Dr Lifeng Li

- 2021.11–present, Research fellow, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
- 2020.11–2021.11, Research officer, The Australian National University (ANU), Australia
- 2015–2020, Doctor of Philosophy, The Australian National University (ANU), Australia
- 2012–2015, Master of Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany & Uppsala University (UU), Sweden
- 2008–2012, Bachelor of Engineering, Zhejiang University (ZJU), China
2016 & 2020, Tutor and guest lecturer of ANU undergraduate & graduate course Solar Thermal Technologies
My research interests are in optics, transport phenomena and chemical reaction engineering applied to solar thermochemical systems. Fascinated by the fundamental aspects of solar-driven processes, I am devoted to advancing the understanding of multi-physics processes involving multi-phase/multi-component media at multiple scales using experimental and numerical approaches. The development of solar-driven chemical systems relies on advances in optics, materials, reactions and reactor design, as well as in multi-physics numerical modelling of complex thermochemical systems.
My doctoral study on Design, Modelling and Optimisation of Optical Systems for High-Temperature Concentrating Solar Applications (2015–2020) was aligned with the R&D project of High-Temperature Solar Thermal Energy Storage via Manganese-Oxide Redox Cycling sponsored by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
My postdoctoral research during 2020–2021 was focused on the development of a packed-bed solar thermochemical reactor technology for solar energy storage and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture using calcination–carbonation chemical-looping cycling of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). A reactor prototype has been developed and was evaluated experimentally under simulated high-flux solar irradiation provided by the ANU high-flux solar simulator and numerically using advanced multiphase reactive flow models.
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS:
- L. Li, J. Coventry, R. Bader, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński, 2016. Optics of solar central receiver systems: A review. Optics Express 24(14), A985–A1007.
- W. Wang, B. Wang, L. Li, B. Laumert, and S. Torsten, 2016. The effect of the cooling nozzle arrangement to the thermal performance of a solar impinging receiver. Solar Energy 131, 222–234.
- L. Li, B. Wang, J. Pottas, and W. Lipiński, 2019. Design of a compound parabolic concentrator for a multi-source high-flux solar simulator. Solar Energy 183, 805–811.
- L. Li, B. Wang, R. Bader, J. Zapata, and W. Lipiński, 2019. Reflective optics for redirecting convergent radiative beams in concentrating solar applications. Solar Energy 191, 707–718.
- L. Li, S. Yang, B. Wang, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński, 2020. Optical analysis of a solar thermochemical system with a rotating tower reflector and a receiver–reactor array. Optics Express 28(13), 19429–19445.
- L. Li, B. Wang, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński, 2020. Temperature-based optical design, optimisation and economics of solar polar-field central receiver systems with an optional compound parabolic concentrator. Solar Energy 206, 1018–1032.
- B. Wang, L. Li, R. Bader, J. Pottas, V. Wheeler, P. Kreider, and W. Lipiński, 2020. Thermal model of a solar thermochemical reactor for metal oxide reduction. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 142, 051002.
- L. Li, B. Wang, J. Pye, R. Bader, W. Wang, and W. Lipiński, 2020. Optical analysis of a multi-aperture solar central receiver system for high-temperature concentrating solar applications. Optics Express 28(25), 37654–37668.
- W. Lipiński, E. Abbasi-Shavazi, J. Chen, J. Coventry, M. Hangi, S. Iyer, A. Kumar, L. Li, S. Li, J. Pye, J. F. Torres, B. Wang, Y. Wang, and V. Wheeler, 2020. Progress in heat transfer research for high-temperature solar thermal applications. Applied Thermal Engineering 184(C), 116137.
- B. Wang, L. Li, F. Schäfer, J. Pottas, A. Kumar, V. M. Wheeler, and W. Lipiński, 2021. Thermal reduction of iron–manganese oxide particles in a high-temperature packed-bed solar thermochemical reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal 410(C), 128255.
- S. Yang, L. Li, B. Wang, S. Li, J. Wang, P. Lund, and W. Lipiński, 2021. Thermodynamic analysis of a conceptual fixed-bed solar thermochemical cavity receiver–reactor array for water splitting via ceria redox cycling. Frontiers in Energy Research 9, 253.
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS:
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X. Wang, F. Zhang, L. Li, H. Zhang, and S. Deng, 2021, Carbon dioxide capture, in: W. Lipiński (Ed.), Advances in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier.
THESIS DISSERTATIONS:
- L. Li, 2021. Design, Modelling and Optimisation of Optical Systems for High-Temperature Concentrating Solar Applications. Doctroal thesis, The Australian National Univeristy, doi:10.25911/245K-V846
- L. Li, 2015. Numerical Study of Surface Heat Transfer Enhancement in an Impinging Solar Receiver. Master thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology & Uppsala University & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A767646&dswid=-2762
ABSTRACTS AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
- L. Li, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński. Review of optical studies on central tower concentrators. In Proceedings of the OSA 2015 Light, Energy and the Environment Congress, Suzhou, China, 2–5 November 2015. Extended abstract.
- R. Bader, L. Li, P. Kreider, J. Coventry, J. Pye, G. Burgess, K. Lovegrove, A.W. Weimer, and W. Lipiński. High-temperature thermochemical energy storage via manganese oxide-based redox cycles–solar reactor design. In Proceedings of the Energy Future Conference, Sydney, Australia, 4–6 July 2016.
- P. Kreider, L. Li, B. Wang, M. Hamidi, J. Zapata, V. Wheeler, J. Pottas, J. Coventry, J. Pye, K. Lovegrove, A.W. Weimer, and W. Lipiński. Grid-scale thermochemical energy storage using mixed metal oxide redox cycles. In Proceedings of the ASME 2017 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Bellevue, WA, 9–13 July 2017.
- P. Kreider, R. Bader, M. Hamidi, B.J. Ward, B.D. Ehrhart, A.W. Weimer, W. Lipiński, K. Lovegrove, J. Pye, J. Coventry, L. Li, and Q. Lei. Grid-scale thermochemical energy storage using mixed metal oxide redox cycles. In Proceedings of the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 13–18 November 2016.
- L. Li, R. Bader, and W. Lipiński. Beam-redirecting secondary optics for horizontal-axis high-flux solar simulators. In Proceedings of the 2016 Asia–Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, 29 November–1 December 2016.
- P. Kreider, R. Bader, M. Hamidi, L. Li, Q. Lei, B.J. Ward, B.D. Ehrhart, J. Coventry, J. Pye, J. Jordan, K. Lovegrove, A.W. Weimer, and W. Lipiński. Grid-scale thermochemical energy storage using mixed metal oxide redox cycles. In Proceedings of the 2016 Asia–Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, 29 November–1 December 2016.
- L. Li, B. Wang, J. Pottas, and W. Lipiński. Application of a compound parabolic concentrator to a multi-source high-flux solar simulator. In Proceedings of the OSA 2018 Light, Energy and the Environment Congress, Sentosa Island, Singapore, 5–8 November 2018. Extended abstract.
- L. Li, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński. Optical design of a heliostat field for a high-temperature receiver–reactor. In Proceedings of the OSA 2018 Light, Energy and the Environment Congress, Sentosa Island, Singapore, 5–8 November 2018. Extended abstract.
- L. Li, B. Wang, J. Pottas, and W. Lipiński. Application of a compound parabolic concentrator to a multi-source high-flux solar simulator. In Proceedings of the 2018 Asia–Pacific Solar Research Conference, Sydney, 4–6 December 2018.
- L. Li, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński. Optical design of a heliostat field for a high-temperature receiver–reactor. In Proceedings of the 2018 Asia–Pacific Solar Research Conference, Sydney, 4–6 December 2018.
- B. Wang, V.M. Wheeler, L. Li, J. Pottas, and W. Lipiński. Thermal model of a solar thermochemical reactor for metal oxide reduction. In Proceedings of the 2018 Asia–Pacific Solar Research Conference, Sydney, 4–6 December 2018.
- L. Li, B. Wang, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński. Optical design, optimization and economics of a solar polar-field tower system with an optional compound parabolic concentrator. In Proceedings of the 2019 Asia–Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 4–6 December 2019.
- B. Wang, F. Schäfer, L. Li, M. Habib, J. Pottas, A. Kumar, M.B. Venkataraman, and W. Lipiński. A conjugated heat transfer model and validation for a high-temperature solar packed-bed reactor for metal oxide reduction. In Proceedings of CHT-20 International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16–20 August 2020.
- L. Li, B. Wang, R. Bader, W. Wang, J. Pye and W. Lipiński. Optical analysis of multi-aperture solar central receiver systems for high-temperature concentrating solar applications. In Proceedings of the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, virtual, 13–16 July 2020. Extended abstract.
- L. Li, S. Yang, B. Wang, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński. Optical analysis of a solar thermochemical system with a rotating tower reflector and a receiver–reactor array. In Proceedings of the AIChE Solar Energy Systems Conference, virtual, 12–14 August 2020.
- L. Li, B. Wang, R. Bader, W. Wang, J. Pye and W. Lipiński. Optical analysis of multi-aperture solar central receiver systems for high-temperature concentrating solar applications. In Proceedings of the 2020 SolarPACES International Symposium on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy, virtual, 29 September–2 October 2020.
- L. Li, S. Yang, B. Wang, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński. Optical analysis of a solar thermochemical system with a rotating tower reflector and a receiver–reactor array. In Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting, virtual, 15–20 November 2020.
- L. Li, B. Wang, J. Pye, and W. Lipiński. Concentrating collector systems for high-temperature solar thermal applications. In Proceedings of the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, virtual, 26–30 July 2021. Extended abstract.
- L. Li, B. Wang, R. Pottas, M. Taheri, M. Habib, and W. Lipiński. Experimental evaluation of a solar carbonation–calcination reactor under simulated high-flux solar irradiation. In Proceedings of the ASME 15th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, virtual, 16–18 June 2021.
- 2015–2020, ANU PhD Scholarship (international) and ANU University Research Scholarship (international), Australia
- 2012–2014, Education for Sustainable Energy Development (ESED) Scholarship, Canada
- 2012–2014, Full scholarship for master programme - Energy Technologies (ENTECH), from KIC InnoEnergy, European Institute of Innovation & Technology
- 2011, First place (top 1%) in the 4th National Student Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction, China
- 2010, National Encouragement Scholarship, China