Personal Information
Name: Zhengdong LiuGender: Male
Date of Birth: November 1990Place of Birth: Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
Current Position: Associate Professor & Ph.D. Supervisor
Education Background
lB.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, 2014
lPh.D. in Safety Science and Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, 2020
lVisiting Scholar, Heriot-Watt University (Lyell Centre), United Kingdom, 2019–2020
Research Interests
1. Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2)
2. Geological hydrogen storage technology
3. Gas migration behavior in porous media
4. Coalbed methane and unconventional gas recovery
5. Multiphase transport and diffusion mechanisms in coal reservoirs
Research Projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program)
Control Mechanism of Gas Diffusion Dynamics by Evolution of Particle Force Chains in Loaded Tectonic Coal. (2024–2027)
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Fund)
Gas Mass Transfer Characteristics and Dual-Stage Diffusion Response Mechanism in Deep High-Stress Coal(2022–2024)
3. Liaoning Provincial Joint Fund for Key Scientific Innovation Bases
Fracture Solid-Bridge Connection Structures and Permeability Enhancement Mechanisms in Deep High-Stress Coal(2021–2023)
4. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Physical Structural Characteristics and Multi-Stage Gas Diffusion Mechanisms of Coal under Stress Constraints. (2022–2024)
5. Central Universities Fundamental Research Cultivation Project
Gas Phase Diffusion Characteristics and Mass Transfer Conversion Mechanisms in Loaded Coal(2023–2024)
6. Young Faculty Research Innovation Project of Central Universities
Flow-Regime Conversion Mechanisms Based on Pore-Scale Effects in Coal Reservoirs(2021–2022)
7. Open Fund of State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Mine Strata Intelligent Control and Green Mining
8. Open Fund of Henan Key Laboratory of Gas Geology and Gas Control
Academic paper(Only listing the first author and corresponding author of SCI papers, with 1 highly cited paper in ESI)
1. Fuchao Tian, Zhengdong Liu,* Wancheng Zhu, Weiwei Su, Jiaxuan Wang, Jiamei Yang, and Zheng Zhang Experimental Assessment of Combined Contribution of Coal Mass Diffusion and Seepage to Methane Migration under In Situ Stress Conditions [J]. Energy & fuels, 2023.
2. Zhengdong Liu, Lin X, Cheng Y, et al. Experimental investigation on the diffusion property of different form coal: Implication for the selection of CO2 storage reservoir[J]. Fuel, 2022, 318: 123691.
3. Zhengdong Liu, Lin X, Wang Z, et al. Modeling and experimental study on methane diffusivity in coal mass under in-situ high stress conditions: A better understanding of gas extraction[J]. Fuel, 2022, 321: 124078.
4. Zhengdong Liu, Yuanping Cheng, Wang L, et al. Experimental investigation of the constant and time-dependent dynamic diffusion coefficient: Implication for CO2 injection method[J]. Fuel, 2020, 267: 117283.
5. Zhengdong Liu, Yuanping Cheng, Wang Y, et al. Experimental investigation of CO2 injection into coal seam reservoir at in-situ stress conditions for enhanced coalbed methane recovery. Fuel, 2019, 236: 709-716.
6. Zhengdong Liu, Yuanping Cheng, Liang Wang et al. Analysis of coal permeability rebound and recovery during methane extraction: Implications for carbon dioxide storage capability assessment[J]. Fuel, 2018, 230: 298-307.
7. Zhengdong Liu, Yuanping Cheng, Jun Dong et al. Master role conversion between diffusion and seepage on coalbed methane production: Implications for adjusting suction pressure on extraction borehole[J]. Fuel, 2018, 223: 373-384.
8. Zhengdong Liu, Yuanping Cheng, Jingyu Jiang et al. Interactions between coal seam gas drainage boreholes and the impact of such on borehole patterns. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2017, 38: 597-607.
9. Zhengdong Liu, Yuanping Cheng, Qingquan Liu et al. Numerical assessment of CMM drainage in the remote unloaded coal body: Insights of geostress-relief gas migration and coal permeability. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2017, 45: 487-501.
10. We Li, Zhengdong Liu*, Erlei Su, et al. Experimental investigation on the effects of supercritical carbon dioxide on coal permeability: implication for CO2 injection method [J]. Energy & fuels, 2018, 33(1): 503-512.
Books and Patents
Academic Book
Concise Tutorial on Coalbed Gas Flow Theory
Patents
1. Progressive pressure-controlled gas diffusion testing device for in-situ coal samples, China Patent, CN202210164981.8
2. Microbial-assisted hydraulic fracturing permeability enhancement system and method for coal seams, China Patent, CN202210175997.9
3. Experimental system for simulating proppant transport with supercritical CO2, China Patent, 202310286558X
4. Underground supercritical CO2 fracturing device and construction method for coal-rock masses, China Patent, 2023109468533
5. Experimental apparatus and method for gas desorption and diffusion in coal particles considering thermal desorption effects, China Patent, 2023108586462
6. Apparatus for measuring additional stress induced by coal adsorption deformation, China Patent, ZL201510201276.0
Student Supervision and Honors
1. Supervised one recipient of the National Scholarship for Graduate Students (2022).
2. Supervised one recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award of Northeastern University (2022).
3.Advisor for national and provincial undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship projects.