Zuansi Cai
Zuansi Cai

Dr Zuansi Cai

Associate Professor

 0131 455 2365

  Z.Cai@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Zuansi Cai is an Environmental Modeller and a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College in energy storage. He is a recipient of The Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship 2021/22. Prior to Edinburgh Napier University, Zuansi conducted research as a Research Associate/Fellow for three multi-million pound RCUK and EU research projects at University of Sheffield and Queens’ University Belfast. His research interests include Energy Storage, Renewable Energy and Intelligent Energy Systems, and Water Resources & Climate Change. His earlier research experience included solid waste technology, soil and groundwater remediation, flow and transport modelling as well as uncertainty quantification, Groundwater Risk Assessment of Fracking for Shale gas.
Zuansi's research is funded by The Royal Academy of Engineering, ETP, Horizon 2020, industries, etc. He has recently developed a new numerical simulator for large-scale hydrogen and gas-mixture storage in subsurface. The simulator (GPSFLOW) is capable of simulating non-isothermal, multi-phase and multi-component flow in subsurface storage reservoir for Hydrogen and compressed air energy storage as well as geothermal storage.

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Expert witness: China Plan "111" (2017-2021): 8m CNY International Cooperation

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Conference Chair: Geo-Energy Workshop, Edinburgh Napier University, May 2019
  • Member of Scientific Committee: the International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology , Malaysia, 2018

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Examining: MSc Thesis, Durham University, 2009

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
  • Fellow of The Geological Society

 

Grant Funding Panel Member

  • The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Panel Member: UPGro, 2013

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
  • EPSRC Associate College Membership
  • Reviewer for Leverhulme Trust Grant Application 2017

 

Invited Speaker

  • Seminar speaker: Geo-energy at Edinburgh University, Kings Buildings- Edinburgh, Feb 2022
  • Seminar Speaker: Wuhan University, Wuhan: China, 2018
  • Conference talk: The Geological Society of London meeting—Rain, Rivers and Reservoirs, Edinburgh, Sept. 2016
  • Seminar speaker: The International Associate Hydrogeologists (Irish Group), Dublin, 2014

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Member of American Geophysical Union

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • "Can we store renewable energy for an entire city" has been recently published in The Red Triangle 2019-2020. The article showcases my on-going research in energy storage to ENU alumni and public.

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast

 

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A lumped parameter approach to model the treatment of organic contaminants by a granular iron filled fracture

Journal Article
Cai, Z., Thomson, N. R., Wilson, R. D., & Oswald, S. E. (2006)
A lumped parameter approach to model the treatment of organic contaminants by a granular iron filled fracture. Advances in water resources, 29(4), 624-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.07.004
Zero-valent iron permeable reactive barriers (Fe0-PRBs) have been widely used in unconsolidated media to treat certain dissolved phase organic contaminants, but little attenti...

Leaching from solid waste incineration ashes used in cement-treated base layers for pavements

Journal Article
Cai, Z., Bager, D. H., & Christensen, T. (2004)
Leaching from solid waste incineration ashes used in cement-treated base layers for pavements. Waste Management, 24(6), 603-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2004.01.010
Waste incineration bottom ash and treated flue gas cleaning products mixed with 2.5% of cement (50 kg/m 3) were tested in the laboratory in terms of compressive strength and t...

Re-use of stabilised flue gas ashes from solid waste incineration in cement-treated base layers for pavements

Journal Article
Cai, Z., Jensen, D. L., Christensen, T. H., & Bager, D. H. (2003)
Re-use of stabilised flue gas ashes from solid waste incineration in cement-treated base layers for pavements. Waste Management and Research, 21(1), 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242x0302100106
Fly ash from coal-burning power plants has been used extensively as a pozzolan and fine filler in concrete for many years. Laboratory experiments were performed investigating ...

Evidence of Al-Cr interactions affecting Cr-leaching from waste incineration ashes

Journal Article
Cai, Z., Chen, D., Lundtorp, K., & Christensen, T. H. (2003)
Evidence of Al-Cr interactions affecting Cr-leaching from waste incineration ashes. Waste Management, 23(1), 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0956-053X%2802%2900113-7
Leaching tests on flue gas ashes from waste incineration showed low leaching of Cr from ashes that under moist anaerobic conditions also produced hydrogen gas. In some cases, ...

Pre-Napier Funded Projects

  • REMEDIATE: a €3.7m EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN (2015-2018) €1.1m awarded to Queen’s University Belfast, Co-I)

Current Post Grad projects

Previous Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Binbo Xu, Jinan University -Edinburgh Napier University, Guangzhou & Edinburgh, ongoing, 2019-now
  • Lichao Yang, University of Geosciences & Edinburgh Napier University, Beijing & Edinburgh, completed, 2019-2020
  • Chaobin Guo, Tongji University & Edinburgh Napier University, Shanghai and Edinburgh, completed, 2017