1. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1999

2. M.S., Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1993

3. B.S., Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1988

1. Thermal Engineering Institute, Thermal Engineering Department (Renamed as Energy and Power Engineering from 2018), Tsinghua University, Beijing China,

a) Full Professor (2010.12-present)

b) Associate Professor (2004.12-2010.11)

c) Assistant Professor (2003.8-2004.11)

2. 2000.10-2003.06 Quest Software Inc, California, USA, Software Engineer

3. 1999.08-2000.09 Department of Mechanical Engineering, USC, California, USA, Research Associate

Member of the Standard Committee for Boilers in China, 2008-present  

Member of Fluidized Bed Conversion-Implementing Agreement (FBC-IA) in International Energy Agency, 2008-present

Member of the Boiler Committee of the Chinese Society of Power Engineering, 2013.7- present,

Vice Chairman of China Boiler and Boiler Water Treatment Association Boiler Association, 2016-present

Prof. Zhang has been engaged in basic research on clean coal combustion technology and combustion science for many years, with research directions in circulating fluidized bed boilers, coal powder boilers and burners, combustion pollutant control, chemical kinetics, flame kinetics, microgravity combustion, and energy storage. Some achievements in pulverized-coal fired boilers, burners, circulating fluidized bed combustion, etc. have been put into application. The proposed pulverized-coal (oxygen-enriched) high-temperature air combustion technology can enhance flame stability and reduce NOx emissions, thereby improving the flexibility of pulverized-coal fired boilers. Prof. Zhang is a pioneer scholar in China in the area of microgravity coal combustion research and has participated in multiple microgravity combustion projects. Recently, he proposes and works on high-temperature solid medium heat storage technology based on fluidized bed heating, funded by international cooperation and the Ministry of Science and Technology. So far, Prof. Zhang has undertaken more than 40 scientific research projects and participated in more than 50 scientific research projects, including five projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one 863 project, and one key research and development project of the Ministry of Science and Technology for intergovernmental international cooperation. He has won three first prizes for scientific and technological progress from the Ministry of Education and one first prize for scientific and technological progress from the Chinese Particle Society. Prof. Zhang has published over 400 academic papers and has been granted more than 50 national invention patents.

1. Research and development of high-temperature thermal storage technology based on fluidization, National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (intergovernmental international cooperation), 2022-2025

2. Research on the Characteristics of Near-limit Laminar Combustion and Liquid Fuel Combustion (Project), Key Scientific Issues of Transformational Technology by the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2021-2026

3. Research and application of co-firing with large proportion of Zhundong coal in a pulverized-coal boiler, China Huadian Group, 2023-2025

4. Fluidized bed heat storage, international cooperation project, 2025-2026

Recently finished projects:

1. Combustion Mechanism and Verification for Coal-based Syngas burning in IGCC Heavy duty gas turbines (sub-project), Special Projects on Basic Research of Turbine, funded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 2020-2024

2. Research on Coal Particle Combustion and Soot Formation Characteristics under Microgravity, National Natural Science Foundation of China Project, 2019-2022

3. Basic research on ultra-low emissions of flue gas pollutants from coal-fired circulating fluidized bed boilers, Joint Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018-2021

4. Research on the mechanism of soot formation in pulverized-coal cloud flames, National Natural Science Foundation project, 2015~2018

5. Development and Demonstration of Key Technologies for 600-1000MW Ultra (Ultra) Critical Tower Boilers Burning High Alkali Coal from Xinjiang, Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2015-2017

6. Research on characteristics of coal combustion and pollutant generation under microgravity, Chinese Academy of Sciences project, 2013~2016

1. Progress in Scientific Research and Development Award, 1st Class of the Ministry of Education of China, Key Technologies in Development and Industrialization of Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler, 2006

2. Progress in Scientific Research and Development Award, 1st Class of the Ministry of Education of China, Key Technologies in Development of the Energy-Saving Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers based-on Flow Pattern Control, 2009

3. Progress in Scientific Research and Development Award, 1st Class of the Ministry of Education of China, Development of Application of Key Technologies for Supercritical Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers, 2015

4. China Electric Power Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) from the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering, Fluidization Status Design and Application for Ultra low Emission in Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Furnaces, 2020

5. China Particle Society Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class), Theory and Application of Gas Solid Fluidization in Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Furnace, 2020

1. Li, L., Zhang, R., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, H.  Burning ammonia with methane blending in an air-staged porous media burner, Fuel, 2025.1, 387: 134385

2. Han, C., Hu, L., Zhang, R., Zhang, Y., Lyu, J., & Zhang, H. Experimental study on in-furnace denitriffcation with iron-based additives in a circulating ffuidized bed combustor, Fuel, 2025.2, 392

3. Han, C., Hu, L., Song, T., Zhang, Y., Lyu, J., Zhang, H., Liu, Q. & Ma, S. Effect of bed material size on gas-solid flow characteristics in a CFB at low solid recirculation rates, Fuel, 2023:333

4. Li, Z., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, H. Kinetics modeling of NO emission of oxygen-enriched and rich-lean-staged ammonia combustion under gas turbine conditions, Fuel, 2024, 355: 129509

5. Wang, T., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, H. Thermodynamic and emission characteristics of a hydrogen-enriched natural gas-fired boiler integrated with external flue gas recirculation and waste heat recovery, Applied Energy, 2024, 358

6. Wang, T., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., & Lyu, J.  Stability and emissions of hydrogen-enriched methane flames on metal fiber surface burners, Intl. J. of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 72:1308-1320.

7. Zhang, W., Ji, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Chang, C., & Wang, Z. Dual-course dielectric barrier discharge with a novel hollow micro-holes electrode to efficiently mitigate NOx, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 473

8. Zou, J., Liu, C., Liu, F., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., & Lyu, J.  Experimental study on the structure and propagation of the stretched hydrogen-rich turbulent premixed flames in the thin-reaction-zone regime, Fuel, 2024, 365

9. Huang, W., Wu, Y., Feng, L., & Zhang, H.  Ignition characteristics of the high-velocity pulverized coal jet in MILD combustion mode: Experiments and prediction improvements, Fuel, 2024, 360.

10. Zhang, H., Lyu, J., & Yue, G. A review on research and development of CFB combustion technology in China, Powder Technology, 2023:414

11. Liu, X., Yang, H., Zhang, H., Lyu, J., & Zhang, Y. Semiempirical Model of the Drag Force Acting on an Obstacle in Downward Dense Particle Flows as per the Flow-Around Behavior, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023, 62(6) 3001-3010.

12. Han, C., Hu, L., Song, T., Zhang, Y., Lyu, J., Zhang, H., ... & Ma, S Effect of bed material size on gas-solid flow characteristics in a CFB at low solid recirculation rates, Fuel, 2023, 333(1):126354

13. Hu, L., Zhang, Y., Liu, Q., & Zhang, H. Density Functional Theory Study on the Reduction of NO by CO Over Fe3O4 (111) Surface, Combustion Science and Technology, 2022, 1- 14

14. Yang, W., Zhang, Y., Liu, B., Xu, K., & Zhang, H. Ignition predictions of isolated coal particles by different ignition criteria and devolatilization models，Fuel, 2022, 314

15. Yang, X., Wang, T., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., Wu, Y., & Zhang, J. Hydrogen effect on flame extinction of hydrogen-enriched methane/air premixed flames: An assessment from the combustion safety point of view, Energy, 2022:239

16. Fang, N., Zhang, P., Wang, W., Wang, Q., Lyu, J., Zhang, H., & Yue, G. Effects of coal particle size on the two-phase flow and slagging performance in a swirl burner, Energy, 2022, 238

17. Yang, W., Zhang, Y., Liu, B., Zou, J., Zhang, H., & Lyu, J. Volatile Ejection in Jet Manner and its Influence on Combustion of Isolated Coal Particles, Microgravity Sci. Technol, 2022，34(5): 82

18. Yang, W., Liu, B., Zhang, H., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., & Lyu, J. Prediction improvements of ignition characteristics of isolated coal particles with a one-dimensional transient model, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021，38(3): 34083-4089

19. Wang, T., Zhang, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, H., Lyu, J., & Yue, G. Efficiency and emissions of gas-fired industrial boiler fueled with hydrogen-enriched nature gas: A case study of 108 t/h steam boiler, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022，47(65): 28188-28203

20. Zhang, Y., Cheng, L., Zhang, Y., Fan, B., Zhang, H., & Lyu, J.  A Method to Measure the Solid Circulation Rate in CFB Boilers，Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. 2022，pp499-511

21. Wang, K., Shen, W., Zhang, Y., Peng, Y., Zhang, H., Yang, H., & Lyu, J. Formation of SO3 in Flue Gas Under SNCR Conditions，Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. 2022, pp687-700.

22. Yang, W., Zhang, Y., Hu, L., Lyu, J., & Zhang, H. An experimental study on ignition of single coal particles at low oxygen concentrations, Frontiers in Energy, 2021, 15 (1): 38-45

23. Yang, X., Zhang, Y., Liu, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Lyu, J., & Yue, G.  Modeling of single coal particle combustion in O-2/N(2) and O-2/CO(2) atmospheres under fluidized bed condition, Frontiers in Energy, 2021, 15 (1):99-111

24. Shen, W., Zhang, Y., Yang, X., & Zhang, H. Hydrogen, Methane, Ethylene and Propylene Blending on the Ignition Delay Time of n-Heptane/Toluene Mixtures under Homogeneous and Nonpremixed Counterflowing Conditions, Combustion Science and Technology, 2021, 193(5/8): 812-834，

25. Shen, H., Wu, Y., Zhou, M., Zhang, H., Yue, G., & Lyu, J. Large eddy simulation of a 660 MW utility boiler under variable load conditions, Frontiers in Energy, 2021, 15 (1):124-131

26. Chen, S., Cai, R., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Zhang, H., & Lyu, J. A semi-empirical model to estimate the apparent viscosity of dense, bubbling gas-solid suspension, Powder Technology, 2021, 377:289-296

27. Yang, X., Wu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., & Zhang, J.  Reassessing the 2-D velocity boundary effect on the determination of extinction stretch rate and laminar flame speed using the counterflow flame configuration, Combustion and Flame, 2021: 234

28. Hu, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., & Wu, Y. Catalytic reduction of NO by CO over Fe-doped penta-graphene as a promising catalyst: A density functional study, Molecular Catalysis, 2020, 496

29. Feng, L., Wu, Y., Xu, K., Zhang, H., & Zhang, Y.  Effect of particle distance on combustion behaviors through 1-D model with Neumann boundary condition, Fuel, 2020, 276

30. Feng, L., Zhang, H., Hu, L., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., Wang, Y., & Yang, H.  Classification performance of model coal mill classifiers with swirling and non-swirling inlets, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 28(3): 777-784

31. Wang, T., Zhang, H., Yang, H., & Lyu, J.  Oxidation mechanism of pyrite concentrates (PCs) under typical circulating fluidized bed (CFB) roasting conditions and design principles of PCs’ CFB roaster, Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 2020, 153: 107944.

32. Shen, H., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., Zhou, M., Zhang, H., & Yue, G. Modeling of the Coal Particle Behavior in an Ultra-Supercritical Boiler With Large Eddy Simulation，J. Energy Resour. Technol. Jul 2020, 142(7): 070909  

33. Xu, K., Zhang, H., Shen, W., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., & Lyu, J. Soot Formation and Distribution in Coal Jet Flames over a Broad Range of Coal Concentration, Energy & Fuel, 2020 34 (6):7545-7553

34. Wang, W., Lyu, J., Zhang, H., Liu, Q., Yue, G., & Ni, W.  A decoupled method to identify affecting mechanism of crosswind on performance of a natural draft dry cooling tower, Frontiers in Energy, 2020, 14 (2):318-327

35. Wang, J., Huang, W., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., Zhang, H., & Yue, G. Particle trajectories in pipe flow considering particle-wall collisions, Physics of Fluids, 2020, 32 (4): 043307

Invention Patents:

1. A circulating fluidized bed combustor for coal slurry combustion, 2024, #2018101956684

2. A solid thermal storage system and heat exchange system used in the coal-fired power plant, 2024, #2018104357035.

3. A gas burner and low NOx emission combustion method, 2024, #2019111173026.

4. A high-pressure steam generation boiler, 2024, #2018100650370.

5. A system and method for alumina solid particle roasting, 2024, #2020101938518A

6. A staging combustor and combustion method with oxygen enrichment for burning ammonia, 2024, #2023103010678

7. Thermal power plant unit, 2023, CN114543065B

8. A straight rod premixed burner and low nitrogen combustion method, 2022, CN114659105B

9. A flaky stepped air distribution device for circulating fluidized bed boilers, 2022 CN107036085B

10. A disperse material cooling device, 2022, CN112747621B

11. Combustion tube and low nitrogen burner with the combustion tube, 2022, CN112696672B

12. A catalyst metal heating surface for reducing NOx content in flue gas and its preparation method, 2021, CN107398283B

13. Monitoring Method for Metal Wall Temperature of Boiler High Temperature Heating Surface Based on Operating Data, 2020, CN110987211B

14. A Monitoring Method for Ash Deposition on Heating Area,2020, CN110455854B

15. An electrically heated solid dielectric energy storage device, 2020, CN110360863B

16. A Boiler System and Method for Burning High Alkali Coal, 2020 CN109210557B

17. A kind of circulating fluidized bed combustion method, 2020 CN109253448B

18. A Method for Realizing Ultra Low NOx Emission from Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers, 2020, CN108105759B

19. A Desulfurization Method for Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers, 2020, CN107596878B

20. A low NOx burner for gaseous fuels, 2020, CN109442411B