Prof. Dr. Yu Wenbin
Personal information
Current appointment: Professor
Email: wbyu@u.nus.edu wbyu@sdu.edu.cn
Address: School of energy and power engineering, Shandong University, China
Personal webpage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OXzSCVMAAAAJ&hl=en
Education
Ph.D. |
Power Machinery and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University |
2011 |
M.S. |
Power Machinery and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University |
2007 |
B.S. |
Traffic and Transportation, Kunming University of Science and Technology |
2005 |
Professional orientation
1. Digital twin and virtual testing technology for advanced power system
2. Advanced motors, batteries, engines
3. Low/Zero-carbon fuels and Non-equilibrium plasma combustion technology
4. Fuel spray and cavitation process
5. Machine learning and data analysis
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2020 - Present |
Full Professor |
Shandong University |
2016 - 2020 |
Senior Research Fellow |
National University of Singapore |
2018 - 2020 |
Senior Research Fellow |
Singapore-Cambridge CREATE Research Centre |
2013 - 2016 |
Research Fellow |
National University of Singapore |
2011 - 2013 |
Chief Technologist |
Great Wall Motor Company Ltd |
Selected Research Grant
2021-2026 |
Research and System Development of Efficient and Energy saving Agricultural Diesel Engine and CVT Powertrain Technology |
National Key Research and Development Program of China |
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2021-2024 |
Development and Application of High Power, Efficient and Intelligent Tractors |
Key R&D Program of Shandong Province, China |
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2021-2024 |
Natural Foundation of Shandong Province, China |
Advanced combustion theory and optimized control of internal combustion engines |
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2021-2024 |
Natural Foundation of Shandong Province, China |
Research on Optimizing Diesel Engine Combustion Path Control Based on Digital Information Platform |
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2022-2024 |
State Key Laboratory Foundation |
Research project on low heat loss combustion mode performance of heavy-duty natural gas engines |
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2016-2020 |
Sembcorp-NUS Corporate Laboratory |
Singapore National Research Foundation |
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2015-2018 |
Development of an ultralight diesel engine for UAVs application |
Singapore Ministry of Education |
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2013-2016 |
Development of a novel micro modular thermophotovoltaic power generator |
Singapore Ministry of Education |
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2013-2015 |
Combustion and emissions control of internal combustion engines fueled by biofuels from fundamentals to application |
Singapore A*STAR |
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
Associate editor |
SAE International Journal of Engines |
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Handling editor |
SAE Technical Paper |
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Section Editor-in-Chief |
Designs |
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| Topic editor | MDPI Journals (Batteries, Energies, Sustainability, etc.) | |
Member |
SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) International |
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Session Chair |
International Conference on Applied Energy, 2018 |
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Chair |
International Topics Webinar | Low/Zero Carbon Energy 2022 |
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Long term as a reviewer of peer-reviewed international journals: |
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§ Combustion and Flame § Applied Energy |
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§ Fuel |
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§ Combustion Science and Technology |
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§ International Journal of engine research |
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§ Fuel Processing Technology |
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§ Energy Conversion and Management |
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§ Environmental Pollution |
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§ Energy & Fuels § Energy |
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§ International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
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§ Sustainable Energy & Fuels |
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§ Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering |
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§ Applied Thermal Engineering |
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§ Ocean Engineering |
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§ Energies |
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§ ACS Omega |
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§ Sensors |
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§ Processes |
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§ Applied Science |
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§ Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A |
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§ Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects |
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§ SAE International Journal of Aerospace |
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§ SAE Technical Paper |
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§ Thermal Science and Engineering Progress |
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§ Propulsion and Power Research |
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Invited Talks
1. 2009.08, Effects of charge density and temperature on combustion and emissions in a diesel engine, 11th Sino–Korea International Symposium on Internal Combustion Engine and Automotive Engineering, Tianjin, China.
2. 2013.04, Effects of mixing and chemical parameters on homogeneous charge induced ignition combustion based on a light-duty diesel engine with ultra-low NOx and soot emissions and high thermal efficiency, SAE International, Detroit, USA.
3. 2015.03, Multiple injections study based on an advanced combustion investigation system, International Conference of Applied Energy, UAE.
4. 2018.08, Predictive control of CO2 emissions from a grate boiler based on fuel nature structures using intelligent neural network and Box-Behnken design, International Conference on Applied Energy, Hong Kong, China
5. 2019.08, Experimental study on engine spray and combustion characteristics fueled with kerosene, International Conference on Applied Energy, Sweden
6. 2019.10, “Application of NI Engine Control System in Engine and Fuel Spray Research Project”, 2019 NI Academic and Industry Forum, Singapore.
International Technological Exchange
1. 2013, Technological exchange for the advanced technology of Corona Ignition, Federal-Mogul, Frankfurt, Germany
2. 2013, Technological exchange for the advanced technology of Electronic Supercharger, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan
Honors and Awards
Qilu youth Professor in Shandong University, 2020
Long service award at National University of Singapore, 2020
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award, journal “Applied Energy” by Elsevier, 2018
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award, journal “Applied Thermal Engineer” by Elsevier, 2018
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award, journal “Energy Conversion and Management” by Elsevier, 2017
Contribution in Reviewing Award, “Fuel” by Elsevier, 2020
Contribution in Reviewing Award, “International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer” by Elsevier, 2019
Contribution in Reviewing Award, journal “Fuel” by Elsevier, 2019
Contribution in Reviewing Award, journal “Ocean Engineering” by Elsevier, 2018
Contribution in Reviewing Award, journal “Applied Thermal Engineer” by Elsevier, 2017
National Scholarship of Tianjin University, 2005-2011
Merit student honor of Tianjin University, 2009
National Scholarship, 2001- 2005
Campus 1st Class Honor Scholarship, 2001- 2005
Selected Published Patents
1. Power supply discharge system based on single bipolar nanosecond pulse conversion, CN116113132A
2. Cylinder communication four-stroke engine and corresponding automobile, CN103244259B
3. Valve lift continuous variable mechanism of engine gas distribution system, CN102787879B
4. Low-pumping-loss engine and method for reducing pumping loss of engine, CN103590902B
5. Camshaft assembly of engine with variable valve opening duration, CN102720592B
6. Hydraulic drive engine air distributing mechanism, CN102787878B
7. Gasoline premixing and diesel igniting engine as well as control method thereof, CN102678363B
8. Combined rocker arm type fully variable valve lift mechanism for automobile, CN102953782B
9. HCCI (homogeneous charge compression ignition) engine fire detecting and controlling method, CN102817738B
10. Control system of automotive diesel and gasoline dual-fuel engine and control method thereof, CN102661205B
11. Cam rocker arm assembly of valve stroke changing device of engine, CN203403916U
12. Variable valve lift mechanism of automobile engine air distribution system, CN203335166U
13. Combustion phase control system of engine with HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) combustion mode, CN203146125U
14. Cold-starting system of gasoline-premixed and diesel-ignited engine, CN203463217U
15. Engine hydrocone type oil return device and engine, CN203626922U
Published papers
Published more than 100 papers and all the published papers can be found in:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OXzSCVMAAAAJ&hl=en
Selected published papers:
1. Z Xin, Z Zheng, Y Hu, A Sun, F Zhao*, W Yu*. Numerical modeling of plasma assisted ignition of CH4/O2/He mixture by the nanosecond repetitive pulsed surface dielectric barrier discharge. Fuel, 2024, 357, 129975
2. Zhu Q, Zong Y, Tan YR, Lyu JY, Pan J, Zhou X, Liu H, He S, Chen W, Yu W*, Yang W*. Comparative analysis of PODE3 and PODE4 fuel additives for emission reduction and soot characteristics in compression ignition engines. Energy, 2024, 286:129498.
3. Y Wang, SY Gao, FY Zhao*, LM Yang, W Yu*. Investigations of spray breakup Rayleigh–Taylor instability via multiphase lattice Boltzmann flux solver. Physics of Fluids, 2023, 35 (12).
4. Z Lian, J Zhang, FY Zhao*, W Yu*. Optimization of methane simplified chemical kinetic mechanism based on uncertainty quantitation analysis by sparse polynomial chaos expansions. Fuel, 2023, 339, 127393.
5. J. Li, W Yu*, W Yang*. Evaluating performance and emissions of a CI engine fueled with n-octanol/diesel and n-butanol/diesel blends under different injection strategies. Fuel, 2021, 284(15):119085.
6. G Wang, W Yu*, X Li, R Yang. Influence of fuel injection and intake port on combustion characteristics of controllable intake swirl diesel engine. Fuel, 2020, 262, 116548.
7. Z Han, B Xiao, W Tian, J Li, W Yu*. Study on difference and adaptability of calculation method of spherical flame radius. Fuel, 2020, 259: 116-216.
8. G Wang, W Yu*, X Li, Y Su, R Yang, W Wu. Study on dynamic characteristics of intake system and combustion of controllable intake swirl diesel engine. Energy, 2019, 180, 1008-1018.
9. G Wang, W Yu*, X Li*, Y Su, R Yang, W Wu. Experimental and numerical study on the influence of intake swirl on fuel spray and in-cylinder combustion characteristics on large bore diesel engine. Fuel, 2019, 237, 209-221.
10. W Yu, F Zhao*, W Yang*, et al. Uncertainty quantifications of calibrating laser-induced incandescence intensity on sooting propensity in a wick-fed diffusion flame burner. Fuel, 2021, 289: 119921.
11. W Yu, F Zhao*, W Yang*. Qualitative analysis of particulate matter emission from diesel engine fueled with Jet A-1 under multivariate combustion boundaries by principal component analysis. Applied Energy, 2020, 269, 115068.
12. W Yu, F Zhao*. Formulating of model-based surrogates of jet fuel and diesel fuel by an intelligent methodology with uncertainties analysis. Fuel, 2020, 268: 117393.
13. W Yu, Y Zong, Q Lin, K Tay, F Zhao*, W Yang*, M Kraft. Experimental study on engine combustion and particle size distributions fueled with Jet A-1. Fuel, 2020, 263, 116747.
14. W Yu, F Zhao*, W Yang*, H Xu. Integrated Analysis of CFD Simulation Data with K-means Clustering Algorithm for Soot Formation under Varied Combustion Conditions. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, 153, 299-305.
15. W Yu, K Tay, F Zhao*, W Yang*, H Li, H Xu. Development of a new jet fuel surrogate and its associated reaction mechanism coupled with a multistep soot model for diesel engine combustion. Applied Energy, 2018, 228, 42-56.
16. W Yu, F Zhao*, W Yang*, K Tay, H Xu. Development of an optimization methodology for formulating both jet fuel and diesel fuel surrogates and their associated skeletal oxidation mechanisms. Fuel, 2018, 231, 361-372.
17. W Yu, W Yang*, KL Tay, F Zhao. An optimization method for formulating model-based jet fuel surrogate by emulating physical, gas phase chemical properties and threshold sooting index (TSI) of real jet fuel under engine relevant conditions. Combustion and Flame, 2018, 193, 192-217.
18. W Yu, W Yang*, KL Tay, F Zhao. Development of a new skeletal mechanism for decalin oxidation under engine relevant conditions. Fuel, 2018, 212: 41-48.
19. W Yu, W Yang*, F Zhao et al. Development of a three-step hybrid simulation approach (THSA) for engine combustion investigation coupled with a multistep phenomenon soot model and energy balance analysis. Applied Energy, 2017, 185:482-496.
20. W Yu, W Yang, B Mohan, KL Tay, F Zhao. Macroscopic spray characteristics of wide distillation fuel (WDF). Applied Energy, 2017, 185:1372-1382.
