Peng Liu, Ph.D.

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Research Interests

My research interest mainly includes the development of laser-based optical diagnostics techniques for combustion phenomena and chemistry kinetics. Specifically, applying the planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) and laser induced incandescence (LII) to measure the PAHs and soot formation in flame, the 2-colour OH/NO PLIF to measure the temperature distribution in complex flames, and so on. Further, I would like to use the quantum chemistry cooperated with kinetic rate calculation to elucidate the formation mechanism of PAHs and soot.

Selected Publications

  • Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for the Temperature-determined Evolution of PAH Functional Groups
    P. Liu, B. Chen, Z. Li, A. Bennett, S. Sioud, H. Pitsch, S. M. Sarathy, W. L. Roberts
    Proceedings of combustion institute, 2020.
  • LIF diagnostics for selective and quantitative measurement of PAHs in laminar premixed flames
    Y. Zhang, B. Xiao, Y. Li, P. Liu, R. Zhan, Z. Huang, H. Lin
    Combustion and Flame (222), 5-17, 2020
  • Soot formation in laminar flames of ethylene/ammonia
    A. Bennett, P. Liu, Z. Li, N. M. Kharbatia, W. Boyette, A. R. Masri, W. L. Roberts
    Combustion and Flame (220), 210-218, 2020
  • Role of dimethyl ether in incipient soot formation in premixed ethylene flames
    Z. Li, P. Liu, P. Zhang, Y. Wang, H. He, S. H. Chung, W. L Roberts
    Combustion and flame (216), 271-279, 2020
  • Gas-to-Liquid Phase Transition of PAH and PAH Cluster at Flame Temperatures
    P. Liu, Y. Li, S. M. Sarathy, W. L. Roberts
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (124), 3896-3903, 2020
  • Theoretical Study of PAH Growth by Phenylacetylene Addition
    Z. Li, P. Liu, P. Zhang, H. He, S. H. Chung, W. L. Roberts
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (123), 10323-10332, 2020
  • Evolution of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon chemistry at flame temperatures
    P. Liu, B. Chen, Z. Li, A. Bennett, S. Sioud, S. M. Sarathy, W. L. Roberts
    Combustion and flame (209), 441-451, 2019
  • Computational study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons growth by vinylacetylene addition
    Peng Liu, Yiran Zhang, Zepeng Li, Anthony Bennett, He Lin, S. Mani, Sarathy, William L. Roberts
    Combustion and flame (202), 276-291, 2019
  • The Site Effect on PAHs Formation in HACA-based Mass Growth Process
    Peng Liu, Zepeng Li, Anthony Bennett, He Lin, S. Mani, Sarathy, William L. Roberts
    Combustion and flame (199), 54-68, 2019
  • The growth of PAHs and Soot in the post-flame region
    P. Liu, Z. Li, W. L. Roberts
    Proceedings of the combustion institute (37), 977-984, 2019

Education

  • Ph.D. Power Machinery and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 2017
  • B.Sc.  Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiao tong University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 2012

Professional Profile

  • 2021-present: Research Scientist, ​KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2017-2021: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Awards

​National Scholarship for Graduates, Ministry of Education of China, 2016

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering ( PSE )

Research Interests Keywords

Laser Diagnostics combustion chemistry PAHs and soot formation