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Our research group aims at achieving smart zero-energy and zero-carbon district energy systems for carbon neutrality and climate change mitigation, via cleaner power production, energy-efficient system design and operation, innovation in smart energy integration, and multi-objective optimization on nonlinear dynamic behaviours with artificial intelligence. Cross-disciplinary areas and multidisciplinary research with cutting-edge technologies are required, including materials engineering, chemical engineering, thermodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, renewable energy engineering, energy economics, and artificial intelligence. His current research interests include electrochemical batteries, hydrogen and pumped hydro storages in zero-energy buildings, life-cycle carbon-neutral buildings, peer-to-peer energy trading and inter-city energy migration energy network with hydrogen economy. We are continuously contributing to:

  • Low-energy and zero-energy buildings
    Latent heat storage with phase change materials
    Thermodynamics with computational fluid dynamics
    Building energy simulation and analytics

  • Building integrated renewable energy systems
    Solar heating and cooling
    BIPV and solar cell cooling
    Heat pumps
    Micro-wind turbine

  • Smart buildings with artificial intelligence
    Degradation models on battery cycling ageing and hydrogen fuel cells
    Energy storage and smart grid: battery, fuel cell-based hydrogen
    Resilient regional interactive energy sharing and inter-city energy migration network
    Dynamic performance prediction and optimisation

  • Lifecycle zero-carbon buildings
    Embodied carbon emission;
    Carbon offsetting technologies

Research Projects and Grants

Projects (PI)

  1. 绿色低碳先进技术分类识别及支持政策研究，国家发改委2023年度碳达峰碳中和课题委托 (National Development and Reform Commission: 2023-Dual Carbon-3)
  2. 基于不确定性随机优化的循环经济绿色低碳社区能量调度模型与多目标优化研究 广东省自然科学基金-面上项目 (2024-Now)
  3. 相变材料-气凝胶光伏/光热系统光热电转换机理与气候适应性研究  广东省自然科学基金-青年项目 (2023-Now)
  4. Passive and active technologies in zero-energy buildings and low-carbon communities (G0101000059) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) startup grant (Oct. 2021-Now)
  5. Application of artificial intelligence in tumor radiotherapy plan design (R00017-2001), Chongqing Zhonghaoda Technology Co., Ltd (Nov. 2022-Now)
  6. Research on the Mechanism and Model of Carbon Neutrality Community Hydrogen Electric Heating Conversion Based on Integrated Building-Transportation Energy System , Guangzhou Project (2023-2025)
  7. Study on anti-condensation mechanism and energy-saving characteristics of a radiative cooling wall with PCM and nanoporous aerogel (SL2023A03J00039) 2023 Municipal University (Institute) Enterprise Joint Funding Project (2023.04-2025.03)
  8. Modelling and mechanism on hydrogen-electric-thermal conversion in a carbon neutral community with buildings and zero-emission vehicles (SL2023A04J00625) 2023 Basic and Applied Basic Research Project (2023.04-2025.03)
  9. Photothermoelectric conversion mechanism and climate adaptability of a phase change material aerogel-based photovoltaic/photothermal system (22201910240004334) 2023 Regional joint youth project (2023.04-2025.03)
  10. Advanced Radiant Cooling System (R00079), Media Group project (2023.09-2025.01)
  11. Optimization Design of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Plate (R00072) Foshan Hydrogen Company (2023.04-2026.04)

Projects (Co-PI or Participation)

  1. Advanced porous acrylonitrile butadiene styrene-tetraethylenepentamine (ABS-TEPA) microcapsules for onsite carbon capture in built environment (F0855) Sustainable Smart Campus As a Living lab in The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023)
  2. ‘Energy and Environment Youth Talent Training Plan’ China Association for Science and Technology (2022-Now)
  3. Energy saving and carbon reduction platform project of Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission (01/01/2012 - 31/12/2018)
  4. The optimal transitions from interactively-isolated systems to the mutually-integrated unity between zero-energy building(s) and zero-energy vehicle(s)) Hong Kong Research Grant Council（RGC）(Number: 25215618) (01/09/2018 - 31/08/2021)

International collaboration project

  1. IEA EBC Annex 67 Energy Flexible Buildings（国际能源机构-建筑和社区）(2017 - 2019)
  2. IEA EBC Annex 83 Positive Energy Districts（国际能源机构-建筑和社区) (2019 - 2021)
  3. Cooperation project of green energy-saving building system based on renewable resources (2014DFE70230) International cooperation project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China（科技部) (2014 -2017)
  4. Integration and demonstration application of energy-efficient ventilation technology for green buildings (2014DFA72190) International cooperation project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China （科技部）(2014 - 2016)

Research Interests
 
 

 

 

More details are shown in HKUST_GZ C3-C6 LCA.pdf
 

 

For more details, please contact Dr. Yuekuan ZHOU via yuekuanzhou@ust.hk