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.