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Yunzhu Qin

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PhD student (2021 - )

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Research Centre for Fire Safety Engineering

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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Email: yunzhu.qin@connect.polyu.hk

Office: ZN 808

Biography

Mr. Yunzhu Qin is currently a Dual PhD student between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Univeristy of Technology Sydney. He received his Bachelor’s Degree (2021) from School of Chemical Engineering at Sichuan University (SCU).

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Background of Education

  • 2021 - Present, Ph.D., Dept. of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  • 2024 - Present, Ph.D., School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney

  • 2017 - 2021, B.Eng., School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University.

 

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Research Areas

Smouldering, Wildland Fire and Fire Ecology, Fire Emission

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Prizes and Awards

  • Best student oral presentation, The 23rd Cross-strait and Hong Kong Macao Symposium on Environment, Resources and Ecological ConservationBest student oral presentation, The 23rd Cross-strait and Hong Kong Macao Symposium on Environment, Resources and Ecological Conservation (2023)

  • 2022 Student Essay Competition, Merit Award (The Hong Kong Institute of Engineering, Fire Division, 2022)

  • Outstanding graduate of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Provincial Department of Education (2021)

  • Top 100 Student Cadres of Sichuan University (Top 10%) (2020)

  • Comprehensive First Class Scholarship of Sichuan University (2020)

  • Chengda Scholarship of Sichuan University (2019)

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Journal Publications

  1. Y. Qin, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, S. Lin* and X. Huang* (2024). Minimum oxygen supply rate for smouldering propagation: Effect of fuel bulk density and particle size. Combustion and Flame, 261, 113292.

  2. Y. Qin, Y. Chen, S. Lin* and X. Huang* (2022). Limiting Oxygen Concentration and Supply Rate of Smoldering Propagation. Combustion and Flame, 245, 112380.

  3. Y. Qin, D. Musa, S. Lin* and X. Huang* (2022). Deep Peat Fire Persistently Smouldering for Weeks: A Laboratory Demonstration. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, 86-98.

  4. S. Lin, Y. Qin and X. Huang* (2023). Use of Pre-charred Surfaces to Improve Fire Performance of Wood. Fire Safety Journal, 136, 103745.

  5. Y. Zhang, Y. Shu, Y. Qin, Y. Chen, S. Lin*, X. Huang*, M. Zhou (2024). Resurfacing of underground peat fire: smouldering transition to flaming wildfire on litter surface. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 33(2).

  6. Y. Chen, S. Lin, Y. Qin, N.C. Surawski* and X. Huang* (2023). Carbon distribution and multi-criteria decision analysis of flexible waste biomass smouldering processing technologies. Waste Management, 167. 183-193.

  7. Y. Chen, Z. Wang*, S. Lin, Y. Qin and X. Huang* (2023) A review on biomass thermal-oxidative decomposition data and machine learning prediction of thermal analysis. Cleaner Materials, 100206.

  8. Y. Qin, Y. Hu* and X. Huang (2023). A Review of Smoldering Wildfire Emission: Research Advances and Prospects. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics (In Chinese).

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Conference Communications

  1. Y. Qin, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, Y. Shu*, S. Lin*, X. Huang*, M. Zhou (2024). How do snow weathers influence smouldering peat fires? 7th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference, Canberra, April 15-19, 2024 [Poster]

  2. Y. Qin, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, Y. Shu*, S. Lin*, X. Huang*, M. Zhou (2023). The role of snow in Arctic-boreal peatland fires. The 23rd Cross-strait and Hong Kong Macao Symposium on Environment, Resources and Ecological Conservation, Hong Kong SAR, December 18-23, 2023. [Oral]

  3. Y. Qin, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, S. Lin, X. Huang, The Role of Fuel Properties on Oxygen Thresholds of Smouldering Fire, 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Tsukuba, Japan, October 23-27, 2023. [Poster]

  4. S. Lin, Y. Qin, T. Zhang, S. Wang, X. Huang, M. Gollner. Can Pre-Charring Improve the Reaction-to-Fire Behaviors of Wood? 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 22-27 Oct. 2023. [Poster]

  5. Y. Qin, Y. Zhang, Y. Shu*, S. Lin* and X. Huang* (2023). Interaction between Snow Layer and Smoldering Peat Fire under Extreme Environment. 9th Conference on Fire Effects on Soil Properties, The Netherlands, 20 - 22 June 2023. [Oral].

  6. Y. Qin, Y. Chen, S. Lin* and X. Huang* (2023). Minimum Oxidizer Supply of Smouldering Combustion in Biomass Fuels. The 14th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC 2023) Program, Taiwan, 14 - 18 May 2023. [Oral].

  7. Y. Qin, D. Musa, S. Lin* and X. Huang* (2022). Persistent Underground Smouldering Fire in Deep Peat Layer. IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugal, 11 - 18 Nov 2022. [Oral]

  8. Y. Qin, Y. Chen, S. Lin* and X. Huang* (2022). What is the limiting oxygen condition for smoldering fire? 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Vancouver, Canada, 24 -29 July 2022. [Poster].

  9. S. Lin, Y. Qin and X. Huang* (2022). Evaluation of Fire Performance of Pre-Charred Woods. SiF 2022: The 12th International Conference on Structures in Fire, Hong Kong, 30 Nov - 2 Dec, 2022. [Oral].

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