面向空天推进和清洁能源系统中燃烧应用的热流体、多物理过程基础研究：湍流燃烧、热声不稳定性、低氧无焰MILD燃烧、超声速燃烧、高保真数值模拟、大规模并行计算、深度学习应用

本课题组（Thermofluid Multiphysics Group）招收流体、热物理、计算机等相关背景的博士研究生、博士后，也欢迎有兴趣的本科生和科研助理加入。

2021.06 – 至今 6163am银河线路 | 6163am银河线路 | 航空航天系，助理教授、研究员、博导

2019.11 – 2021.05 英国剑桥大学 | 罗宾逊学院，高级研究员、独立PI

2019.05 – 2019.07 德国宇航中心 | 燃烧技术研究院，访问科学家

2018.01 – 2018.02 美国桑迪亚国家实验室 | 燃烧研究中心，访问学者

2017.05 – 2019.11 英国剑桥大学 | 工程系，博士后

2012.10 – 2017.04 英国剑桥大学 | 工程学，博士

2010.10 – 2012.07 英国伯明翰大学 | 机械工程，学士

2008.09 – 2010.06 华中科技大学 | 热能与动力工程，学士

2020 国际燃烧学会 | 伯纳德路易斯奖 (Bernard Lewis Fellowship, Combustion Institute)

2019 英国皇家工程院 | 一等杰出人才 (Tier 1 Exceptional Talent, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK)

2019 英国剑桥大学 | 罗宾逊学院终身会士荣誉 (Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK)

2018 欧盟地平线框架计划 | 跨国超算奖 (Transnational Access Award, EU Horizon 2020)

2017 英国工程与自然科学基金委 | 国家超算最佳应用奖 (Best Use of ARCHER, EPSRC, UK)

专著章节

Z. X. Chen*, I. Langella, N. Swaminathan. “The Role of CFD in Modern Jet Engine Combustor Design” in Environmental Impact of Aviation and Sustainable Solutions, R. K. Agarwal (eds.), ISBN 978-1-83962-358-5, Intech Open Ltd., London, UK (2019). DOI

期刊论文 （*通讯作者，#共同第一作者）

Z. X. Chen*, S. Iavarone, G. Ghiasi, V. Kanan, G. D’Alessio, A. Parente, N. Swaminathan. “Application of machine learning for filtered density function closure in MILD combustion”, Combust. Flame, 225:160-179 (2021). DOI

M. Zhao#, Z. X. Chen#, H. Zhang*, N. Swaminathan. “Large Eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame with perfectly stirred reactor model”. Combust. Flame, 230:111441 (2021). DOI

Z. Li*, S. Tomasch, Z. X. Chen*, A. Parente, I. S. Ertesvåg, N. Swaminathan. “Study of MILD combustion using LES and advanced analysis tools”. Proc. Combust. Inst., 38:5423-5432 (2021). DOI

S. Iavarone*, A. Péquin, Z. X. Chen*, N. A. D. Doan, N. Swaminathan, A. Parente*. “An a-priori assessment of the Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR) model for MILD combustion”. Proc. Combust. Inst., 38:5403-5414 (2021). DOI

Z. X. Chen*, N. Swaminathan. “Influence of fuel plenum on thermoacoustic oscillations inside a swirl combustor”. Fuel, 275:117868 (2020). DOI

Z. X. Chen*#, I. Langella*#, R. S. Barlow*, N. Swaminathan. “Prediction of local extinctions in piloted jet flames with inhomogeneous inlets using unstrained flamelets”. Combust. Flame, 212:415-423 (2020). DOI

Z. X. Chen*, I. Langella, N. Swaminathan, M. Stöhr, W. Meier, H. Kolla. “Large Eddy Simulation of a dual swirl gas turbine combustor: Flame/flow structures and stabilisation under thermoacoustically stable and unstable conditions”. Combust. Flame, 203:279-300 (2019). DOI

Z. X. Chen*, N. Swaminathan, M. Stöhr, W. Meier. “Interaction between self-excited oscillations and fuel-air mixing in a dual swirl combustor”, Proc. Combust. Inst., 37:2325-2333 (2019). DOI

J. C. Massey, Z. X. Chen*, N. Swaminathan. “Lean flame root dynamics inside a model gas turbine combustor”. Combust. Sci. Technol., 191:1019-1042 (2019). DOI

Z. X. Chen*, N. A. K. Doan, X. J. Lv, N. Swaminathan, G. Ceriello, G. Sorrentino, A. Cavaliere. “A numerical study of a cyclonic combustor under MILD conditions using non-adiabatic tabulated chemistry”, Energy Fuels, 32:10256-10265 (2018). DOI

Z. X. Chen*, N. A. K. Doan, S. Ruan, I. Langella, N. Swaminathan. “A priori investigation of subgrid correlation of mixture fraction and progress variable in partially premixed flames”. Combust. Theory Model., 22:862-882 (2018). DOI

Z. Chen, V. M. Reddy, S. Ruan, N. A. K. Doan, W. L. Roberts*, N. Swaminathan. “Simulation of MILD combustion using Perfectly Stirred Reactor model”. Proc. Combust. Inst., 36:4279-4286 (2017). DOI

Z. Chen*, S. Ruan, N. Swaminathan. “Large Eddy Simulation of flame edge evolution in a spark-ignited methane-air jet”. Proc. Combust. Inst., 36:1645-1652 (2017). DOI

Z. Chen*, S. Ruan, N. Swaminathan. “Numerical study of transient evolution of lifted jet flames: partially premixed flame propagation and influence of physical dimensions”. Combust. Theory Model., 20:592-612 (2016). DOI

Z. Chen, S. Ruan, N. Swaminathan*. “Simulation of turbulent lifted methane jet flames: Effects of air-dilution and transient flame propagation”. Combust. Flame, 162:703-716 (2015). DOI

J. C. Massey*, Z. X. Chen, N. Swaminathan. “Modelling Heat Loss Effects in the LES of a Lean Swirl-Stabilised Flame Close To Blow-Off”, Flow, Turbul. Combust., 106:1355-1378 (2021). DOI

I. Langella, Z. X. Chen, N. Swaminathan*, S. K. Sadasivuni. “Large- Eddy Simulation of Reacting Flows in Industrial Gas Turbine Combustor”, J. Propuls. Power, 34:1269-1284 (2018). DOI

G. Wang, X. Liu, L. Li*, Z. X. Chen, F. Qi. “Investigation on the flame front and flow field in acoustically excited swirling flames with and without confinement”, Combust. Sci. Technol., in press. DOI