ZOU Chongzhe

Personal Profile:

Zou Chongzhe, born in 1989, native of Wuhan, Hubei Province, doctor of engineering, associate professor, master supervisor, CUG scholar – Young Talents Program (A). As the project leader, he has been successively supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth) and China doctoral foundation, and has presided over three programs sponsored by enterprises and institutions such as State Grid. As a technical backbone, he has participated in the 863 Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the national international cooperation program and the major scientific and technological projects of Hubei Province. He was sent to study in the CNRS during his doctoral period, and was invited to the PROMES as a visiting scholar during his postdoctoral period to participate in the French national innovation research project (2018) and established long-term partnership with PROMES. He has published more than 20 papers (more than 10 SCI papers) in high-level journals in this field, participated in the compilation of one textbook, and won excellent graduate student (2018) and doctoral Scholarship (2012-2017) of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He serves as the reviewer of international academic journals, such as “Energy Conversion and Management”, “Applied Energy”, “Energy”, “Renewable Energy” and “Solar Energy”.

Contact Information:

Email: zouchongzhe@cug.edu.cn

Office: Room 315, No. 2 Teaching Building

Main Experience:

2020.09 –now: Associate professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences

2019.01-2020.01: Post-doctor, Le Laboratoire PROcédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire

2018.09-2020.09: Post-doctor, Mechatronics Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2015.04-2016.04: Joint training doctor, new energy engineering, CNRS

2012.09-2018.06: Doctor of engineering, thermal engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2008.09-2012.06: Bachelor of engineering, thermal energy and power engineering, China Agricultural University

Research Fields:

[1] Intelligent manufacturing of clean energy equipment: focusing on the strategic goal of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, integrating online detection, optimization control and functional safety based on new energy storage technology, artificial intelligence technology and information technology, making research on the digital, intelligent and diversified design methods of clean energy equipment.

[2] Optimization of clean energy power generation by machine learning: Based on the principle of machine learning, we can use big data to solve the multi-variable, multi-constrained, multi-objective hybrid nonlinear capacity allocation problem of distributed clean energy systems, optimize the global energy efficiency and realize the rationalization of power supply structure.

[3] Research and development of heat storage and energy storage technology in thermocline: Based on the basic principle of fluid mechanics, we can utilize the finite element simulation and artificial intelligence technology to optimize the characteristic flow field of single tank in thermocline, make research on the energy storage technology of single tank in thermocline, and use the cold water storage tank and hot water storage tank together to realize cold and hot dual storage.

[4] Energy and electricity demand and carbon emission analysis: Consider the future economic development and product output of major industries, compare the changes of energy intensity and electricity intensity of domestic and foreign sub-industries, and use artificial intelligence technology to establish a scenario analysis model for energy and power demand and carbon emissions.

Admission Information:

We warmly welcome the master and doctoral students in machinery, thermal energy, power, control, computer, engineering thermophysics and other majors who are passionate about scientific research and interested in artificial intelligence, big data, clean energy, distributed energy, and “dual carbon”, and have good professional foundation and practical ability.

Scientific Research Programs:

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth), “Optimization and experimental research on the photothermal characteristics of supercritical CO2 cavity coil heat receiver”, principal investigator

[2] General Program of China Postdoctoral Foundation, “Experimental study on photothermal coupling of solar absorber with high temperature and high pressure working fluid”, 2019M66090, principal investigator

[3] Project entrusted by State Grid Hubei Economic and Technological Research Institute, “Energy supply and demand and carbon flow balance analysis forecast in typical regions of Central China Central China”, principal investigator

[4] Project entrusted by State Grid Hubei Economic and Technological Research Institute, “Analysis of energy and electricity demand and carbon emissions in typical regions of Central China”, principal investigator

[5]  Project entrusted by State Grid Hubei Economic and Technological Research Institute, “Distributed new energy system output characteristics analysis project”, principal investigator

[6] International Cooperation Program of China (Ministry of Science and Technology), Research on key technologies of solar cascade utilization for power generation, 2014DFA60990, participant

[7] France AAPG ANR Program: Optimisation du stockage de chaleur à haute température par la technologie thermocline – OPTICLINE, participant

[8] 863 Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Design and research of 1MW trough solar energy demonstration power station, participant

[9] Major science and technology project of Hubei Province, Demonstration of supercritical CO2 solar concentrating power system, participant

Selected Papers (listed for the last five years only):

[1] Solar-thermal conversion investigation using surface partition method for a cavity receiver with helical pipe. Zou Chongzhe, Z Yanping, Q Falcoz, P Neveu. Energy 242, 122943, 2, 2022. (Q1; IF: 8.86)

[2] Effects of geometric parameters on thermal performance for a cylindrical solar receiver using a 3D numerical model, Zou Chongzhe, Zhang Y.*, Feng H., Falcoz Q., Neveu P., Gao W., and Zhang C. Energy Conversion and Management, 2017, 149: 293-302. (Q1; IF: 11.53)

[3] Experimental investigation on heat-transfer characteristics of a cylindrical cavity receiver with pressurized air in helical pipe, Zhang Y., Chen Y., Zou Chongzhe*, Xiao H., Falcoz Q., Neveu P., Zhang C., and Huang X. Renewable Energy, 2021, 163: 320-330. (Q1; IF: 8.63)

[4] Combined optics and heat transfer numerical model of a solar conical receiver with built-in helical pipe, Zhang Y., Xiao H., Zou Chongzhe*, Falcoz Q., and Neveu P. Energy, 2020, 193: 447-457. (Q1; IF: 8.86)

[5] Design and optimization of a high-temperature cavity receiver for a solar energy cascade utilization system, Zou Chongzhe, Zhang Y.*, Falcoz Q.*, Neveu P., Zhang C., Shu W., and Huang S. Renewable Energy, 2017, 103: 478-489. (Q1; IF: 8.63)

[6] Geometric optimization model for the solar cavity receiver with helical pipe at different solar radiation, Zou Chongzhe, Feng H*., Zhang Y., Falcoz Q., Zhang C., and Gao W. Frontiers in Energy, 2019, 13(2): 284-295.

[7] Thermal performance and thermal stress analysis of a supercritical CO2 solar conical receiver under different flow directions. Y Chen, D Wang, Chongzhe Zou^*, W Gao, Y Zhang - Energy, 2022. (Q1; IF: 8.86)

[8] Technical and economic assessment of thermal energy storage in concentrated solar power plants within a spot electricity market. I Khamlich, K Zeng, G Flamant, J Baeyens, Chongzhe Zou, J Li, X Yang, X He, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 139, 110583, 21, 2021. (Q1; IF: 16.80)

[9] Cascade system using both trough system and dish system for power generation. C Zhang, Y Zhang, I Arauzo, W Gao, Chongzhe Zou. Energy Conversion and Management 142, 494-503, 7, 2017. (Q1; IF: 8.86)

[10] Effects of critical geometric parameters on the optical performance of a conical cavity receiver. H Xiao, Y Zhang, C You, Chongzhe Zou^*, Q Falcoz. Frontiers in Energy 13 (4), 673-683, 6, 2019.

[11] Thermal modeling of a pressurized air cavity receiver for solar dish Stirling system. Chongzhe Zou, Y Zhang, Q Falcoz, P Neveu, J Li, C Zhang. AIP Conference Proceedings 1850 (1), 030053,5, 2017.

[12]  A 3-D model simulation of high temperature solar cavity receiver. H Feng, Y Zhang, Chongzhe Zou. ASME Power Conference 57618, V002T09A008, 3, 2017.

[13] Performance analysis of different arrangements of a new layout dish-Stirling system. C Zhang, Q Xu, Y Zhang, I Arauzo, Chongzhe Zou. Energy Reports 7, 1798-1807, 2, 2021.

[14] Optical Performance Analysis of Conical Cavity Receiver. H Xiao, Y Zhang, Chongzhe Zou. Frontiers in Energy 14 (5), 623-633, 7, 2020.

Licensed Patents:

[1] A device for detecting the filtering effect of electronic cigarette filter. Patent No.: 2021220196320.0, inventor: Zou Chongzhe.

[2] A packaged electronic cigarette filter detector. Patent No.: 202122013067.7, inventor: Zou Chongzhe.