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Dr Hu Li

Dr Hu Li

  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Areas of expertise: combustion and emissions; real driving emissions (RDE); biofuels and alternative fuels; engine deposit analysis; engine lubricant; transport emissions; carbon footprint; energy audit
  • Email: H.Li3@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 7754
  • Location: G33a School of Chemical and Process Engineering Building

Profile

Dr Li is a chartered energy engineer and leading a team in emissions and alternative fuels research in the School of Chemical and Process Engineering. His research covers real world driving emissions, combustion and emissions of alternative fuels from engines and vehicles including road, rail and air transportation. He is currently supervising (including co-supervising) 14 PhDs and has more than 130 peer reviewed journal and international conference publications. Dr Li is the committee member for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Vehicle and Engine Emissions Committee, and Fuels and Lubricant Committee, and Coal, Biomass & Alternative Fuels (CBAF) Committee of ASME IGTI (American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Gas Turbine Institute).

He is currently leading an industrial funded project "Measuring aldehydes in a confined space in a diesel environment". Dr Li is the only invited academic Expert on the EU Portable Emission Measurement System for Non-Road Mobile Machinery (EU-PEMS NRMM) Pilot Program. He has been involved in EPSRC projects (LANTERN) Leeds health Air quality, Noise, Traffic, Emissions Research Network; RETEMM (REal world Traffic Emissions Measurement and Modelling); FUTURES (Future Urban Technologies: Undertaking Research to Enhance Sustainability) and Innovate UK project BIDOE (Minimally processed BIofuels for stationary Diesel power generation with Oxygen Enhanced combustion); EU projects Clean power for transport infrastructure deployment; SWAFEA (Sustainable Way for Alternative Fuels and Energy in Aviation) and Aircraft Decontamination for Infection Control — Transition to the European Engineering, Regulatory and Operational Context etc. He has published more than 120 peer reviewed journal and international conference papers.

Responsibilities

  • Deputy leader of the clean combustion research group

Research interests

  • Combustion and Emissions
  • Real World Driving Emissions
  • Renewable Fuels in Transport
  • Hydrogen as a fuel for transport
  • Impacts of Transport on Climate and Air Quality
  • Transport Emission Analysis Including Road and Air
  • Pollutant Monitoring in Confined Spaces
  • Alternative Fuels Including Gas/Lilquid Dual Fuels for Diesel Generators
  • Carbon Audit and Energy Management
  • Engine Lubricants
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD

Professional memberships

  • Combustion Insititute
  • Energy Institute
  • Society of Automotive Engineers
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Student education

Dr Li lectures at all levels including from year one of undergruadate courses to master's levels in aviation engineering science, aircraft engines, energy management and conservation, biofuels for transport and thermodynamic simulation of chemical reaction systems.  

Research groups and institutes

  • Clean Combustion
  • Sustainable Low Carbon Futures

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>