1) Modeling and optimization of membrane based desalination networks

2) Molecular simulation of membranes process

3) Optimization and analysis of thermal based desalination process

4) Dynamic and optimal control of desalination system

1) Yawei Du*, Xuefei Liang, Yan Liu, Lixin Xie*, Shaofeng Zhang, Exergo-economic analysis and multi-objective optimization of seawater reverse osmosis desalination networks, Desalination, 2019, 466,1-15. SCI, IF 6.035

2) Yawei Du*, Yan Liu, Lixin Xie*, Shaofeng Zhang, Economic, energy, exergo-economic, and environmental analyses and multi-objective optimization of seawater reverse osmosis desalination systems with boron removal, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 31, 14193-14208. SCI, IF 3.375

3) Yawei Du*, Yan Liu, Shaofeng Zhang, Yingjun Xu, Optimization of Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Networks with Permeate Split Design Considering Boron Removal, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2016, 55, 12860-12879. SCI, IF 2.843

4) Yawei Du*, Lixin Xie, Yan Liu, Shaofeng Zhang, YingjunXu, Optimization of reverse osmosis networks with split partial second pass design, Desalination, 2015, 365: 365–380. SCI, IF 4.412

5) Shaofeng Zhang, Weixue Zhang, Yawei Du*, Molecular simulation of diffusion process of boric acid, borate ion and their complexes in reverse osmosis membranes (in Chinese), Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, 2019, 38 (7): 3038-3045. EI