Research Area:

• Pulsating heat transfer and nano-fluid heat transfer

• Combustion induced thermo-acoustic instability and its controlling

• Oxy-fuel combustion

• Complex turbulent flow and chemical reaction simulation based on lattice Boltzmann method

Members:

Prof. Youqu Zheng
Youqu Zheng is a full professor in Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, and he has been the vice principal of the university since 2010. He received his Ph.D. at Zhejiang University in 2001. His research interests include high performance cooling technologies, and controlling combustion induced thermoacoustic instability in swirl combustors. He is now working under several grants from Natural Science Foundation of China and has co-authored more than 50 journal and conference publications, besides acting as a reviewer for a number of international journals.

Associate Prof. Guoneng Li
Guoneng Li is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. at Zhejiang University in 2009. His research interests include high performance cooling technologies, CFD simulations of large capacity pulverized coal fired boilers, and controlling combustion induced thermoacoustic instability in swirl combustors. He is now working under several grants from Natural Science Foundation of China and has co-authored more than 30 journal and conference publications, besides acting as a reviewer for a number of international journals

Associate Prof. Zhiguo Zhang
Zhiguo Zhang is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. at Zhejiang University in 2005, and worked as post-doctoral research associate in Zhejiang University between 2005 and 2007. His research interests include elemental reactions in proton exchange membrane fuel cell, heat management in pharmaceutical factories, and thermoacoustic instability in swirl combustors. He is now working under a grant from Natural Science Foundation of China and has co-authored more than 30 journal and conference publications.

Assistant Prof. Cong Dong
Cong Dong is a lecturer in the School of in Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics at Southeast University in 2014. His research interests include in high-effect heat transfer enhancement of heat exchangers, thermal power engineering and centrifugal pump energy-saving technologies. He has authored and coauthored more than 20 papers on SCI/EI in his research fields.

Assistant Prof. Wenwen Guo
Wenwen Guo is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology. She got her Ph.D. at Zhejiang University in 2015. Her main research area involves heat transfer enhancement, clean energy utilization and liquid fuel synthesis. She has participated in several research projects and published 7 research papers in SCI/EI journals.

Projects(selected by latest 3 years)

[1] “The heat transfer enhancement mechanism by the turbulent coherence structure in a jet to cross flow system”, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51476145) in 2014, Fund Support: CNY 1,150,000.
[2] “Nano-particle movement and heat transfer enhancement mechanism by pulsating waves”, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51476146) in 2014, Fund Support: CNY 900,000.
[3] “Mechanism and optimization of heat transfer enhancement by an active controlled pulsating transverse micro jet”, The Cross Research Foundation of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology (2013JC02Z), 2013, Fund Support: CNY 200,000.
[4] “Mechanism study on the correlation between the processing vortex core and the thermo-acoustic instability in swirl-stabilized combustion”, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51176172), 2011, Fund Support: CNY 900,000.
[5] “Influence study of pulsating waves on the fluid flow and the heat transfer inside the boundary layer”, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51106140) , 2011, Fund Support: CNY 500,000.
[6] “Study on the mechanism of heat transfer enhanced by self-induced thermo-acoustic pulsations”, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Z1110695) , 2011, Fund Support: CNY 300,000.
[7] “Investigation on mechanism of the correlation between the processing vortex core and the thermo-acoustic instability”, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Y1110642) , 2011, Fund Support: CNY 120,000.
[8] “Investigation on the mechanism of combustion induced thermoacoustic instability under the O2/ CO2 atmosphere”. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51206148) in 2012, Fund Support: CNY 500,000.

Publications(selected by latest 3 years)

[1] G.N. Li, Y.Q. Zheng, G.L. Hu, Z.G. Zhang, Y.S. Xu. Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement from a circular cylinder in laminar pulsating crossflows. Heat Transfer Engineering, DOI:10.1080/01457632.2015.1060758.
[2] G.N. Li, M. Aktas, Y. Bayazitoglu. A review on the discrete Boltzmann model for nanofluid heat transfer in enclosures and channels, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 2015, 67(6): 463-488.
[3] G.N. LI, Y.Q. ZHENG, G.L. HU, Z.G. ZHANG. CFD method study of the influence of pulsating frequency on enhancement of heat transfer from a rectangular flat plate in laminar pulsating flows inside a vertical circular channel. Heat Transfer Research, 2015, 46(10): 903-921.
[4] G.N. LI, Y.Q. ZHENG, Y.S. XU, G.L. HU, Z.G. ZHANG. Experimental investigation on heat transfer enhancement from a heated circular cylinder with constant heat input power in turbulent pulsating crossflows. Heat and Mass Transfer, 2014, 50(10): 1417-1427.
[5] G.N. LI, Y.Q. ZHENG, G.L. HU, Z.G. ZHANG. Experiments on convection heat transfer enhancement of a rectangular flat plate by an impinging jet in cross flow. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2014, 22(5):489-495.
[6] G.N. LI, Y.Q. ZHENG, G.L. HU, Z.G. ZHANG. Heat transfer enhancement from a rectangular flat plate with constant heat flux in pulsating flows, Experimental Heat Transfer, 2014, 27: 198-211.
[7] G.N. LI, Y.Q. ZHENG, G.L. HU, Z.G. ZHANG. Experimental investigation on heat transfer enhancement from an inclined heated cylinder with constant heat input power in infrasonic pulsating flows, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2013, 49: 75-85.
[8] Zhiguo Zhang, Dan Zhao, R. Dobriyal, Youqu Zheng, Wenming Yang. Theoretical and experimental investigation of thermoacoustics transfer function[J]. Applied Energy 154 (2015) 131–142.
[9] Zhiguo Zhang, Dan Zhao, S.H. Li, C.Z. Ji, X.Y. Li, J.W. Li. Transient energy growth of acoustic disturbances in triggering self-sustained thermoacoustic oscillations[J]. Energy, 2015, 82:370-381.
[10] Zhiguo Zhang, Di Guan, Youqu Zheng, Guoneng Li. Characterizing premixed laminar flame–acoustics nonlinear interaction[J]. Energy Conversion and Management 98 (2015) 331–339
[11] Zhiguo Zhang, Dan Zhao, Nuomin Han, Shuhui Wang, Junwei Li. Control of combustion instability with a tunable Helmholtz resonator[J]. Aerospace Science and Technology, 2014,41(1):55-62.
[12] Zhang, Zhiguo, Li, Guoneng, Hu, Guilin, Sun, Yaoyu. Theoretical Research on the Mechanism of the Dimerization Reactions of Alkyl Ketene[J]. Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 481586:1-6.
[13] Zhi-Guo Zhang, Ri-Heng Song, Gui-Lin Hu, Yao-Yu Sun. Thermal Stability and Degradation of Poly(Lactic Acid) /Hexamoll® DINCH / Montmorillonite Composites[J]. BioResources, 2014, 9(3): 4821-4833.
[14] Zhang, Zhi-Guo, Cheng, Yun-Tao, Hu, Gui-Lin, Li, Guo-Neng. Two New Trijugin-Type Limonoids from Cipadessa cinerascens[J]. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2013, 96(12):2228-2232.
[15] Zhang, Zhi-Guo, Yao, Kai, Hu, Gui-Lin, Zhang, Ji[J]. Three New Limonoids from the Leaves of Cipadessa cinerascens[J]. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2010, 93(4):698-703.
[16] Zhiguo Zhang, Tao Qiu, Riheng Song, Yaoyu Sun. Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of the Fluted Corrugated Sheet in the Corrugated Cardboard[J].Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2014, 654012:1-8.
[17] Zhang, Zhiguo, Song, Riheng, Li, Guoneng, Hu, Guilin, Sun, Yaoyu. Improving Barrier Properties of PET by Depositing a Layer of DLC Films on Surface[J]. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2013, 861804:1-6.
[18] Zhiguo Zhang and Di Guan. Feedback Control of Rijke-type Thermo-acoustic Instability[J]. Journal of low frequency noise, vibration and active control. 2014, 33(4): 411 – 428.
[19] S.R. Wang, W.W. Guo, L.J. Zhu, et al. Methyl acetate synthesis from dimethyl ether carbonylation over mordenite modified by cation exchange. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015, 119 (1), 524-533.
[20] S.R. Wang, W.W. Guo, L. Guo, et al. Experimental and subsequent mechanism research on the steam reforming of ethanol over a Ni/CeO2 catalyst. International Journal of Green Energy, 2015, 12, 694-701.
[21] S.R. Wang, W.W. Guo, H.X. Wang, et al. Effect of the Cu/SBA-15 catalyst preparation method on methyl acetate hydrogenation for ethanol production. New Journal of Chemistry, 2014, 38, 2792-2800.
[22] S.R. Wang, W.W. Guo, H.X. Wang, et al. Influence of Mn promotion on CO hydrogenation over Rh/CNTs catalyst. Catalysis Letters, 2014, 144, 1305-1312.
[23] Cong Dong, Ya-Ping Chen, Jia-Feng Wu. Performance Comparison of Trisection Helical Baffle Heat Exchangers with Different Circumferential Overlap Sizes. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2015, 38(7): 1277-1284. DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201300499.
[24] Cong Dong, Ya-Ping Chen, Jia-Feng Wu. Flow and heat transfer performances of helical baffle heat exchangers with different baffle configurations. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 80: 328-338. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.070.
[25] Cong Dong, Yaping Chen, Jiafeng Wu. Performances of helical baffle heat exchangers with different baffle assembly configurations. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015, 93(8):1500-1508. DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22237.
[26] Cong Dong, Ya-Ping Chen, Jia-Feng Wu, Rui-Bing. Performance study of a circumferential overlap trisection helical baffle heat exchanger at the shell side. Heat Transfer Engineering, 2015, 36(13): 1132-1143. DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2015.987626.
[27] Cong Dong, Yaping Chen, Jiafeng Wu. Comparison of heat transfer performances of helix baffled heat exchangers with different baffle configurations. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015, 23(1): 255-261. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2014.10.014.
[28] Cong Dong, Yaping Chen, Jiafeng Wu. Influence of baffle configurations on flow and heat transfer characteristics of trisection helical baffle heat exchangers. Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 88: 241-258. DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.08.005.

Train for graduate students:

More than 10 graduate students received M.S. degrees from our team since 2010.

Resource for research：

1. DANTEC 3D-PIV System
2. OLYMPUS High Speed Imaging System
3. DALI Infra-Red image System
4. NI USB DAQ System
5. ALICAT MFC System
6. AGILENT 34970A System
6. TESTO 340/360 System