Research

We are going to have the 3rd seminar of SP&E’s Renewable Energy Seminar Series on "Modelling & Simulation for Cleaner Energy Utilisation" on Thursday, 24th October 2013, given by Professor Xi Jiang, Chair in Energy Use and Transport at the University of Lancaster.

Date & Time:   2-3.00PM, Thursday, 24th October  

Venue:  PG Suite 468, James Watt Building South

Tea/coffee before the start.

All welcome

 

 

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Abstract:

Advanced modelling and simulation methodologies such as direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large–eddy simulation (LES) can be used to understand the flow physics of energy utilisation and to guide industrial applications. Some of the applications of high-performance computing to cleaner energy utilisation will be presented, including DNS and LES of reacting flows such as hydrogen-enriched fuel combustion, and numerical simulation of the solubility trapping for long-term geological carbon storage.

Biography

Professor Jiang has been the Chair in Energy Use and Transport at the University of Lancaster since 2009. He has an academic profile previously developed at Brunel University, Queen Mary University of London, Building Research Establishment, Seoul National University and University of Science and Technology of China. His research has been in the broad area of Energy & Environments, focused on Energy & Flow Physics research, particularly on high-fidelity numerical simulation and modelling of fluid flow, turbulence, heat transfer, combustion and aeroacoustics. Using mainly direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large–eddy simulation (LES), the physical problems investigated by him covered a broad range of applications, including DNS of reacting flows such as hydrogen-enriched fuel (syngas) combustion and gas-liquid two-phase flows and LES of fuel injection and spray combustion. Most of his computational work has been performed on the national high-performance computing facilities. His on-going research activities include the applications of modelling and simulation to three areas: cleaner combustion, carbon capture and storage, and battery thermal management. He is currently the principal investigator of two EPSRC projects, as well as the co-investigator of “UK Turbulence Consortium” as the leader of work package “Multiphase flows” (2009-14) and “Turbulence in thermal/energy systems” respectively (2013-18).

In his research field of Energy & Flow Physics, he has an international profile with near 100 journal and conference publications, including reputable journals in the field such as Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Applied Energy, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Combustion and Flame, Fuel, Physics of Fluids, AIAA Journal, Numerical Heat Transfer and ASME Journal of Heat Transfer etc. He is the leading author of a Taylor & Francis book “Numerical Techniques for Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations”, published in 2009. In addition, he was the winner of the Gaydon Prize for the most significant UK contribution to the 28th Symposium (International) on Combustion by the Combustion Institute (British Section) in 2002. He has been a regular reviewer of several leading journals and serves as a Computational Fluid Dynamics subject editor of International Journal of Computer Mathematics.

First published: 24 October 2013