“For the future of Westlake University, for the future of sustainable Energy and Resource.”
Biography
Assistant Professor, Westlake University, China, 2020-present.
Post-doc Research Fellow, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S., 2017-2020.
Ph.D., Geosystems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S., 2017.
M.S., Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, China, 2012.
B.S., Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China, 2009.
History
2020
Assistant Professor , School of Engineering, Westlake University
2017
Post-doc research fellow, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, U.S.
Ph.D Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.
2016
Visiting scholar , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
2015
M. Sc, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.
2012
M.Sc, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2009
B.Sc, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Research
Dr. Liang Lei has been working on pore and particle scale processes within porous media. His group conducts thermal-hydraulic-chemical-mechanical coupled experiments to explore mass and energy transfer in porous media (single- and multi- phase flow) and phase change (dissolution, precipitation, dissociation, freezing, melting and etc.) at multiple scales. He has several contributions to the field of natural gas hydrate and permafrost, has published more than 20 articles in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Langmuir, etc., and has obtained 3 authorized patents.
Our featured technique is in-situ testing based on micro-CT. While simulating the extreme environments in nature, engineering applications or industrial production, it allows for non-destructive and high-precision visualization of the three-dimensional internal structure of the sample and the track of sample or device response when environmental conditions changes. At present, we can achieve sub-micron resolution while maintain conditions at a temperature range from -50ºC to 500ºC, stress (axial pressure, confining pressure) and pore pressure (inlet and outlet pore pressure) from vacuum up to 40MPa, and adjustable chemical environments such as PH and relative humidity. Fields of applications include lunar soil, permafrost, deep earth and deep-sea engineering, energy storage based on latent and sensible heat, high-temperature electrochemistry, molten salt metallurgy, 3D printing, etc. We are open for collaborations with researchers from various fields.
Representative Publications
1. Gao, X., Tian, R., Yin, T., Torres, S., Lei, L. * (2024). “Pore-scale freezing of a sandy saline soil visualized with micro-computed tomography.” Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2215.
2. Liu, L., Lei, L. * (2023). “Contact angle on rough curved surfaces and its implications in porous media.” Langmuir, 39(12), 4507-4517. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00213.
3. Lei, L., Seol, Y.* (2020). “Pore-scale investigation of methane hydrate-bearing sediments under triaxial condition.” Geophysical Research Letters, 47(5), e2019GL086448. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086448.
4. Lei, L., Seol, Y.*, Choi, J. H., Kneafsey, T. J. (2019). “Pore habit of methane hydrate and its evolution in sediment matrix – Laboratory visualization with phase-contrast micro-CT.” Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104, 451-467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.04.004.
5. Lei, L., Seol, Y.*, Myshakin, E. (2019). “Methane hydrate film thickening in porous media.” Geophysical Research Letters, 46(20), 11091-11099. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084450.
6. Lei, L.*, Santamarina, J. C. (2019). “Physical properties of fine-grained sediments with segregated hydrate lenses.” Marine and Petroleum Geology, 109, 899-911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.08.053.
7. Lei, L., Seol, Y.* (2019) “High-saturation gas hydrate reservoirs - A pore scale investigation of their formation from free gas and dissociation in sediments.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(12), 12430-12444.https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018243.
8. Seol, Y., Lei, L.*, Choi, J., Jarvis, K., Hill, D. (2019) “Integration of triaxial testing and pore-scale visualization of methane hydrate bearing sediments.” Review of Scientific Instruments, 90(12), 124504. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5125445.
9. Lei, L., Seol, Y.*, Jarvis, K. (2018). “Pore-scale visualization of methane hydrate-bearing sediments with micro-CT.” Geophysical Research Letters, 45(11), 5417-5426. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078507.
10. Lei, L.*, Santamarina, J. C. (2018). “Laboratory strategies for hydrate formation in fine-grained sediments.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(4), 2583-2596. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014624.
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