Professor
Phone: (+86)27-87542417-8318
Email: luozixue@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas: Combustion Monitoring and Control
Research Interests: Combustion Monitoring, Optimal Control, Thermal dynamics
Academic Degrees
PhD, 2007, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;
Master, 1995, School of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang, China;
Bachelor, 1992, School of Mechanical Engineering, South Institute of Metallurgy, Ganzhou, China.
Professional Experience
Professor (2017-present): School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
Visiting Scholar (2016-2017): Department of Mechanic Engineering, University of Connecticut;
Associate Professor (2004-2017): School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
Senior Engineer (1995-2002): R&D Department, Wuhan Tianyuan Boiler Co., Ltd.
Selected Publications
[1] Benyuan Huang, Zixue Luo*, Huaichun Zhou, Optimization of combustion based on introducing radiant energy signal in pulverized coal-fired boiler, Fuel Processing Technology, 2010, Vol. 91, (6): 660-668
[2] Zheng Shu, Luo Zixue*, Deng Yanxiang, Zhou Huaichun. Development of a distributed-parameter model for the evaporation system in a supercritical W-shaped boiler. Applied Thermal Engineering. 62: 01 (2014) 123-132
[3] Shu Zheng, Zixue Luo*, Xiangyu Zhang, Huaichun Zhou, Distributed parameters modeling for evaporation system in a once-through coal-fired twin-furnace boiler, Int. Journal of Thermal Science, 2011,50(12):2496-2505
[4] Zhou Guoyi, Qin Jianwei, Sun Yipeng, Li Zhonggen, Luo Zixue*, Zhou Huaichun, Experimental detection of radiative energy signal from a supercharged marine boiler and simulation on its application in control of drum water level, Applied thermal engineering, 2011,31(16):3168-3175
[5] Zhuwei Liu, Shu Zheng, Zixue Luo*, Huaichun Zhou. A new method for constructing radiative energy signal in a coal-fired boiler. Applied Thermal Engineering, 101 (2016): 446-454
[6] Zixue luo, Huaichun Zhou, A Combustion Monitoring System with 3-D Temperature Reconstruction Based on Flame Image Processing Technique, IEEE Trans. on Instru. & Meas. 2007, Vol. 56, (5): 1877-1882
[7] Zixue Luo, Fei Wang, Huaichun Zhou*, Rutie Liu, Wenchang Li, and Gengzhou Chang, Principles of optimization of combustion by radiant energy signal and its application in a 660MWe down- and coal-fired boiler, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 2011,28(12):2336-2343
[8] Zixue Luo*, Qin Xiang, Qiang Cheng, Chun Lou. Changing Characteristics of Flame Images Under Different Oxy-Fuel Atmospheres in a 3-MW Pilot-Scale Furnace. IEEE Trans. on Instru. & Meas., 2016, Vol. 65(10):2265-2271
[9] Guangmeng Wang, Zixue Luo*, Junying Zhang and Yongchun Zhao. Modes of Occurrence of Fluorine by Extraction and SEM Method in a Coal-Fired Power Plant from Inner Mongolia, China. Minerals, 2015, 5(4), 863-869
[10] Zixue Luo*, Wenfeng Cheng, Bo Wu, Yongchun Zhao, and Junying Zhang. A mode transition strategy from air to oxyfuel combustion in a 35MW coal-fired power plant boiler. Korean J. Chem. Eng., 2017, 34(5), 1554-1562
[11] Zixue Luo*, Yanxiang Deng, Shu Zheng and Huaichun Zhou. Analysis of the hydraulic resistance of a water wall based on a distributed parameter model in a supercitical once-through boiler. ASME J. Thernal Sci. Eng. Appl., 2014, 6(01):1006 (7pages). Doi:10.1115/1.4024875
[12] Qinag Chen, Zixue Luo*, Huaichun Zhou, Numerical Simulation on Radiative Heat Transfer through a Two-dimensional Rectangular Domain with Inhomogeneous, Absorbing and Isotropic/Anisotropic Scattering Media Exposed to Collimated Irradiation, Int. Journal of Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2010, Vol. 11, (11):927-944
[13] Shu Zheng, Zixue Luo*, Huaichun Zhou. Distributed Parameter Modeling and Thermal Analysis of a Sprial Water Wall. THERMAL SCIENCE, 2013, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 1337-1342
[14] Luo, Z., Cheng, W., Wu, B., Zhao, Y., & Zhang, J. (2017). A mode transition strategy from air to oxyfuel combustion in a 35 MW coal-fired power plant boiler. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 34(5), 1554-1562
[15] Zixue Luo*, Danxia Xu, Yanxiong Ma, Qiang Cheng. Experimental Study on Co-Firing of Coal and Brewery Wastewater Sludge. Applied Sciences 10, 7589 (2020).
[16] Kun Zhou, Qiang Cheng*, Lu Lu, Bowen Li, Jinlin Song, Mengting Si, Zixue Luo*. "Multichannel tunable narrowband mid-infrared optical filter based on phase-change material Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 defect layers." Applied Optics 59, 595-600 (2020)
[17] Shihao Zhang, Kun Zhou, Qiang Cheng*, Lu Lu, Bowen Li, Jinlin Song, Zixue Luo*. "Tunable narrowband shortwave-infrared absorber made of a nanodisk-based metasurface and a phase-change material Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 layer." Applied Optics 59, 6309-6314 (2020).
[18] Bo Zhang, Jinlin Song, Lu Lu, Bowen Li, Kun Zhou, Qiang Cheng*, and Zixue Luo*. Magnetic-field control of near-field radiative heat transfer between graphene-based hyperbolic metamaterials. Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 163901 (2020)
Awards:
1. 2007 Science and Technology Innovation in Hubei Province (First Prize) : New technology of real-time combustion monitoring of three-dimensional temperature field and optimal control of unit;
2. 2011 Science and technology progress award of National Energy Administration (Second Prize): On-line monitoring and optimal control of three-dimensional temperature field in Coal-fired Utility Boiler
Courses Taught
Automation in large-scale thermal power generation
Combustion Monitoring and Control
Projects
1. National Key R&D Program of China ((No. 2019YFC1904003), Key technologies and equipment for multi-source organic solid waste thermal conversion and energy utilization, 2020.1.1-2023.12.31
2. Key projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42030807), Enrichment and differentiation characteristics of harmful minerals in coal and its influence mechanism of thermal migration, 2021.1.1-2025.12.31
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51776078), Study of coupling characteristics between inter-boiler and furnace process based on oxygen enriched pulverized coal combustion, 2018.1.1-2021.12.31
