EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2014 Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (Ranked 1/35)
                    Polymerphysik, Technische Universit?t Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany (3 months)
B.S. 2009 Chemical Engineering & Technology, Hunan University, Changsha, China
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Gas-liquid method process packaged technology for PE production, the most key program of Sinopec
    *Proposed a new method for realizing multi-temperature zone fluidized bed reactor (MTZFBR) by liquid injection.
    *Regulated and controlled the temperature distribution of MTZFBR by changing key operation parameters.
    *Established an improved two-phase FBR model & applied in industrial MTZFBR to obtain bed temperature profile.
    *Realized MTZFBR with preliminary industrial experiment and optimized structure and properties of PE products.
Monitoring, diagnosis, intelligent control of operating states in complex systems, National 973 Program
    *Developed acoustic emission (AE) technique to detect particle motion and fluidization quality of wet FBRs.
    *Studied hydrodynamics of MTZFBR by using multiple measurement methods and several analysis techniques.
    *Applied AE technique to monitor agglomerates and fluidization quality in industrial processes for steady production.
Process intensification & control of micro-environment in fluidized bed polymerization reactor, NSFC
    *Used acoustic and pressure fluctuation signals to study micro-level dynamic parameters of particle and gas bubbles.
    *Proposed a method to recognize particle circulation mode based on temperature& electrostatic potential distributions.
NMR characterization of particle motion in a micro-fluidized bed reactor, CSC-DAAD, Germany
    *Studied microscopic particle motion structure in small-sized FBR and obtained visual images by NMR technique.
    *Explored NMR technique and its application in gas-liquid-solid three phases FBRs.
RESEARCH AREAS
Fluidization: Hydrodynamics, Liquid-Containing Gas-Liquid Fluidized bed, MTZFBR
                        Multi-phase Monitoring Including Acoustic, Pressure, Electrostatics, Temperature
                        Agglomeration detection, Polymerization Processes, Reactor Modeling, CFD
HONORS AND AWARDS
National Scholarship for Graduate Student (1/35); Excellent Graduate Student & Graduate Leader (2013)
Hengyi International Exchange Scholarship (distinguished international exchange activity) (2012)
Mitsui Chemicals Graduate Scholarship(1/35); Excellent Graduate & Second-class Award Honor (2011)
Full Scholarship for Graduate of Zhejiang University & Scholarship for Excellent Ph.D Graduate (5-year)
National Scholarship for Undergraduate (1/78); Excellent Student & First-class Award Honor (2008)
Excellent Student & First-class Award Honor (top 5%) (2007)
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
2014.01- Will participate in 2014 Global Young Scientists Summit, NTU, Singapore
2013.09- Participated in the 7th National Fluidization Conference & Gave Presentation, Beijing, China
(The submitted paper was awarded as conference excellent paper)
2012-2014 Organizer of Weekly Group Seminars and Academic Discussions, Zhejiang University, China
2012.10-11 Participated in AIChE Annual Meeting & Gave Presentation, Pittsburgh, U.S
Captain of Visiting Group to Chemical Engineering Dept. of Washington University, Seattle, U.S
2011.08- Delivered Presentation at World Conference on Acoustic Emission (WCAE-2011), Beijing, China
LIST OF JOURNAL/PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATIONS/PATENTS
1. Zhou YF, Ren CJ, Wang JD, et al. Characterization on hydrodynamic behavior in liquid-containing gas-solid fluidized bed reactor, AIChE Journal, 2013, 59(4): 1056-1065.
2. Zhou YF, Shi Q, Huang ZL, et al. Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 2013, DOI: 10.1021/ie401907r.
3. Zhou YF, Ren CJ, Wang JD, et al. Effect of hydrodynamic behavior on electrostatic potential distribution in gas-solid fluidized bed, Powder Technol., 2013, 235: 9-17.
4. Zhou YF, Huang ZL, Wang JD, et al. The application of passive acoustic emission measurement in fluidization processes. The 7th National Fluidization Conference, Beijing, China, 2013.9.
5. Zhou YF, Wang JD, Yang YR, et al. Modeling of the temperature profile in an ethylene polymerization fluidized-bed reactor in condensed-mode operation. Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 2013, 52 (12): 4455-4464.
6. Zhou YF, Huang ZL, Ren CJ, et al. Agglomeration detection in horizontal stirred bed reactor based on autoregression model by acoustic emission signals, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 2012, 51 (36): 11629-11635.
7. Zhou YF, Zhou LJ, Huang ZL, et al. Industrial fluidized bed polyethylene reactor temperature modeling in condensed mode operation. 2012 AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
8. Zhou YF, Dong KZ, Huang ZL, et al. Fault detection based on acoustic emission-early agglomeration recognition system in fluidized bed reactor, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 2011, 50 (14): 8476-8484.
9. Zhou YF, Dong KZ, Huang ZL, et al. Signal analysis of acoustic emission in gas-solid fluidized bed reactor —from data to information. Proceedings of World Conference on Acoustic Emission–2011, Beijing, China.
10. Sun JY, Zhou YF, Ren CJ, et al. CFD simulation and experiments of dynamic parameters in gas-solid fluidized bed. Chem. Eng. Sci., 2011, 66 (21): 4972-4982.
11. Sun JY, Zhou YF, Wang JD, et al. Kinetic Theory based CFD simulation and experiments of dynamic characteristics in gas-solid fluidized bed. 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
12. Sun JY, Zhou YF, Wang JD, et al. CFD simulation and time series analysis of granular temperature in gas-solids dense phase fluidized bed. CIESC Journal, 2011，62(12): 3330-3336.
13. Wei GY, Zhou YF, Liao ZW, et al. Detection of particle mass flowrate in high-speed fluidization based on acoustic emission technology. Acta Petrolei Sinica, 2011, 27(5): 773-779.
14. A measurement method for liquid atomization status, ZL201110106477.4 (Granted)
15. Fault detection for wing valve in the settling vessel by AE signal, ZL201110119836.X (Granted)
16. Spouting fluidized bed reactor for polymer production. CN201310065490.9
17. Spouting fluidized bed-fluidized bed complex reactor for polymer production. CN201310065490.9
18. Spouting bed reactor and its application in olefin polymerization. CN201310065138.5
19. Olefin polymerization reactor and its polymer production method. CN201210176074.1
20. A method for regulate and control coal quality in the coal gasification. CN201310024638.4
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
English: CET-6，Fluent in oral and written English
Computer: Excellent in MS Windows & Office, MATLAB, Origin, Aspen Plus,
National Computer Rank Examination Grade 2 (C Language)C Language