Professor
Director, State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Trace Elements Pollution Control and Low Carbon Utilization of Coal
Vice Director, State Key laboratory of Coal Combustion
Email: yczhao@hust.edu.cn
Research Interests: CCUS; Carbon Neutralization Technology Scheme and Roadmap; Hg emission and control; Trace elements emission and control; PM2.5 emission control; Photocatalytic for pollutant removal.
Academic Degrees
PhD, 2008, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;
Bachelor, 2003, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Professional Experience
Director (2018-present), State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Trace Elements Pollution Control and Low Carbon Utilization of Coal
Professor (2017-present), School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Vice Director (2014-present); State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Associate Professor (2010-2017); School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Postdoctoral Associate (2008-2010); in State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Corporation Advisor: Prof. Chuguang Zheng,
Research associate (2007-2008); Environment Chemistry Department of National Institute of Coal, CSIC, Oviedo, Spain.
Corporation Advisor: Dr Mercedes DS
Selected Publications
[1] Yongchun Zhao, Hailong Li, Jianping Yang, Junying Zhang, Chuguang Zheng. Emission and Control of Trace Elements from Coal-Derived Gas Streams. Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-08-102591-8 Published Date: 13th July 2019, Page Count: 424 (BOOK)
[2] Rihong Xiao, Tian Gao, Xiangzheng Cui ,Yushan Ji, Yili Zhang, Zhuo Xiong, Yongjin Liao, Hongbai Gu, Junying Zhang, Yongchun Zhao*. Removal of elemental mercury from flue gas by recyclable CuCl2 modified magnetospheres catalyst from fly ash: Part 6. Commercial scale demonstration at a 1000MWth coal-fired power plant. Fuel, 310 (2022) 122219
[3] Yili Zhang, Yongchun Zhao*, Zhuo Xiong, Rihong Xiao, Tian Gao, Pengfei Liu, Jing Liu, JunyingZhang*. Fabrication of Z-scheme VO-Bi2WO6/g-C3N4 heterojunction composite with visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance for elemental mercury removal. Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 425, 1 December 2021, 131537
[4] Yili Zhang, Yongchun Zhao, Zhuo Xiong, Tian Gao, Bengen Gong, Pengfei Liu, Jing Liu, Junying Zhang. Elemental mercury removal by I--doped Bi2WO6 with remarkable visible-light-driven photocatalytic oxidation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 282, March 2021, 119534
[5] Lin Chang, Yongchun Zhao, Yi Zhang, Xuehai Yu, Zenghua Li, Bengen Gong, Huan Liu, Shuzhou Wei，Hao Wu, Junying Zhang. Mercury species and potential leaching behavior in WFGD sludge from coal-fired power plants. Journal of Hazardous Matetials. Volume 403, 5 February 2021, 123927
[6] Huan Liu, Zhuo Xiong, Rong Peng, Bengen Gong, Lin Chang, Jianping Yang, Yongchun Zhao, Junying Zhang. Elemental mercury removal from simulated coal-fired flue gas by modified tonstein in coal seam. Fuel, Volume 284, 15 January 2021, 119016
[7] Yang, Jianping; Xu, Hong; Zhao, Yongchun*; Li, Hailong; Zhang, Junying "Mercury removal from flue gas by non-carbon sorbents" Energy & Fuels 2021, 35, 5, 3581–3610
[8] Liangchen Dong, Zhuo Xiong, Yuming Zhou, Youzi Li, Junyi Wang, Baoyu Xia, Xiaoxiang Chen, Yongchun Zhao, Junying Zhang. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction over postcalcinated atomically thin TiO2 nanosheets: Residual carbon removal and structure transformation. Journal of CO2 Utilization，Volume 41, October 2020, 101262
[9] Huan Liu; Yongchun Zhao*; Yuming Zhou; Lin Chang; Junying Zhang. Removal of Gaseous Elemental Mercury by Modified Diatomite. Science of the Total Environment, 2019，Volume 652, Pages 651-659
[10] Zhuo Xiong, Ze Lei, Youzi Li, Liangchen Dong, Yongchun Zhao *, Junying Zhang. A review on modification of facet-engineered TiO2 for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2018，Volume 36, Pages 24-47
Awards:
[1] 2019 National "Ten Thousand Talents Program" Young Top-notch Talents
[2] 2020 Hubei Province Technological Invention Award (First Prize)
[3] 2021 The 4th Young Scientist Award of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences
[4] 2020 China Electric Power Science and Technology Progress Award, Second-class, “Application and construction of innovative platform for deep removal of multi-pollutants from coal combustion flue gas”
[5] 2019 Guangdong Province Science and Technology Progress Award, Second-class, “Research and application of PM2.5 emission and control key technologies in coal fired power plants”
[6] 2018 China Electric Power Science and Technology Progress Award, Second-class, “Technology and application of deep removal of heavy metal mercury from coal-fired flue gas by modified fly ash”
Courses Taught
CO2 Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration
Fundamentals of Coal Science
Energy Discipline Basis
Projects
[1] National Key Technologies R&D Program of China: 2021YFF0601000, Research and application of quality basic collaborative control technology system in leading typical industries to carbon peak, 2021/12-2026/11
[2] National "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" special project for young Talents: [2019]10, Prevention and control of trace elements pollution from coal burning. 2019/02-2022/01
[3] National Key Technologies R&D Program of China: 2018YFB0605104, Technology, Equipment and Engineering Demonstration of Heavy Metal Removal in Tail Flue Gas, 2018/05-2021/04
[4] National Key Technologies R&D Program of China: 2016YFB0600604, Online preparing, injection and control system of regenerable sorbent for high efficiency Hg retention in flue gas, 2016/01-2020/12
[5] NSFC- Shanxi Coal-based Low carbon Joint Fund: U1610110, Mechanism of photocatalytic reduction of wet CO2 by selective deposition of Pt-TiO2 with different facets. 2017/01-2019/12
[6] Hubei Province Foreign Science and Technology Cooperation Project: 2016AHB021, Direct photocatalytic reduction of high concentration CO2 flue gas. 2016-01-2018/12
[7] National Natural Science Foundation of China: 51176060, Quantitative oxidation and removal of elemental Mercury by magnetospheres from coal fly ash, 2012/01-2015/12
[8] National Key Basic Research Development Program (973 project): 2010CB227003， Study on gasification characteristics and migration and transformation of trace elements of various solid fuels. 2010/01-2014/12
[9] National Natural Science Foundation of China: 50906031, New slag index of ash deposition based on quantitative thermal analysis of minerals in coal. 2010/01-2012/12
[10] Wuhan Application Foundation Frontier Project: 2020020601012273, Study on mechanism of mercury deep removal and recovery in flue gas. 2020/08-2022/12
