Dr Hongyu Li

Research Fellow

Contact Information: Room 118, Applied Science Bldg The University of New South Wales Sydney, 2052, Australia Tel: +61-2-9385 4382 Fax: +61-2-9385 5966 Email: click here

• PhD, Faculty of Engineering, The University of New South Wales
  Thesis title: Mechanism study of pulsatile flow microfiltration
• MSc, Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, P. R. China
• BSc, Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, P.R. China

• Characterisation techniques for membranes, fouling, particle deposition and fluid dynamics in microfiltration and ultrafiltration processes including: Analytical
  • Techniques for characterisation of protein fouling and fouling layer evolution at various cleaning strategies
  Optical
  • Electron microscopic instruments (SEM, TEM, FESEM, AFM) and Synchrotron beams for non-invasive observation
  • Optical microscopy (DOTM) for particle deposition and critical flux observation
  • Application of Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV) and micro-PIV in study of fluid fields in submerged membrane system and in fluid layer adjacent to membrane surface
  • Digital video and photography techniques for characterisation of bubbling system in submerged membrane systems
• Fouling and particle deposition mechanisms studies and modelling for membrane process performance prediction and optimisation
• Application of pulsatile flows and intermittent operation in membrane processes for performance improvement.
• Integrated Membrane processes in water and wastewater treatment applications.

• V. Chen, H. Li and A. G. Fane, Non-invasive Observation of Synthetic Membrane Processes - A Review of Methods, J. Memb. Sci. 241 (2004), 23-44.
• H. Li, and A. G. Fane, Characteristics of membrane fouling by biological materials and optimal operating strategies for Membrane Broreactors, IMSTEC'03, Sydney, Australia, November 10-14, 2003.
• H. Li and A. G. Fane, H.G. L. Coster, S. Vigneswaran, Observation of deposition and removal behaviour of submicron bacteria on the membrane surface during crossflow microfiltraiton, J. Memb. Sci., 217 (2003), 29-41.
• P. R. Neal, H. Li and A. G. Fane and D. E. Wiley, The effect of filament orientation on critical flux and particle deposition in spacer-filled channels. J. Memb. Sci., 214 (2003), 165-178.
• H. Li and A. G. Fane, New insights into membrane operation revealed by direct observation through the membrane, Membrane Technology, No. 123, (July, 2000), 10-14.
• H. Li, A. G. Fane, H. G. L. Coster, S. Vigneswaran, An Assessment of Depolarisation Models of Crossflow Microfiltration by Direct Observation Through the Membrane, J. Memb. Sci. 172 (2000), 135-147.
• A.G. Fane, H. Li, P. Beatson and P.R. Neal, Critical flux phenomena and its implications for fouling in spiral-wound modules, Proceedings of International Desalination Association World Congress, Aug, 29, 1999, San Diego. (Awarded by the IDA for the best presentation)
• H. Li, A. G. Fane, H. G. L. Coster, S. Vigneswaran, Direct observation of particle deposition on the membrane surface during crossflow microfiltration, J. Memb. Sci. 149 (1998), 83-97.
• H. Li, C. D. Bertram and D. E. Wiley, The mechanisms by which pulsatile flow affects crossflow microfiltration, AIChE J. Vol. 44, No. 9,. (1998), 1950-1961.
• S. Chang, H. Li, and A. G. Fane, Characteristics of operation of rotating disk membrane filters, Environmental Engineering Research Event'98, Acoca Beach, NSW, Australia, p153-158.