EDUCATION BACKGROUND

2013.09-2018.09 PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2010.09-2013.05 Master in Power Engineering, Central South University

2006.09-2010.06 Bachelor in Built Environment and Equipment Engineering, Central South University

WORK EXPERIENCE

2022.07-present Associate Professor, School of Smart Energy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2019.11-2022.06 Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

2018.10-2019.11 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

1. Thermal energy storage (sensible heat, latent, thermochemical)
2. Thermo-mechanical energy storage (Carnot battery, liquid-air energy storage, compressed-air energy storage)
3. Smart energy system

1. Thermo-economic assessment of sub-ambient temperature pumped-thermal electricity storage integrated with external heat sources, Energy Conversion and Management, 2023, 285: 116987.
2. Thermodynamic investigation of latent heat storage for pumped-thermal electricity storage, Journal of Energy Storage, 2022, 55: 105802.
3. Thermo-hydraulic performance of heated vertical flows of supercritical CO2, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022, 199: 123437.
4. Multi-criteria thermodynamic analysis of pumped-thermal electricity storage with thermal integration and application in electric peak shaving of coal-fired power plant. Energy Conversion and Management, 2022, 258: 115502.
5. Thermo-economic assessments of pumped-thermal electricity storage systems employing sensible heat storage materials, Renewable Energy, 2022, 186: 431-56.
6. Transient simulation and thermodynamic analysis of pumped thermal electricity storage based on packed-bed latent heat/cold stores. Renewable Energy, 2021, 174: 939-51.
7. Topology optimization for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat storage. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021, 159: 106578.
8. Medium- and high-temperature latent and thermochemical heat storage using metals and metallic compounds as heat storage media: A technical review. Applied Energy, 2020, 280: 115950.
9. Experimental study on the cycling stability and corrosive property of Al-Si alloys as phase change materials in high-temperature heat storage. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2019, 203: 110165.
10. Experimental study on the thermodynamic performance of cascaded latent heat storage in the heat charging process. Energy, 2018, 157: 690-706.

1. State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization Open Fund Project, Research on the Combined Cooling, Heat and Electricity Hierarchical Supply System Based on Carnot Battery and Its Smart Operation Mechanism, 2023.01-2024.12.
2. Shanghai Jiao Tong University "Double First-class" Research Start-up Project, 2022.07-2025.06.
3. Youth Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Study on Heat Transfer Mechanism and Topology Optimization of Latent Heat Storage, 2020.01-2022.12.
4. International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, The Office of China Postdoctoral Council, Study on the Topology Optimization of Latent Heat & Cold Storage in Large-scale Pumped-thermal Electricity Storage, 2019.11-2021.10.
5. Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Multi-energy Complementary Energy Upgrade and Storage, 2021.01-2025.12.
6. Project of UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Integrated Development of Low-Carbon Energy Systems (IDLES): A Whole-System Paradigm for Creating a National Strategy, 2018.11-2023.10.
7. Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Coherent Scattering and Anisotropic Thermal Radiation in Micro-nano Porous Medium and Its Regulating and Controlling Mechanisms, 2017.01-2021.12.
8. National Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Project), Research on New Principles and New Technologies for High Efficiency Storage of Multi-Form Waste Heat, 2013.01-2017.12.

1. Shanghai Talent (Overseas) Program, 2022.
2. Postdoctoral International Exchange Program, 2019.
3. Academic Exchange Program Fund of Postdoctoral International Exchange Program, 2019.
4. Mengminwei International Exchange Fund, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2019.