Sino-UK Workshop on New Materials and Technologies in Water Treatment and Sludge Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal, sponsored by Nanjing Normal University and Queen’s University Belfast, was held online from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, 2021. The workshop was jointly funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and British Council (BC), and co-supported by UK-China Association of Resources and Environment (UK-CARE), National International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Environment and Energy, and Jiangsu Chemical Society.

 

 

More than 20 Early Career Researchers (ECRs), from Chinese universities (involving Nankai University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Dalian University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Chongqing University, East China University of Science and Technology, Sun Yat Sen University, Tsinghua University, Nanjing Normal University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Nanjing Forest University, Zhejiang University of Technology, East China University of Technology, etc.) and British universities (involving University College London, Queen’s University Belfast, Manchester University, University of Strathclyde, University of Surrey, Lincoln University, University of Liverpool, Aston University, etc.), participated in the online workshop. During the online reporting session, the participating scholars fully exchanged their developed new technologies, new discoveries and new thoughts on new materials for water treatment and sludge solid waste treatment, chemical transformation of solid waste, environmental catalytic technology in water and solid waste treatment and disposal, water-solid waste collaborative integration and efficient treatment, etc. It provided new solutions for solving key scientific problems in related fields. In the panel discussion session, the participating scholars had a heated discussion on issues of common concerns, such as funding application, academic career planning, industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, international cooperation and so on.

 

P.S. Main schedule of the workshop

22 October 2021 (Friday)

8 am (UK Time) – Workshop starts Chunfei Wu and Zhen Yang

8: 10 am-8:40 am (UK Time) Keynote (Chair - Chunfei Wu)

Xiaolei Fan, University of Manchester, Microwave assisted catalytic conversion of sugar platforms to value added chemicals

8: 40 am-9:10 am (UK Time) Keynote (Chair - Chunfei Wu)

Haiping Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Thermal Chemical conversion of biomass wastes

9:10 am – 10:10 am (UK Time) (Chair - Xiaolei Fan)

Xiaolei Zhang_, University of Strathclyde, Atomistic insights on converting organic solid wastes into fuels and chemicals

Yeshui Zhang – University College London, Advanced metrology for studying catalyst degradation

Jinbo Ouyang, East China University of Technology, Application of biochar and its composites in the removal of pharmaceutical micropollutants from wastewater

Changlei Qin, Chongqing University, Development and Applicability of Li4SiO4 Sorbents for Sorption-Enhanced Reforming

10:10 am – 10: 30 am  (UK Time) Break

10:30 am – 11:00 am (UK Time) (Chair – Changlei Qin)

Lina Liu, Nankai University, DBD Plasma-Catalytic Biomass Tar Reforming and CO2 utilization

Cui Quan, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Development of activated biochar supported Ni catalyst for enhancing tar steam reforming

11:00 am – 11: 30 pm (UK Time) Keynote (Chair – Changlei Qin)

Hui Jin, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Supercritical water gasification technologies for H₂ production.

11:30 am – 12: 30 pm (UK Time) (Chair – Yeshui Zhang)

Xuqing Liu, University of Manchester, Sustainable Fashion and Textile: Textile Waste Memberane Treatment Technology and Textile Waste Fiber Regeneration via a Green Chemistry Approach

Bing Guo, University of Surrey, Microbial symbiosis and interactions in anammox reactor

Le Han, Chongqing University, Recovery of ammonium from waste water via novel intergrated membrane process toward the zero energy concept

Guozhao Ji, Dalian University of Technology, Pyrolysis of plastic waste in rotary kiln with solid heat carriers

12:30 pm – 13:10 pm (UK Time) Panel discussion, introduced and chaired by Chunfei Wu (Queen’s University Belfast)

13:10 pm – 14:00 pm (UK Time) Break

14:00 pm – 15:00 pm (UK Time) (Chair – Xin Tu)

Guanjie He, University of Lincoln, Electrolytic hydrogen generation from different aqueous media

Nathan Skillen, Queen’s University Belfast, Photocatalytic water treatment; addressing the technology transfer challenges

Mi Yan, Zhejiang University of Technology, Supercritical water gasification of sewage sludge for H2 production

Lu Ding, East China University of Science and Technology, High quality solid fuel production from sewage sludge employing the hydrothermal treatment

23 October 2021 (Saturday)

8: 10 am-8:40 am (UK Time) Keynote (Chair-Jiawei Wang)

Xin Tu, University of Liverpool, Non-thermal plasma: An emerging technology for bioenergy applications

8: 40 am-9:10 am (UK Time) Keynote (Chair - Zhen Yang)

Kai Yan, Sun Yat-sen University, High value-utilization of biomass-derived sources

9:10 am – 10:10 am (UK Time) (Chair-Xiaolei Zhang)

Xiaoxia Ou, University of Manchester, High ionic strength wastewater treatment

Yikai Xu, Queen’s University Belfast, Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Water Remediation

Hui Zhou, Tsinghua University, High-value-added utilization of lignin via hydrothermal treatment

Jianqiang Chen, Nanjing Forest University, Application of Pomelo peel-derived Hydrochar in Oil/water Separation and Bio-based Fuels

10:10 am – 10: 30 am (UK Time) Break

10: 30 am – 11: 00 am (UK Time) Keynote (Chair – Hui Zhou)

Jiawei Wang, Aston University, Product-oriented optimisation of the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste

11: 00 am – 11: 45 am (UK Time) (Chair – Yikai Zhou)

Shikun Cheng, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems (NSSS): Application and Development

Zhen Yang, Nanjing Normal University, Hydrophobic-modified metal-hydroxide

nanoflocculants enable one-step removal of multicontaminants for drinking water production

Ningbo Gao, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Technologies development for water removal from sewage sludge

11:45 pm – 12:30 pm (UK Time) Panel discussion, introduced and chaired by Yongliang Li (University of Birmingham)

12:40 pm - End