Li-Jen (Eric) Hsu
PhD Candidate
BSc; MSc (Physics) (Chung Yuan Christian University (Taiwan))
Location: Room A305 Engineering Annex
Email: lhsu@chemeng.adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 3959
FAX: + 61 8 8303 4373
Supervisors
Dr Zeyad Alwahabi (School of Chemical Engineering)
Professor Keith King (School of Chemical Engineering)
Dr Peter Ashman (School of Chemical Engineering)
Professor Gus Nathan (School of Mechanical Engineering)
Research Topic
Alkali metals released from fuel combustion investigated by laser polarisation spectroscopy
Research Abstract
Metal emission can cause many issues to power plants and also to the public. The current work is to investigate how alkali metals, such as sodium and potassium, are released from fuel combustion. The further work will be focused on mercury release.
Laser diagnostic techniques will be applied to measure metal emission, such as laser induced fluorescence (LIF). LIF is a proven method to measure atomic molecules release from combustion. However, LIF measurement could be interfered by scattering signals from soot particles and background noises. In order to avoid these issues, laser polarisation spectroscopy (LPS) may be a good choice for this research.
LPS and LIF are eligible to detect emission of atomic metal which is the fundamental of metal emission from fuel combustion and also to provide quantitative data via calibration process. Therefore, metal emission can be monitored which provides possibility to reduce the emission.
Interests
- Renewable energy, Laser diagnostics, Combustion
Recent Publications
- Carbon nanotubes synthesized by chemical vapor deposition of pyrolytic methane. Thesis of M.S. (Taiwan)
- Patent in Republic of China: 『Equipment of improving the growth of carbon nanotube』with patent announcement number M241422 of Republic of China (Taiwan).
- Spray-coating process for preparing CNT-FED cathode, ISSN/0004-0966X/04/3502-0825, 2004 SID
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