Led and participated in nearly 20 national and regional research projects, including the National Key R&D Program, National Science and Technology Key Projects, CAS Strategic Priority Research Program, Provincial-Academic-Industrial Collaborative Innovation Projects, and International S&T Cooperation Programs. Authored or co-authored over 30 research papers, contributed to 4 monographs, and applied for/granted 6 patents. Awarded the Provincial Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress. Established the first national-level experimental platform for biomass densified fuel, and developed biomass densification equipment characterized by low energy consumption and high production capacity. Designed a tonnage-scale biomass densified fuel production line with features including high automation level and strong adaptability to raw materials. Led or contributed to biomass gasification projects successfully applied in industrial systems such as steel billet forging furnaces, aluminum melting furnaces, copper smelting furnaces, stainless steel annealing furnaces, and ceramic kilns. Demonstrated applications have been completed in South China, East China, and Central China, serving 10 model users with an annual utilization of 200,000 tons of biomass.

Selected Publications

1. Weizhen Li, Yanqin Huang, Huacai Liu, Yan Zhang, Yang Jiang, Yan Wang*, Junfeng Wan, Xiuli Yin. Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of biomass pseudo-components under thermo-oxidative degradation conditions using asymmetric function of Bi-Gaussian as deconvolution technique [J]. Renewable Energy, 2022, 188: 491-503 (Q1, top 15%, 2021 IF: 8.634). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.024.

2. Weizhen Li, Weiwei Guo, Wenjing Bu, Yang Jiang*, Yan Wang, Wenshen Yang, Xiuli Yin. A non-liner constitutive model of three typical biomass material pelletization for capturing particle mechanical behaviors during the elasto-visco-plastic deformation stage [J]. Renewable Energy, 2020, 149: 1370-1385 (Q1, top 15%, 2020 IF: 8.001). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.135.

3. Weizhen Li, Yanqin Huang, Jianjun Xie, Lin Lang, Wenjing Bu, Yang Jiang, Yan Wang*, Xiuli Yin. Assessment of Flammulina velutipes residue as potential fuels for co-combustion with pine sawdust from characteristics of combustion process, flue gases and ashes [J]. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2021, 158: 105165 (Q1, 2020 IF: 5.541). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2021.105156.

4. Weizhen Li*, Wenjing Bu, Weiwei Guo, Yang Jiang, Yan Wang, Xiuli Yin. Preparation for industrial pellet production from blends of eucalyptus sawdust and hydrolysis lignin: the optimal variable combinations of co-pelletization [J]. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2020, 10 (2): 513-521 (Q2, 2020 IF: 4.987). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00444-y.

5. Weizhen Li, Yang Jiang*, Xiuli Yin. Characterization of Hydrolysis Lignin Bonding Properties during the Pelletization of Eucalyptus Sawdust [J]. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2020, 11(3): 995-1003 (Q2, 2020 IF: 3.703). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-018-0432-5.

6. Weizhen Li, Wenjing Bu, Yang Jiang, Weiwei Guo, Yan Wang*, Xiuli Yin. Co-pelletization of Edible Fungi Cultivation Residue and Pine Sawdust: the Optimal Variable Combinations [J]. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 2020, 39(4): e13384 (Q3, 2020 IF: 2.431). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.13384.

7. Weizhen Li, Yanqin Huang, Lin Lang, Yang Jiang*, Yan Wang and Xiuli Yin. Optimal Variable Combinations of Co-pelletization of Eucalyptus Sawdust and Natural Forest Sawdust [J]. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B, 2020, 10, 164-174.

Large-scale Application of Biomass Thermochemical Conversion Technologies for Fossil Fuel Replacement in Industrial Sectors.

1. Key Technologies for the Application and Densification of Industrial Biomass Feedstock as Fuel and Demonstration (22SH20), Changchun Science and Technology Development Plan Project, 500,000 CNY, 2022.12–2024.12, Principal Investigator.

2. Research and Demonstration on Key Technologies for Large-Scale Clean Heating with Biomass Densified Fuel (2021SYHZ0014), Jilin Province–CAS Science and Technology Cooperation High-Tech Industrialization Project, 550,000 CNY, 2021.01–2022.12, Principal Investigator.

3. Key Technologies for the Preparation of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) through Co-processing Biomass with Municipal Solid Waste and Demonstration (KS2018KH0090), Heilongjiang Science and Technology Plan Project, 500,000 CNY, 2018.01–2019.12, Principal Investigator.