Xu Qian

【Professional Title】: Associate Professor
【Department】: Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering
【Office】: Room 914, Jidian Building
【Tel】:
【Email】: Qianxu@ustb.edu.cn
【Research Field】: Energy and mass transfer and structural control of cross-scale multiphase flow; Artificial environment, regional distributed intelligent energy systems; Energy saving and waste heat gradient utilization technology for steel，etc.

Career to Date：

Jun 2020 - Now: Associate Professor, Tutor for Graduate in School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing

Jun 2018 - Dec 2020: Postdoctoral Faculty in School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing; Doctoral Student Counsellor (Part-time) in School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing

Education Background：

Sep 2013 - Jun 2018:

Domestic: PhD degree in Power Engineering and Engineering Physics, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing.

British: State-funded Joint Doctorate in Energy Storage Research Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK. (British Supervisor: Prof. Yulong Ding, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering)

Mar 2010 - Jun 2013:

Bachelor of Science in Information Management and Information Systems, Dongling School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing

Sep 2009 - Jun 2013:

Bachelor of Engineering in Built Environment and Plant Engineering, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing

Research Interests：

1. Energy and mass transfer and structural control of cross-scale multiphase flow; New energy vehicles, data rooms, integrated thermal management of power batteries and intelligent manufacturing; Industrial and civil energy storage equipment and cold chain transport; Prediction of the mesoscale dynamic evolution of multilevel interfaces.

2. Artificial environment, regional distributed intelligent energy systems; Mechanisms for fluid-solid-thermal multi-physical field coupling in industrial systems; Scalar transfusion characteristics of blood cells and thermal management of targeted therapies; Oil and gas storage and transportation energy pipeline network structure regulation, safety and economic forecasting.

3. Energy saving and waste heat gradient utilization technology for steel, metallurgy and building materials industries; Smart combustion mechanism of industrial furnaces and resource utilization technology of municipal solid waste co-disposal; Combustion pollutant processes and source co-regulation strategies, Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulphur co-reduction mechanisms.

4. Thermal process measurement and boundary condition acquisition, numerical simulation optimization and process industrial control, engineering thermal physics and mechanical engineering, building energy and environment, clinical medicine crossover “industry-academia-research-application” fields, etc.

Honors and Awards：

1. Beijing Science and Technology Association Young Talent Support Project (Supervisor: Professor Wang Li, former Dean of the School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

2. First prize in the China Health and Longevity Innovation Competition (Bonus 40w for research funding)

3. Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Science and Technology Beijing

4. Outstanding Youth League Officers of University of Science and Technology Beijing

5. Beijing Youth Outstanding Scientific and Technological Paper Award

6. Outstanding instructors of the National Energy and Motion 100 Outstanding Graduation Thesis, Energy and Emission Reduction, Energy and Water Conservation, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Renewable Energy Competition and other scientific and creative competitions

7. Beijing Third Best Student, Beijing Outstanding Graduate, National Scholarship for Doctoral Students

8. “President's Medal” of University of Science and Technology Beijing (the highest honor for students), “Top Ten Academic Stars” for graduate students of University of Science and Technology Beijing

Published Research Papers：

SCI-indexed Papers (First Autor or Corresponding Author)

[1] Xu Qian, Wang K, Zou Z, et. al. A new type of two-supply, one-return, triple pipe-structured heat loss model based on a low temperature district heating system [J]. Energy, 2021, 218: 119569. [ESI Highly Cited Papers, TOP Journal, IF: 8.857]

[2] Xu Qian, Wang K, Feng J, et. al. A comparative investigation on the effect of different nanofluids on the thermal performance of two-phase closed thermosyphon [J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, 149: 119-189. [ESI Highly Cited Papers, TOP Journal, IF: 5.431]

[3] Xu Qian, Zou Z, Chen Y, et al. Performance of a novel-type of heat flue in a coke oven based on high-temperature and low-oxygen diffusion combustion technology [J]. Fuel, 2020, 267: 117160. [ESI Highly Cited Papers, TOP Journal, IF: 8.035]

[4] Liu D.H, Xie K, et. al, Xu Qian*. Numerical evaluation of the coupled-uncoupled effectiveness of a fluid-solid-thermal multi-field model for a long-distance energy transmission pipeline [J]. Renewable Energy, 2022, 193: 920-940. [TOP Journal, IF: 8.634]

[5] Xu Qian, Shen M, Xie K, et al. Heat and mass transfer mechanism and control strategy of clean low carbon combustion technology in the novel-type coke oven flue with MILD combustion [J]. Fuel, 2022, 320: 124001. [TOP Journal, 8.035]

[6] Wang K, Xie K, Xu Qian*, et. al. Numerical evaluation of the coupled-uncoupled effectiveness of a fluid-solid-thermal multi-field model for a long-distance energy transmission pipeline [J]. Energy, 2022, 251: 123964. [TOP Journal, IF: 8.857]

[7] Xu Qian, Feng J, Liu L, et al. Analysis of mechanical-fluid-thermal performance of heat pipeline system with structural deformation effects [J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019,128:12-23. [TOP Journal, IF: 5.431]

[8] Lin L, Libo Feng, Qian Xu*, Yanping Chen. Anomalous diffusion in comb model subject to a novel distributed order time fractional Cattaneo-Christov flux [J]. Applied Mathematics Letters, 2020, 102:106-116. [TOP Journal, IF: 4.294]

[9] Xu Qian, Feng J, Zhang S. Effects of different loads on structure stress of ‘‘L”-type large-diameter pipeline under burying and trench conditions based on fluid–structure–heat coupling [J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 115:387-397. [TOP Journal, IF: 5.431]

[10] Xu Qian, Feng J, Zhang S. Combined effects of different temperature and pressure loads on the “L”-type large-diameter buried pipeline [J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 111:953-961 [TOP Journal, IF: 5.431]

[11] Xiong Y. X, Yao C. H, Xu Qian*, Ding Y. L, et al. Waste Semicoke Ash Utilized to Fabricate Shape-stable Phase Change Composites for Building Heating and Cooling [J]. Construction and Building Materials. [TOP Journal, IF: 7.693]

[12] Yao X.Q, Qiang Y.J, Xu Qian*, et. al. Renewable low-cost brassica rapa subsp. Extract for protection of Q235 steel in H2SO4 medium: Experimental and modeling studies [J]. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2022, 114:427-437. [TOP Journal, 2区、IF: 6.76]

[13] Xiong Y.X, Song C.Y, Xu Qian*, et. al. Sludge-incinerated Ash Based Shape-Stable Phase Change Composites for Heavy Metal Fixation and Building Thermal Energy Storage[J]. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2022. [TOP Journal, IF: 7.926]

[14] Xu Qian, Yang G, et al. Dynamic response model and equivalent solution method of large-diameter buried energy transportation pipeline under moving load [J]. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022, 106: 104724. [TOP Journal, IF: 5.285]

[15] Xu Qian, Zhu L.D, et al. Heat transfer performance by forced convection of microencapsulated phase change material-latent functional thermal fluid flowing in a mini-channels heat sink [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022, 216: 119158. [TOP Journal, IF: 6.465]

[16] Xu Qian, Feng J, et al. Influence of the operating parameters and nozzle characteristics on flat double-P radiant tube performance [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, 155: 175-184. [TOP Journal, IF: 6.465]

[17] Xu Qian, Feng J, Zhou J, et al. Performance analysis of a novel W-type radiant tube [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, 152: 482-489. [TOP Journal, IF: 6.465]

[18] Xu Qian, Feng J, Zhou J, et al. Study of a new type of radiant tube based on the traditional M-type structure [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, 150: 849-857. [TOP Journal, IF: 6.465]

[19] Xu Qian, Feng J, Zhang S. Influence of end side displacement load on stress and deformation of ‘‘L”-type large-diameter buried pipe network [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017, 126: 245-254. [TOP Journal, IF: 6.465]

[20] Xu Qian, Feng J. Analysis of nozzle gas speed on the performance of the zoned and staged gas-fired radiant tube [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017, 118: 734-741. [TOP Journal, IF: 6.465]

[21] Xu Qian, Feng J. Analysis of nozzle designs on zoned and staged double P-type gas-fired radiant tube [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016, 114: 44-50. [TOP Journal, IF: 6.465]

[22] Xu Qian, Feng J, Zhang S. Effects of different loads on structure stress of “L”-type large-diameter buried pipe network based on fluid–structure-heat coupling [J]. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 86: 222-230. [IF: 6.782]

[23] Xu Qian, Yang Q, Jia S.H, et. al. Experimental study on synergistic enhancement of thermal performance of a closed two-phase thermosyphon by a TiO2 nanofluid doped with Al2O3 [J]. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022, 36: 102192. [IF: 6.268]

[24] Wang Z, Zhang H, Xu Qian*, et. al. Experimental study on heat transfer properties of gravity heat pipes in single/hybrid nanofluids and inclination angles [J]. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022, 34: 102064. [IF: 6.268]

[25] Xu Qian, Shen M, Shi K, et. al. Influence of jet angle on diffusion combustion characteristics and NOx emissions in a self-reflux burner [J]. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021, 25: 100953. [IF: 6.268]

[26] Xu Qian, Shen M, Shi K, et. al. Effect of the Mixing Structure Parameters of a Self-reflux Burner on Combustion Characteristics and NOx Emission [J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2021, 30: 1224-1236. [IF: 2.013]

[27] Xu Qian, Liu Y, Feng J, et. al. Synthesis and Characterization of Disodium Hydrogen Phosphate Dodecahydrate-Lauric-Palmitic Acid Used for Indoor Energy Storage Floor Units [J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2020, 29(2): 477-485. [IF: 2.013]

[28] Xu Qian, Nevzat Akkurt, et. al. Effects of Optimized Operating Parameters on Combustion Characteristics and NOx Emissions of a Burner Based on Orthogonal Analysis [J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2021, 30: 1212-1223. [IF: 2.013]

[29] Xiong Y. X, Wang H. X, Xu Qian*, Ding Y. L, et al. Insights into the Enhancement Mechanisms of Molten Salt Nanofluids [J]. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2022, 4912922. [IF: 2.535]

[30] Xu Qian, Wang K, Feng J, et. al. Performance analysis of a novel Flue Gas Self-Circulated Burner based on the Low-NOx Combustion [J]. Journal of Energy Engineering, 2020, 146(2): 04019041. [IF: 2.04]

EI-indexed papers (First Autor)

[1] Numerical simulation and study of the effect of staged gas composition on the thermal process of gas-fired radiant tubes [J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2016, 39(1):96-106. [Beijing Youth Outstanding Scientific and Technological Paper]

[2] Simulation and structural optimization of flat double P-shaped radiation tubes based on the orthogonal method [J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2017, 39(4) :581-592. [Beijing Youth Outstanding Scientific and Technological Paper]

[3] Effects of different loads on structure deformation of “L”-type large-diameter buried pipe network based on flow-heat-solid coupling. Heat Transfer-Asian Research. 2017; 46:1327–1341.

[4] Study of the structural position characteristics of a zoned and staged double P-type radiant tube nozzle [J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2017, 39(5) :756-761.

[5] Analysis of structural heat transfer characteristics in the reduction process of vertical magnesium reduction tanks [J]. Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, 2018, 37(2): 459-467.

[6] Model validation and simulation study of zoned and staged gas-fired radiant tubes [J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2016, 38(11):1620-1628.

Research Grants and Projects:

1. Multiscale structural regulation and enhanced heat transfer mechanism of heat transport processes in phase change microcapsules of latent heat-based functional fluids, The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Leader

2. Synergistic optimization control and application of industrial processes for the preparation of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, The National Natural Science Foundation of China Key Fund Program, Head of Cooperation

3. Risk prediction and scientific treatment strategy for atherectomy in colorectal cancer with thermofluidic multi-field bionic simulation intervention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Leader

4. Study of boundary layer flow and mass-energy transfer mechanisms during thermal transport of phase change microcapsules, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Youth Fund Project, Leader

5. Development and application of novel multiphase functional fluids for cooling of high-density thermal flow systems, Guangdong Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Characteristic Innovation Research Project, Leader

6. Study on the mass-energy transfer mechanism and micro-regulation mechanism of the thermal transport process of phase change microcapsules, China Postdoctoral General Program, Leader

7. Key technologies for novel phase change microencapsulated latent heat type functional fluids in enhanced heat transfer systems, Foshan Municipal People's Government Industry-University-Research Innovation Special Fund, Leader

8. Synergistic regulation mechanism of nano-micro-doped solid-liquid two-phase mesoscale structure for power battery liquid flow temperature control system, International Exchange and Growth Program for Young Teachers, Leader

9. Multi-scale interface regulation mechanism for battery liquid cooling temperature control systems, University of Science and Technology Beijing Young Scholars Talent Introduction Project, Leader

10. Study on the corrosion pattern of metal-fluid interface and the mechanism of corrosion inhibitor assembly, University of Science and Technology Beijing Cross Research Project, Leader

11. Enhanced heat transfer characteristics of mobile thermal storage systems based on composite phase change thermal storage materials, Basic Research Projects of Central Universities, Leader

12. Research and demonstration design services for a phase change heat storage based domestic hot water replacement system, Shun Tian Di International Energy Technology Co., Leader

13. Study of interfacial heat transfer during heat treatment of high temperature alloy disc forgings, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, Leader

14. Research and demonstration design of a new functional fluid for enhanced cooling system for textile printing and dyeing, High-tech enterprises, Leader

15. Research and demonstration design of thermal control systems for server rooms and data centers, High-tech enterprises, Leader

16. Construction and evaluation of a coupled energy saving and emission reduction system for the steel-chemical-buildings multi-production process, Key R&D Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Key members

17. Research and development of a new generation of radiation tubes, National Science and Technology Support Program, Key members

18. Key technologies for the full process control of multi-pollutant flue gas in the steel industry, Key R&D Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Key members

19. Stress analysis and experimental study of large diameter direct buried hot water pipes, Science and Technology Department of Beijing Thermal Power Group, Key members

20. Complete technology development and application of U-shaped radiant tubes for large flue gas reflux low-NOx combustion, Ansteel Co., Ltd., Key members

21. Study of a heatless continuation reduction plant and preheating system for fine-grained powder ore, Gansu Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group Hongxing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Key members

22. Study of energy saving measurement and verification standards for large plate and strip heating furnaces, National Science and Technology Support Program, Key members

23. Study of slab heating quality and energy saving and consumption reduction test analysis, Jilin Jianlong Steel Co., Ltd., Key members

Granted Patents：

1. A combustion device and combustion method for vertical fire channel of coke oven.

2. A method and apparatus for coke oven thermal storage chamber waste heat utilization coupled with SNCR/SCR denitrification.

Teaching Courses：

1.Engineering Fluid Mechanics, 32 credit hours;

2. HVAC Engineering, 32 credit hours;

3. Fluid Mechanics, 32 credit hours;

4. Hands-on training with thermal process simulation software, 32 credit hours.

Part-time Social Work：

Youth Editorial Board Member, INT J PHOTOENERGY (SCI);

Youth Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Engineering (EI);

Deputy Secretary General, Beijing Postdoctoral Fellowship Association;

Chairman, Beijing Postdoctoral Fellowship Association;

Youth Director, Beijing Refrigeration Association;

Reviewer for several international SCI-TOP journals, including INT J HEAT MASS TRAN, ENERG CONVERS MANAGE, INT COMMUN HEAT MASS, APPL MATH LETT, APPL THERM ENG, FUEL, ENERGY, etc.