Name: Liang Zhang
Title: Lecturer/Doctor
E-mail: lyange@msn.com

Working Experience
February 2020 - Present   Jiangsu University, Lecturer

Education Background
● Doctor of Engineering (Sep.2014 – Dec. 2020)
-Major: Power Engineering and Engineering Thermo-physics
● Bachelor of Engineering (Sep.2008 - Jun.2012)
-Major: Thermal Energy and Power Engineering

Research Interests
● Liquid Fuel Atomization and Sprays
● Combustion Simulation for Internal Combustion Engine
● Research on Spray and Urea Crystallization in Automotive SCR Systems

Research Techniques and Skills
● Experimental techniques: Optical Experimental technology for Multiphase Flow
● CFD simulation: Application of FLUENT, Converge, Open-FOAM methods for spray and combustion in ICE

Projects
● R&D  Research on the Urea spray and deposition in SCR, China (ongoing/PI)
● R&D Simulation on Combustion and Optimization of Two-Stroke Engines, China, (ongoing/main participant)

Publications
● Zhang L, Wang Q, Guan W, et al. Large eddy simulations on asymmetrical atomization of the elliptical jet with cavitation[J]. Atomization and Sprays, 2019, 29(2).
● Zhang L, He Z, Guan W, et al. Simulations on the cavitating flow and corresponding risk of erosion in diesel injector nozzles with double array holes[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018, 124: 900-911.
● He, Zhixia; Zhang, Liang; Saha, Kaushik; Som, Sibendu; Duan, Lian; Wang, Qian ; Investigations of effect of phase change mass transfer rate on cavitation process with homogeneous relaxation model, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 89: 98-107
● Guan W, He Z, Zhang L, et al. Effect of asymmetric structural characteristics of multi-hole marine diesel injectors on internal cavitation patterns and flow characteristics: A numerical study[J]. Fuel, 2021, 283: 119324.
● Guan W, He Z, Zhang L, et al. Investigations on interactions between vortex flow and the induced string cavitation characteristics in real-size diesel tapered-hole nozzles[J]. Fuel, 2021, 287: 119535.
● Zhang L, He Z, Wang Q, et al. Effect of nozzle hole size coupling with exhaust gas re-circulation on the engine emission perfomance based on KH-ACT spray model[J]. Thermal Science, 2015, 19(6): 2003-2012.

Awards
● 2020 Science and Technology Progress in Machinery Industry, Second Prize
● 2022 Science and Technology Award of the Jiangsu Renewable Energy Society, First Prize