Dapeng Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location:

Building 5, level 4, 4216-WS07

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Research Interests

With a primary focus on investigating environment-friendly energy sources and technologies, Dr. Liu employs various UV absorption diagnostic schemes in a kinetics shock tube. This unique experimental configuration enables in situ, non-intrusive, highly sensitive, and time-resolved investigation of key reactions in combustion, providing insights that are otherwise challenging to obtain. Dr. Liu’s research contributes to advancing our understanding of combustion processes and paves the way for more sustainable energy solutions.

Selected Publications

• Investigation of cyclohexene thermal decomposition and cyclohexene+ OH reactions
D. Liu, A. Farooq 
Combustion and Flame, 257, 112437 - 112445, 2023

• Investigation of thermal decomposition of nitrobenzene: An energetic material. / Article 2
D. Liu, A. Farooq 
Combustion and Flame, 254, 112847 - 112854, 2023

• Gamma-valerolactone (GVL) as a biofuel: GVL thermal decomposition and GVL+ OH reaction
D. Liu, A. Farooq 
Combustion and Flame, 253, 112771 - 112778, 2023

• Investigation of the kinetics of conjugated diolefins using UV absorption spectroscopy
D. Liu, A. Farooq 
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39(1), 135 - 145, 2023

• Investigation of Cyclopentene Dehydrogenation: Unimolecular H2 elimination and H abstraction by OH
D. Liu, F. Khaled, W. Ren, A. Farooq 
Combustion and Flame, 2024
DOI: in production

• Reaction kinetics of OH radicals with 1,3,5-trimethyl benzene: An experimental and theoretical study
D. Liu, B. Giri, T. Mai, L. Huynh, A. Farooq 
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39(1), 591 - 600, 2023

• High temperature branching ratio of acetaldehyde+ OH reaction
D. Liu, B. Giri, A. Farooq 
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 593 - 600, 2021

• On the redox reactions between allyl radicals and NOx
D. Liu, B. Giri, M. Szőri, B. Viskolcz, ET. Es-sebbar, A. Farooq 
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 967 - 976, 2021

• Kinetics and thermochemistry of cyclohexadienes reactions with hydroxyl radicals
D. Liu, B. Giri, M. Szőri, B. Viskolcz, L. Huynh, A. Farooq 
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 947 - 955, 2021

• A shock tube kinetic study on the branching ratio of methanol+ OH reaction
D. Liu, B. Giri, A. Farooq 
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(1), 153 - 162, 2019

 

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, KSA, 2021
  • B. Eng., Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, 2014

Professional Profile

  • 2024-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • ​2022-2023: Postdoctoral Research Associate, CUHK, HKSAR

Awards

Bernard Lewis Fellowship, 39th International Symposium on Combustion.

Research Interests Keywords

ultrasensitive UV absorption diagnostic Biofuel rate rules