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EDUCATION
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2004/09 - 2008/11
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University of Amsterdam
PhD in Chemistry
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2001/09-2004/06
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Beijing University of Chemical Technology
M.S. in Chemical Engineering
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1997/09-2001/07
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Beijing University of Chemical Technology
B.S. in Applied Mathematics
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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2014/06 - present
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China University of Petroleum
Professor
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2010/06 – 2014/06
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China University of Petroleum
Associate Professor
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2010/01 – 2010/06
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China University of Petroleum
Assistant Professor
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2008/12 – 2009/11
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University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Investigating the adsorption and diffusion behaviors of fluids in porous materials and hydrates for gas storage and separation.
TEACHING
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics; Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
GRANTS AND AWARDS (2010/01-present)
2014: Young Teacher Award from Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation
2013: Supported by “Beijing Youth Talent Plan”
2012: Supported by “New Century Excellent Talents Program” from Ministry of Education of China
2012: Prize for the excellent paper in the 2nd conference of Young Scientists in Chemical Engineering in China
2011: Supported by “Beijing Nova Program”
RESEARCH PROJECTS (2010/01-present)
1. A novel method for CO2 capture - a combined molecular simulation and experimental study, the project from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 800,000 RMB, 2013-2016. PI
2. The research fund of New Century Excellent Talents Program from Ministry of Education of China, 500,000 RMB, 2013-2015. PI
3. The research fund of Beijing Youth Talent Plan, 150,000 RMB, 2013-2015. PI
4. Molecular simulation studies of the adsorption/desorption process of surfactant at solid/oil/solution interface, the project from China National Offshore Oil Corp., 390,000 RMB, 2013-2015. PI
5. Molecular simulation studies of the drug adsorption and diffusion in bio-MOFs, the project from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 200,000 RMB, 2011-2013. PI
6. The research fund of Beijing Nova Program, 100,000 RMB, 2010-2013. PI
7. The research fund of China University of Petroleum, 200,000 RMB, 2010-2013. PI
PUBLICATIONS
? Chapter in Books
1. Bei Liu, Weixin Pang, Baozi Peng, Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, Heat transfer related to gas hydrate formation/dissociation, 2011, pp. 477 - 502. Chapter 24 of the book "Developments in Heat Transfer", ISBN 978-953-307-569-3, InTech.
? Journal Articles
1. Huang Liu, Bei Liu, Li-Chiang Lin, Guangjin Chen, Yuqing Wu, Jin Wang, Xueteng Gao, Yining Lv, Yong Pan, Xiaoxin Zhang, Xianren Zhang, Lanying Yang, Changyu Sun, Berend Smit, and Wenchuan Wang, A hybrid absorption-adsorption method to efficiently capture carbon, Nature Communications 2014, 5: 5147. (joint first author)
2. Bei Liu*, Huang Liu, Bo Wang, Jin Wang, Changyu Sun, Xinyang Zeng, and Guangjin Chen, Hydrogen separation via forming hydrate in W/O emulsion, Fluid Phase Equilibria 2014, 362, 252-257.
3. Bei Liu*, Yuanhui Lian, Zhi Li, and Guangjin Chen, Molecular simulation of drug adsorption and diffusion in Bio-MOFs, Acta Chimica Sinica 2014, 72, 942-948.
4. Huang Liu, Jin Wang, Guangjin Chen*, Bei Liu*, Abhijit Dandekar, Bo Wang, Xiaoxin Zhang, Changyu Sun, and Qinglan Ma, High-efficiency separation of a CO2/H2 mixture via hydrate formation in W/O emulsions in the presence of cyclopentane and TBAB, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2014, 39, 7910-7918.
5. Bei Liu*, Heng Pan, Xiaohui Wang, Fengguang Li, Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, Evaluation of different CH4-CO2 replacement processes in hydrate-bearing sediments by measuring P-wave velocity, Energies 2013, 6, 6242-6254.
6. Bei Liu*, Lixing Tang, Yuanhui Lian, Zhi Li, Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, Study on separation performance of metal-organic frameworks with interpenetration and mixed-ligand, Acta Chimica Sinica 2013, 71, 920-928.
7. Huang Liu, Liang Mu, Bei Liu*, Xiaoxin Zhang, Jin Wang, Bo Wang, Changyu Sun*, Lanying Yang, Hao Wang, Peng Xiao, and Guangjin Chen, Experimental studies of the separation of C2 compounds from CH4 + C2H4 + C2H6 + N2 gas mixtures by an absorption-hydration hybrid method, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52, 2707-2713.
8. Huang Liu, Liang Mu, Bo Wang, Bei Liu*, Jin Wang, Xiaoxin Zhang, Changyu Sun, Jun Chen, Menglei Jia, and Guangjin Chen, Separation of ethylene from refinery dry gas via forming hydrate in w/o dispersion system, Sep. Purif. Technol. 2013, 116, 342-350.
9. Dongsheng Bai, Bei Liu, Guangjin Chen, Xianren Zhang, and Wenchuan Wang, Role of guest molecules on the hydrate growth at vapor-liquid interfaces, AIChE J 2013, 59, 2621-2629.
10. Bei Liu, Qing Yuan, Kehua Su, Xin Yang, Bencheng Wu, Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, Experimental simulation of the exploitation of natural gas hydrate, Energies 2012, 5, 466 - 493.
11. Liang Mu, Bei Liu*, Huang Liu, Yuntao Yang, Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, A novel method to improve the gas storage capacity of ZIF-8, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 12246 – 12252.
12. Dong Wu, Cuicui Wang, Bei Liu*, Dahuan Liu*, Qingyuan Yang, and Chongli Zhong*, Large-scale computational screening of metal-organic frameworks for CH4/H2 separation, AIChE J. 2012, 58, 2078 – 2084.
13. Bei Liu*, Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, Molecular simulation studies of separation of CH4/H2 mixture in metal-organic frameworks with interpenetration and mixed-ligand, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2011, 66, 3012-3019.
14. Bei Liu, Xiulin Wang, Xulong Tang, Lanying Yang, Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, Recovery of hydrogen from ammonia plant tail gas by absorption-hydration hybrid method,Chin. J. Chem. Eng. 2011, 19, 784-791.
15. Hongliang Huang, Wenjuan Zhang, Dahuan Liu*, Bei Liu*, Guangjin Chen, and Chongli Zhong, Effect of temperature on gas adsorption and separation in ZIF-8: A combined experimental and molecular simulation study, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2011, 66, 6297-6305.
16. Bei Liu*and Berend Smit*, Molecular simulation studies of separation of CO2/N2, CO2/CH4, and CH4/N2 by ZIFs, J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 8515-8522.
17. Bei Liu*and Berend Smit, Comparative molecular simulation study of CO2/N2and CH4/N2separation in zeolites and metal-organic frameworks, Langmuir 2009, 25, 5918-5926.
18. Bei Liu, Qingyuan Yang, Chunyu Xue, Chongli Zhong, and Berend Smit, Molecular simulation of hydrogen diffusion in interpenetrated metal-organic frameworks, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2008, 10, 3244-3249. (selected as the cover paper)
19. Bei Liu, Qingyuan Yang, Chunyu Xue, Chongli Zhong, Biaohua Chen, and Berend Smit, Enhanced adsorption selectivity of hydrogen/methane mixtures in metal-organic frameworks with interpenetration: A molecular simulation study, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 9854-9860.
20. Bei Liu*, Berend Smit, Fernando Rey, Susana Valencia, and Sofia Calero, A new united atom force field for adsorption of alkenes in zeolites, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 2492-2498.
21. Bei Liu, Elena Garcia-Perez, David Dubbeldam, Berend Smit, and Sofia Calero, Understanding Aluminum location and non-framework ions effects on alkane adsorption in aluminosilicates: A molecular simulation study, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 10419-10426.
22. Bei Liu*, Berend Smit, and Sofia Calero, Evaluation of a new force field for describing the adsorption behavior of alkanes in various pure silica zeolites, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 20166-20171.
23. Bei Liu* and Berend Smit, Molecular simulation of adsorption of alkanes in sodium MOR-type zeolites using a new force field, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2006, 8, 1852-1857.
24. Bei Liu, Wenchuan Wang, and Xianren Zhang, A hybrid cylindrical model for characterization of MCM-41 by Density Functional Theory, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2004, 6, 3985-3990.
25. Jun Chen, Kele Yan, Guangjin Chen, Changyu Sun, Bei Liu, Ning Ren, Deji Shen, Meng Niu, Yining Lv, Nan Li, and Amadeu K. Sum, Insights into the formation mechanism of hydrate plugging in pipelines, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2015, 122, 284-290.
26. Shengli Li, Changyu Sun, Bei Liu, Zhiyun Li, Guangjin Chen, and Amadeu K. Sum, New observations and insights into the morphology and growth kinetics of hydrate films, Scientific Reports 2014, 4:4129.
27. Kele Yan, Changyu Sun, Jun Chen, Litao Chen, Deji Shen, Bei Liu, Menglei Jia, Meng Niu, Yining Lv, Nan Li, Zhiyu Song, Shushan Niu, Guangjin Chen, Flow characteristics and rheological properties of natural gas hydrate slurry in the presence of anti-agglomerant in a flow loop apparatus, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2014,106, 99-108.
28. Qing Yuan, Xiaohui Wang, Abhijit Dandekar, Changyu Sun, Qingping Li, Zhengwei Ma, Bei Liu, and Guangjin Chen, Replacement of methane from hydrates in porous sediments with CO2-in-water emulsions, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2014, 53, 12476-12484.
29. Shengli Li, Changyu Sun, Bei Liu, Xiujun Feng, Fengguang Li, Litao Chen, and Guangjin Chen, Initial thickness measurements and insights into crystal growth of methane hydrate film, AIChE J 2013,59, 2145-2154.
30. Jun Chen, Changyu Sun, Bei Liu, Baozi Peng, Xiulin Wang, Guangjin Chen, Julian Y. Zuo, and Heng-Joo Ng, Metastable boundary conditions of water-in-oil emulsions in the hydrate formation region, AIChE J 2012, 58, 2216 – 2225.
31. Liang Zhao, Dong Zhai, Bei Liu, Zhichang Liu, Chunming Xu, Wei Wei, Yu Chen, and Jinsen Gao, Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulations for Energy Gases on PIM-1 Polymer and Silicalite-1, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2012, 68, 101-107.
32. Baozi Peng, Jun Chen, Changyu Sun, Abhijit Dandekar, Shaohui Guo, Bei Liu, Liang Mu, Lanying Yang，Wenzhi Li, and Guangjin Chen, Flow characteristics and morphology of hydrate slurry formed from (natural gas + diesel oil/condensate oil + water) system containing anti-agglomerant, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2012, 84, 333-344.
33. Kehua Su, Changyu Sun, Abhijit Dandekar, Bei Liu, Weizhi Sun, Mengchang Cao, Nan Li, Xiaoyu Zhong, Xuqiang Guo, Qinglan Ma, Lanying Yang, and Guangjin Chen. Experimental investigation of hydrate accumulation distribution in gas seeping system using a large scale three-dimensional simulation device, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2012, 82, 246-259.
34. Changyu Sun, Huang Liu, Kele Yan, Qinglan Ma, Bei Liu, Guangjin Chen, Xiangjiao Xiao, Haiying Wang，Xitan Zheng, and Shi Li, Experiments and modeling of volumetric properties and phase behavior for condensate gas under ultra-high-pressure conditions, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2012, 51, 6916-6925.
35. Qiang Sun, Xuqiang Guo, Aixian Liu, Bei Liu, Yusheng Huo, and Guangyin Chen, Experimental study on the separation of CH4 and N2 via hydrate formation in TBAB solution, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.2011, 50, 2284-2288.
36. Elena Garcia-Perez, David Dubbeldam, Bei Liu, Berend Smit, and Sofia Calero, A computational method to characterize framework aluminum in aluminosilicates, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 276-278.
