缅北禁地

Qualification(s)

MA, MEng, PhD (Cantab)

Professional Membership(s)

FHEA

Teaching

• Lecturer, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering
• Degree Programme Director, Chemical Engineering with Year in Industry (MEng Honours)

Research

• Areas of expertise: gas-solid reactions, chemical reaction engineering and reactor modelling
• Current research: developing materials and processes for chemical-looping applications such as carbon capture, blue hydrogen production, air separation, ammonia synthesis and selective oxidation

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Research interests

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a near to mid-term solution to carbon emission control, before full decarbonisation of the economy is possible. My current research focuses on the development and characterisation (thermodynamics and chemical kinetics) of new materials for chemical looping, a particular carbon capture technology. This technology uses solid oxides as oxygen carriers to separate a gas-gas reaction into two or more gas-solid reactions so that the separation of gaseous products can be avoided and the CO₂ produced from the process can be captured directly. Depending on the properties of the oxygen carriers, they can be used for different applications, for example, the direct combustion of fuels, separation of oxygen from air for oxy-fuel combustion, reforming of natural gas and upgrading carbon-based fuels to hydrogen, and alternative routes to chemical synthesis (e.g. ammonia).

Chemical Engineering BEng/MEng programmes

CME2022 : Separation Processes 1

CME3033 : Separation Processes 2

CME3039 : Plant Design

CME3040 : Chemical Engineering Laboratory III

CME8120 : Advanced Design Project

CME8128 : MEng Research Project

MEng in Chemical Engineering with Year in Industry - placement year (Stage 3)

CME3042: Industrial Design Project

CME8110: Chemical Engineering Knowledge

• Articles

  • Liu W, Zhao H, Wu X, Wu J, Chou L, Dury G, Hu W, Polynski MV, Subramanian A, Kozlov SM, Liu W. . ACS Catalysis 2026, 16(4), 3464-3478.
  • Yan Y, Fella M, Hu W, Metcalfe IS. . Energy Conversion and Management 2026, 350, 120950.
  • Telford DM, Martinez Martin A, Guy MD, Henry PF, Jones MO, Hu W, Metcalfe IS, Evans JSO. . Nature Chemical Engineering 2025, 2(7), 447-455.
  • McNeil L, Chen G, Hu W, Papaioannou E, Metcalfe IS, Mutch GA. . Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 2025, 10(2), 294-299.
  • Ungut MS, Metcalfe IS, Hu W. . Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 2025, 10(4), 800-809.
  • Liu W, Zhao H, Wu X, Dury G, Hu W, Liu W. . Journal of Energy Chemistry 2025, 111, 178-189.
  • Telford DM, Hu W, Metcalfe IS, Jones MO, Henry PF, Evans JSO. . Chemistry of Materials 2025, 37(9), 3471-3482.
  • Martinez Martin A, Saini S, Neagu D, Hu W, Metcalfe IS, Kousi K. . Journal of CO2 Utilization 2024, 83, 102784.
  • Yan Y, Lee Pereira RJ, Fella M, Li Z, Hu W, Larring Y, Metcalfe IS. . Journal of CO2 Utilization 2024, 88, 102935.
  • Zaidi A, de Leeuwe C, Yan Y, Fella M, Hu W, Metcalfe IS, Spallina V. . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2024, 94, 535-544.
  • Penn J, Hu W, Metcalfe IS, Mutch GA. . Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024, 12(44), 30821-30830.
  • Lee Pereira RJ, Metcalfe IS, Hu W. . Applications in Energy and Combustion Science 2023, 16, 100226.
  • Lee Pereira RJ, Hu W, Metcalfe IS. . Energy & Fuels 2022, 36(17), 9757–9767.