Dr Hong Peng
Advance Qld Industry Research Fello
School of Chemical Engineering
+61 7 334 67709
Researcher biography
Biography:
Dr Hong (Marco) Peng is now Senior Research Fellow at School of Chemical Engineering ,the University of Queensland (UQ). He gained a Bachelor's degree in Minerals Engineering and a Master's degree in Microbiology at Central South University, China followed by a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering at UQ. Before joining UQ, he had industry experience as a chemical engineer at Olympic Dam site and Newcastle Technology centre, BHP Billiton.
Research:
His research focuses on fundamental aspects of chemical engineering processes, with a specialisation in unlocking nucleation and crystallization phenomena via both experimental and molecular simulation approaches. He applies these understandings with projects on utilisation of waste resource as functional materials for water and carbon capture.
Projects and Research Grants:
- Green synthesis of adsorption materials from clay minerals, 2019-2020, UniQuest Pathfinder, $24K (Leading CI)
- Unlocking Queensland's bauxite ore reserves through process technology innovation. Advance Queensland Research Fellowship (Early Career), 2016-2019, Queensland Government, $430K (Leading CI).
- Desilication product characterisation and chemical thermodynamic solubility model, 2017-2020, Alumina Quality Workshop (Inc) Association, $120K (CI)
- Quantitative phase analysis of bauxite ore and Bayer process residues (red mud), 2016-2018, Shanghai Synchrotron Access Program. 2016-2018 (Leading CI)
- Effect of Leaching Process on Distribution of Minor Valuable Elements in Bauxite Residue, 2018-2020, Shanghai Synchrotron Access Program. 2018-2020 ( Leading CI)
- Chemically modified bayer process desilication, 2015-2019, Rio Tinto Limited, $233K (Industry fund, CI)
- Synthesis of high purity alumina from kaolin, Industry funding, 2019-2020, Abercorn Kaolin Limited, $220K. (Industry fund, CI)
Teaching and Learning:
- Lecturer and Coordinator in Chemical Thermodynamics (CHEE3003)
- Lecturer in Process Modelling and Dynamics (CHEE3007)
- Lecturer in Engineering Investigation & Statistical Analysis (CHEE2010)
Research Interests
- Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
Precipitation, crystallisation, bioleaching, froth flotation, nanobubbles
- Chemical Engineering
Valorisation of bauxite residue and mine tailings, Zeolite, Alum, Environmental functional materials, MD Simulation
Book Chapters
Peng, Hong, Vaughan, James, Ma, Shengchun, Wang, Sicheng and Tian, Xinyu (2023). Turning bauxite residue to metal adsorption materials through a low-cost approach. Light Metals 2023. (pp. 225-229) edited by Stephan Broek. Cham, Switzerland: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22532-1_30
Peng, Hong, Peters, Steven and Vaughan, James (2019). Leaching kinetics of thermally-activated, high silica bauxite. Light metals 2019. (pp. 11-17) edited by Corleen Chesonis. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_2
Vogrin, John, Hodge, Harrison, Santini, Talitha, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2019). Quantitative X-ray diffraction study into bauxite residue mineralogical phases. Light metals 2019. (pp. 93-99) edited by Corleen Chesonis. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_13
Journal Articles
Peng, Hong, Vu, Ngoc Quy, Vaughan, James, Wang, Sicheng and Gao, Shuai (2023). Revealing the Mechanisms of Metal Adsorption by Bauxite Residue. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62 (8), 3515-3524. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02928
Gao, Shuai, Peng, Hong, Song, Bing, Zhang, Jinxuan, Wu, Weixi, Vaughan, James, Zardo, Peter, Vogrin, John, Tulloch, Sylvia and Zhu, Zhonghua (2023). Synthesis of zeolite from low-cost feeds and its sustainable environmental applications. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (1) 108995, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.108995
Zhang, Fan, Liao, Ting, Liu, Cong, Peng, Hong, Luo, Wei, Yang, Haoyu, Yan, Cheng and Sun, Ziqi (2022). Biomineralization-inspired dendrite-free Zn-electrode for long-term stable aqueous Zn-ion battery. Nano Energy, 103 107830, 107830. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107830
Mei, Jun, Zhang, Qian, Peng, Hong, Liao, Ting and Sun, Ziqi (2022). Phase engineering activation of low-cost iron-containing sulfide minerals for advanced electrocatalysis. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 111, 181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2021.09.047
Peng, Hong and Forsberg, Kerstin (2022). Progress on the recovery of Critical Raw Materials. JOM, 74 (5), 1932-1933. doi: 10.1007/s11837-022-05252-w
Mei, Jun, Liao, Ting, Peng, Hong and Sun, Ziqi (2022). Bioinspired materials for energy storage. Small Methods, 6 (2) 2101076, e2101076. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202101076
Fang, Chaojun, Cai, Tianrui, Yu, Shichao, Gao, Lijuan, Huang, Lingyun, Peng, Hong, Qiu, Guanzhou and Wang, Jun (2022). How ferric salt enhances the first-stage acidic leaching of chalcocite: performance of intermediate crystallite. JOM, 74 (5), 1969-1977. doi: 10.1007/s11837-022-05171-w
Bao, Shenxu, Peng, Hong, Rao, Feng and Zhang, Wencai (2021). Editorial: the separation and removal of inorganic ions and organics from aqueous solutions. Frontiers in Chemistry, 9 757447, 757447. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.757447
Peng, Hong, Qi, Tiangui, Vogrin, John, Huang, Qianmei, Wu, Weixi and Vaughan, James (2021). The effect of leaching temperature on kaolinite and meta-kaolin dissolution and zeolite re-precipitation. Minerals Engineering, 170 107071, 107071. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107071
Li, Peng, Huang, Yun, Fu, Changkui, Jiang, Shang Xu, Peng, Wei, Jia, Yi, Peng, Hong, Zhang, Ping, Manzie, Narelle, Mitter, Neena and Xu, Zhi Ping (2021). Eco‐friendly biomolecule‐nanomaterial hybrids as next‐generation agrochemicals for topical delivery. EcoMat, 3 (5) eom2.12132, 1-19. doi: 10.1002/eom2.12132
Peng, Hong, Vaughan, James and Vogrin, John (2021). Effect of alkalinity on zeolite LTN formation under Bayer process pre-desilication conditions. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60 (28) acs.iecr.1c02134, 10119-10128. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02134
Peng, Hong and Forsberg, Kerstin (2021). Advances in process metallurgy. JOM, 73 (6), 1629-1630. doi: 10.1007/s11837-021-04691-1
Tesfaye, Fiseha, Peng, Hong and Zhang, Mingming (2021). Advances in the circular economy of lanthanides. JOM, 73 (1), 16-18. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04493-x
Ahmed, Mohamed H.M., Batalha, Nuno, Qiu, Tengfei, Hasan, MD Mahmudul, Atanda, Luqman, Amiralian, Nasim, Wang, Lianzhou, Peng, Hong and Konarova, Muxina (2020). Red-mud based porous nanocatalysts for valorisation of municipal solid waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 396 122711, 122711. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122711
Mei, Jun, Wang, Tiantian, Peng, Hong, Ayoko, Godwin A., Liu, Jianjun, Liao, Ting and Sun, Ziqi (2020). First exploration on electrochemical activation of low-cost albite mineral for boosting lithium storage capability. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 4 (7) 2000057, 2000057. doi: 10.1002/adsu.202000057
Vogrin, John, Santini, Talitha, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2020). Influence of chloride on sodium aluminosilicate solubility in Bayer liquor. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 299 110086, 110086. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110086
Peng, Hong, Kim, Tae and Vaughan, James (2020). Acid Leaching of Desilication Products: Implications for Acid Neutralisation of Bauxite Residue. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59 (17) acs.iecr.0c00423, 8174-8182. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00423
Wong, David S., Kvithyld, Anne and Peng, Hong (2020). Aluminum: recycling and carbon/environmental footprint. JOM, 72 (10), 3332-3333. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04325-y
Vogrin, John, Santini, Talitha, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2019). The anion effect on sodium aluminosilicates formed under Bayer process digestion conditions. Hydrometallurgy, 192 105236, 105236. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.105236
Fang, Chaojun, Yu, Shichao, Wei, Xuyi, Peng, Hong, Ou, Leming, Zhang, Guofan and Wang, Jun (2019). The cation effect on adsorption of surfactant in the froth flotation of low-grade diasporic bauxite. Minerals Engineering, 144 106051, 106051. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2019.106051
Wang, Sicheng, Tuan Nguyen,, Peng, Hong and Huang, Longbin (2019). On the mechanism of sodic removal from bauxite residue and bauxite desilication products (BDP) using acetic acid. Jom, 72 (1), 309-318. doi: 10.1007/s11837-019-03884-z
Vaughan, James , Peng, Hong , Seneviratne, Dilini , Hodge, Harrison , Hawker, William , Hayes, Peter and Staker, Warren (2019). The sandy desilication product process concept. JOM, 71 (9), 2928-2935. doi: 10.1007/s11837-019-03617-2
Peng, Hong, Gudgeon, James and Vaughan, James (2019). Nucleation phenomena of supersaturated KCl solutions revealing by molecular dynamic simulation: implication of dehydration shell process. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 283, 108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.03.076
Peng, Hong and Nguyen, Anh V. (2018). A link between viscosity and cation-anion contact pairs: adventure on the concept of structure-making/breaking for concentrated salt solutions. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 263, 109-117. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.04.145
Peng, Hong, Ding, Mengliu and Vaughan, James (2018). The anion effect on zeolite LTA to sodalite phase transformation. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 57 (31) xxx, 10292-10302. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02026
Yu, Jin-sheng, Liu, Run-qing, Wang, Li, Sun, Wei, Peng, Hong and Hu, Yue-hua (2018). Selective depression mechanism of ferric chromium lignin sulfonate for chalcopyrite–galena flotation separation. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 25 (5), 489-497. doi: 10.1007/s12613-018-1595-6
Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2018). Aluminate effect on desilication product phase transformation. Journal of Crystal Growth, 492, 84-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2018.04.013
Peng, Hong, Vaughan, James and Vogrin, John (2018). The effect of thermal activation of kaolinite on its dissolution and reprecipitation as zeolites in alkaline aluminate solution. Applied Clay Science, 157, 189-197. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.03.002
Peng, Hong, Seneviratne, Dilini and Vaughan, James (2018). Role of the amorphous phase during sodium aluminosilicate precipitation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57 (5), 1408-1416. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04538
Wang, Xingxing, Liao, Rui, Zhao, Hongbo, Hong, Maoxing, Huang, Xiaotao, Peng, Hong, Wen, Wen, Qin, Wenqing, Qiu, Guanzhou, Huang, Caoming and Wang, Jun (2017). Synergetic effect of pyrite on strengthening bornite bioleaching by Leptospirillum ferriphilum. Hydrometallurgy, 176, 9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.12.003
Peng, Hong and Firouzi, Mahshid (2017). Evaluation of interfacial properties of concentrated KCl solutions by molecular dynamics simulation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 538, 703-710. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.11.063
Xiao, Wei, Cao, Pan, Liang, Qiannan, Peng, Hong, Zhao, Hongbo, Qin, Wenqing, Qiu, Guanzhou and Wang, Jun (2017). The activation mechanism of Bi3+ ions to rutile flotation in a strong acidic environment. Minerals, 7 (7) 113, 113. doi: 10.3390/min7070113
Vaughan, James, Riggio, Justin, Chen, Jeff, Peng, Hong, Harris, Hugh H. and van der Ent, Antony (2017). Characterisation and hydrometallurgical processing of nickel from tropical agromined bio-ore. Hydrometallurgy, 169, 346-355. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.01.012
Wang, Jun, Tao, Lang, Zhao, Hongbo, Hu, Minghao, Zheng, Xihua, Peng, Hong, Gan, Xiaowen, Xiao, Wei, Cao, Pan, Qin, Wenqin, Qiu, Guanzhou and Wang, Dianzuo (2016). Cooperative effect of chalcopyrite and bornite interactions during bioleaching by mixed moderately thermophilic culture. Minerals Engineering, 95, 116-123. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.06.006
Peng, Hong, Birkett, Greg R and Nguyen, Anh V (2015). Progress on the Surface Nanobubble Story: What is in the bubble? Why does it exist?. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 222, 573-580. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.09.004
Chen, Xing-hua, Hu, Yue-hua, Peng, Hong and Cao, Xue-feng (2015). Degradation of ethyl xanthate in flotation residues by hydrogen peroxide. Journal of Central South University, 22 (2), 495-501. doi: 10.1007/s11771-015-2548-0
Salimi, Reza, Vaughan, James and Peng, Hong (2014). Solubility of tricalcium aluminate in synthetic spent Bayer liquor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (44), 17499-17505. doi: 10.1021/ie502693p
Peng, Hong, Birkett, Greg R. and Nguyen, Anh V. (2014). The impact of line tension on the contact angle of nanodroplets. Molecular Simulation, 40 (12), 934-941. doi: 10.1080/08927022.2013.828210
Peng, Hong, Birkett, Greg R. and Nguyen, Anh V. (2013). Origin of interfacial nanoscopic gaseous domains and formation of dense gas layer at hydrophobic solid-water interface. Langmuir, 29 (49), 15266-15274. doi: 10.1021/la403187p
Peng, Hong, Hampton, Marc A. and Nguyen, Anh V. (2013). Nanobubbles do not sit alone at the solid-liquid interface. Langmuir, 29 (20), 6123-6130. doi: 10.1021/la305138v
Peng, Hong, Nguyen, Anh V. and Birkett, Greg R. (2013). A weighted test-area method for calculating surface tension. Molecular Simulation, 39 (2), 129-136. doi: 10.1080/08927022.2012.708414
Peng, Hong, Nguyen, Anh V. and Birkett, Greg R. (2012). Determination of contact angle by molecular simulation using number and atomic density contours. Molecular Simulation, 38 (12), 945-952. doi: 10.1080/08927022.2012.678846
Peng, Tiefeng, Nguyen, Anh V., Peng, Hong and Dang, Liem X. (2012). Quantitative analysis of aqueous nanofilm rupture by molecular dynamic simulation. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116 (3), 1035-1042. doi: 10.1021/jp208896y
Jin, Decai, Wang, Ping, Bai, Zhihui, Wang, Xinxin, Peng, Hong, Qi, Rong, Yu, Zhisheng and Zhuang, Guoqiang (2011). Analysis of bacterial community in bulking sludge using culture-dependent and -independent approaches. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 23 (11), 1880-1887. doi: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60621-3
Yang, Yu, Qian, Lin, Shi, Wu Yang, Peng, Hong and Qiu, Guan-zhou (2008). Isolation and characterization of acidophilic bacterium from Gaofeng Mine in China. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 18 (5), 1253-1257. doi: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60212-5
Yang, Y., Wan, M. X., Shi, W. Y., Peng, H., Qiu, G. Z., Zhou, J. Z. and Liu, X. D. (2007). Bacterial diversity and community structure in acid mine drainage from Dabaoshan Mine, China. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 47 (2), 141-151. doi: 10.3354/ame047141
Yang, Yu, Peng, Hong, Qiu, Guan-zhou, Liu, Jian-she and Hu, Yue-hua (2006). Stochastic simulation of growth curves of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Journal of Central South University of Technology, 13 (5), 473-476. doi: 10.1007/s11771-006-0070-0
Peng, H., Yang, Y., Li, X., Qiu, G. Z., Liu, X. D., Huang, J. F. and Hu, Y. H. (2006). Structure analysis of 16S rDNA sequences from strains of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Journal of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, 39 (2), 178-182.
Conference Papers
Audet, Denis, Vaughan, James and Peng, Hong (2022). Low cost improvements to the Sandy DSP process. International ICSOBA Conference, Athens, Greece, 10-14 October 2022. Quebec, Canada: ICSOBA.
Fang, Chaojun, Cai, Tianrui, Gao, Lijuan, Deng, Xiaowei, Lv, Bo and Peng, Hong (2022). Effect of thermal activation on phase transformation and pre-desiliconization of low-grade bauxite. Light Metals Symposia at the The-Minerals-Metals-Materials-Society (TMS) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States, 27 February - 3 March 2022. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92529-1_9
Fang, Chaojun, Yu, Shichao, Peng, Hong, Deng, Xiaowei and Wang, Jun (2020). Ionic effect of NaCl and KCl on the flotation of diaspore and kaolinite using sodium oleate as collector. TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, United States, 23-27 February 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-36408-3_6
Ogilvie, Horace, Vaughan, James and Peng, Hong (2020). Inhibition of Kaolinite Dissolution in Bayer Liquor Through Lithium Addition. 149th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Light Metals 2020, San Diego, CA United States, 23-27 February 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-36408-3_5
Seneviratne, D.N., Peng, H., Gillespie, A.R. and Vaughan, J. (2018). An investigation of Bayer desilication product agglomeration mechanisms by kernel function population balance modelling. Alumina2018, Gladstone, QLD, Australia, 9-14 September 2018. Applecross, WA, Australia: AQW.
Vogrin, J., Vaughan, J., Peng, H. and Santini, T. (2018). Characterisation and steps toward structure solution of synthetic anion-substituted desilication products. Alumina2018, Gladstone, QLD, Australia, 9-14 September 2018. Applecross, WA, Australia: AQW.
Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2018). In-situ XRD investigation of bauxite dehydroxylation. TMS 2018 147th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona, 11-15 March 2018. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-72484-3_3
Peng, H., Vaughan, J., Staker, W., Wang, J. and Wen, W. (2018). Advanced characterisation of bauxite residue. Alumina2018, Gladstone, QLD, Australia, 9-14 September 2018. Applecross, WA, Australia: AQW.
Vaughan, James, Fu, Weng, Peng, Hong, Hawker, Will, Hayes, Peter C. and Robinson, Dave (2018). Australian hydrometallurgy research and development. First Global Conference on Extractive Metallurgy, Ottawa, Canada, 26-29 August 2018. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95022-8_142
Seneviratne, Dilini, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2017). The impact of organic additives on phase transformation and particle size of Bayer process desilication product. 35th ICSOBA Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 2-5 October 2017. Hamburg, Germany: ICSOBA.
Peng, H., Vaughan, J. and Zieba, M. (2015). The thermodynamic approach to predicting silicate solubility. 10th International Alumina Quality Workshop, Perth, WA, Australia, 19-23 April 2015. AQW Incorporated.
Peng, Hong, Nguyen, Anh V. and Birkett, Greg R. (2011). An improved method for calculating surface tension by Monte Carlo simulation. Chemeca 2011: Australasian Conference on Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, 18 - 21 September 2011. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.
Thesis
Peng, Hong (2013). Nanobubbles and Molecular Scale Phenomena of Vapour-Liquid-Solid Interfaces. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland.