Education background
1996.03-2000.06 Tsinghua University，Thermal Engineering, PhD
1991.09-1994.03 Tsinghua University, Thermal Engineering, Master
1986.09-1991.07 Tsinghua University, Thermal Engineering, Bachelor
Experience
2016.08- Tsinghua University, Department of Energy and Power Engineering (formerly Department of Thermal Engineering), Professor
2008.12-2016.08 Tsinghua University, Thermal Engineering, Researcher
2001.08-2008.12 Tsinghua University, Thermal Engineering, Associate Professor
1996.06-2001.08 Tsinghua University, Thermal Engineering, Lecturer
Concurrent Academic
2020.01- Coal Conversion, Member of the Editorial Board
2010.08- Industrial Heating, Vice President
2017.10-2020.10 Tsinghua University-University of Waterloo Joint Research Center for Micro/Nano Energy &Environment Technology, Committee member
Social service
2019.04- Academician Expert Advisory Working Committee of China Association of Inventions, Expert
2018.09- China Association of Inventions, Fellow
2018.04- TUS-CLEAN ENERGY , Member of Science and Technology Committee
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
His research fields include pyrolysis, gasification and combustion of combustible solid waste, biomass energy/resource, new type of industrial boilers to reduce emissions and improve efficiency, simultaneous use of perovskite solar cells for photovoltaic/photothermal, and supercritical waste Hydrolysis, hydrothermal cracking to make organic fertilizer, dry granulation of metallurgical slag and heat recovery, etc.
Research Status
He presided/participated in more than 10 international cooperation projects, national 973 projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China, national key research and development programs, and provincial-school cooperation projects, and undertook nearly 100 development projects entrusted by enterprises. The total scientific research funding for the projects he presided/participated was about 100 million yuan.
Honors And Awards
[1] In 2020, at the 113th International Air and Waste Management Association Annual Meeting, he was awarded the "Arthur C. Stern" Outstanding Paper Award (only 1 per year)
[2] In 2019, the first prize of China Energy Conservation Association Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Technology Invention Award (ranking 1st)
[3] In 2018, the 10th Invention and Entrepreneurship Award·Character Award Special Prize, won the title of "Contemporary Inventor"
[4] In 2018, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Patent First Prize (ranked 2nd)
[5] In 2017, the first prize of China Energy Conservation Association Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Technology Invention Award (ranked 1st)
[6] In 2009, the 12th Beijing Technology Market Golden Bridge Award
[7] In 2008, the 4th "Invention and Entrepreneurship Award"
[8] In 2007, the third prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award (ranked 1st)
Academic Achievement
He has published 6 monographs/textbooks, more than 200 academic papers, of which more than 70 are included in SCI, more than 1,400 citations in SCI, H factor 21, 1 high-cited paper by ESI, and more than 40 authorized Chinese invention patents.
Monograph list:
[1] Energy and Power Engineering Project Management. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2018.
[2] Theory and calculation of heat transfer in furnace (English version). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2017.
[3] Thermal Engineering Foundation. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2016.
[4] Theory and Calculation of Heat Transfer in Furnaces. Academic Press of ELSEVIER, 2016.
[5] Principle and calculation of heat transfer in furnace. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2008.
[6] Waste clean incineration power generation technology. Beijing: China Water Power Press, 2004.
Representative papers:
[1] Rongjie Chen, Shiyu Zhang, kunlin Cong, Qinghai Li*, Yanguo Zhang*. Insight into synergistic effects of biomass-polypropylene co-pyrolysis using representative biomass constituents. Bioresource Technology, 307 (2020) 123243, (WOS:000528857700052)
[2] Jundian Luo, Qinghai Li*, Aihong Meng, Yanqiu Long, Yanguo Zhang*. A Method to Forecast the Combustion Characteristics of Biomass Waste: Based on a Custom-Designed Macro-TGA. Waste and Biomass Valorization.2019,10:3845-3856. (WOS:000496664800028 )(EI:20182005182655)
[3] Kunlin Cong, Feng Han, Yanguo Zhang, Qinghai Li*. The investigation of co-combustion characteristics of tobacco stalk and low rank coal using a macro-TGA. Fuel, 2019,237:126-132.（WOS：000448573200012）（EI: 20184105914632）
[4] Jie Xiang, Qinghai Li*, Zhongchao Tan, Yanguo Zhang*. Characterization of the flow in a gas-solid bubbling fluidized bed by pressure fluctuation. Chemical Engineering Science, 2017,174：93-103.（WOS：000413321000008）(EI: 20173704150735)
[5] Y. Long, H. Zhou, A. Meng, Q. Li, Y. Zhang*. Interactions among biomass components during co-pyrolysis in (macro)thermogravimetric analyzers. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2016，33(9)：2638-2643.(WOS:000382675200015)
[6] Hui Zhou, YanQiu Long, AiHong Meng, QingHai Li, YanGuo Zhang*. Thermogravimetric characteristics of typical municipal solid waste fractions during co-pyrolysis, Waste Management, 2015,38 :194-200. (WOS:000353176600024)(EI: 20150700518768)
[7] H Zhou, A Meng, Y Long, Q Li and Y Zhang*. Classification and comparison of municipal solid waste based on thermochemical characteristics. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 2014, 64(5): 597-616. (WOS:000334906900011)（EI：20142017732517）（被授予“Arthur C. Stern”杰出论文奖）
[8] Hui Zhou, YanQiu Long, AiHong Meng, QingHai Li, YanGuo Zhang*. The pyrolysis simulation of five biomass species by hemi-cellulose, cellulose and lignin based on thermogravimetric curves. Thermochimica Acta, 2013,566:36-43 （WOS:000322685700006）(EI: 20133916791569)
[9] Yanguo Zhang, Qinghai Li, Jinyan Jia, Aihong Meng*. Thermodynamic analysis on heavy metals partitioning impacted by moisture during the MSW incineration. Waste Management, 2012,32: 2278-2286. (WOS:000312675400011)(EI: 20124915751600)
[10] Yanguo Zhang, Qinghai Li*, Aihong Meng, Chen Changhe. Carbon monoxide formation and emissions during waste incineration in a grate-circulating fluidized bed incineration. Waste Management & research, 2011, 29(3):294-308. (WOS:000287917900008)(EI: 20111113740285)
[11] Qinghai Li*, Aihong Meng, Jinyan Jia, Yanguo Zhang*. Investigation of heavy metal partitioning influenced by flue gas moisture and chlorine content during waste incineration. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2010, 22(5): 760-768. (WOS:000277782600018)(EI: 20102212963306)
[12] LI Qinghai*, ZHANG Yanguo, CHEN Meiqian, MENG Aihong, CHEN Changhe. Study on drying and combustion process in grate-CFB incinerator. Science In China Series E-Technological Sciences, 2009, 52 (5): 1153-1160. (WOS:000265960500002) (EI: 20092112093582)
[13] Yanguo Zhang, Yong Chen, Aihong Meng, Qinghai Li, Hefa Cheng*. Experimental and Thermodynamic Investigation on Transfer of Cadmium Influenced by Sulfur and Chlorine during Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Incineration. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2008, 153(1-2): 309-319. (WOS:000255417500039)(EI: 20081311174280)
[14] ZHANG Yanguo, LI Qinghai, MENG Aihong*, CHEN Yong, ZHOU Yuqun, CHEN Changhe. Effects of sulfur compounds on Cd partitioning in a simulated MSW incinerator. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2007, 15(6): 889-894. (WOS:000252240900021)(EI: 20080311032256)
[15] LI Qinghai*, ZHANG Yanguo, REN Ganglian, MENG Aihong, CHEN Changhe. The Application of Furnace Safety Supervisory System (FSSS) in the Oil-fired Utility Boiler. Proceeding of the 2006 International Symposium on Safety Science and Technology. (WOS:000243255901020)
