Huang ZhongResearch Professor

Tel: 8610-62781559

Email: huangzhong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Address: North Gate Test Power Plant, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China

Education background

2001 - 2005: B.Eng., Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University

2005 - 2008: M.Eng., Thermal Engineering, Xi'an Thermal Power Research Institute

2013 - 2019: Ph.D., Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Experience

2008 - 2011: Assistant Engineer, Engineer, Xi'an Thermal Power Research Institute

2011 - 2020: Engineer, Senior Engineer, Professor-level Senior Engineer; successively Assistant Director, Deputy Director and Director of the Research Institute, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Technology Department and Assistant Director of the Department, China Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute

2020 - 2021:  Professor-level Senior Engineer, Department of Science, Technology and Informatization, China Huaneng Group

2021 - Present: Research Professor, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University

Concurrent Academic

Editor-in-Chief, China CFB Power Generation

Editorial Board Member, Power Generation Technology

Editorial Board Member, Special Equipment Safety Technology

Member and Secretary-General, Supercritical CFB Power Generation Committee of the Power Industry

Committee Member, Boiler Subcommittee, National Technical Committee for Standardization of Boilers and Pressure Vessels

Committee Member, Coal Quality and Resource Evaluation Subcommittee, National Technical Committee for Standardization of Coal

Committee Member, National Technical Committee for Standardization of Solid Biofuels

Committee Member, Clean and Low-Carbon Power Generation Committee, Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering

Deputy Director, Energy Conservation Committee, Beijing Society for Electrical Engineering

Social service

Council Member, Chinese Society of Creativity

Council Member, Beijing Association of Engineers

Deputy Secretary-General, "Sci-Tech Innovation China" Capital Youth 100 Association

Research Projects

Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion

Pollutant control (air pollutants and solid-waste utilization)

Boiler flexibility technologies

Research Status

Ongoing Research Projects:

National Key R&D Program: Key Technologies for Wide-Load Range Ultra-Low Emissions of CFB Boilers (Program)

National Key R&D Program: Methods and Strategies for High-Efficiency Synergistic Control of Sulfur and Nitrogen Pollutants in CFB under Wide-Load Range (Project)

Beijing "Capital High-end Leading Talent Aggregation and Cultivation Program": Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Project

Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Program (Beijing Natural Science Foundation): CFB Combustion Reconstruction Methods and Resource Utilization Preparation Technology of High-Alumina Ash/Slag

Shanxi Provincial Major Science and Technology Special Project: Key Technologies for Clean Combustion and High-Value Utilization of Low-Calorific-Value Coal Gangue

Yunnan Key R&D Program: R&D of 700MW Ultra-Supercritical Lignite-Fired CFB Boiler

Tsinghua University - China Huaneng Group Joint Research Institute for Basic Energy: Research on CFB Boiler Operational Flexibility Enhancement Technology

Enterprise R&D Project: Research on Precise Combustion Optimization and Deep Pollutant Suppression Technology for CFB Boilers Based on Zonal Optimization

Enterprise R&D Project: Research on Digital-Intelligence Fusion Optimization Scheme and Standardization for Utility Boilers

Completed Research Projects:

Beijing Association for Science and Technology: Outstanding Engineer Growth Program

Beijing Outstanding Young Engineer Innovation Studio: Advanced CFB Power Generation Technology Innovation Studio

Beijing Municipal Education Commission "Double Hundred Action Plan": Survey on Winter Peak-Load Supply Guarantee of Coal-Fired Power Plants in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region

Tsinghua University Research Management Special Project: Research on Innovation of Industry-University-Research Cooperation Model under the New National System

Enterprise R&D Program: Study on Retrofit and Life Extension Scheme for 2×150MW CFB Boilers

Enterprise R&D Program: Research on CFB Boiler Wear Mechanism and Anti-wear Technology Optimization

Enterprise R&D Program: Safety Assessment of CFB Units for Deep and Rapid Peak-Shaving Requirements

Enterprise R&D Program: Key Technology for Preparing Alumina-Silica Powder from Nano Carbon-Hydrogen Fuel

Enterprise R&D Program: Experimental Study and Feasibility Analysis of Clean and Efficient Utilization of Sludge

Enterprise R&D Program: Technical Scheme Design and Research on Zero-Load Grid-Connected Operation of CFB Units

Enterprise R&D Program: R&D and Application of Combined Pollutant Suppression Technology for CFB Boilers

Honors And Awards

Outstanding Contribution Award for Electric Power Science and Technology

Mao Yisheng Beijing Youth Science and Technology Award

Outstanding Youth Engineer Award

Beijing Outstanding Young Talent

Beijing Outstanding Young Engineer (Model)

China Invention and Entrepreneurship Award (Personage Award)

China Technology Market Golden Bridge Award (Advanced Individual)

China Circular Economy Association Youth Science and Technology Award

China Electric Power Outstanding Young Engineer

Outstanding Young Energy Science and Technology Worker, China Energy Research Society

Electric Power Innovation Award, First Prize — Deep Pollutant Suppression Technology for CFB Boilers Based on Gas-Component Zoning (Rank 1)

Electric Power Innovation Award, First Prize — Key Technology and Engineering Application of Large-Proportion Coal Slime Direct Combustion in 300MW CFB Boilers (Rank 2)

Beijing Science and Technology Award, Second Prize — R&D, Integration, and Engineering Application of Key Technologies for CFB Boilers (Rank 1)

China Electric Power Science and Technology Award, Second Prize — Formulation and Application of Five Power Industry Standards, including Technical Conditions for CFB Boiler Combustion Systems (Rank 1)

Golden Bridge Award of China Technology Market Association, Second Prize — Research and Application of CFB Boiler Grid Anti-Wear Technology (Rank 1)

Electric Power Innovation Award, Second Prize — Research on CFB Boiler Technical Standard System and Formulation of Key Standards (Rank 1)

Electric Power Innovation Award, Second Prize — Development and Application of Full-Load Denitrification Technology for Thermal Power Plants Based on Water-Side Regulation (Rank 3)

Science and Technology Award of All-China Environment Federation, Second Prize — R&D and Application of Key Technologies for Extracting Valuable Elements from Fly Ash by Acid Method (Rank 3)

Academic Achievement

Published 4 monographs and more than 180 papers, and led or participated in the formulation/revision of more than 40 national, local, and industry standards.

Book:

CFB Boiler Optimization and Retrofit Technology, China Electric Power Press, 2019 (1st Ed.), 2026 (2nd Ed.)

Technology and Engineering Application of Large CFB Boilers, China Electric Power Press, 2009 (1st Ed.), 2013 (2nd Ed.)

CFB Boiler Technology Standards and Applications, China Electric Power Press, 2021

1000 Questions and Answers on CFB Boiler Technology, China Electric Power Press, 2016 (1st Ed.), 2020 (Commemorative Ed.), 2025 (2nd Ed.)

Technology Standard:

Chinese National Standard: Technical guidelines for online monitoring of boiler carbon emission

Chinese National Standard: Test and calculation method for carbon dioxide emission of boilers

Chinese National Standard: General technical specification for crawling robots for boilers

National Electric Power Standard: Determination of ash-forming characteristics of fuels for circulating fluidized bed boilers — Static combustion and cold vibrating screen method (DL/T 3113-2026)

National Electric Power Standard: Installation and inspection code for anti-wear grids on water walls of circulating fluidized bed boilers (DL/T 3031-2026)

National Electric Power Standard: Energy conservation evaluation guidelines of coal-fired circulating fluidized bed boilers(DL/T 2800-2024)

National Electric Power Standard: Guide for circulating fluidized bed boiler start-up and commissioning(DL/T 340-2024)

National Electric Power Standard: The technical specification for coal slime feeding system of circulating fluidized bed boiler(DL/T 2661-2023)

National Electric Power Standard: Basic terminology of circulating fluidized bed boilers(DL/T 2558-2022)

National Electric Power Standard: Technical guidelines of fuel blending and burning for circulating fluidized bed boilers(DL/T 2199-2020)

National Electric Power Standard: Technical condition of circulating fluidized bed boiler combustion system(DL/T 1600-2016)

National Electric Power Standard: Guide for the supercritical circulating fluidized bed boiler operation(DL/T 2198-2020)

National Electric Power Standard: Guide for 300MW circulating fluidized bed boiler operation(DL/T 1326-2014)

National Electric Power Standard: Guide for 135MW circulating fluidized bed boiler operation(DL/T 1034-2016)

National Electric Power Standard: Guide of anti-wear technology for circulating fluidized bed boiler(DL/T 1906-2018)

National Electric Power Standard: Guideline for maintenance of circulating fluidized bed boiler Part 1: General provisions(DL/T 1035.1-2018)

China Electricity Council Standard: High thermal conductivity abrasion resistant refractory for circulating fluidized bed boilers(T/CEC 1097-2025)

China Electricity Council Standard: Technical specification for static inspection of combustion systems of utility boilers

China Electricity Council Standard: Determination of alkali and alkaline earth metal contents in coal and ash/slag of utility boilers by occurrence mode

Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering Standard: Technical specifications for monitoring and sampling devices for high-temperature flue gas components in circulating fluidized bed boilers