Zhixia HE Professor
Tel: +86-88788309
Email: zxhe@ujs.edu.cn
Add. : Room1509, Energy Research Institue,Jiangsu University
Education
Ph.D., 2004 Powe Power Machinery and Engineering, Jiangsu University, China
M.S., 2001 Fluid Machinery and Engineering, Jiangsu University, China
B.S., 1998 Fluid Machinery and Engineering, Gansu University of Science and Technology, China
Professional experience
2023-present: President of the Institute, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, China
2020-2023: Chair of the Institute Council, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, China
2014-2020: vice president, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, China
2013- present : Professor, Phd supervisor, Jiangsu University, China
2007-2013: Associate Professor , Jiangsu University, China
2001-2007: Assistant and Lecturer, Jiangsu University, China
2016-2017: Visiting Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
2012: Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
2007-2008: Post-doctoral Research, Karlsruhe University, Germany
Research Interests
• Spray and Turbulent Combustion in Diesel Engines
• Numerical Simulation and Visual Experiment of Two-phase Flow
• Theory and Technology of Thermal Fluid in Uitilization of Energy
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses: Combustion Science, Combustion Technology and Equipment,
Numerical Simulation in Engineering Thermophysics
Master Course: Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics
Phd Course: Theory of Spray and Internal Flow of Fuel Injection System
Projects
2024-2027,Thermo-dynamic Phase Transition Mechanism for Liquid Ammonia Cavitating and Flash Boiling Flow in the High Pressure Injector Nozzle and its' Effects on Spray Breakup, National Natural Science Foundation of China（52376113）
2020-2022, Key Technology for Continuous Production of High Quality Biodiesel from Biomass (Construction of High Quality Biodiesel Combustion Performance Evaluation Index System), National Key R&D Project on "Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Energy Technology"(2019YFB1504004)
2019-2022, Jiangsu Province Industry Outlook and Key Core Technology - Key Project, Key Technology and Equipment for Small Scale Biomass Direct Combustion Organic Rankine Cycle Combined Heat and Power Generation(BE2019009-4)
2018-2021,Thermal and Instantaneous Cavitation Structures in Diesel Multi-hole Nozzles under High Injection Pressure and Link to Erosion Damage,National Natural Science Foundation of China（51776088）
2016-2019,Instantaneous Cavitation Characteristics in micro-size nozzle hole under super-high pressure of diesel engines, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20161349）
2012-2015,Spray Atomization Mechanism induced by Cavitating and Turbulent Flow in Diesel Engines and Spray Models,National Natural Science Foundation of China（51176066）
2014-2016, Key Technology of Direct Injection Combustion System of Marine Engine Fueled with Pilot-ignited Directly-injected Natural Gas, Six Talent Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province (2013-JNHB-017)
2009-2011,Study of Coupling of the Cavitating Flow and the Spray Formation of Common-Rail Diesel Engine. National Natural Science Foundation of China (50806030)
2009-2011,Study of Mechanism of the Cavitation-Induced-Spray During the High Pressure Injection Process. Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China, (20090451170)
2009-2011,Study of biomass and coal for coal, gas, oil & heat joint production system based on fluidized bed technology. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,
Selected Papers in Recent Years
[1]Tiemin Xuan; Zhixia He; Qian Wang. 《Optical Diagnosis Technology of Diesel spray Combustion and Its Application》,Beijing, China Machine Press, 2021, in Chinese
[2]Zhixia He; Qian Wang; Jianping Yuan.《Numerical Method of Thermal Fluid and Applications》, Beijing, China Machine Press, 2014, in Chinese
[3]Zhixia He; Qian Wang; Jianping Yuan.《Fundamentals of Numerical Thermophysics Process and CFD Software Applications》, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu University Press, 2009, in Chinese
[4]Wei Guan, Abouelmagd Abdelsamie, Cheng Chi, Zhixia He*, Dominique Thévenin. A dedicated reduced kinetic model for ammonia/dimethyl-ether turbulent premixed flames，Combustion and Flame, 257 (2023) 113002
[5]Zhixia He*, Wei Guan, Chuqiao Wang, Genmiao Guo, Liang Zhang, Manolis Gavaises. Assessment of turbulence and cavitation models in prediction of vortex induced cavitating flow in fuel injector nozzles, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 157 (2022) 104251
[6]M. Krishnamoorthi, R. Malayalamurthi, Zhixia He∗, Sabariswaran Kandasamya. A review on low temperature combustion engines: Performance, combustion and emission characteristics, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 116 (2019) 109404
[7]Chen Li, Zhixia He*, Wei Guan, Genmiao Guo, Tianyang Bai, Bihe Hu. Investigations of string cavitation and air back suction during injection duration in the scaled-up diesel fuel injection nozzle, Fuel 339 (2023) 126760
[8]Genmiao Guo, Tianyang Bai, Zhixia He*, Wei Guan, Kang Yang, Chen Li, Shuohan Xu, Kang Lu. Assessment of inffuences of needle lift and hole height on string cavitation in liquid injection, Fuel 347 (2023) 128386
[9]Chen Li, Zhixia He*, Wei Guan, Ting Han, Genmiao Guo. Numerical study on the effects of viscous heating and random rough surface on cavitating ffow in fuel injection nozzles, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 148 (2023) 107009
[10]Yizi Zhu, Zhixia He∗, Yanzhi Zhang, Tiemin Xuan, Qian Wang, Zhuang Shao, Weimin Li. Multi-objective optimization of a compression ignition engine using on-board methanol reforming, Fuel 357 (2024) 129730
[11]Zhixia He∗, Bin Wang, Bo Zhang, Huan Feng, Haitao Chen. Synergistic effect of hydrothermal Co-liquefaction of Spirulina platensis and Lignin: Optimization of operating parameters by response surface methodology, Energy,2020(201): 1175501
[12]Wenjun Zhong, Tamilselvan Pachiannana, Zhixia He*, Tiemin Xuan, Qian Wang. Experimental study of ignition, lift-off length and emission characteristics of diesel/hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel blends, Applied Energy,2019,235:641-652
[13]Tiemin Xuan, José V. Pastor, José M. García-Oliver, Antonio García, Zhixia He*,Qian Wang, Miriam Reyes. In-flame soot quantification of diesel sprays under sooting/non-sooting critical conditions in an optical engine, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, 149: 1–1013.
[14]Yanzhi Zhang, Liangliang Zhan, Zhixia He*, Ming Jia, Xingcai Lu.An investigation on gasoline compression ignition (GCI) combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine using gasoline/hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel blends, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019，160，113952
[15]Weiwei Shang, Zhixia He*, Qian Wang, Jiawei Cao, Bei Li, Xianyin Leng, Tamilselvan P,Da Li. Experimental and analytical study on capture spray liquid penetration and combustion characteristics simultaneously with Hydrogenated Catalytic Biodiesel/Diesel blended fuel. Applied Energy, 2018,226:947-956
[16]Bo Zhang, Zhixia He*, Haitao Chen, Sabariswaran Kandasamya, Zhixiang Xu, Xun Hu, Hongyu Guo. Effect of acidic, neutral and alkaline conditions on product distribution and biocrude oil chemistry from hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae, Bioresource Technology, 2018, 270: 129-137
[17]Changhao Ji, Zhixia He* , Qian Wang, Guisheng Xu, Shuang Wang, Zhixiang Xu, engsong Ji. Effect of operating conditions on direct liquefaction of low-lipidmicroalgae in ethanol-water co-solvent for bio-oil production, Energy Conversion and Management, 2017, 141: 155-162
[18]Zhixia He*, Liang Zhang, Kaushik Saha, Sibendu Som, Lian Duan, Qian Wang*. Investigations of effect of phase change mass transfer rate on cavitation process with homogeneous relaxation model, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer ,2017,89: 98–107
[19]Zhou Chen, Zhixia He*, Weiwei Shang, Lian Duan, Han Zhou, Genmiao Guo, Wei Guan.Experimental study on the effect of nozzle geometry on string cavitation in real-size optical diesel nozzles and spray characteristics, Fuel , 2018,232: 562–571
[20]Da Li, Zhixia He*, Tiemin Xuan, Wenjun Zhong, Jiawei Cao, Qian Wang, Ping Wang. Simultaneous capture of liquid length of spray and flame lift-off length for second-generation biodiesel/diesel blended fuel in a constant volume combustion chamber. Fuel, 2017,189: 260–269
[21]Liang Zhang, Zhixia He*,Wei Guan, Qian Wang, Sibendu Som. Simulations on the cavitating flow and corresponding risk of erosion in diesel injector nozzles with double array holes, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2018,113:118–127
Selected invention patents
More than 50 PCT/ Chinese Patents were granted.
1. Diesel fuel injector based on hollow spray structure induced by vortex cavitation in nozzle，US11614061B2 (PCT US granted invention patent)
2. Diesel engine injector based on hollow spray structure induced by vortex cavitation in nozzle, ZL202011056867.0
3. A Method and Device for vortex-induced string Cavitation in Diesel Engines, ZL202210344910.6
4. A device and method for achieving natural gas diesel dual fuel injection, ZL201310019736.9
5. Experimental device and method for transient measurement of internal flow in nozzles under multiple operating conditions, ZL 201310416904.8
6. A Rapid Cavitation Test Device and Test Method for multi-hole Nozzles in Diesel Engines, ZL201410100773.7
13. A nanosecond flash imaging experimental device and method for nozzle cavitation flow, ZL2014101460.3
14. A water-saving device and method based on controllable water temperature of solar hot water system,ZL201410079979.6
15. A precise metering device for liquid natural gas refueling,ZL201410529684.4
16. A high-pressure mixed gas supply device,ZL201510303660.1
17. System and Method for Reducing the Cooling Water Temperature of Natural Gas Engines Using LNG Cold Energy,ZL201510077319.9
18. A device and method for simultaneously measuring diesel spray structure and combustion characteristics,ZL201611095504.1
19. Method and device for measuring the motion law of diesel engine injector needle valve based on visualization method,ZL201610455578.5
20. Experimental device and method for measuring the relationship between internal flow and cavitation erosion of nozzles under multiple operating conditions,ZL 201510953069.0
21. Low viscosity liquid gas content visualization measurement device and measurement method,ZL 201710064985.8
22. A high-pressure oil rail with pressure stabilization device ZL 201610901568. X
Awards
[1]2022,Research on Key Technologies for High Thermal Efficiency of Heavy Duty Diesel Engine, Special Prize for Scientific and Technological Invention, Awarded by China Machinery Industry Federation, Rank 6nd
[2]2020, Theory, Key Technology and Application of High Pressure Fuel Injection Cavitation spray,The Second Prize for Advancement in Science & Technology, Awarded by Department of Science and Technology in Jiangsu province, Rank 1st
[3]2017, Production of Second Generation Biodiesel and It’s Applications in Engines,The Second Prize for Advancement in Science & Technology, Awarded by State Bureau of Machine-Building Industry, Rank 1st
[4]2015, Key technology of combustion system for high-efficiency and low-emission marin diesel engines, First Prize for Industry-University-Research Collaboration, Awarded by Zhenjiang science and technology bureau, Rank 2nd
[5]2012, The Second Prize for Advancement in Science & Technology, Awarded by State Bureau of Machine-Building Industry, Rank 2nd
[6]2012, The Second Prize for Advancement in Science & Technology, Awarded by Department of Science and Technology in Jiangsu province, Rank 1st
[7]2011, The Second Prize for Advancement in Science & Technology, Awarded by Ministry of Education, Rank 5th
[8]2023, Jiangsu provincial 333 Talent Cultivation Project (Second Level)
[9]2019, Young and middle-aged academic leaders in the "QingLan Project" of Jiangsu Province
[10]2016, Jiangsu provincial 333 Talent Cultivation Project (Third Level)
[11]2013, Six talent peaks funding object of Jiangsu Province
