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Name: Mingfa Yao
Gender: Male
Talent plan: Yangtze river scholars Professor
Professional title: Professor
Post:
Institution: State Key Laboratory of Engine Specialty: Power Machinery and Engineering
Email: y_mingfa@tju.edu.cn Personal website:
Tel: +86(0)22 27406832 Fax: +86(0)2227383362
Office: State Key Laboratory of Engine
Education: 1985.9-1989.7, Thermal Energy Department, Tianjin University,Undergraduate Student
1989.9-1992.2, Thermal Energy Department, Tianjin University,Graduate Student for Master
1996.3-1999.8, Mechanical Engineering School, Tianjin University, Graduate Student for Ph.D

Academic experience: 1992.3-1996.2, State Key Laboratory of Engine, Tianjin University;
1999.9-2001.8, The IC Engine Research Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Post Doctoral Researcher
2001.8-2004.12, Guanxi Yuchai Machinery Co. Ltd, Post Doctoral Researcher
1999.9- State Key Laboratory of Engine, Tianjin University

Research interest: Combustion Theory and New Technology with High Efficiency and Low Emissions for IC Engine
Fuel Combustion Kinetics and the Mechanism of Energy Conversion
Numerical Simulation for Engine Combustion

Teaching: Principle of IC Engine
Advanced Principle of IC Engine

Academic position: Director of Combustion, Energy-Saving and Emission Control Committee of Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engines.

Academic achievement:

Research projects:

Selected publications: (1)Progress and recent trends in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines. M Yao, Z Zheng, H Liu, Progress in energy and combustion science 35 (5), 398-437, 2009.
(2)Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel. C Jin, M Yao, H Liu, FL Chia-fon, J Ji. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews 15 (8), 4080-4106, 2011.
(3)Experimental study of n-butanol additive and multi-injection on HD diesel engine performance and emissions. M Yao, H Wang, Z Zheng, Y Yue. Fuel 89 (9), 2191-2201, 2010.
(4)Development of an n-heptane-n-butanol-PAH mechanism and its application for combustion and soot prediction. H Wang, RD Reitz, M Yao, B Yang, Q Jiao, L Qiu. Combustion and Flame 160 (3), 504-519, 2013.
(5)Experimental investigation of the effects of diesel injection strategy on gasoline/diesel dual-fuel combustion. S Ma, Z Zheng, H Liu, Q Zhang, M Yao. Applied energy 109, 202-212, 2013.
(6)Experimental study on combustion and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with 2, 5-dimethylfuran–diesel, n-butanol–diesel and gasoline–diesel blends. G Chen, Y Shen, Q Zhang, M Yao, Z Zheng, H Liu. Energy 54, 333-342, 2013.
(7)Effects of diesel/PODE (polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers) blends on combustion and emission characteristics in a heavy duty diesel engine. J Liu, H Wang, Y Li, Z Zheng, Z Xue, H Shang, M Yao. Fuel 177, 206-216, 2016.
(8)Study on the controlling strategies of homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion with fuel of dimethyl ether and methanol. M Yao, Z Chen, Z Zheng, B Zhang, Y Xing. Fuel 85 (14-15), 2046-2056, 2006.
(9)Study of the control strategies on soot reduction under early-injection conditions on a diesel engine. H Liu, S Ma, Z Zhang, Z Zheng, M Yao. Fuel 139, 472-481, 2015.
(10)Experimental study of RCCI combustion and load extension in a compression ignition engine fueled with gasoline and PODE. L Tong, H Wang, Z Zheng, R Reitz, M Yao. Fuel 181, 878-886, 2016.
(11)Diesel engine combustion control: medium or heavy EGR? M Yao, Q Zhang, H Liu, Z Zheng, P Zhang, Z Lin, T Lin, J Shen. SAE Technical Paper 2010.
(12)Experimental study on combustion and emissions of n-butanol/biodiesel under both blended fuel mode and dual fuel RCCI mode. Z Zheng, M Xia, H Liu, R Shang, G Ma, M Yao. Fuel 226, 240-251, 2018.
(13)Soot reduction effects of the addition of four butanol isomers on partially premixed flames of diesel surrogates. B Chen, X Liu, H Liu, H Wang, DC Kyritsis, M Yao. Combustion and Flame 177, 123-136, 2017.
(14)A comparative study on partially premixed combustion (PPC) and reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) in an optical engine. H Liu, Q Tang, Z Yang, X Ran, C Geng, B Chen, L Feng, M Yao. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 37 (4), 4759-4766, 2019.
(15)The effect of PRF fuel octane number on HCCI operation. M Yao, Z Zheng, B Zhang, Z Chen. SAE Technical Paper 2004.
(16)Optical study of spray-wall impingement impact on early-injection gasoline partially premixed combustion at low engine load. Q Tang, H Liu, M Li, M Yao. Applied Energy 185, 708-719, 2017.
(17)Study on ignition and flame development in gasoline partially premixed combustion using multiple optical diagnostics. Q Tang, H Liu, M Li, M Yao, Z Li. Combustion and Flame 177, 98-108, 2017.
(18)Effects of late intake valve closing (LIVC) and rebreathing valve strategies on diesel engine performance and emissions at low loads. X Zhang, H Wang, Z Zheng, RD Reitz, M Yao. Applied Thermal Engineering 98, 310-319, 2016.
(19)Multiple optical diagnostics on effect of fuel stratification degree on reactivity controlled compression ignition. Q Tang, H Liu, M Li, C Geng, M Yao. Fuel 202, 688-69, 2017.
(20)Optical diagnostics on the reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) with micro direct-injection strategy. H Liu, Q Tang, X Ran, X Fang, M Yao. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 37 (4), 4767-477, 2019.
(21)Effects of direct-injection fuel types and proportion on late-injection reactivity controlled compression ignition. Q Tang, H Liu, X Ran, M Li, M Yao. Combustion and Flame 211, 445-455, 2020.
(22)Investigation on the ignition delay prediction model of multi-component surrogates based on back propagation (BP) neural network. Y Cui, H Liu, Q Wang, Z Zheng, H Wang, Z Yue, Z Ming, M Wen, L Feng. Combustion and Flame 237, 111852, 2022.
(23)Effect of the stagnation plate on PAHs, soot and OH distributions in partially premixed laminar flames fueled with a blend of n-heptane and toluene. L Feng, Q Wang, H Liu, Y Cui, Z Yang, Y Wang, W Yi, M Yao. Combustion and Flame 227, 52-64, 2021.
(24)Effects of octane sensitivity on knocking combustion under modern SI engine operating conditions. X Zhao, H Wang, D Liu, Z Zheng, M Yao. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (4), 5897-5904, 2021.
(25)Experimental and kinetic modeling studies on low-temperature oxidation of Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether (DMM1-3) in a jet-stirred reactor. H Wang, Z Yao, X Zhong, Q Zuo, Z Zheng, Y Chen, M Yao. Combustion and Flame 245, 112332, 2022.
(26)Experimental study on the effect of the thermal barrier coated (TBC) piston on combustion of gasoline compression ignition (GCI). Z Zheng, P Chen, F Zhang, M Yao, H Wang, H Liu. Applied Thermal Engineering 217, 119068, 2022.
(27)Effects of intake high-pressure compressed air on thermal-work conversion in a stationary diesel engine. Z Zhang, H Liu, Z Yue, Y Li, H Liang, X Kong, Z Zheng, M Yao. International Journal of Green Energy 20 (3), 338-351, 2023.
(28)An experimental and kinetic modeling study on low-temperature oxidation of gasoline and diesel/polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether (OME3) blends. Y Chen, X Zhong, H Wang, B Li, Z Yao, M Zhang, Z Zheng, M Yao. Combustion and Flame 255, 112902, 2023.

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