Associate Professor
Email: R_Long@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas；Engineering thermophysics and energy utilization
Research Interests:
energy system development and optimization for renewable energy and low grade heat; nanofluidic energy conversion and ion transportation; seawater desalination; thermal management of electronic devices and systems
Academic Degrees
PhD, 2016, School of energy and power engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China;
Bachelor, 2011, School of energy and power engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
Professional Experience
Associate Professor (2019-present); School of energy and power engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
Lecturer (2016-2019); School of energy and power engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Selected Publications
1. Long Rui*, Li Baode, Liu Zhichun, Liu Wei*, Hybrid membrane distillation-reverse electrodialysis electricity generation system to harvest low-grade thermal energy, Journal of Membrane Science, 2017, 525: 107-115.
2. Long Rui*, Kuang Zhengfei, Liu Zhichun, Liu Wei*; Ionic thermal up-diffusion in nanofluidic salinity-gradient energy harvesting, National Science Review, 2019, 6(6): 1266-1773.
3. Long Rui*, Luo Zuoqing, Kuang Zhengfei, Liu Zhichun*, Liu Wei*; Effects of heat transfer and the membrane thermal conductivity on the thermally nanofluidic salinity gradient energy conversion, Nano Energy, 2020, 67: 104284.
4. Long Rui, Xia Xiao, Zhao Yanan, Li Song*, Liu Zhichun*, Liu Wei; Screening metal-organic frameworks for adsorption-driven osmotic heat engines via grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations and machine learning, iScience, 2021, 24(1): 101914.
5. Li Mingliang, Zhao Yanan, Long Rui*, Liu Zhichun, Liu Wei. Computational fluid dynamic study on adsorption-based desalination and cooling systems with stepwise porosity distribution. Desalination, 2021; 508: 115048.
Courses Taught
Engineering thermodynamics
Fundamentals in thermal engineering
Projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China：51706076, Analysis of an alternative thermodynamic system based on membrane distillation and reverse electrodialysis for low-temperature waste heat utilization, 2018/01—2020/12
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China：52176070, Research on the energy conversion characteristics, and heat and mass transfer mechanism in the adsorption-based reverse electrodialysis thermodynamic system, 2022/01—2025/12
