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D-Index
77
Citations
21430
World Ranking
661
National Ranking
41

Overview

Sai Gu is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a research focus extending into several specialized subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Control and Systems Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Process Optimization and Integration, Fault Detection and Control Systems, and Catalysts for Methane Reforming.

Sai Gu has published research in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Fuel
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • International Journal of Exergy
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Control Engineering Practice

Recent papers with significant citation counts illustrate the scope and impact of their research:

  • State-of-the-Art on the Preparation, Modification, and Application of Biomass-Derived Carbon Quantum Dots, 2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Sustainable synthesis of bright green fluorescent carbon quantum dots from lignin for highly sensitive detection of Fe3+ ions, 2021, Applied Surface Science
  • Process fault diagnosis with model- and knowledge-based approaches: Advances and opportunities, 2020, Control Engineering Practice
  • CO2 valorisation via reverse water-gas shift reaction using promoted Fe/CeO2-Al2O3 catalysts: Showcasing the potential of advanced catalysts to explore new processes design, 2020, Applied Catalysis A General
  • Transfer learning for process fault diagnosis: Knowledge transfer from simulation to physical processes, 2020, Computers & Chemical Engineering

Their frequent co-authors include researchers such as Dekui Shen, Chunfei Wu, Kai Luo, Tao Chen, and Tomás Ramírez Reina, with collaboration instances ranging from 4 to 9 joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Commercialization potential of microalgae for biofuels production

    Jasvinder Singh;Jasvinder Singh;Sai Gu

  • A review on hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass

    A.R.K. Gollakota;Nanda Kishore;Sai Gu

  • The mechanism for thermal decomposition of cellulose and its main products

    D.K. Shen;S. Gu

  • Study on the pyrolytic behaviour of xylan-based hemicellulose using TG–FTIR and Py–GC–FTIR

    D.K. Shen;S. Gu;Anthony V. Bridgwater

  • A review of advanced catalyst development for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons from biomass derived syn-gas

    Hessam Jahangiri;James Bennett;Parvin Mahjoubi;Karen Wilson

  • The pyrolytic degradation of wood-derived lignin from pulping process

    D.K. Shen;S. Gu;K.H. Luo;S.R. Wang

  • A comprehensive review of biomass resources and biofuels potential in Ghana

    Moses Hensley Duku;Moses Hensley Duku;Sai Gu;Essel Ben Hagan

  • Biochar production potential in Ghana—A review

    Moses Hensley Duku;Moses Hensley Duku;Moses Hensley Duku;Sai Gu;Sai Gu;Essel Ben Hagan

  • Kinetic study on thermal decomposition of woods in oxidative environment

    DK Shen;S Gu;KH Luo;AV Bridgwater

  • State-of-the-art on the production and application of carbon nanomaterials from biomass

    Zhanghong Wang;Zhanghong Wang;Dekui Shen;Chunfei Wu;Sai Gu

  • The thermal performance of the polysaccharides extracted from hardwood: Cellulose and hemicellulose

    D.K. Shen;S. Gu;A.V. Bridgwater

  • Combustion, performance and emission analysis of a DI diesel engine using plastic pyrolysis oil

    Ioannis Kalargaris;Guohong Tian;Sai Gu

  • On the design of two-dimensional cellular metals for combined heat dissipation and structural load capacity

    S. Gu;T.J. Lu;T.J. Lu;A.G. Evans

  • Present status and overview of Chemical Looping Combustion technology

    Anirban Nandy;Chanchal Loha;Sai Gu;Pinaki Sarkar

  • Biomass conversion to energy in India—A critique

    Jasvinder Singh;Jasvinder Singh;Sai Gu

  • Dumbbell-Shaped Bi-component Mesoporous Janus Solid Nanoparticles for Biphasic Interface Catalysis

    Tianyu Yang;Tianyu Yang;Tianyu Yang;Lijuan Wei;Lingyan Jing;Jifen Liang

  • Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass Model Compounds: Novel Approaches and Lessons Learnt from Traditional Hydrodeoxygenation – a Review

    Wei Jin;Laura Pastor-Pérez;Laura Pastor-Pérez;DeKui Shen;Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano

  • Removal of Pb(II) from water by the activated carbon modified by nitric acid under microwave heating.

    Shuheng Yao;Jiajun Zhang;Dekui Shen;Rui Xiao

  • A review of Fischer Tropsch synthesis process, mechanism, surface chemistry and catalyst formulation

    Hamid Mahmoudi;Maedeh Mahmoudi;Omid Doustdar;Hessam Jahangiri;Hessam Jahangiri

  • Techno-economic performance analysis of biofuel production and miniature electric power generation from biomass fast pyrolysis and bio-oil upgrading

    Mobolaji B. Shemfe;Sai Gu;Panneerselvam Ranganathan

  • CFD modelling of the fast pyrolysis of biomass in fluidised bed reactors. Part B: Heat, momentum and mass transport in bubbling fluidised beds

    K. Papadikis;S. Gu;A.V. Bridgwater

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai H. Luo
Kai H. Luo University College London
Tomas Ramirez Reina
Tomas Ramirez Reina University of Surrey
Anthony V. Bridgwater
Anthony V. Bridgwater Aston University
Chunfei Wu
Chunfei Wu Queen's University Belfast
Rui Xiao
Rui Xiao Southeast University
Qiong Cai
Qiong Cai Guangxi Normal University
Goran T. Vladisavljevic
Goran T. Vladisavljevic Loughborough University
Guohong Tian
Guohong Tian University of Surrey
Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano
Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano University of Alicante
Tian Jian Lu
Tian Jian Lu Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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