[Themed Session 1] : Supercritical Pseudo-Phase Transition Theory

 

Themed Keynote

 

 

 

Prof. Xin-Rong Zhang

Peking University, China

Title: Fundamentals of supercritical CO₂ Flow Dynamics and Applications

 

Bio: Prof. Xin-Rong Zhang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at College of Engineering, Peking University, director of Beijing Engineering Research Center, president of Beijing Society of Energy, and also an Adjunct Professor at Peking University Energy Research Institute. His main research directions include fluid dynamics and heat transfer of supercritical/near-critical carbon dioxide, transcritical heating and cooling cycle conversion and utilization of natural working fluid carbon dioxide, and cooling quality control of fruits and vegetables. He has been selected as one of the top 2% of global scientists in terms of career influence and annual influence, and has been a highly cited Chinese scholar in the Elsevier energy field for 10 consecutive years from 2014 to 2023. He has served as the project leader of over 30 scientific research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation and the National Key Research and Development Program of China. He published over 180 international journals and applied for over 100 patents.

 

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Prof. Guihua Tang

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: Discussion on the Heat Transfer Mechanism and Enhancement of Supercritical CO2 in the Viewpoint of Pseudo Condensation/Boiling

 

Bio:Professor Guihua Tang is currently Director of Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education in China, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He obtained a PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics in 2004, and BEng in 1996 from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He worked as a Higher Scientific Officer in the UK STFC Daresbury Laboratory from 2007 to 2009. He has extensive research experiences in microscale and nanoscale fluid flow and heat transfer and the applications in solar energy, thermoelectric materials, super insulating materials, engine thermal management, phase-change heat transfer, and energy storage. His research earned him National Research Awards and National Research Talents honors, etc

 

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Prof. Yuliang Jin

Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Theories of Supercritical Crossovers

 

Bio: Prof. Yuliang Jin is a researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his BSc from Fudan University in China, and his PhD from the City University of New York in USA. His research interest includes statistical mechanics, soft matter and machine learning. He published over 40 papers, and is an associated editor of National Science Open.

 

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Prof. Xianliang Lei

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: Pseudo-boiling Dynamics and Abnormal Behaviors of Supercritical Fluids Crossover the Widom Line

 

Bio: Prof. Xianliang LEI is a professor in the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering of Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research interest includes multiphase flow and heat transfer, thermohydraulic of liquid metal.

 

 

[Themed Session 2]：State Key Scientific Facility (Shanghai)

 

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Associate Prof. Wang Bo

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Introduction to the Low Carbon Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Test Platform

Bio:Mr. Wang Bo is an associate professor in Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interest includes Advanced gas turbine cycles and the energy saving technologies. He has published more than 30 papers

 

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Associate Prof.  Yong Tian

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: S-CO2 Turbomachinery for the High-Efficiency and Low-Carbon Gas Turbine Research Facility

Bio:Yong Tian is an associate research fellow in the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the head of the compression system in the HiGT, focuses on investigating the internal flow of turbomachinery of supercritical carbon dioxide.

 

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Associate Prof.  Zhigang Li

 Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Heat Exchangers in the sCO2 power generation facility for the NMSTI project

 

Bio:Dr. Zhigang Li is an associate research fellow in the Research Center of Energy and Power under the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtains a PhD from the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008. He currently works in the Chinese HiGT project, and mainly focuses on the research of compact heat exchanger, heat pipe / thermosiphon / heat transfer enhancing technologies for the sCO₂ Brayton cycle power generation. He published 60⁺ papers in journals and conferences, including Energy, Int. J. Therm. Sci., Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., Appl. Phys. Lett., Appl. Therm. Eng., Opt. Lett., Appl. Opt., Appl. Phys. B, one book chapter, and was granted several patents.

 

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Associate Prof.  Zepeng Jiang

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Compressor Test Facility Introduction

 

Bio: Mr.Jiang is a engineer in Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interest includes axial flow compressor and test facility. 

 

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Associate Prof. Weiwei Li

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: An Introduction to Turbine Test Units of High-Efficiency and Low-carbon Gas Turbine Research Facility

Bio: Mr. Li is an Associate Research Fellow in Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy and Power, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interest includes the methodology development of turbine advanced heat transfer calculation, adjoint-based aerodynamic optimization design, turbine cooling design, and cascade experiment. He published 20 papers in the turbomachinery community.

 

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Senior Engineer. Zhu Tao

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, China

Title: Introduction of the combustor test platform of the high-efficiency and low-carbon gas turbine test plant

Bio:Mr Zhu Tao，a senior engineer in Jiangsu Zhongke Research Center. His research interest includes experiment technology, emission analysis, apparatus development, test design.

 

[Themed Session 3] : Supercritical Cycle Operation & Control 

 

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Prof. Shigenao Maruyama

Tohoku University, Japan

Title: Re-circulation CO2 Systems to Reduce Global Warming

 

Bio: Prof. Shigenao Maruyama is currently Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University and a specially appointed Visiting Professor (Coordinator of Social Cooperation and International Collaboration) of Tohoku University. He is affiliated member of the Science Council of Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Tohoku University in March 1977 and completed his doctoral study in the Graduate School of Engineering at the same university in March 1983, with his Ph.D degree. Following his PhD, he became an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Fluid Science at Tohoku University in October 1983, was promoted to Associate Professor in May 1989, and was appointed Professor at Tohoku University in June 1997. In August 2008, he was appointed as a Distinguished Professor. Additionally, he served as a member of the Tohoku University Education and Research Council, as well as holding key administrative positions such as Special Assistant to the President and university Vice Director, contributing to the operation and development of Tohoku University.

At the Institute of Fluid Science, Prof. Maruyama specialized in heat transfer control research and dedicated many years to the education and research in thermal engineering. He contributed to the advancement of academia by serving as chair of international conferences and as an editor for international academic journals. He published more than 250 journal papers, 18 books, 53 patents. He was the vice president of Heat Transfer Society of Japan. He was the founding chair of many international conferences/symposiums. He was presented the Purple Ribbon Medal of Japan in April 2012, which honors highest national contribution.

 

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Prof. Bofeng Bai

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: Supercritical Fluid Closed Cycle Power Technology for Underwater Unmanned Platforms

 

Bio: Prof. Bofeng Bai is presently professor and vice director of State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. His primary research interests focus on multiphase flow fundamentals and applications in energy engineering, power engineering, thermal engineering and petroleum engineering. He has authored and co-authored more than 270 papers published in international journals and delivered 30 keynote speeches. His research results have won 1 second-class prize of national technological invention awards and 4 first-class prizes of provincial and ministerial science and technology awards.

 

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Prof. Yifan Zhang

Xi’an Thermal Power Research  Institute Co., Ltd., China

Title: Dynamic Characteristics of Supercritical CO₂ Cycle and the control strategies for Different Application Scenarios

 

Bio：Dr. Yifan Zhang is the technical leader of the Clean Low-carbon Supercritical CO₂ Advanced Power System Innovation Team of Xi'an Thermal Engineering Research Institute Co., LTD., the chief scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and the Excellent Scientific and Technological Worker of Huaneng Group (2023), presiding over 3 national science and technology projects and 3 provincial science and technology projects. He creatively proposed operational control methods such as total working fluid cooperative control, which considerably improved the flexible adjustment capability and dynamic stability of the unit and was successfully applied to the first 5MWe supercritical CO₂ test unit. He won the first prize in the 2023 Power Science and Technology Award and the first prize in the 2022 Huaneng Group Science and Technology Progress Award. He has published 42 representative papers in this field, including 1 ESI highly cited paper (cited 143 times), 33 SCI indexed papers, 1 English monograph co-published, and 61 authorized invention patents.

 

Themed Invited

 

 

 

Prof. Jun Li

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: Research Progress on Annular gas Seal Technologies in Supercritical CO₂ Turbomachinery

 

Bio: Prof. Jun Li is a full-time professor of Institute of Turbomachinery of Xi’an Jiaotong University in China. He awarded as the ASME Fellow in 2022. His Research Interest includes the Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer Cooling of Gas Turbines, Sealing Technologies of Turbomachinery. He has led 6 National Natural Science Foundations of China, 2 projects of National Key R&D Program of China. He published more than 60 Journal papers on the ASME and AIAA Series Journals.

 

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Prof. Shiqiang Liang

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: An experimental study on a megawatts scale supercritical carbon dioxide power generation test rig

 

Bio:Dr. Shiqiang Liang is professor in Research Center for Energy and Power of Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, CAS. His research interest includes supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle power generation and microchannel heat exchanger. He published more than 100 papers and obtained more than 60 authorized invention patents. He is a member of the expert group on electricity of China Energy Society.

 

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Mr. Jin He

China Eastern Electric Group Eastern Steam Turbine Co., Ltd, China

Title: Operation and Adjustment Strategy of SCO2 Simple Reheat Cycle Small Closed System

Bio: Mr. Jin He, born in 1974, graduated from Zhejiang University Chemical Engineering in 1998. Currently engaged in research and testing work at Shanghai Steam Turbine Factory, responsible for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of our SCO2 test bench.

[Themed Session 4]：Key Progress of Demonstration Project

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Prof. Sun Shaozeng

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Title: Introduction to a National Key R&D Project of China: Fundamental research of a coal-based composite working media power cycle of High-efficiency and low-carbon emission

 

Bio: Prof. Sun Shaozeng is a full professor in School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology. He is the director of Research Institute of Energy Technology for Carbon Neutrality, HIT, and the funding director of National Engineering Laboratory for Reducing Emissions from Coal Combustion of China.

His research has been focused on coal combustion, gasification and control of pollutants from coal combustion, biomass into energy, and carbon sequestration by advanced power generation system of near zero emissions.

He was awarded National Technical Invention Prize of China in 2001, Scientific and Technological Prize of Heilongjiang Province in 2000, 2009, 2014 and 2017 respectively. He has published around 300 papers and patented over 60 inventions.

 

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Prof. Long Jiang

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Development of a heat exchanger prototype for pressurized oxygen-enriched combustion of pulverized coal boiler coupled with supercritical carbon dioxide cycle

 

Bio: Dr. Long JIANG is an Associate Professor at School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China. His research interest includes coal/biomass combustion, flow and heat transfer mechanism of supercritical carbon dioxide etc. He has led 6 competitive national and provincial-level funding projects, and more than 10 cooperative projects funded from industrial community. He published one book and over 120 co-authored journal papers, with more than 3800 citations, authorized more than 10 national invention patents and served as a reviewer for more than 20 international journals.

 

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Prof. Cheng Xu

North China Electric Power University, China

Title: Fundamental Research on the Novel Coal-Based Semi-closed CO2 Power Generation System 

 

Bio: Prof. Cheng Xu born in April 1987, currently serving as a professor and assistant dean at the School of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, a mentor at Wu Zhonghua College (the first class teacher of Wu Zhonghua College), and a researcher at the Advanced Energy Research Institute (led by Professor Yang Yongping's team). Hosted one National Natural Science Foundation project, one sub project of the National Key Research and Development Program, and two basic research projects of the Ministry of Education for central universities; As a participant, participated in 2 team projects such as "Science and Technology Beijing * * Training" and "Innovative Research Group" funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as 1 project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; The total budget for the project is over 1.5 million yuan. I have published 57 academic papers (48 in journals and 9 in international conferences), including 33 SCI indexed papers (24 as first author/corresponding author), including 20 Q1 SCI indexed papers; The paper has been cited 795 times (Scopus database) and has applied for more than 20 national invention patents (7 have been authorized). The research results related to "Energy saving Theory of Advanced Power Generation Systems" have been included in the International Energy Agency's (IEA) report on double reheat coal fired power units (ISBN 978-92-9029-577-8). He has successively won the honorary titles of "Outstanding Young Engineer of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)", "Wu Zhonghua Excellent Graduate Award" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc; I have conducted exchanges and cooperation with institutions such as the University of Western Australia, the University of Adelaide in Australia, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Niigata University in Japan, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, and the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and served as a reviewer for nearly 10 international important academic journals.

 

Themed Invited

 

 

 

Prof. Yifan Zhang

Xi’an Thermal Power Research  Institute Co., Ltd. China

Title: Dynamic Characteristics of Supercritical CO₂ Cycle and the control strategies for different Application Scenarios

 

Bio：Dr. Yifan Zhang is the technical leader of the Clean Low-carbon Supercritical CO₂ Advanced Power System Innovation Team of Xi'an Thermal Engineering Research Institute Co., LTD., the chief scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and the Excellent Scientific and Technological Worker of Huaneng Group (2023), presiding over 3 national science and technology projects and 3 provincial science and technology projects. He creatively proposed operational control methods such as total working fluid cooperative control, which considerably improved the flexible adjustment capability and dynamic stability of the unit and was successfully applied to the first 5MWe supercritical CO₂ test unit. He won the first prize in the 2023 Power Science and Technology Award and the first prize in the 2022 Huaneng Group Science and Technology Progress Award. He has published 42 representative papers in this field, including 1 ESI highly cited paper (cited 143 times), 33 SCI indexed papers, 1 English monograph co-published, and 61 authorized invention patents.

 

[Themed Session 5]：Key Equipment Manufacturing

 

Themed Invited

 

 

 

Prof. Bao Xin

Chengdu Yitong Seal Co., Ltd., China

Title: Research Progress and Engineering Application Status of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Dry Gas Seal

 

Bio: Mr. Bao Xin is a senior seal research and development engineer who graduated from Lanzhou University of Technology with a major in process Equipment and control Engineering. In the sealing industry, he has been involved in the design and testing of many new sealing products for more than 10 years. He has published 5 papers and obtained 8 patents.

 

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Prof. Yang Rui

Shanghai Turbine Works Company, China

Title: Research on Key Technologies of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle and Development of Turbomachinery Equipment

 

Bio: Mr. Yang Rui is a director of the Technical Development Department of Shanghai Turbine Works Company. He has conducted in-depth research and achieved rich results in the fields of new types of power generation cycles and turbomachinery design. He has published 20 papers and applied for 19 patents. As a leading talent in scientific research at Shanghai Electric, Mr. Yang Rui has not only made significant achievements in the field of scientific research but also serves as a young member of the Chinese Society of Power Engineering.

 

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Mr. Lejun He

Wuxi Beyond AOK Electric Co., Ltd, China

Title: Electric Heaters

 

Bio: Mr. Lejun He is the general manager of Wuxi Beyond AOK Electric Co., ltd.

Wuxi Beyond AOK Electric Co., ltd is one of the leading companies in providing electric heating solutions to power generation industry.

 

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Mr. Zhang Hao

Shaanxi Zhituo Solid-state Additive Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd., China

Title: Manufacturing Equipment, Technology, and Product Applications of Diffusion-Bonded Plate Heat Exchangers

 

Bio: Mr. Zhang Hao, PhD, the General Manager of Shaanxi Zhituo Solid-state Additive Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd., graduated from Northwestern Polytechnical University. His research interest includes diffusion bonding technology, especially for aluminium, titanium and superalloy diffusion bonding process. He has published 9 SCI papers, 2 invention patents, and 6 utility model patents. He has led a project under Shaanxi Province's "Technology Innovation Guidance Program." He was honored with the "Outstanding Contribution Award" as an innovative leading talent in Weinan High-tech Zone for the period of 2018-2019 and was selected for the Weinan "High-level Talents Special Support Program" for innovation and entrepreneurship. He was recognized under the "Hailing Elite" innovation talent program in Hai'an and the "Jianghai Elite" innovation talent program in Nantong.

 

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Dr. Wengang Bai

Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd, China

Title: Research on Iron Fuel Energy Storage Integrated with Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle

 

Bio:Dr. Wengang Bai is a senior engineer of Xi'an Thermal Engineering Research Institute Co., LTD. His research interest includes supercritical carbon dioxide cycle system, metal fuel energy storage technology, iron fuel cycle etc. He has led 7 competitive national and provincial-level funding projects. He has published more than 20 academic papers and authorized more than 40 national invention patents and served as a reviewer for more than 10 academic journals.

 

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Dr. Yu Yang

Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd, China

Title: Investigation on Carnot Battery Based on Supercritical CO2 Cycle

 

Bio: Yu Yang studied the Engineering thermophysics at the Zhejiang University (Hangzhou), where he obtained a Ph.D. in 2015. He has been working at Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd, China since graduation and now is a senior engineer. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of supercritical CO₂ Brayton cycle. He has more than 10 years of research experience in the field of supercritical generator units and is good at optimizing system parameters and problems related to flow, heat transfer and combustion. Dr. Yang holds more than 120 patents and has published more than 40 scientific papers.