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Biography
Dr Zhichao Zhang joined Northumbria University as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering in 2020. He did his postdoc in Delft University of Technology in Netherlands from 2019 to 2020. He was awarded PhD in Newcastle University, UK, in 2019.
Dr Zhichao Zhang was doing research work on the hydrogen diffusion in turbine blades for the utilisation of hydrogen fuel in Delft. He completed the EPSRC funded project ‘Investigation Into Fuel Pre-treatments For Combustion Improvement On A Compression Ignition Engine’ in Newcastle University. He also conducted the NSFC project ‘Fundamental study of Quasi-hydrous Ethanol and Bio-jet Fuel Blends and their Influence on the Characteristics of Blow Off and Smoking Boundary’, and the BNSF project ‘Establishment of Particulate Emission Index on GDI Engines’ in China.
Dr Zhichao Zhang has published many journal papers in Applied Energy, Fuel, and Energy, and hold a patent for a commercial product.
Research interests
Liquid fuel spray, combustion, hydrogen diffusion and embrittlement, renewable fuels, pollutant emissions, gas turbines, internal combustion engines
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Mechanical Engineering, PhD
Jan 2015 → Apr 2019
Award Date: 24 Apr 2019
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Investigation of the combustion and emissions of lignin‐derived aromatic oxygenates in a marine diesel engine
Zhang, Z., Kouris, G. D., Kouris, P. D., Hensen, E. J. M., Boot, M. D. & Wu, D., 1 Nov 2021, In: Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 15, 6, p. 1709-1724 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative study of using multi-wall carbon nanotube and two different sizes of cerium oxide nanopowders as fuel additives under various diesel engine conditions
Zhang, Z., Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Yu, X., Smallbone, A., Dong, C. & Roskilly, T., Nov 2019, In: Fuel. 256, 16 p., 115904.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lean ignition and blow-off behaviour of butyl butyrate and ethanol blends in a gas turbine combustor
Zhang, Z., Chen, L., Lu, Y., Roskilly, T., Yu, X., Smallbone, A. & Wang, Y., 1 Mar 2019, In: Fuel. 239, p. 1351-1362 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation of the macroscopic characteristics of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) spray using CFD method
Zhang, Z., Lu, Y., Roskilly, T., Yu, X., Wang, Y. & Smallbone, A., 1 Feb 2019, In: Fuel. 237, p. 28-39 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental and numerical study on the initial tip structure evolution of diesel fuel spray under various injection and ambient pressures
Chen, L., Li, G., Huang, D., Zhang, Z., Lu, Y., Yu, X. & Roskilly, A., 1 Nov 2019, In: Energy. 186, 9 p., 115867.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile21 Citations (Scopus)44 Downloads (Pure)