Principal Investigator: £50 k funded by BF2RA for PhD studentship from Mar. 2011 to Dec. 2015 on dynamic modelling for supercritical coal-fired power plant with carbon capture. This project collaborates with ALSTOM Power and E.ON UK.
EU (Leonardo da Vinci) Agreement No. 2009-1-FR1-LEO05-06761 from Oct. 2009 to Sept. 2011 with project title Distance Skill Transfer Validation Assessment System (DSTVAS) – PI at Cranfield University with €70.7k to my Group.
Principal Investigator: £61.828k from EPSRC DTA for PhD studentship from May 2008 to May 2011. Project title: Dynamic modelling and simulation of Thermal Cracking Furnace in Ethylene plant.
Principal Investigator: £33.75k funded by RWE npower for PhD project from Nov. 2007 to Nov. 2010 with Project title: Dynamic modelling and simulation of CO₂ capture plant.

Professional activities

Invited to be EPSRC Peer Review College Member since Sept. 2012.
EPSRC Panel Member: (1) Invited to be EPSRC Panel Member for Conventional Power Generation in Dec. 2014; (2) Invited to be EPSRC Panel Member for in Adventures in Energy (sift) in Jul. 2015;
Invited to proposal review for South Africa National Research Foundation in 2016 & proposal review and panel meeting by Norway Research Council in 2017 & proposal reviews by University of Ghent in Belgium in 2014.
Invited to be Member for EPSRC funded H2FC Supergen Hub Science Board from Jul. 2013
Invited to be Member of the Science Board of the EPSRC funded Energy Storage Supergen Hub from 2015
Invited to be academic Member of the EPSRC funded UK CCS Research Centre (UKCCSRC) from Jul. 2012
Invited to be Member of UKCCSRC Scientific Council from Aug. 2017
Invited to be member of Scientific Committee and Session chair for 7^th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, (IEEES7) held in Valenciennes, France in April 2015.
Invited to be Organising Committee Member and Programme Sub-Group Coordinator for 10^th European Conference on Coal Research and Its Application (ECCRIA 10) held at University of Hull, UK in Sept. 2014.
Invited to be Member of Science Committee for 22^ndEuropean Symposium of Computer-Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE22). The conference was held in Jun. 2012 in London.
Advisory Board Member, Guest Editor (from Jan. 2012) and then Associate Editor (from Jan. 2017 to Jul. 2018) for Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (IMechE Part E)
Advisory Board Member and Guest Editor (from Aug. 2015) for International Journal of Coal Science and Technology.

Experience

Sept. 2016 to present: Professor of Energy Systems Engineering at The University of Sheffield, UK.
Aug. 2014 to Sept 2016: Professor in Process and Energy Systems Engineering and CCUS at the University of Hull, UK.
Oct. 2012 to Jul. 2014: Reader in Process Systems Engineering and CCUS at University of Hull, UK.
Sept. 2006 to Sept. 2012: MSc Course Director for Carbon Capture and Transport & Lecturer in Process Systems Engineering at School of Engineering, Cranfield University, UK.
Jun. 2004 to Sept. 2006: Senior Engineer at ALSTOM Power Technology Centre, UK.
Mar. 2003 to May 2004: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Plymouth.
Jan. 1999 to Mar. 2003: Research Assistant and then Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CPSE, Imperial College London, UK.
Sept. 1995 to Dec. 1998: Lecturer in Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China.
Aug. 1988 to Aug. 1992: Assistant Process Engineer in Jiangsu Province Chemical Fertilizer Plant, China.