General Areas of research

Computational geochemistry, molecular geochemistry, thermodynamics of fluids and minerals. Interplay between geochemistry and modern physical-chemistry.

Group Members in Yuandadu Park, September 2009
Group Members in Yuandadu Park, September 2009

Professor Zhenhao Duan

  • Director of the Key Lab of the Earth’s Deep Interior, CAS
  • Associate editor: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Editorial member: Chemical Geology
  • Member: International Committee of Gas Geochemistry
  • Professor: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS

Research Interests

  • Molecular level computer simulations
  • Thermodynamic models
  • Ab initio quantum calculations
  • Geochemical applications

Recent Publications

Reference Downloads
Shide Mao , Zhenhao Duan (2009) The Viscosity of Aqueous Alkali-Chloride Solutions up to 623 K, 1,000 bar, and High Ionic Strength. Int. J. Thermophys., 30:1510-1523 pdf
Shide Mao, Zhenhao Duan and Wenxuan Hu (2009) A vapor–liquid phase equilibrium model for binary CO2–H2O and CH4–H2O systems above 523K for application to fluid inclusions. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 50:13-21 pdf
Chi Zhang and Zhenhao Duan (2009) A model for C-O-H fluid in the Earth’s mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (7): 2089-2102. pdf
Mingyan Li, Zhenhao Duan, Zhigang Zhang, Chi Zhang and John Weare (2008) The structure, dynamics and solvation mechanisms of ions in water from long time molecular dynamics simulations: a case study of CaCl2 (aq) aqueous solutions. Molecular Physics, 106 (24): 2685-2697. pdf
Zhenhao Duan , Dedong Li (2008) Coupled phase and aqueous species equilibrium of the H2O–CO2–NaCl–CaCO3 system from 0 to 250 C, 1 to 1000 bar with NaCl concentrations up to saturation of halite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72 (20): 5128-5145. pdf
Junfeng Qin, RJ Rosenbauer and Zhenhao Duan (2008) Experimental Measurements of Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of the H2O+CO2+CH4 Ternary System. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 53 (6): 1246-1249. pdf
Shide Mao and Zhenhao Duan (2008) The P, V, T,x properties of binary aqueous chloride solutions up to T = 573 K and 100 MPa. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 40 (7): 1046-1063. pdf
Zhenhao Duan, Jiawen Hu, Dedong Li and Shide Mao (2008) Densities of the CO2-H2O and CO2-H2O-NaCl Systems Up to 647 K and 100 MPa. Energy & Fuels, 22 (3): 1666-1674. pdf

For more details about our research, please see the publications page.

Zhenhao Duan Research Group
Key Laboratory of Earth’s Deep Interior,CAS
Institute of Geology and Geophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China, 100029
Tel: 86-10-82998377
Fax: 86-10-82024251
E-mail: duanzhenhao@yahoo.com