Yu Wang

Yu Wang is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of Automotive Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology, Principal Investigator of the Combustion and Laser Sensing Laboratory, and head of the Automotive Powertrain Division. He is also a researcher at Foshan Xianhu Laboratory and deputy director of its R&D center for zero-carbon industrial-furnace combustion using ammonia and hydrogen.

His research addresses technologies for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, ammonia–hydrogen energy, combustion and fluid dynamics, soot and NOx formation, laser sensing and machine learning. He has led more than ten projects, including National Natural Science Foundation of China projects, a subproject of the National Key R&D Program, a Hubei Distinguished Young Scholars project, a university Young Top Talent project and industry collaborations. He has published more than 70 SCI-indexed journal papers, cited more than 3,000 times.

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• M.Sc., Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University
• B.Sc., Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, School of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology

[1] Y. Wang*, S.H. Chung*. Soot formation in laminar counterflow flames. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 2019; 74:152-238. link

[2] M. Zhou, L. Xu, F. Yan, S.H. Chung, Y. Wang*. Effects of oxygen partial premixing on soot formation in ethylene counterflow flames with oscillating strain rates. Combustion and Flame 2022, 112442. link

[3] G. Li, M. Zhou, Y. Wang*. Sensitivity of soot formation to strain rate in steady counterflow flames determines its response under unsteady conditions. Combustion and Flame 2022; 241, 112107. link

[4] P. Jiang, M. Zhou, D. Wen, Y. Wang*. An experimental multiparameter investigation on the thermochemical structures of benchmark ethylene and propane counterflow diffusion flames and implications to their numerical modeling. Combustion and Flame 2021;234,111622. link

[5] L. Xu, F. Yan, W. Dai, M. Zhou, S.H. Chung, Y. Wang*. Synergistic effects on soot formation in counterflow diffusion flames of acetylene-based binary mixture fuels. Combustion and Flame 2020; 216, 24-28. link

[6] L. Xu, F. Yan, Y. Wang*. S.H. Chung. Chemical effects of hydrogen addition on soot formation in counterflow diffusion flames: Dependence on fuel type and oxidizer composition. Combustion and Flame 2020; 213, 14-25. link

[7] F. Yan, L. Xu, Y. Wang*, S. Park, S.M. Sarathy, S.H. Chung. On the opposing effects of methanol and ethanol addition on PAH and soot formation in ethylene counterflow diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame 2019; 202:228-42. link

[8] X. Kang, B. Sun, J. Wang, Y. Wang*. A numerical investigation on the thermo-chemical structures of methane-oxygen diffusion flame-streets in a microchannel. Combustion and Flame 2019; 206:266-81. link

[9] Y. Wang*, S. Park, S.M. Sarathy, S.H. Chung. A comparative study on the sooting tendencies of various 1-alkene fuels in counterflow diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame 2018; 192:71-85. link

[10] L. Xu, F. Yan, M. Zhou, Y. Wang*, S.H. Chung. Experimental and soot modeling studies of ethylene counterflow diffusion flames: Non-monotonic influence of the oxidizer composition on soot formation. Combustion and Flame 2018; 197:304-18. link

[11] S. Park, Y. Wang*, S.H. Chung, S.M. Sarathy. Compositional effects on PAH and soot formation in counterflow diffusion flames of gasoline surrogate fuels. Combustion and Flame 2017; 178:46-60. link

[12] Y. Wang*, S.H. Chung. Strain rate effect on sooting characteristics in laminar counterflow diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame 2016; 165:433-44. link

[13] Y. Wang, A. Raj, S.H. Chung*. Soot modeling of counterflow diffusion flames of ethylene-based binary mixture fuels. Combustion and Flame 2015; 162:586-96. link

[14] Y. Wang, S.H. Chung*. Effect of strain rate on sooting limits in counterflow diffusion flames of gaseous hydrocarbon fuels: Sooting temperature index and sooting sensitivity index. Combustion and Flame 2014; 161, 1224-34. link

[15] Y. Wang, A. Raj, S.H. Chung*. A PAH growth mechanism and synergistic effect on PAH formation in counterflow diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame 2013; 160, 1667-1676. link

[16] J. Zhang, F. Yan, Y. Wang*. Sensitivity of soot formation to strain rates in counterflow diffusion flames of various C3-C5 alkanes and alcohols. Fuel 2023; 333, 126321. link

[17] L. Xu, Y. Wang*, D. Liu*. Effects of oxygenated biofuel additives on soot formation: A comprehensive review of laboratory-scale studies. Fuel 2022; 313,122635. link

[18] M. Zhou, F. Yan, L. Ma*, P. Jiang, Y. Wang*, S.H. Chung. Chemical speciation and soot measurements in laminar counterflow diffusion flames of ethylene and ammonia mixtures. Fuel 2022; 308, 122003. link

[19] M. Zhou, F. Yan, X. Zhong, L. Xu, Y. Wang*. Sooting characteristics of partially-premixed flames of ethanol and ethylene mixtures: Unravelling the opposing effects of ethanol addition on soot formation in non-premixed and premixed flames. Fuel 2021; 291, 120089. link

[20] W. Dai, F. Yan, L. Xu*, M. Zhou, Y. Wang*. Effects of carbon monoxide addition on the sooting characteristics of ethylene and propane counterflow diffusion flames. Fuel 2020; 271, 117674. link

[21] W. Wang, L. Xu, J. Yan, Y. Wang*. Temperature dependence of the fuel mixing effect on soot precursor formation in ethylene-based diffusion flames. Fuel 2020; 267, 117121. link

[22] J. Zhang, F. Yan, P. Jiang, M. Zhou, Y. Wang*. Chemical and sooting structures of counterflow diffusion flames of butanol isomers: An experimental and modelling study. Combustion Science and Technology 2022. link

[23] Y. Deng, P. Zou, X. Kang*, Y. Wang*. Experimental investigations on non-premixed methane-air flames in radial microchannels with a controlled temperature profile. Combustion Science and Technology 2021. link

[24] Y. Wang*, S.H. Chung. Formation of soot in counterflow diffusion flames with carbon dioxide dilution. Combustion Science and Technology 2016; 188:805-17. link

[25] L. Xu, F. Yan, M. Zhou, Y. Wang*. An experimental and modeling study on sooting characteristics of laminar counterflow diffusion flames with partial premixing. Energy 2021; 218, 119479. link

[26] B. Sun, X. Kang*, Y. Wang*. Numerical investigations on the methane-oxygen diffusion flame-street phenomena in a microchannel: Effects of wall temperatures, inflow rates and global equivalence ratios on flame behaviors and combustion performances. Energy 2020; 207, 118194. link

[27] L. Xu, M. Zhou, Y. Wang *, D. Liu*. Probing sooting limits in counterflow diffusion flames via multiple optical diagnostic techniques. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 2022, 136, 110679. link

[28] F. Yan, M. Zhou, L. Xu, Y. Wang*, S.H. Chung. An experimental study on the spectral dependence of light extinction in sooting ethylene counterflow diffusion flames. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 2019; 100:259-70. link

[29] J. Zhang, M. Zhou, F. Yan, C. Yu, Y. Wang*. Effects of inlet flow non-uniformities on thermochemical structures and quasi-one-dimensional simulation of sooting counterflow diffusion flames. Physics of Fluids 2023; accepted

[30] L. Ma, W. Du, D. Wen, Y. Wang*. Infrared multi-spectral soot emission for robust and high-fidelity flame thermometry. Optics Letters 2023; 48, 980-983. link

[31] J. Zhou, M. Zhou, L. Ma, Y. Wang*. Slight asymmetry induces significant distortion in soot volume fraction measurements in counterflow diffusion flames with diffuse back-illumination imaging. Optics Express 2022; 30, 6671-6689. link

[32] D. Wen, Y. Wang*. Spatially and temporally resolved temperature measurements in counterflow flames using a single interband cascade laser. Optics Express 2020; 28, 37879-37902. link

[33] G. Sheng, L. Ma*, D. Wen, Y. Wang*. Simultaneous measurements of temperature, CO2 concentration and soot volume fraction in counterflow diffusion flames using a single mid-infrared laser. Applied Physics B 2022,128,62. link

[34] D. Wen, L. Ma*, Y. Wang*. Effects of thermochemical non-uniformity on line-of-sight laser absorption thermometry in counterflow diffusion flames. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 2022; 277, 107990. link

[35] W. Du, D. Wen, L. Ma, Y. Wang*. Development and validation of a hybrid constraint spectral thermometry for laminar sooting flames. Applied Optics 2022, 61, 8341-8353. link

[36] L. Xu, F. Yan, Y. Wang*. A comparative study of the sooting tendencies of various C5–C8 alkanes, alkenes and cycloalkanes in counterflow diffusion flames. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science 2020; 1–4,100007. link

[37] N.M. Mahmoud, F. Yan, M. Zhou, L. Xu, Y. Wang*. Coupled effects of carbon dioxide and water vapor addition on soot formation in ethylene diffusion flames. Energy & Fuels 2019;33:5582-96.link

[38] L. Xu, F. Yan, Y. Wang*. Effects of Hydrogen Addition on the Standoff Distance of Premixed Burner-Stabilized Flames of Various Hydrocarbon Fuels. Energy & Fuels 2018; 32:2385-96. link

[39] F. Yan, L. Xu, Y. Wang*. Application of hydrogen enriched natural gas in spark ignition IC engines: from fundamental fuel properties to engine performances and emissions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2018; 82:1457-88. link

[40] X. Kang*, Y. Wang*. Transient process of methane-oxygen diffusion flame-street establishment in a microchannel. Frontiers in Energy 2021. link

[41] N.M. Mahmoud, F. Yan, Y. Wang*. Effects of fuel inlet boundary condition on aromatic species formation in coflow diffusion flames. Journal of the Energy Institute 2019; 92:288-97. link

• Program Committee Member, Annual Combustion Conference of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics
• Member, Youth Working Committee of the Ninth Council of the Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engines
• Session Chair, 38th International Symposium on Combustion
• Reviewer for journals including Combustion and Flame, Fuel and Energy

• First Prize, China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award (Technological Invention)
• First Prize, Beijing Science and Technology Award
• Nominee, Tsinghua University Academic Rising Star Award
• Academic Rising Star Award, Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University