Research Works
My research interests cover a number of topics within the fields of Fluidization, Multi-Phase Reaction Engineering and Powder Technology
Research areas
Multiphase flow measurement
Carbon nanotubes (papers on CNTs)
Nano particle processing
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Carbon nanotube structure control
and mass production
200mm long charity
consistence semi-conductor trip walled CNT, growth rate can be 80mrcons/sec,
Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 1–5。(front cover story)

Carbon nanotube double
helix array: Angew. Chem. Int.
Ed. 2010, 49, 1 – 5 (hot paper)


Energy-Absorbing Hybrid
Composites Based on Alternate Carbon-Nanotube and Inorganic Layers: Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 2876–2880 (highlight)。

Hierarchical Composites
of Single/Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Interlinked Flakes from Direct Carbon
Deposition on Layered Double Hydroxides
:Adv. Funct.
Mater. 2010, 20, 677–685.(front cover story)

Mass production of
aggregated and well aligned CNT:Fluidized bed mass production of CNT,500tones/year


CNT growth on the surface of ball

Gas Solids multiphase flow Measurement
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l Particle
velocity measurement by LDV/PDA in high concertration gas solids flow
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l References
1. Bing Du L. S. Fan Fei Wei, W. Warsito, Gas and Solids Mixing in a Turbulent fluidized bed, AIChE Journal, 2002.9, 1896-1909
2. Liu H, Wei F, Yang YH, Jin Y, Mixing behavior of wide-size-distribution particles in a FCC riser, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 132 (1): 25-29 MAY 29 2003
3. Cang Huang, Zhen Qian, Minghui Zhang, Fei Wei, Solids mixing in a down-flow circulating fluidized bed of 0.418-m in diameter, Powder technology, 2005, 161 (1): 48-52 JAN 10 2006
4. 53. Du B, Wei F, Lateral solids mixing behavior of different particles in a riser with FCC particles as fluidized material, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING, 2002.4, 41 (4): 329-335
5. Wei Fei, Cheng Yi, Jin Yong, Yu Zhiqing, Axial and Lateral Dispersion of Fine Particles in a Binary-Solid Riser, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 1998.1, 76(1)19-26
6. Xing Ran, Fei Wei, Zhanwen Wang, Yong Jin, Lateral solids dispersion in a high density riser with swirling air flow , Powder Technology, 2001.11, 121, 123-130
7. Yang YH, Jia XL, Wei F, Hydrodynamics and lateral gas dispersion in a high-density circulating fluidized bed reactor with bluff internals, CHINESE J CHEM ENG , 2001.8, 9 (3): 291-296
8. Wei Fei, Lin Shixiong and Yang Guanghua, Gas and Solids Mixing in a Commercial FCC Regenerator, Chemical Engineering & Technology , 1993.3, 16(3), p109-113
9. Wei Fei, Wang Zhangwen, Jin Yong, Yu Zhiqing and Chen Wei, Dispersion of Lateral and Axial Solids Mixing in a Cocurrent Downflow Circulating Fluidized Bed, Powder Technology, 1994.12, 81(1) 25-30
10. Wei Fei, Chen Wei, Jin Yong and Yu Zhiqing, Lateral and Axial Solids Mixing of Dispersed particle in a Circulating Fluidized Bed, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 1995.2, 28 506-510.
11. Wei Fei and Zhu Jinxiu, Effect of Flow Direction on the Solids Mixing in the Riser and Downer of CFB, Chemical Engineering Journal, 1996.2, 64 345-352
12. Hao Yu, Qunfeng Zhang, Guangsheng Gu, Yao Wang,
Guohua Luo, and Fei Wei, Hydrodynamics and Gas Mixing in a Carbon Nanotube
Agglomerate Fluidized Bed, AIChE J.,
Vol. 52, No. 12, 2006
13. Qiang Zhang, Cang Huang, Dong Jiang, XiaoboWei, Zhen Qian, FeiWei ∗,Particle Measurement Sensor for in situ determination of phase structure of fluidized bed, Particuology, 7 (2009) 175–182
14. Cang Huang, Yao Wang, Fei Wei , Solids mixing behavior
in a nano-agglomerate fluidized bed, Powder
Technology, Volume 182,
Issue 3, 10 March 2008, Pages 334-341
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Gas-solid
Turbulent Fluidized Bed
l Flowdynamics, gas and solids mixing in Turbulent fluidized bed




l Scale-up and Engineering aspect of turbulent fluidized bed reactor
l Propylene ammoxidation to Arcylonitrile turbulent fluidized bed reactor (70KT/a),3 unit

l Acetylene with vinegar to vinyl acetate turbulent fluidized bed (30KT/a) 10 unit
l Nitribenzen hydrogenation to aniline multistage turbulent fluidized bed reactor (100 KT/a),10 unit