Biography:

Dr. Yuan is a postdoc fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his PhD (2020) from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, where he computationally studied the self-heating ignition and smouldering combustion of carbon-rich porous media. He got his ME (2016) and BE (2013) from Tongji University and Central South university respectively, during which he focused on the heat transfer and thermodynamics systems.

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袁晗，香港理工大学屋宇设备工程学系、消防工程研究中心博士后；帝国理工学院博士(2020)；同济大学硕士(2016)；中南大学学士（2013）。主要研究领域涉及基础燃烧科学(包括燃烧学、热力学、传热与传质、化学反应动力学)。博士期间获帝国理工校长奖学金全额资助，曾获得帝国理工工程学院Dean's fund, 中国国家研究生奖学金，上海市优秀毕业生等。

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Background of Education:​

• 2016.10-2020.12 Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London  

• 2013.9-2016.3 M.Eng, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University

• 2009.9-2013.6 B.Eng, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University

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Research Interest:

Fire Dynamics and Modelling; Self-heating Ignition and Smouldering; Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy

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Prizes and Awards:​​

• President’s PhD Scholarship (2016-2020), Imperial College London

• Dean’s Fund of Engineering Faculty (2019), Imperial College London

• Graduate Excellence Award of Shanghai (2016), Shanghai City

• Exceptional Student Award of Tongji University (2016), Tongji University

• Xia Anshi Graduate Scholarship (2015), XiaAnshi Scholarship Committee

• National Graduate Scholarship(2014-2015), Ministry of Education of P.R.C

• Outstanding Youth of Central South University(2012-2013), Central South University 

 

Publication:

 Journal Paper:

• H Yuan, F Restuccia, and G Rein*. Fire and Soils: Computational study of self-heating ignition in peatland. International Journal of Wildland Fire (Under review) 

• X He, Z Hu, F Restuccia, H Yuan and G Rein*.Computational study of the roles of the state of charge and the cathode material in self-heating ignition of large ensembles of Lithium-ion batteries during storage. Combustion and Flame. (Under review)

• Z Hu, X He, F Restuccia, H Yuan and G Rein*.Numerical study of self-heating ignition of large ensembles of lithium-ion batteries during storage. Fuel (Under review) 

• H Yuan, F Richter, G Rein*. A multi-step reaction scheme to simulate self-heating ignition of coal. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.2020 

• H Yuan, F Restuccia, G Rein*. Computational study on self-heating ignition and smouldering spread of coal layers in flat and wedge plate configurations. Combustion and Flame. 2020, 214:346-357. 

• N Roenner, H Yuan, Roland H. K and G Rein*. Computational study of how inert additives affect the flammability of a polymer. Fire Safety Journal.2019.106: 189-196. 

• H Yuan, F Restuccia, F Richter, G Rein*. A computational model to simulate self-heating ignition across scales, configurations, and coal origins. Fuel. 2019, 236: 1100-1109. 

• L Yang*, H Yuan, Chunlu Zhang*. Performance modelling of air cycle heat pump water heater in cold climate. Renewable Energy. 2016, 87(3):1067-1075. 

• C-L Zhang*, H Yuan, Cao Xiang. New insight into regenerated air heat pump cycle. Energy. 2015, 91:226-234. 

• C-L Zhang*, H Yuan. Analytical solutions of air refrigeration cycle at optimal COP[J]. Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science). 2015, 05:765-770. [In Chinese]

• H Yuan, C-L Zhang*. Regenerated air cycle potentials in heat pump applications. International Journal of Refrigeration. 2015, 51: 1-11. 

• C-L Zhang*, H Yuan. An important feature of air heat pump cycle. Energy. 2014, 72: 405-413. 

• H Yuan, G Chen, et al. The optimization of cooling system for a vehicle absorption refrigeration system[J]. Refrigeration, 2013, 01:7-13. [In Chinese]

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Book/Technical Manual:

•  H Yuan, X Huang, G Rein* (2018) Gpyro workbook on pyrolysis & smouldering problems.  (The only Technical Workbook for Gpyro) 

 

 Conference Paper:

•  H Yuan, F Restuccia, G Rein. Computational study of self-heating ignition in peatland. 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium. 16-20 June, 2019. Tenerife, Spain. (Peer-reviewed paper + Merit Paper selected by the committee)

• H Yuan, F Restuccia, F Richter, G Rein. Computational study on self-heating ignition of porous fuel layers. 11th FM Global Open Source CFD Fire Modelling Workshop. 5-6 June, 2019. Norwood, USA. (Oral)

• H Yuan, G Rein. Computational study of self-heating ignition of peat layers. The Great Fired-up of London Workshop. 16-17 May, 2019. London, UK. (Oral)

• H Yuan, G Rein. Computational study on self-heating ignition behaviour of carbon-rich soil. A Change Planet: The Joint DTP Conference. 10-11 Sep, 2018. London, UK. (Oral)

• H Yuan, Jiuling Yang, et al. Computational Pyrolysis of PMMA: Comparison Between GPYRO and COMSOL. 12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). 12–16 Jun, 2017. Lund University, Sweden. (Poster)

• H Yuan, C-L Zhang. Regenerated air cycle potentials in heat pump applications. 11th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants. 31 Aug.-02 Sep, 2014. Hangzhou, China. (Peer-reviewed paper +Best Paper Award selected by the committee)

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