Dr. Qinfu Hou
Dr. Qinfu Hou
Unit Coordinator and Lecturer
Dr Hou is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Dr Hou was an ARC DECRA Fellow (2018-2021) and Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University.
Research
Aiming to formulate safer, smarter, more sustainable, and energy-efficient processes involving granular materials, his research mission centres on unravelling fantastic mechanics and thermochemical behaviours of granular (and multiphase) flow through rigorous cutting edge multiscale modelling techniques, experiments and theoretical analysis.
His main research areas include:
(i) heat and mass transfer and chemical reactions in packed and fluidized beds
(ii) multiphase flows in water treatment and solar energy utilization
(iii) granular flow stability pertinent to segregation and mixing
(iv) development of innovative numerical techniques and virtual reactors
(v) cloud-based data mining for process control and optimization
Dr Hou has published 70+ articles and attracted more than AUD 2.5M+ research funds.
Dr Hou has also received various awards in the past, reflecting the recognition at different stages, and been invited to give plenary/keynote talks at different international conferences.
Please contact me for details of financial support for PhD candidature at Monash University (in either Clayton or Suzhou campus) if interested in working on the listed research areas/projects.
Spotlighted Supervision Achievements of HDR Students
- PhD student Jannatul Azmir won ‘The Fell Consulting Prize’ Best Paper Award in Chemeca 2017.
- PhD student Yongli Wu was awarded JITRI Fellow of Jiangsu Province, China.
- PhD exchange student Lucas won the Best Engineering Thesis of Brazil.
Publications
Citations 1,600+, H-index=21 (Google Scholar as of Feb-2022)
Coauthored two book chapters, 51 Q1 and Q2 articles, including one Highly Cited Paper on solar energy utilization in Energy & Environmental Science (Impact Factor: 38.532).
Detailed information can be accessed through my Google Scholar link below:
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (on Fluidization, Numerical modeling, Gas-solid flow, Heat transfer), University of New South Wales (UNSW), 2012
- Master of Engineering (Ferrous Metallurgy), Northeastern University
- Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgy Science and Engineering, Hons.), Northeastern University
Present
- Qinfu Hou (2020, CI), AUD 350K, Co-simulation of multibody dynamic models and discrete element method for mobile plant and crusher systems, ARC Hub and Bradken Resources Pty Ltd, Australia.
- Qinfu Hou (2019, CI), ~AUD 185M, Future Food Systems CRC, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Australia
- Qinfu Hou (1/2018-12/2020, Sole CI), Granular interfaces: Sustainable processing of raw materials (DE180100266), Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Australian Research Council (ARC).
Past
- Qinfu Hou (2019, sole CI), Innovative numerical modelling-driven energy-efficient membrane module design, 2019 Engineering Discovery Seed Fund, Faculty of Engineering @ Monash University.
- Qinfu Hou (1/2016~12/2019, CI), Development and application of a particle scale blast furnace model (U1560205), National Science Foundation China (NSFC)
- Qinfu Hou (1/2016~12/2019, CI), Mesoscopic averaging theory of granular systems: Formulation and application (91534206), National Science Foundation China (NSFC)
Supervision
PHD
Dianyu E
CFD-DEM investigation of thermo-chemical behaviours in blast furnace
2014 to 2018
Jannatul Azmir
CFD-DEM modelling of food grain drying
2014 to 2019
Yongli Wu
Multiscale modelling of particle-fluid systems
2015 to 2019
Xin Li
DEM modeling of screw feeding systems for performance evaluation
2016 to 2020
Filippo Marchelli
Comparison of different drag models in CFD-DEM simulations of spouted beds (visitor from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)
2019 to 2019
Lucas Massaro Sousa
Feeding Spent Coffee Ground Powders with a Non-Mechanical L-valve: Experimental Analysis and CFD Simulation (visitor from Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil)
2019 to 2019
Kailai Chen
Development of Advanced Discrete Element Method-Based Virtual Blast Furnace Models
2020
Tina Hu
Development of Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Dots for Detection of Biomarker of Chronic Disease
2020
Yi Zou
Pore-Scale Study of Fluid Flow and Drag Force in Randomly Packed Beds of Different Porosities
2020
Masters
Mohammed Samman
Mathematical Modelling of Sticking Phenomena in COREX Reduction Shaft by CFD-DEM Method
2013 to 2015
Teaching Commitments
- CHE4162 - Particle Science and Technology
- > Learning outcomes - Understanding of particle technology and fluid mechanics of particle systems
- > Practical applications - An introduction of hopper design, common powder processing operations
- > State-of-the-art of the theories - An introduction of cutting-edge research in the field
- CHE2161 - Mechanics of Fuids
- CHE4180 - Chemical Engineering Project
- CHE2163 - Heat and Mass Transfer
- CHE4161 - Engineer in Society