报告人：Meihong Wang， Professor of University of Sheffield      

时间：14:30-16:30 PM, 2023年4月14日

地点：创新港1号巨构6118室

邀请人：严俊杰教授，种道彤教授

(1) 报告题目:

Modelling, Simulation, Analysis and Optimization of Thermal Cracking Furnace for Ethylene Manufacturing

(2) 报告简介:

The seminar will start with an introduction to Ethylene production worldwide (demand, energy consumption and CO2 emissions), followed by motivations of this research. The main part will be our research on modelling, analysis and optimisation of plug flow reactor (PFR) in Radiation section. Then the topic will be extended to our current research efforts to compare different diluents in PFR through modelling\simulation. We also investigated how to improve the thermal energy efficiency of the whole thermal cracking furnace through exergy analysis. Finally we present a study to apply post-combustion carbon capture based on chemical absorption to thermal cracking furnace in ethylene plants.

(3) 报告人简介：

Professor Meihong Wang leads Process and Energy Systems Engineering Research Group at University of Sheffield, UK with expertise in modelling, optimization and control for power plants, carbon capture utilisation and storage, energy storage and bio-energy.  

He joined Centre for Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London and UCL in 1999. He worked at Alstom Power, Cranfield University and University of Hull from 2004 to 2016. He has published over 200 papers. He has been investigators in over 20 research projects worth over £20 million from UK Research Councils, European Union and Industry.

One of them was awarded Ludwig Mond Prize 2014 by IMechE.  He was joint winner of Nigeria Prize for Science 2019 (the most important prize in the African Continent). A research project on intensified carbon capture led by Prof Wang was runner-up in IChemE Global Award 2019 (Energy Category).  He was Siemens PSE MBI Prize Winner 2022.