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combution, fluid mechanics, hydrogen energy, detonation, turbulence, multiphase flows
Singapore

Biography

Professor Huangwei Zhang is an assistant professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), and a principal investigator in NUS (Chongqing) Research Institute. Professor Zhang received his bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics and master’s degree in fluid mechanics in 2007 and 2009, respectively from the School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University. He worked as a research associate in the State Key Laboratory of Turbulence and Complex Systems, Peking University from 2009 to 2011. He obtained his PhD degree in energy and combustion from the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge in 2015. He then stayed on from 2015 to 2017 in University of Cambridge to take up a postdoctoral research associate position on pulverized coal combustion, collaborated with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Professor Zhang’s research fields are combustion and reacting flows, turbulent combustion modelling, multiphase combustion, multiphase flows and sprays in manufacturing and materials science. He is a member of The Combustion Institute and a senior member of AIAA.

Activities

Employment (3)

National University of Singapore: Singapore, SG

2017-07-31 to present | Asssitant Professor (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2015-06 to 2017-07 | Post-doctoral Research Associate (Department of Engineering)
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Peking University: Beijing, CN

2009-10 to 2011-08 | Research Associate (College of Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2011-10 to 2015-05 | PhD (Department of Engineering)
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Beihang University: Beijing, CN

2007-09 to 2009-07 | Master of Engineering
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Beihang University: Beijing, CN

2003-09 to 2007-07 | Bachelor of Engineering
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Professional activities (2)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: Reston, VA, US

2021-01 to present | Senior Member
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Combustion Institute: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

2017-07 to present | Member
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Works (50 of 76)

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Development of compact mechanism for lithium-ion battery venting gas fires using Cantera ordinary differential equation neural network algorithm

Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
2025-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Mengjie Li; Hao Hu; Li Lu; Huangwei Zhang
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Heat release multiplicity and subcritical-supercritical droplet transition in autoignition of n-dodecane sprays under detonation-relevant conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuanying Wang; Shangpeng Li; Hongbo Guo; Huangwei Zhang
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Bouncing dynamics of binary equal-sized high-viscosity molten glass droplets in head-on collisions

Physics of Fluids
2024-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaolei Hu; Zihan Yu; Liangyu Tao; Huangwei Zhang; Shangpeng Li
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Micron-sized aluminum particle combustion under elevated gas condition: Equivalence ratio effect

Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Pikai Zhang; Chenyang Cao; Huangwei Zhang
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Direct initiation of hydrogen detonation in fine water sprays

Physics of Fluids
2024-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Yong Xu; Shangpeng Li; Qingyang Meng; Jungtang Zhang; Huangwei Zhang
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Large eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame: Impacts of Lewis, turbulent Schmidt and Prandtl numbers

Physics of Fluids
2024-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ruixuan Zhu; Zhiwei Huang; Chao Xu; Xiaohang Fang; Huangwei Zhang; Martin Davy
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Analysis of two interactive burning droplets with different temperatures

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2024-05-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Shangpeng Li; Huangwei Zhang
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Hydrogen flame and detonation physics

Physics of Fluids
2024-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Huangwei Zhang; Hoi Dick Ng; Zheng Chen; Jennifer Wen
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Detailed chemistry modeling of rotating detonations with dilute n-heptane sprays and preheated air

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Shan Jin; Chao Xu; Hongtao Zheng; Huangwei Zhang
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Forced ignition and oscillating flame propagation in fine ethanol sprays

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Qiang Li; Huangwei Zhang
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Ignition limit and shock-to-detonation transition mode of n-heptane/air mixture in high-speed wedge flows

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Hongbo Guo; Yong Xu; Hongtao Zheng; Huangwei Zhang
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Detailed simulations of one-dimensional detonation propagation in dilute n-heptane spray and air mixtures

Physics of Fluids
2023-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhiwei Huang; Yong Xu; Shangpeng Li; Qingyang Meng; Huangwei Zhang
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Analysis of evaporation and autoignition of droplet clouds with a unit cell model considering transient evaporating boundary layer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Shangpeng Li; Huangwei Zhang; Chung K. Law
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Direct detonation initiation in hydrogen/air mixture: effects of compositional gradient and hotspot condition

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2023-09-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiongbin Jia; Yong Xu; Hongtao Zheng; Huangwei Zhang
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Ion Conduction in Composite Polymer Electrolytes: Potential Electrolytes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

ChemSusChem
2023-04-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoyu Xu; Yumei Wang; Qiang Yi; Xinyu Wang; Ramon Alberto Paredes Camacho; Hans Kungl; Ruediger A. Eichel; Li Lu; Huangwei Zhang
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Modeling particle collisions in moderately dense curtain impacted by an incident shock wave

Physics of Fluids
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Pikai Zhang; Huangwei Zhang; Yun Feng Zhang; Shangpeng Li; Qingyang Meng
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Ignition and deflagration-to-detonation transition modes in ethylene/air mixtures behind a reflected shock

Physics of Fluids
2022-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhiwei Huang; Huangwei Zhang
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Pulsating one-dimensional detonation in ammonia-hydrogen–air mixtures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ruixuan Zhu; Xiaohang Fang; Chao Xu; Majie Zhao; Huangwei Zhang; Martin Davy
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Critical condition and transient evolution of methane detonation extinction by fine water droplet curtains

Fuel
2022-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-2361
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Huangwei Zhang

Simulations of rotating detonation combustion with in-situ evaporating bi-disperse n-heptane sprays

Fuel
2022-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-2361
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Huangwei Zhang

End-gas autoignition and knocking combustion of ammonia/hydrogen/air mixtures in a confined reactor

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2022-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0360-3199
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Huangwei Zhang

Flame stability optimization of cavity primary air-jet form in an augmentor

Energy
2022-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0360-5442
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Huangwei Zhang

Extinction of incident hydrogen/air detonation in fine water sprays

Physics of Fluids
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1070-6631
Part of ISSN: 1089-7666
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Large eddy simulation and finite-volume conditional moment closure modelling of a turbulent lifted H2/N2 flame

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0360-3199
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Huangwei Zhang

Reaction pathway of nitric oxide oxidation on nano-sized Pt/SiO2 catalysts for diesel exhaust purification

Molecular Catalysis
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2468-8231
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Huangwei Zhang

Rotating detonative combustion in partially pre-vaporized dilute n-heptane sprays: Droplet size and equivalence ratio effects

Fuel
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-2361
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Huangwei Zhang

On the evolution of fuel droplet evaporation zone and its interaction with flame front in ignition of spray flames

Combustion Theory and Modelling
2021-11-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1364-7830
Part of ISSN: 1741-3559
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Combustion performance in a cavity-based combustor under subatmospheric pressure

Fuel
2021-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-2361
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Huangwei Zhang

Efficient high-order radial basis-function-based differential quadrature–finite volume method for incompressible flows on unstructured grids

Physical Review E
2021-10-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2470-0045
Part of ISSN: 2470-0053
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Huangwei Zhang

Large eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame with sparse-Lagrangian multiple mapping conditioning approach

Combustion and Flame
2021-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0010-2180
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Huangwei Zhang

Ignition of dimethyl ether/air mixtures by hot particles: Impact of low temperature chemical reactions

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Yiqing Wang; Huangwei Zhang; Thorsten Zirwes; Feichi Zhang; Henning Bockhorn; Zheng Chen
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Large Eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame with perfectly stirred reactor model

Combustion and Flame
2021-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0010-2180
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Huangwei Zhang

Reaction front development from ignition spots in n-heptane/air mixtures: Low-temperature chemistry effects induced by ultrafine water droplet evaporation

Physics of Fluids
2021-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1070-6631
Part of ISSN: 1089-7666
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Huangwei Zhang
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Spark ignition and stability limits of spray kerosene flames under subatmospheric pressure conditions

Aerospace Science and Technology
2021-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1270-9638
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Huangwei Zhang

A Multi-Dimensional Shock-Capturing Limiter for High-Order Least Square-Based Finite Difference-Finite Volume Method on Unstructured Grids

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2070-0733
Part of ISSN: 2075-1354
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Huangwei Zhang

A high-order implicit least square-based finite difference-finite volume method for incompressible flows on unstructured grids

Physics of Fluids
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Y. Y. Liu; C. Shu; H. W. Zhang; L. M. Yang
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An efficient high-order least square-based finite difference-finite volume method for solution of compressible Navier-Stokes equations on unstructured grids

Computers & Fluids
2021-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0045-7930
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Huangwei Zhang

Eulerian-Lagrangian modelling of rotating detonative combustion in partially pre-vaporized n-heptane sprays with hydrogen addition

Fuel
2021-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-2361
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Huangwei Zhang

On the distributions of fuel droplets and in situ vapor in rotating detonation combustion with prevaporized n-heptane sprays

Physics of Fluids
2021-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1070-6631
Part of ISSN: 1089-7666
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Huangwei Zhang
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Pulsating detonative combustion in n-heptane/air mixtures under off-stoichiometric conditions

Combustion and Flame
2021-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0010-2180
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Huangwei Zhang

Combustion mode and wave multiplicity in rotating detonative combustion with separate reactant injection

Combustion and Flame
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0010-2180
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Huangwei Zhang

Analytical method of nonlinear coupled constitutive relations for rarefied non-equilibrium flows

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
2021-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1000-9361
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Huangwei Zhang

Eulerian-Lagrangian modelling of detonative combustion in two-phase gas-droplet mixtures with OpenFOAM: Validations and verifications

Fuel
2021-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-2361
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Huangwei Zhang

Numerical simulation of flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition in ammonia-hydrogen–oxygen mixtures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2021-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0360-3199
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Huangwei Zhang
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Autoignition and detonation development induced by temperature gradient in n-C7H16/air/H2O mixtures

Physics of Fluids
2021-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1070-6631
Part of ISSN: 1089-7666
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Large eddy simulation of turbulent supersonic hydrogen flames with OpenFOAM

Fuel
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-2361
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Propagation of heterogeneous and homogeneous planar flames in fuel droplet mists

International Journal of Multiphase Flow
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0301-9322
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Huangwei Zhang

On the interactions between a propagating shock wave and evaporating water droplets

Physics of Fluids
2020-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1070-6631
Part of ISSN: 1089-7666
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Propagation of weakly stretched premixed spherical spray flames in localized homogeneous and heterogeneous reactants

Physics of Fluids
2020-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1070-6631
Part of ISSN: 1089-7666
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Huangwei Zhang
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Three-dimensional high-order least square-based finite difference-finite volume method on unstructured grids

Physics of Fluids
2020-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1070-6631
Part of ISSN: 1089-7666
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Huangwei Zhang
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