Youjian Zhu

Doctor, Lecture；

ADDRESS：NO 5, Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

PHONE：+86-18339838517

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E-mail：yjzhu01@hotmail.com

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Research Interest:

1. Solid fuel combustion and gasification

2. PM emissions mechanism

3.biomass and bio-fuels

Educational Background:

Oct.2012-Oct 2014,

Visiting Ph.D. student, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Supervisor: Prof. Peter Ashman

Sept.2010-Jun 2015,

Ph. D. Candidate, School of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University, Supervisor: Prof. Dingbiao Wang

Sept.2008-July.2010,

Master, School of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University, being given permission to be a Ph.D. Candidate for Successive Master and Doctoral Programs of Study

Sept.2004-July.2008,

Bachelor, School of Chemical Engineering & Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology, majoring in Chemical Engineering and Technology

Courses Taught:

Thermodynamics of Engineering, Professional English

Research Achievements:

(1)Youjian Zhu, Patrycja Piotrowska, Philip J. van Eyk, Dan Boström, Xuehong Wu, Christoffer Boman, Markus Broström, Jun Zhang^*, Chi Wai Kwong, Dingbiao Wang, Andrew J. Cole, Rocky de Nys, Francesco G. Gentili,Peter J. Ashman^*, Fluidized Bed Co-gasification of Algae and Wood Pellets: Gas Yields and Bed Agglomeration Analysis. Energy & Fuels, 2016, 30(3): 1800-1809

(2)Youjian Zhu, Peter J. Ashman^*, Chi Wai Kwong, Dingbiao Wang^*, Rocky de Nys, Pyrolysis characteristics and char reactivity of Oedogonium sp. and Loy Yang coal. Energy & Fuels, 2015, 29: 5047-5055

(3)Youjian Zhu, Patrycja Piotrowska, P. J. van Eyk, Dan Boström, Chi Wai Kwong, Dingbiao Wang, Andrew J. Cole, Rocky de Nys, Francesco G. Gentili,Peter J. Ashman^*, Cogasification of Australian Brown Coal with Algae in a Fluidized Bed Reactor. Energy & Fuels,2015, 29(3):1686-1700

(4)Youjian Zhu, Philip J. van Eyk, Christoffer Boman, et al., Co-gasification of algae with wood in an entrained flow reactor: gas yields and ash behavior. Energy & Fuels 2017 (under review).

(5) Yong Han, Dingbiao Wang*, Cancan Zhang,Youjian Zhu, The entransy degeneration and entransy loss equations for the generalized irreversible Carnot engine system, IInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 106: 895-907

(6) Cancan Zhang, Dingbiao Wang*, Kun Ren, Yong Han,Youjian Zhu, Xu Peng, Jing Deng, Xiying Zhang, A comparative review of self-rotating and stationary twisted tape inserts in heat exchanger, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, 53: 433-449

(7) Cancan Zhang, Dingbiao Wang^*,Youjian Zhu, Yong Han, Jinxing Wu, Xu Peng, Numerical study on heat transfer and flow characteristics of a tube fitted with double spiral spring, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2015, 94: 18-27

(8) Zhu Y.^#,Ashman P.J., Wang D., Kwong P., Nys R.d., Devolatilization characteristics of Oedogonium sp., Loy Yang coal and their blends using thermogravimetric analysis, In Australian Combustion Symposium, Perth, Australia, 2013.11.6-11.8

Current projects hosted:

Oct.2012-Oct.2014,

Participated in international collaboration program ‘Gasification of Algae: Swedish-Australian Research Platform’•Australian Research Council's linkage Projects Funding Scheme(LP100200616)

Aug.2010-Jun.2012,

Participated in program ‘Heat Recovery of Exhaust Steam from an Polymerization Reactor’, and designed a set of device to recover the exhaust heat from the polymerization reactor.

Aug.2009-Aug.2010,

Participated in program ‘Optimization of Fixed-bed Coal Gasifier’, and simulated the gasifier and the process of coal gasification using Fluent and Aspen Plus, respectively.

Aug.2008-Aug.2009,

Participated in program ‘Research and Demonstration of The Key Technology in the Production of Ammonia’, and assisted in simulating the process of the production of Ammonia using Aspen Plus.