Research areas

1. Green Process Design 
2. Control of Chemical Processes
3. Reactive Distillation
4. Azeotropic Distillation
5. Process Design and Optimization 

1. Design and Control of a tert-Butyl Alcohol Hydration Process via Reactive 
2. Simulation of Hydrogen Production via Chemical Looping Processes with Coal and Methane Fuels
3. Energy Saving Design of Diphenyl Carbonate via Dimethyl carbonate with Reactive Distillation Process
4. Minimum Energy Evaluation and Analysis for Hybrid Distillation and Reactive Distillation Processes via Underwood Shortcut Method
5. Study on the System Simulation and Grade Transition Operation for Polystyrene Production Process
6. Design and Control of Diphenyl Carbonate Synthesis via Single Reactive Distillation with the Feed-Splitting Arrangement
7. Simulation and Operating Variables Analysis of Chemical Looping Hydrogen Production via Various Fuels
8. Study on Initial Charge and Reflux Switch Point for Extractive Distillation Startup Policies

Selected publications (2015 ~ 2017)

Book Chapters

1. Hao-Yeh Lee* and Tyng-Lih Hsiao, “Design and Simulation of Reactive Distillation Processes”, Chapter 14 of Chemical Engineering Process Simulation, Dominic C. Y. Foo (Ed.), Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12803782-9, p311-352, (2017)
2. I-Lung Chien*, Bor-Yih Yu, and Hao-Yeh Lee*, “Process Simulation and Design of Acrylic Acid Production”, Chapter 13 of Chemical Engineering Process Simulation, Dominic C. Y. Foo (Ed.), Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12803782-9, p275-309, (2017)
3. Alcántara-Avila, J. Rafael* and Hao-Yeh Lee, “Heat-Integrated Intensified Distillation Processes”, Chapter 5 of Process Intensification in Chemical Engineering: Design Optimization and Control. Segovia-Hernández, J. G., and Bonilla-Petriciolet, Adrián (Eds.), Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-28392-0, p83-130, (2016).

SCI Papers

1. Novita, F. J.; Lee, H. Y.*; Lee, M*. Energy-Efficient Design of an Ethyl Levulinate Reactive Distillation Process via a Thermally Coupled Distillation with External Heat Integration Arrangement, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2017, 56, 7037-7048.
2. Alcántara-Avila, J. R.; Terasaki, M.; Lee, H. Y.*; Chen, J. L.; Sotowa, K.; Horikawa, T. Design and Control of Reactive Distillation Sequences with Heat-integrated Stages to Produce Diphenyl Carbonate. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2017, 56, 250-260.
3. Lee, H. Y.; Huang, T. Y.; Lee, P. H.; Ward, J. D.* Design and Control of a Process to Produce Furan from Furfural. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 2017, 73, 62-74.
4. Hsiao, T. L.; Weng, K. C.; Lee, H. Y.* Design and Control of Hybrid Heat-integrated Configuration for an Ideal Indirect Reactive Distillation Process. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 2017, 73, 37-49.
5. Ku, Y.*; Shiu, S. H.; Liu, Y. C.; Wu, H. C.; Kuo, Y. L.; Lee, H. Y. Liquid Sintering Behavior of Cu-based Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Process. Cat. Comm., 2017, 92, 70-74.
6. Huang, W. C.; Kuo, Y. L.*; Su, Y. M.; Tseng, Y. H.; Lee, H. Y.; Ku, Y. A Facile Method for Sodium-modified Fe2O3/Al2O3 Oxygen Carrier by an Air Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet for Chemical Looping Combustion Process. Chem. Eng. J., 2017, 316, 15-23.
7. Lee, H. Y.; Li, S. Y.; Chen, C. L.* Evolutional Design and Control of the Equilibrium-Limited Ethyl Acetate Process via Reactive Distillation-Pervaporation Hybrid Configuration. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55, 8802-8817.
8. Liu, Y. C.; Ku, Y.*; Tseng, Y. H.; Lee, H. Y.; Kuo, Y. L. Fabrication of Fe2O3/TiO2 Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Combustion and Hydrogen Generation. Aero Air Qual. Res., 2016, 16, 2023-2032.
9. Tseng, Y. T.; Ward, J. D.; Lee, H. Y.* Design and Control of a Continuous Multi-product Process with Product Distribution Switching: Sustainable Manufacture of Furfuryl Alcohol and 2-methylfuran. Chem. Eng. Process: Process Intensif., 2016, 105, 10-20.
10. Chen, C. L.; Chung, Y. H.; Lee, H. Y.* Design and Control of Reactive Distillation Process for the Production of Methyl Valerate. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55, 1347-1360.
11. Tseng, Y. T.; Wang, W. J.; Ward, J. D.; Lee, H. Y.* Design and Control of a Process to Produce Furfuryl Alcohol. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 2015, 51, 44-52.
12. Chen, Y. C.; Hung, S. K.; Lee, H. Y.; Chien, I. L.* Energy-saving Designs for Separation of a Close-boiling 1,2-Propanediol and Ethylene Glycol Mixture. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2015, 54, 3828-3843.
13. Chung, Y. H.; Peng, T. H.; Lee, H. Y.; Chen, C. L.*; Chien, I. L. Design and Control of Reactive Distillation System for Esterification of Levulinic Acid and n-Butanol. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2015, 54, 3341-3354.
14. Novita, F. J.; Lee, H. Y.; Lee, M.* Self-heat Recuperative Dividing Wall Column for Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of the Reactive Distillation Process in the Formic Acid Production Process. Chem. Eng. Proces: Process Intensif., 2015, 97, 144-152.
15. Chen, D. Y.; Weng, K. C.; Wang, S. J.; Lee, H. Y.*, Design of Diphenyl Carbonate Process via Reactive Distillation Configuration, Chem. Eng. Trans., 2015, 45, 1195-1200.
16. Yu, F. E.; Jiang, S. C.; Lee, H. Y.; Ho, J. H.; Hsu, J. M.; Chern, C. S.* How Do Hyperbranched Polyimides Form in Polymerizations of N,N-bismaleimide-4,4-diphenylmethane with Barbituric Acid? J. Polym. Res., 2015, 22(10), 187.

17. Yu, F. E.; Lee, H. Y.; Hsu, J. M.; Pan, J. P.; Wang, T. H.; Chen, Z. Y.; Chern, C. S.* Effects of Initial Composition and Temperature on the Kinetics of Polymerizations of N,N'-bismaleimide-4,4'-diphenylmethane with barbituric acid. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 2015, 52, 181-190

1. Supervise a graduate student (蕭廷秝) to the Best Award of Oral Presentation in Chinese (Green Chemical Technology and Process System Engineering Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2016).
2. Supervise a graduate student (葉竣凱) to the Best Award of Poster Competition (Green Chemical Technology and Process System Engineering Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2016).
3. Supervise a graduate student (陳君霖) to the Best Award of Poster Competition(Green Chemical Technology and Process System Engineering Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2016).
4. Supervise a graduate student (蕭廷秝) to award Honorable Mention of Intern-Competition by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (2015).
5. Supervise two graduate students (李偉丞、黃資元) to award Honorable Mention of Poster Competition(Green Chemical Technology and Process System Engineering Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014).
6. Supervise a graduate student (翁國郡) to the Best Award of Poster Competition(Green Chemical Technology and Process System Engineering Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2013).
7. Keynote speaker of 6^th International Conference on Process Systems Engineering (PSE ASIA 2013), "Heat-integrated Design and Control of Reactive Distillation Processes", Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jun 22 ~ 24 (2013)
8. Supervise two senior students (王軍堯、楊世全) to award Third Place of Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2016).
9. Supervise three senior students (吳宇哲、林其泓、洪瑞陽) to award Honorable Mention Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2016).
10. Supervise two senior students (秦文鴻、王瑞陽) to award Third Place of Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2015).
11. Supervise three senior students (林智揚、林子迪、黃騰賢) to award Selected Work of Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2015).
12. Supervise three senior students (陳佳宏、游腕晶、莊祐誠) to award Third Place of Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014).
13. Supervise three senior students (李昇育、鍾秉錚、張浩業) to award Honorable Mention of Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014).
14. Supervise a senior student (翁國郡) to award Third Place of Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2013).
15. Supervise three senior students (郭祐任 and the other two students) to award Honorable Mention of Chemical Process Design Competition(The Undergraduate Group) by the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014).
16. Award for Chemical Industry Merit, 反應蒸餾節能設計於乙酸甲酯水解製程之應用, Chemical Engineering, 2012, 59(3), 31-54.
17. Supervise a senior student to award Best Project of Senior Project Competition by NTUST,2012.
18. Award for Outstanding Teacher (2012) by Dept.of Chem. Eng. of Taiwan Tech.

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