Professor Geoff Wang
Professor

Geoff Wang

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Background

Professor Geoff Wang received his PhD in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering from the Northeastern University, Shenyang, China in 1990. After earned about 2-year Visiting Academic experience at University of New South Wales, he joined the University of Queensland in 1996 and has been leading in the research focusing on modeling and simulation of the Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering processes, such as iron ore sintering, iron- & steel-making, sustainable energy, coalbed methane (CBM) extraction and carbon dioxide capture and utilization including CO2 -sequestration with enhanced coalbed methane (CO2-ECBM) recovery. Professor Wang’s research activity and interests are directed towards developing energy and environmental technologies. He has made significant contributions to the field of research on fluid flow, heat and mass transfer in chemical reactors, particularly gas solid reaction kinetics associated with various porous media. He has been active and completed research programs in clean energy technologies such as pulverized coal injection into blast furnaces, hydrogen production through lower emission coal combustion, and CO2 electrochemical conversion to fuel or reusable chemicals.

Professor Wang is author of a monograph entitled "Pulverized Coal Injection Technology for Blast Furnaces" and has over 100 original journal publications and about 60 refereed conference papers, included 2 patents.

Availability

Professor Geoff Wang is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Engineering Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy

Research interests

  • Environment & Energy

    • Modelling and Simulation - Numerical models for fluid flow, heat and mass transfer in various chemical reactors and porous media, such as pulverized coal injection (PCI) to blast furnace, coal reservoir simulation, gas separation through membrane etc. • Clean Coal Technologies – Hydrogen production through lower emission coal combustion, syngas Gas-to-Liquid fuel, underground coal gasification etc. • Clean Energy and Environmental Applications - Coalbed methane (CBM) recovery, CO2 capture through advanced membranes and nano-sized CaO sorbents, CO2 conversion and utilization, CO2 storage via geo-sequestration into coals (CO2-enhanced CBM). • Advanced Ironmaking and Steelmaking – blast furnace ironmaking with low-grade iron ore, grain refining for steels, inclusion control for clean steel etc.

Search Professor Geoff Wang’s works on UQ eSpace

269 works between 1997 and 2025
All (269) Journal Article (201) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (66) Other Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 269 works

2023

Journal Article

Organic matter enrichment mechanism of Youganwo Formation oil shale in the Maoming Basin

Zhao, Di-Fei, Guo, Ying-Hai, Wang, Geoff, Zhou, Xue-Qing, Zhou, Yuan-Yuan, Zhang, Jia-Ming and Ren, Guang-Ying (2023). Organic matter enrichment mechanism of Youganwo Formation oil shale in the Maoming Basin. Heliyon, 9 (2) e13173, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13173

Organic matter enrichment mechanism of Youganwo Formation oil shale in the Maoming Basin

2023

Journal Article

Elucidating the effects of solvent-ionomer interactions on copper catalyst layers for CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products

Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Duignan, Timothy T., Li, Mengran, Cartmill, Hayden, Maglaya, Irving, Burdyny, Thomas, Wang, Geoff GX and Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Elucidating the effects of solvent-ionomer interactions on copper catalyst layers for CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products.

Elucidating the effects of solvent-ionomer interactions on copper catalyst layers for CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products

2023

Journal Article

Organic molecules involved in Cu-based electrocatalysts for selective CO2 reduction to C2+ products

Chen, Ping, Wu, Yuming, Rufford, Thomas E., Wang, Lianzhou, Wang, Geoff and Wang, Zhiliang (2023). Organic molecules involved in Cu-based electrocatalysts for selective CO2 reduction to C2+ products. Materials Today Chemistry, 27 101328, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101328

Organic molecules involved in Cu-based electrocatalysts for selective CO2 reduction to C2+ products

2022

Conference Publication

Considerations for the use of CO2 electrolysis in blast furnace ironmaking

Rufford, T. E., Wu, Y., Irdos, Md Nazmi, Hu, Yichao, Wang, Geoff, Garg, Sahil and Li, Mengran (2022). Considerations for the use of CO2 electrolysis in blast furnace ironmaking. Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Centre Annual Conference, St Lucia, QLD Australia, 5 December 2022.

Considerations for the use of CO2 electrolysis in blast furnace ironmaking

2022

Journal Article

Integrated gas and solid model to determine the flow performance in the SCR reactor

Zhang, Chen, Xie, Xinhua, Li, Yuan, Zhang, Teng, Ma, Pengfei, Yu, Yunsong, Wang, Geoff and Zhao, Yongzhi (2022). Integrated gas and solid model to determine the flow performance in the SCR reactor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 61 (43), 16265-16277. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01793

Integrated gas and solid model to determine the flow performance in the SCR reactor

2022

Journal Article

Fractal analysis and classification of pore structures of high-rank coal in Qinshui Basin, China

Zhao, Difei, Guo, Yinghai, Wang, Geoff, Guan, Xin, Zhou, Xueqing and Liu, Jing (2022). Fractal analysis and classification of pore structures of high-rank coal in Qinshui Basin, China. Energies, 15 (18) 6766, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/en15186766

Fractal analysis and classification of pore structures of high-rank coal in Qinshui Basin, China

2022

Journal Article

Mitigating electrolyte flooding for electrochemical CO2 reduction via infiltration of hydrophobic particles in a gas diffusion layer

Wu, Yuming, Charlesworth, Liam, Maglaya, Irving, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Li, Mengran, Burdyny, Thomas, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas E. (2022). Mitigating electrolyte flooding for electrochemical CO2 reduction via infiltration of hydrophobic particles in a gas diffusion layer. ACS Energy Letters, 7 (9), 2884-2892. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01555

Mitigating electrolyte flooding for electrochemical CO2 reduction via infiltration of hydrophobic particles in a gas diffusion layer

2022

Conference Publication

Opportunities of blast furnace ironmaking to contribute to decarbonisation targets via carbon dioxide capture and utilisation.

Hu, Yichao, Hao, Liangyuan, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Tom and Wang, Geoff (2022). Opportunities of blast furnace ironmaking to contribute to decarbonisation targets via carbon dioxide capture and utilisation.. 8th European Coke and lronmaking Congress (ECIC) and the 9th International Conference on Science and Technology of Ironmaking (ICSTI), Bremen, Germany and Online, 30 August - 1 September 2022. Online: Steel Institute VDEh.

Opportunities of blast furnace ironmaking to contribute to decarbonisation targets via carbon dioxide capture and utilisation.

2022

Journal Article

Urea-functionalized silver catalyst toward efficient and robust CO2 electrolysis with relieved reliance on alkali cations

Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Hussain, Tanveer, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Zhao, Xiu Song, Wang, Geoff G. X. and Rufford, Thomas E. (2022). Urea-functionalized silver catalyst toward efficient and robust CO2 electrolysis with relieved reliance on alkali cations. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14 (31), 35504-35512. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c05918

Urea-functionalized silver catalyst toward efficient and robust CO2 electrolysis with relieved reliance on alkali cations

2022

Conference Publication

Challenges and opportunities for high current density CO2 electrolysis

Rufford, Thomas E., Wu, Yuming, Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Hu, Yichao, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi and Wang, Geoff (2022). Challenges and opportunities for high current density CO2 electrolysis. 2022 International Symposium on Clean Energy Materials, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 June - 2 July 2022.

Challenges and opportunities for high current density CO2 electrolysis

2022

Journal Article

The formation mechanisms and evolution of multi-phase inclusions in Ti-Ca deoxidized offshore structural steel

Rong, Zhe, Liu, Hongbo, Zhang, Peng, Wang, Feng, Wang, Geoff, Zhao, Baojun, Tang, Fengqiu and Ma, Xiaodong (2022). The formation mechanisms and evolution of multi-phase inclusions in Ti-Ca deoxidized offshore structural steel. Metals, 12 (3) 511, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/met12030511

The formation mechanisms and evolution of multi-phase inclusions in Ti-Ca deoxidized offshore structural steel

2022

Journal Article

Integrating a top-gas recycling and CO2 electrolysis process for H2-rich gas injection and reduce CO2 emissions from an ironmaking blast furnace

Hu, Yichao, Qiu, Yinxuan, Chen, Jian, Hao, Liangyuan, Rufford, Thomas Edward, Rudolph, Victor and Wang, Geoff (2022). Integrating a top-gas recycling and CO2 electrolysis process for H2-rich gas injection and reduce CO2 emissions from an ironmaking blast furnace. Materials, 15 (6) 2008, 2008. doi: 10.3390/ma15062008

Integrating a top-gas recycling and CO2 electrolysis process for H2-rich gas injection and reduce CO2 emissions from an ironmaking blast furnace

2022

Journal Article

Effects of microporous layer on electrolyte flooding in gas diffusion electrodes and selectivity of CO2 electrolysis to CO

Wu, Yuming, Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Li, Zhiheng, Lin, Rijia, Chen, Jian, Wang, Guoxiong and Rufford, Thomas E. (2022). Effects of microporous layer on electrolyte flooding in gas diffusion electrodes and selectivity of CO2 electrolysis to CO. Journal of Power Sources, 522 230998, 230998. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.230998

Effects of microporous layer on electrolyte flooding in gas diffusion electrodes and selectivity of CO2 electrolysis to CO

2022

Journal Article

Carbon dioxide desorption intensified by metal atom

Yu, Yunsong, Zhang, Chen, Zhou, Chenyang, Zhang, Jingfeng, Zhang, Zaoxiao and Wang, Geoff G.X. (2022). Carbon dioxide desorption intensified by metal atom. International Journal of Energy Research, 46 (2), 1419-1430. doi: 10.1002/er.7258

Carbon dioxide desorption intensified by metal atom

2022

Journal Article

Numerical modeling of the tuyere surface abrasion under different operating conditions of blast furnace

Chen, Jian, Wu, Dongling, Hu, Yichao, Shen, Yansong and Wang, Geoff (2022). Numerical modeling of the tuyere surface abrasion under different operating conditions of blast furnace. Steel Research International, 93 (6) 2100591, 2100591. doi: 10.1002/srin.202100591

Numerical modeling of the tuyere surface abrasion under different operating conditions of blast furnace

2022

Journal Article

Modelling vertical water distribution and separation in the unsaturated coal and iron ores during oscillation

Chen, Jian, You, Zhenjiang, Orozovic, Ognjen and Wang, Geoff (2022). Modelling vertical water distribution and separation in the unsaturated coal and iron ores during oscillation. Powder Technology, 397 116996, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2021.11.040

Modelling vertical water distribution and separation in the unsaturated coal and iron ores during oscillation

2021

Other Outputs

Is maximising current density always the optimum strategy in electrolyser design for electrochemical CO2 conversion to chemicals?

Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas (2021). Is maximising current density always the optimum strategy in electrolyser design for electrochemical CO2 conversion to chemicals?.

Is maximising current density always the optimum strategy in electrolyser design for electrochemical CO2 conversion to chemicals?

2021

Journal Article

CO2 and N2 adsorption/desorption effects and thermodynamic characteristics in confined coal

Zhang, Xiaodong, Zhang, Shuo, Du, Zhigang, Wang, Geoff G.X., Heng, Shuai, Liu, Xiao and Lin, Junfeng (2021). CO2 and N2 adsorption/desorption effects and thermodynamic characteristics in confined coal. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 207 109166, 109166. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109166

CO2 and N2 adsorption/desorption effects and thermodynamic characteristics in confined coal

2021

Journal Article

A theoretical study of particle coalescence criteria for inelastic collisions of wet particles

Wu, Dongling, Zhou, Ping, Wang, Geoff, Howes, Tony and Chen, Wei (2021). A theoretical study of particle coalescence criteria for inelastic collisions of wet particles. Chemical Engineering Science, 243 116770, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116770

A theoretical study of particle coalescence criteria for inelastic collisions of wet particles

2021

Journal Article

Adsorption mechanism of CO2 on the single atom doped or promoted Li4SiO4(0 1 0) surface from first principles

Zhang, Chen, Zhang, Jingfeng, Yu, Yunsong, Zhang, Zaoxiao and Wang, Geoff G.X. (2021). Adsorption mechanism of CO2 on the single atom doped or promoted Li4SiO4(0 1 0) surface from first principles. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1205 113424, 113424. doi: 10.1016/j.comptc.2021.113424

Adsorption mechanism of CO2 on the single atom doped or promoted Li4SiO4(0 1 0) surface from first principles

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Low emission iron and steelmaking using hydrogen to pre-reduce lump ore
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2027
    HBIS-UQ Innovation Centre for Sustainable Steel (ICSS)
    HBIS Group Co, Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2029
    Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Centre
    Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2018 - 2023
    Developing a full-chain process integrated CO2 capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies with iron- and steel-making for HBIS
    HBIS Group Co, Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2023
    Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to formic acid
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    ARC Research Hub for Computational Particle Technology (ARC Research Hub administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Characterizations of inclusions and precipitates in high strength spring steel and investigation of strengthening mechanisms
    Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Relative Permeability in Coal
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Investigation of slag systems for low-cost ironmaking by utilising lowgrade iron ores and poor-quality fuels in Baosteel
    Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Hydraulic fracturing technologies for enhanced coal seam gas (CSG) recovery
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Modelling the dynamic and anisotropic permeability of coal under CO2 geo-sequestration conditions
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Multiscale and Multiphase Modeling of Deformable Porous Media
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Date collection and evaluation of composite materials in Australia and other countries
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Nano- and micro-scale engineering of MoS2-based catalyst for conversion of syngas to ethanol
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Improving the technology of coal bed methane recovery and CO2 geosequestration in coal seams
    Queensland International Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Improved Models for Coalbed Methane Recovery and CO2 Sequestration (CH060107 - DEST ISL)
    Department of Education, Science and Training
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Regenerable CO2 adsorbing materials for zero emission power generation systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Influence of Water on Deep Coal-CO2 Sequestration
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

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