Brief

Dr Peiyi Sun is a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Center for Fire Engineering. She received her PhD and M.Eng. degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her PhD thesis is a pioneering, in-depth, systematic study of the dripping ignition fire phenomenon. After that, she became a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, conducting simulation studies of phase change problems.

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Education

Ph.D.   Hong Kong Polytechnic University    2019-2022

            Thesis: Dripping ignition dynamics and fire hazards    Advisor: Prof. Xinyan Huang

 

M.Eng. Hong Kong Polytechnic University    2017-2018

            Building Services Engineering         Advisor: Prof. Asif Sohail Usmani

            Thesis: A study of vertical fire spread in multi-story buildings of balcony depth

 

B.Eng. Tianjing Chengjian University    2013-2017

            Water Supply and Drainage Engineering

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Research Interests

Dripping fire phenomena, battery fire, Computational Modelling of Fire

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Awards Interests

• Best Thesis Awards for PhD Degree     China Fire Protection Association                     2023

• SFPE Jack Bono Awards (First-author) for Engineering Communication                        2021

• Best Poster Awards (co-author) China National Symposium on Combustion                2019-2020

• The Greater Bay Area STEM Excellence Award                                                             2020

• Student Essay Competition -Merit Award HKIE Fire Division                                       2019

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Journal Publications:

• P. Sun, X. Huang and C. Xu (2022) Flashpoint and Burning of Thin Molten Plastic Pool Above Hot Boundary. Applied Thermal Engineering. 118931.

• H. Yuan, P. Sun, X. Huang, G. Rein (2023) Computational Study of the Multidimensional Spread of Smouldering Combustion at Different Peat Conditions. Fuel. 345, 128064.

• P. Sun, Y. Liu, and X. Huang (2022) Exploring the Brachistochrone (Shortest-Time) Fire Spread Path. Scientific reports. 12(1):13600.

• P. Sun, A. Rodriguez, X. Huang and A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello (2021) Effect of External and Internal Heating on the Flame Spread and Phase Change of Thin Polyethylene Tubes. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 168,107054

• P. Sun, X. Zhang, C. Ding and X. Huang (2021) Effect of Reduced Pressure on Burning Dynamics of Fire Whirls. Fire Safety Journal. 125,103-419

• P. Sun, Y. Jia, X. Zhang and X. Huang (2021) Fire Risk of Dripping Flame: Piloted Ignition and Soaking Effect. Fire Safety Journal 103360.

• C. Wu, P. Sun, X. Wang, S. Wang and X. Huang (2020) Flame Extinction of Spherical PMMA in Microgravity: Effect of Fuel Diameter and Conduction. Microgravity Science and Technology 32 (6), 1065-1075.

• P. Sun, C. Wu, F. Zhu, S. Wang and X. Huang (2020) Microgravity Combustion of Polyethylene Droplet in Drop Tower. Combustion and Flame 222, 18-26.

• Y. Liu, P. Sun, S. Lin, H. Niu, X. Huang (2020) Self-heating ignition of open-circuit cylindrical Li-ion battery pile: Towards fire-safe storage and transport. Journal of Energy Storage. 32, 101842.

• P. Sun, S. Lin and X. Huang (2020) Ignition of thin fuel by thermoplastic drips: An experimental study for the dripping ignition theory. Fire Safety Journal. 103006. 

• Y. Liu, P. Sun, H. Niu, X. Huang and Rein G. (2020) Propensity to self-heating ignition of open-circuit pouch lithium-ion battery pile on a hot boundary. Fire Safety Journal 2020:103081.

• P. Sun, Bisschop R, H. Niu, X. Huang (2020) A Review of Battery Fires in Electric Vehicles. Fire technology 56, 1361–1410.

• X. Chen , L. Guo, H. Niu, Z. Li, S. Mo, P. Sun and X. Huang (2019) Characteristics of Thermal Runaway Propagation of Lithium-Ion Battery Module Induced by Thermal Abuses in Enclosure Space The Proceedings of 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology.

• S. Lin, P. Sun and X. Huang (2019) Can peat soil support a flaming wildfire? International Journal of Wildland Fire 28 (8) 601-613.

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Selected conference communications:

1. P. Sun, N. En, N. Yuji, Mathematical Modelling of Single Bubble Growth in Thermoplastic Driven by Pyrolysis Process, 61st Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, 12th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Akita Atorion, Japan, Nov 15-17, 2023 [Paper + Oral]

2. P. Sun, T. Zhang, X. Huang, The Effects of Scale on Solid Fuel Mass Burning Flux and Flame Behavior, 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Oct 23-27, 2023. [Poster]

3. P. Sun, Y. Jia, X. Zhang and X. Huang. Ignition by continual polyethylene drips and the soaking processes, 12th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Queensland, Australia, 7-9 Dec 2021. [Oral]

4. P.Sun, Y.Jia, X Zhang, X Huang. Dripping Ignition of Porous Materials: The Effect of Soaking. 38th Symposium Work in Progress Poster, 24-29 Jan 2021. [Poster]

5. P. Sun, S. Lin and X. Huang, Experimental study on the dripping ignition of thin fuel.13th International Association on Fire Science, 2020. [Poster].

6. P. Sun, D. Chao, X. Zhang and X. Huang, Small scale fire whirl experiment in low-pressure environment.13th International Association on Fire Science, 2020. [Poster].

7. Xiong C.Y., Sun P.Y. and Huang X.Y. Numerical modeling of flame evolution behind a falling polymer drip. 13th International Association on Fire Science, 2020. [Poster].

8. P. Sun, C. Wu, F. Zhu, S. Wang, X. Huang, Microgravity Combustion of Polyethylene Droplet in Drop Tower, Presented at the 1st Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Summer School, Viña del Mar, Chile, 10-16 Nov 2019. [Poster]

9. P. Sun, S. Lin, X. Huang, Fire Hazard and Ignition Mechanism of Thermoplastic Drips, Presented at the 1st Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Summer School, Viña del Mar, Chile, 10-16 Nov 2019. [Poster]

10. P. Sun, S. Lin, X. Huang, Experimental study of dripping ignition, China National Symposium on Combustion, Tianjin, China, 24-27 Oct 2019. [Paper + Oral]

11. S.Lin, P. Sun, X.Huang, Critical Conditions for Flaming Peat Fire in Wildland, 6th Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference, Sydney, Australia, April 29-May 3, 2019.[Oral]

12. S. Lin, P. Sun, X. Huang, Three-Stage Combustion of Peat under External Radiation, 8th East Asia Mechanical Engineering Workshop, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 1-3 Dec 2018, Hong Kong, China. [Paper + Oral]

13. L. Guo, C. Chen, H. Niu, Z. Li, X. Jiang, S. Mo, P. Sun, X. Huang. Characterization of thermal runaway propagation induced by thermal abuse in 18650 lithium-ion battery module,11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST), Taipei, Taiwan, 21-25 Oct 2018. [Paper + Oral]

14. P. Sun, S. Lin, X. Huang, How dripping flames ignite a thin fuel,  27th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive systems, 28th-2nd August 2019, Beijing, China. [Paper + Oral]

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Patent:

• P. Sun, C. Xu, X. Huang, Y. Jia, An experimental method of investigating dripping ignition and a system of generating dripping flame. Application No. 202010284391.X 孙培艺、许沧粟、黄鑫炎、贾逸凡，一种研究滴落点火的实验方法和产生滴落火焰的系统，中国专利，申请编号：202010284391.X 

• S. Wang, Y. Zhang, C. Xu, P. Sun, X. Huang, An experimental method and device to simulate the ignition behaviors by the high-temperature and high-speed particle, China Patent, Application No. 202010143225. 8王苏盼、张玉、许沧粟、孙培艺、黄鑫炎，一种模拟高温高速颗粒点火特性的实验方法及实验装置，中国专利，申请编号：202010143225. 8