Education background

B.S. in Thermal Engineering, 1997, Tsinghua University

M.S. in Thermal Engineering, 2000, Tsinghua University

PhD in Thermal Engineering, 2003, Tsinghua University

Experience

2013-present Professor, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing , China

2006-2013 Associate Professor. Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2003-2006 Lecturer, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing , China

Concurrent Academic

Representative of China in IEA-FBC

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

Gas-solid fluidization, circulating fluidized bed coal combustion technology and pollution control

Research Status

He has in charged several research projects involving the coal combustion, biomass utilization and emission control. He has extensive experience in boiler design and operating, energy saving and combustion optimization, emission control on the flue gas from boilers. Also, He has been the project leader of several international projects from EDF (France), Alstom( USA), IHI (Japan) VTT(Finland) and B&W (USA), which cover the fundamental research and industrial application in CFB boiler. Now, He is the project leader of Key Project of the National twelve‐Five Year Research Program of China, “The research and demonstration on the energy saving and low emission CFB boiler”. He has an extensive international network in the field of CFB combustion, fluidization and emission control.

Academic Achievement

He has published more than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals and international conference proceedings.

Li Jingji Yang Hairui, Wu Yuxin, Effects of the Updated National Emission Regulation in China on Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers and the Solutions To Meet Them, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013 47(12), 6681-6687

Wang Qinggong, Lv Junfu, Yang Hairui*,Numerical study of gas-solid flow in a coal beneficiation fluidized bed using kinetic theory of granular flow, FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY ,111, 29-41

Zhang Yang, Wuyuxin, Yang Hairui, Effect of high-frequency alternating electric fields on the behavior and nitric oxide emission of laminar non-premixed flames, Fuel, 109, 350-355

Zhang Ruiqing, Yang Hairui, Experimental investigation and model validation of the heat flux profile in a 300MW CFB boiler,Powder Technology 246, 2013, 31-40

Zhang RQ&, Yang HR, Lu JF, Theoretical and experimental analysis of bed-to-wall heat transfer in heat recovery processing, Powder Technology 2013,249,186-195

Zhang RQ&, Yang HR*, Wu YX Experimental study of exit effect on gas-solid flow and heat transfer inside CFB risers, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science,2013

Hu Kangtao, Liu Qinghao, Yang Hairui, New CO2 capture process with gas-liquid-solid three phase circulating fluidized bed, !&EC Research, 2013,52(45), 15905-15911

Wang Qinggong, Yang Hairui, Wang Peining, Application of CPFD method in the simulation of a circulating fluidized bed with a loop seal part I-Determination of modeling parameters, Powder technology:2014 253:822 -828

Wang Qinggong, Yang Hairui, Wang Peining ,Application of CPFD method in the simulation of a circulating fluidized bed with a loop seal Part II-Investigation of solids circulation, Powder technology,2014,253,814 -821

Wang PN，Lv JF, Xing WC, Yang HR, Impact of loop seal structure on gas solid flow in a CFB system, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 2014, 264,177-183

Chao JN, Lu JF, Yang HR, Experimental study on the heat transfer coefficient between a freely moving sphere and a fluidized bed of small particles, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v 80, p 115-125, January 2015

Yue GX, Lv JF, Yang HR,Research on supercritical circulating fluidized bed boiler, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology, p 541-550, 2014, CFB-11

Wang QG, Wang PN, Yang HR, Numerical study of the gas-solid flow characteristics in n-type loop seal, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology, p 911-916, 2014

Ding RF, Li JJ，Zhang M, Influences of secondary air on combustion and emissions in CFB boiler, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology, p 705-710, 2014

Wang PN，Lv JF, Xing WC, Yang HR Impact of passage structure on loop seal operating characteristic，Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology, p 899-903, 2014

Wang PN,Yao X,Yang HR, Impact of particle properties on gas solid flow in the whole circulating fluidized bed system, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 2014, 267,193-200

Xin Mo, Peining Wang, Hairui Yang,A hydrodynamic model for circulating fluidized beds with low riser and tall riser, POWDER TECHNOLOGY ,274,2015, 146–153

Ding RF, Dong JJ, Zhang M, Yang HR*, Field test of coal type adaptability on a 300 MW CFB boiler, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 274,2015, 180–185

Mo Xin, Cai runxia, Huang Xiaodan, Zhangman, Yang Hairui, The effects of wall friction and solid acceleration on the mal-distribution of gas-solid flow in double identical parallel cyclones, POWDER TECHNOLOGY ,286,2015, 471–477

Liu XM, Zhang M, Lu JF, Yang HR, Effect of furnace pressure drop on heat transfer in a 135 MW CFB boiler, POWDER TECHNOLOGY ,284,2015, 19-24

Wang QG, Yin WD,Yang HR, Numerical study on the effect of fine coal accumulation in a coal beneficiation fluidized bed POWDER TECHNOLOGY ,283,2015, 570-578

Wang QG, Yang HR, Numerical study of the effect of operation parameters on particle segregation in a coal beneficiation fluidized bed by a TFM-DEM hybrid model, Chemical Engineering Science, 2015,131, 256-270