2006.9 – 2010.7 Tongji University

College of Mechanical and Energy Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing & Automation

2007.9 – 2009.7 Fudan University

School of Economics

Minor in Economics (Bachelor's level)

2010.9 – 2013.7 Jiangsu University

Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering & Technology (National Research Center of Pumps)

Master of Engineering in Fluid Machinery and Engineering

2013.10 – 2018.7 University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Faculty of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering

Ph.D. in Turbomachinery

2018.1 – 2018.6 University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Faculty of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering

Research Assistant

2018.10 – 2020.10 Tsinghua University

Department of Energy and Power Engineering

Postdoctoral Researcher

2020.11 – Present Tsinghua University

Department of Energy and Power Engineering

Assistant Researcher

2023.08–Present Young Editorial Board Member, J. Therm. Power Eng.

1. Flow and Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Gas Turbine Secondary Air Systems

2. Structural Strength and Reliability Analysis of Critical Gas Turbine Components

3. Transient Multi-physics Coupling Methods for Turbomachinery

4. Sealing System Design for Turbomachinery

5. Multiphase Flow Phenomena and Applications

Current Research Projects:

1. "Data-Driven Modeling of Unsteady Swirl Mechanisms in Pre-Swirl Jet and Rotor-Stator Cavity Interactions" - National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program)

2. "Carbon-Neutral Power Market Research" - Enterprise Commissioned Project

3. "Sealing Performance Analysis of Different Turbine Seal Configurations" - Enterprise Commissioned Project

Completed Research Projects:

1. "Transient Multi-Physics Coupling Methods for Heavy-Duty Gas Turbine Welded Rotors Under Rapid Load Variations" - International Cooperation Project of Aero-engine and Gas Turbine Basic Research Center

2. "Conceptual Configuration Study of XXX Combined Cycle System" - Major Project of Aero-engine and Gas Turbine Basic Research Center

3. "Design Verification of Power Turbine Blades Under Transitional Operating Conditions" - Enterprise Commissioned Project

4. "Computational Analysis of Cooling Air Pre-Swirl Device Flow Effects on Rotor Axial Forces" - Enterprise Commissioned Project

5. "Prototype Development of GH3536 Alloy Honeycomb Seal Structures for 300MW-Class F-Type Gas Turbines" - Enterprise Commissioned Project

6. "Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics Analysis of Gas Turbine Pre-Swirl Inlet Rotor-Stator Cavities" - Enterprise Commissioned Project

7. "XXX Reliability Design Methods, Verification and Standardization" - National Major Project (Participant)

8. "Design Verification of Improved High-Pressure Turbine Cooled Blades for XXX Gas Turbine" - Enterprise Commissioned Project (Participant)

Published paper:

1. Botao Lai, Xuesong Li, Chunwei Gu, Bo Hu*, The application of acceleration approach on investigating the transient multi-physical field prediction in a power turbine with welded rotor, Applied thermal engineering，https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.125664

2. Shida Yu, Xiaodong Ren, Bo Hu, Chunwei Gu，Investigation of control strategies for the hydrogen fueled R-Graz cycle, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.10.258.

3. Yulong Yao, Bo Hu, Hui Wang, et al. Centrifugal through-flow rotor-stator cavity boundary layer transition based on the effect of roughness, Physics of Fluids, 36(10).

4. Bo Hu, Yulong Yao, Chuan Wang, et al. Investigation on the heat transfer characteristics of rotor-stator cavity with different disk roughness, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.107989.

5. Bo Hu, Yulong Yao, Chuan Wang, et al. The effect of rotor roughness on flow and heat transfer in rotor-stator cavities with different axial gap. Applied thermal engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123535.

6. Bo Hu, Jiachi Yao, Ning An, et al. Numerical investigation on the effects of HC geometry on the flow and heat transfer in the disk cavity system at the turbine vane root. Applied thermal engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120794.

7. Bo Hu, Yulong Yao, Minfeng Wang, et al. Flow and Performance of the Disk Cavity of a Marine Gas Turbine at Varying Nozzle Pressure and Low Rotation Speeds: A Numerical Investigation. Machines, 2023, 11, 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11010068.

8. Bo Hu, Chuan Wang, Hui Wang, Qian Yu, Jinhua Liu, Yong Zhu, Jie Ge, Xinxin Chen and Yang Yang. Numerical Simulation Study of the Horizontal Submerged Jet Based on the Wray–Agarwal Turbulence Model, J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10, 1217. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10091217

9. Bo Hu, Hui Wang, Jinhua Liu, Yong Zhu , Chuan Wang, Jie Ge and Yingchong Zhang. A Numerical Study of a Submerged Water Jet Impinging on a Stationary Wall, J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10, 228. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10020228.

10. Bo Hu, Xuesong Li, Yanxia Fu, et al. Experimental Investigation on the Flow and Flow-Rotor Heat Transfer in a Rotor-Stator Spinning Disk Reactor, Applied thermal engineering 2019, 162 (2019) 114316, doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114316.

11. Bo Hu, Xuesong Li, Xiaodong Ren, et al. Numerical investigation on Flow and Rotor-Flow Heat Transfer in a Rotor-Stator Cavity with Centripetal Carbon Dioxide Through-Flow, Energies 2019, 12, 2613; doi:10.3390/en12132613.

12. Bo Hu, Xuesong Li, Yanxia Fu, et al. Axial thrust, disk frictional losses, and heat transfer in a gas turbine disk cavity，Energies. 2019, 12, 2917; doi:10.3390/en12152917.

13. Shida Yu, Bo Hu, Xuesong Li, et al. Thermo dynamic and economic analysis of a revised Graz cycle using pure oxygen and hydrogen fuel, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.06.157.

14. Chuan Wang, Bo Hu, Yong Zhu*, Xiuli Wang, Can Luo and Li Cheng*. Numerical Study on the Gas-water Two-phase Flow in the Self-Priming Process of Self-priming Centrifugal Pump. Processes, doi: 10.3390/pr7060330.

15. Yaguang Heng, Bo Hu, Qifeng Jiang, et al. Stall Mode Transformation in the Wide Vaneless Diffuser of Centrifugal Compressors, Energies, 2020, 13(22), 6067; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13226067.

16. Bo Hu, Dieter Brillert, Hans Josef Dohmen and Friedrich-Karl Benra. Investigation on thrust and moment coefficients of a centrifugal turbomachine, Int. J. Turbomach. Propuls. Power 2018, 3(2), 9: DOI:10.3390/ijtpp3020009.

17. Bo Hu, Dieter Brillert, Hans Josef Dohmen and Friedrich-Karl Benra. Investigation on the flow in a rotor-stator cavity with centripetal through-flow, Int. J. Turbomach. Propuls. Power 2017, 2, 18; DOI:10.3390/ijtpp2040018.

18. Fu-qiang Chen, Xiao-dong Ren, Bo Hu, Xue-song Li, Chun-wei Gu, Zhi-jiang Jin. Parametric analysis on multi-stage high pressure reducing valve for hydrogen decompression. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy，2019, 44, doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.10.004.

19. Hongbo Mi, Chuan Wang, Xuanwen Jia, Bo Hu, et al. Hydraulic Characteristics of Continuous Submerged Jet Impinging on a Wall by Using Numerical Simulation and PIV Experiment, sustainability, 2023, 15(6), 5159, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065159.

20. Bo Hu , Shouqi Yuan , Weigang Lu. Optimal design of non-overload centrifugal pump. Advanced material research, ICMSE 2012, 468-471(2012), Page 2357-2363.

21. Shida Yu, Xiaodong Ren,Bo Hu, Chunwei Gu. Investigation of the influence of different control stratege. Global Power & Propulsion Society (GPPS) 2024.

22. Botao Lai, Bo Hu, Xuesong Li, Chunwei Gu. Transient Thermal Stress Analysis of Power Turbine Welded Rotor in a Heavy Duty Gas Turbine during Rapid Load Changes. Global Power & Propulsion Society (GPPS) 2024.

23. Bo Hu, D. Brillert, H.-J. Dohmen, F.-K. Benra. Investigation on the influence of surface roughness on the moment coefficient in a rotor-stator cavity with centripetal through-flow, ASME 2017 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.

24. Bo Hu, Friedrich-Karl Benra, Weigang Lu. Investigation on the solid-liquid flow in the rear chamber of a submersible multi-stage slurry pump, 11th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics 2015, ETC11, Madrid, Spain.

25. Bo Hu, Friedrich-Karl Benra, Weigang Lu. Investigation on solid-liquid flow in the rear chamber of multi-stage slurry pumps with leakage flow, 16th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, 2016，ISROMAC, Honululu, Hawaii.

26. Bo Hu, Shouqi Yuan, Weigang Lu. Numerical optimal design of a non-overload centrifugal pump. ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Puerto Rico, USA.

Granted Patents:

1. Hu B, Ren X, Li X, Gu C. Variable-outlet-angle vane-type pre-swirl nozzle system and gas turbine incorporating the same. Chinese Patent.

2. Hu B, Ren X, Li X, Gu C. Auxiliary pre-swirl nozzle with adjustable outlet flow angle and gas turbine. Chinese Patent.

3. Ren X, Hu B, Li X, et al. Split-flow recompression pure oxygen combustion cycle system. Chinese Patent.

4. Bai X, Hu B, An N, et al. Gas turbine and sealing assembly thereof. Chinese Patent.

5. Bai X, Hu B, An N, et al. Sealing assembly and gas turbine. Chinese Patent.

6. Lu W, Hu B, Yuan S, et al. Water-cooling lubrication system for cemented carbide sliding bearings in submersible mining pumps. Chinese Patent.