Assistant Professor

YUAN Zhongyuan


Associate Professor

Email: zhongyuan.yuan@home.swjtu.edu.cn


BIO

Education

PhD, Southwest Jiaotong University, Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (2012)

M.A., Southwest Jiaotong University, Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (2008)

B.S., Central South University, Building Environment and Equipment Engineering (2006)


Employment

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, School of Mechanical engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2012-2020)

Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2020-present)


Research Interests

Tunnel Ventilation and Smoke Control in Tunnel, Waste Heat Power Generation, Energy saving control of central air conditioning system


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years

Shiqi Wang, Zhongyuan Yuan*, A Hot Water Split-Flow Dual-Pressure Strategy to Improve System Performance for Organic Rankine Cycle Energies, 2020(13):1-20

Peng Zhao, Zhongyuan Yuan*, Yanping Yuan, Nanyang Yu and Tao Yu, A Study on Ceiling Temperature Distribution and Critical Exhaust Volumetric Flow Rate in a Long-Distance Subway Tunnel Fire with a Two-Point Extraction Ventilation System Energies, 2019(4):1-18

Zhongyuan Yuan, Bo Lei, Ahmed  Kashef*, Experimental and Theoretical Study for Tunnel Fires with Natural Ventilation Fire Technology, 2015, 51(3): 691-706

Peng Zhao, Tao Chen, Zhongyuan Yuan*, Yuanyi Xie, Nanyang Yu, Critical shaft height for complete smoke exhaustion during fire at the worst longitudinal fire location in tunnels with natural ventilation Fire Safety Journal, 2020,116:1-12

Peng Zhao, Zhongyuan Yuan*, Nanyang Yu, Chenchen Liang, Effect of heat release rate and exhaust vent settings on the occurrence of plug-holing during tunnel fires with two-point extraction ventilation Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020, 106:1-9



TEACHING

Primary Teaching areas

Heat Transfer

Fluid Mechanics

Thermodynamics

Energy Conservation

Current Courses

Refrigeration Technique

pipe network for fluid supply