Title：Associate professor

Email：baift@jlu.edu.cn

Research Interests：

I have worked in the general field of fuel and   energy for over ten years, with areas of research focusing on the technology   and mechanism of oil shale in-situ pyrolysis, in-situ hydrogen production   from crude oil/heavy oil, organic geochemistry, and CO2 capture and storage.

Education：

2012-2015: PhD in Geo-Engineering, College of   Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China.

2010-2012: Master's Degree in Geo-Engineering,   College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China.

2006-2010: Bachelor of Exploration Technology and   Engineering, College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University,   Changchun, China.

Professional Positions：

2024 to date:    Associate professor, College of Construction Engineering, Jilin   University, Changchun, China.

2023-2024:   Lecturer,   College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China.

2019-2022:   Research   Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK

2018-2023:   Assistant   Professor (Research), College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, China

2015-2018:   Engineer   R&D and Technical Lead for oil shale in-situ conversion & oil   production demonstration, the National Centre for Oil Shale Exploitation   & In-situ Conversion, Jilin Zhongcheng Oil Shale Group Co., Ltd., China

Selected Publications：

1. Bai F, Liu X, Liu Y, Li M, Sani S, Guo W, Sun   C. CO2 capture from dilute sources using triamine functionalized MCF silica   at ambient temperature, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2023; 349:   112370. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.112370.

2. Bai F, Liu X, Sani S, Liu Y, Guo W, Sun C.   Amine functionalized mesocellular silica foam as highly efficient sorbents   for CO2 capture. Separation and Purification Technology 2022:121539.

3. Guo W, Zhang X, Deng S, Sun Y, Han J, Bai F*,   et al. Enhanced pyrolysis of Huadian oil shale at high temperature in the   presence of water and air atmosphere. Journal of Petroleum Science and   Engineering 2022;215:110623.

4. Bai F, Liu Y, Lai C, Sun Y, Wang J, Sun P, Xue   L, Zhao J, Guo M. Thermal Degradations and Processes of Four Kerogens via   Thermogravimetric–Fourier-Transform Infrared: Pyrolysis Performances, Products, and   Kinetics, Energy&Fuels, 2020, 34 (3), 2969-2979.

5. Bai F, Sun Y, Liu Y, Guo M, Zhao J.   Characteristics and Kinetics of Huadian Oil Shale Pyrolysis via   Non-isothermal Thermogravimetric and Gray Relational Analysis. Combustion   Science and Technology, 2020, 192 (3), 471-485.

6. Bai F, Zhao J, Liu Y. An investigation into   the characteristics and kinetics of oil shale oxy-fuel combustion by   thermogravimetric analysis. Oil Shale, 2019, 36(1):1-18.

7. Bai F, Sun Y, Liu Y, Guo M. Evaluation of the   porous structure of Huadian oil shale during pyrolysis using multiple   approaches. Fuel, 2017;187:1-8.

8. Bai F, Sun Y, Liu Y. Thermogravimetric   Analysis of Huadian Oil Shale Combustion at Different Oxygen Concentrations.   Energy&Fuels, 2016;30:4450-56.

9. Sun Y, Bai F*, Lü X, Li Q, Liu Y, Guo M, Guo W, Liu B. A Novel   Energy-Efficient Pyrolysis Process: Self-pyrolysis of Oil Shale Triggered by   Topo-chemical Heat in a Horizontal Fixed Bed. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5,   8290. DOI: 10.1038/srep08290.

10. Bai F, Guo W, Lü X, Liu Y, Guo M, Li Q, Sun Y. Kinetic study on   the pyrolysis behavior of Huadian oil shale via non-isothermal   thermogravimetric data. Fuel, 2015, 146:111-118.

11. Sun Y, Bai F*, Lü X, Jia, C, Wang Q, Guo M, et al. Kinetic study   on the combustion of Huadian oil shale using multi-stage parallel reaction   model. Energy, 2015, 82:705-713.

12. Bai F, Sun Y, Liu Y, Li Q, Guo M. Thermal and   kinetic characteristic of pyrolysis and combustion of three oil shales.   Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 97:374-381.

13.  Sun Y,   Bai F*, Liu B, Liu Y, Guo M, Guo W, et al. Characterisation of the oil shale   products derived via topochemical reaction method. Fuel, 2014, 115:338-46.

14. Bai F, Sun Y, Liu Y, Liu B, Guo M, Lü X, et al. Kinetic Investigation on Partially   Oxidised Huadian Oil Shale by Thermogravimetric Analysis. Oil Shale, 2014,   31:377-393.

Projects：

1. Research on the heating mechanism of oil shale   self-pyrolysis based on the trajectory of organic carbon (PI, Grant Number   42202344, CNY300,000, National Natural Science Foundation of China)

2. The coupled numerical simulation of the   fluid-thermal-stress-chemical process in the in-situ conversion process of   oil shale based on IFCD (Co-I, Grant Number 42072323, CNY600,000, National   Natural Science Foundation of China)

3. High-efficiency heating approach for oil shale   in-situ conversion (Theme PI & Co-I, Grant Number 2019YFA0705502,   CNY8,480,000, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Co-I of the   project consortium and Theme PI for one of the major research themes, with an   allocated research fund of CNY500,000 for the research I lead)

4. Investigation on the effect of mineral matrix   on the pyrolysis of kerogen in oil shale (PI, Grant Number 2019M651210,   CNY80,000, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation)

5. Evolution of inorganic mineral skeleton and   pore structure of oil shale in pyrolysis process (PI, Grant Number   20190103138JH, CNY70,000, Science and Technology Development Project of Jilin   Province, China)

Patents：

1. Sun Y, Bai F, Alon Bar, et al. Method of   in-situ topochemical conversion-based oil and gas recovery from oil shale   formations, China Patent, Patent NO.:CN201310552187.1.

2. Sun Y, Li Q, Alon Bar, Bai F, et al. Method of   oil and gas recovery from oil shale formations, China Patent, Patent   NO.:CN201310552202.2.

Other activities:

Early Career Editorial Board Member for Gas   Science and Engineering

Early Career Researcher of UKCCSRC

Honors and Awards：

Best Presentation Award of “7th ASME International Conference of   Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer (MNHMT 2024, Nottingham, UK)

Teaching:

Undergraduate Courses: Engineering Drawing,   Professional English for Civil Engineering

Postgraduate Courses: The technology for oil   shale in-situ conversion, Innovative Experiments in Drilling and Production   Engineering