Zheng Chen
ProfessorCollege of Engineering, Peking University
Beijing, 100871, China
Tel: 86-10-62766232, 86-13439589987
E-mail: cz
pku.edu.cnEducation:
· Ph.D.
· M.A.
· M.E.
· B.E.
Research Interests:
Combustion and Propulsion, Energy, Alternative and Surrogate Fuels, Fire Safety, Flame Dynamics, Chemical Kinetics and Mechanism Reduction, Heat and Mass Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multi-scale Modeling Honors and Awards:
Bernard Lewis Fellowship (“for young researchers with outstanding performance in combustion research”, awarded to no more than five researchers in the world biannually), International Combustion Institute, 2008
Wu Prize for Excellence (“Honorific Award for upper-year graduate students who have performed at the highest level in courses, research, teaching”), Princeton University, 2007
Publications:
| 2012 | ||
| 30 | H. Zhang, P. Gou, Z. Chen*, “Outwardly propagating spherical flames with thermally sensitive intermediate kinetics and radiative loss,” Combustion Science and Technology, (2012) Accepted, in press. DOI:10.1080/00102202.2012.715607 [link] |  OPF.pdf |
| 29 | P. Guo, Z. Chen*, “Ignition enhancement of ethylene/air by NOx addition,” Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, (2012) Accepted, in press. | C2H4_NOx.pdf |
| 28 | H.H. Kim, S.H. Won*, J. Santner, Z. Chen, Y. Ju, "Measurements of the critical initiation radius and unsteady propagation of n-decane/air premixed flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 34 (2012) In Press. Doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2012.07.035 [link] | nDecane.pdf |
| 27 | H. Zhang, P. Guo, Z. Chen*, “Critical condition for the ignition of reactant mixture by radical deposition,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 34 (2012) In Press. Doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2012.06.035 [link] | RadIgnit.pdf |
| 26 | W. Liang, Z. Chen*, F. Yang, H. Zhang, “Effects of Soret diffusion on the laminar flame speed and Markstein length of syngas/air mixtures,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 34 (2012) In Press. Doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2012.06.048 [link] | Soret.pdf |
| 25 | Z. Chen*, P. Dai, S. Chen, “A model for the laminar flame speed of binary fuel blends and its application to methane/hydrogen mixtures” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37 (2012) 10390-10396. [link] | Su Model.pdf |
| 24 | Y. Wu, Z. Chen*, “Asymptotic analysis of outwardly propagating spherical flames,” Acta Mechanica Sinica, 28 (2012) 359-366. [link] | Theory.pdf |
| 23 | Z. Zhao, Z. Chen*, “HDMR correlations for the laminar burning velocity of premixed CH4/H2/O2/N2 mixtures,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37 (2012) 691-697. [link] | SuHDMR.pdf |
| 22 | W. Zhang, Z. Chen*, W. Kong, “Effects of diluents on the ignition of premixed H2/air mixtures,” Combustion and Flame, 159 (2012) 151-160. [link] | H2Diluent.pdf |
| 2011 | ||
| 21 | H. Zhang, Z. Chen*, “Spherical flame initiation and propagation with thermally sensitive intermediate kinetics,” Combustion and Flame, 158 (2011) 1520-1531. [link] | Radical.pdf |
| 20 | Z. Zhao, Z. Chen*, S. Chen, “Correlations for the ignition delay times of hydrogen/air mixtures,” Chinese Science Bulletin, 56 (2011) 215-221. [link] | H2Ignit.pdf |
| 19 |
Z. Chen*, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, "On the critical flame radius and minimum ignition energy for spherical flame initiation," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33 (2011) 1219-1226. [link] |
MIE.pdf |
| 18 | Y. Ju*, W. Sun, M.P. Burke, X. Gou, Z. Chen, “Multi-timescale modeling of ignition and flame regimes of n-heptane/air mixtures near spark assisted homogeneous charge compression ignition conditions,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33 (2011) 1245-1252. [link] | SAHCCI.pdf |
| 17 | Z. Chen*, “On the extraction of laminar flame speed and Markstein length from outwardly propagating spherical flames,” Combustion and Flame, 158 (2011) 291-300. [link] | SbLb.pdf |
| 2010 | ||
| 16 | Z. Chen*, “Effects of radiation and compression on propagating spherical flames of methane/air mixtures near the lean flammability limit,” Combustion and Flame, 157 (2010) 2267-2276. [link] | LeanCH4.pdf |
| 15 | W. Sun, Z. Chen, X. Gou, Y. Ju*, “A path flux analysis method for the reduction of detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms,” Combustion and Flame, 157 (2010) 1298-1307. [link] | PFA.pdf |
| 14 | X. Gou, W. Sun, Z. Chen, Y. Ju*, “A dynamic multi-time-scale method for combustion modeling with detailed and reduced chemical kinetic mechanisms,” Combustion and Flame, 157 (2010) 1111-1121. [link] | MTS.pdf |
| 13 | Z. Chen*, X. Gou, Y. Ju, “Studies on the outwardly and inwardly propagating spherical flames with radiative loss,” Combustion Science and Technology, 182 (2010) 124-142. [link] | OPFIPF.pdf |
| 2009 | ||
| 12 | Y. Ju*, X. Gou, W. Sun, Z. Chen, “An on-grid dynamic multi-timescale method with path flux analysis for multi-physics detailed modeling of combustion,” Journal of the Combustion Society of Japan, 51-157 (2009) 200-208. | Review.pdf |
| 11 | Z. Chen*, “Effects of hydrogen addition on the propagation of spherical methane/air flames: a computational study,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34 (2009) 6558-6567. [link] | CH4H2.pdf |
| 10 | Z. Chen*, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, “Effects of compression and stretch on the determination of laminar flame speeds using propagating spherical flames,” Combustion Theory and Modelling, 13 (2009) 343-364. [link] | CCFS_SCFS.pdf |
| 9 | M.P. Burke, Z. Chen, Y. Ju*, F.L. Dryer, “Effect of cylindrical confinement on the determination of laminar flame speeds using propagating spherical flames,” Combustion and Flame, 156 (2009) 771-779. [link] | Flow.pdf |
| 8 | Z. Chen*, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, “Effects of Lewis number and ignition energy on the determination of laminar flame speed using propagating spherical flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32 (2009) 1253-1260. [link] | Ignit.pdf |
| 2008 | ||
| 7 | Z. Chen*, Y. Ju, “Combined effects of curvature, radiation, and stretch on the extinction of premixed tubular flames,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 (2008) 6118-6125. [link] | TubularF.pdf |
| 6 | G. Li, H. Rabitz*, J. Hu, Z. Chen, Y. Ju, “Regularized random-sampling high dimensional model representation (RS-HDMR),” Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 43 (2008) 1207-1232. [link] | HDMR.pdf |
| 2007 | ||
| 5 | Z. Chen*, X. Qin, B. Xu, Y. Ju, F. Liu, “Studies of radiation absorption on flame speed and flammability limit of CO2 diluted methane flames at elevated pressures,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31 (2007) 2693-2700. [link] | Radiation.pdf |
| 4 | Z. Chen, X. Qin, Y. Ju*, Z. Zhao, M. Chaos, F.L. Dryer, “High temperature ignition and combustion enhancement by dimethyl ether addition to methane-air mixtures,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31 (2007) 1215-1222. [link] | DME.pdf |
| 3 | Z. Chen*, Y. Ju, “Theoretical analysis of the evolution from ignition kernel to flame ball and planar flame,” Combustion Theory and Modelling, 11 (2007) 427-453. [link] | Theory.pdf |
| 2 | Z. Chen, B. Gao, Z. Wu*, “Compressible flow equations based on moving coordinates determined by the wave speed,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 53 (2007) 149-174. [link] | GCCS.pdf |
| 1 | Z. Chen, J. Shi, Z. Wu*, “Generalized characteristic coordinate system for compressible flow computation with shock waves and expansion fans,” Compuatation Fluid Dynamics Journal, 13 (2004) 167-172. | CFD.pdf |