DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Research Staff

Dr. Hui Zhao Research/Teaching Associate Bu Hasa-2106 Office: +97126075448 E-mail: hzhao@pi.ac.a

EDUCATION

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, China (2007)
• Master in Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, China (2002)
• Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, University of Petroleum, China (1999)

Profile

Dr. Hui Zhao joined The Petroleum Institute in September 2011 as a research / teaching associate in the department of chemical engineering. His current research work involves modeling complex multiphase reaction flow in typical refinery processes, e.g. FCC. During his Ph.D. program at China Academy of Science, P.R.C he was engaged in simulating flow behavior of bubbly flow in gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid (slurry) reactors. Prior to joining PI, he was working as an Associate Professor at China University of Petroleum in Qingdao, China.

Honors/ Achievements

• First prize in technological advancement from China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association in, Beijing (China), 2009

Publications

1. Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamics and Cracking Reactions in the Feed Mixing Zone of a Multiregime Gas–Solid Riser Reactor, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., DOI: 10.1021/ie100232h, Jieqing Gan, Hui Zhao*, Abdallah S. Berrouk, Chaohe Yang, and Honghong Shan
2. A theoretical bubble breakup model for slurry beds or three-phase fluidized beds under high pressure, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 62, Issues 1-2, January 2007, Pages 109-115， Hui Zhao and Wei Ge
3. Numerical Simulation of Coupled Heat Transfer in the Firebox of Atmospheric Heater, Acta Petrolei Sinica(Petroleum Processing), DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-8719.2011.04.026, Zhiwei Zheng, Chaohe Yang, Hui Zhao, Renbo Hu
4. Analytical multi-scale method for multi-phase complex systems in process engineering—Bridging reductionism and holism—Turbulent gas–liquid bubbly flow，Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 62, Issue 13, July 2007, Pages 3357-3359，Hui Zhao, Wei Ge and Jinghai Li
5. Explorations on the multi-scale flow structure and stability condition in bubble columns， Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 62, Issue 24, December 2007，Ning Yang, Jianhua Chen, Hui Zhao, Wei Ge and Jinghai Li

Conference Papers

1. Concept design and validation of a multi-regime gas-solid riser reactor, WCCE 8 Proceeding, 2009, Hui Zhao, Chaohe Yang, Chunyi Li, Honghong Shan.
2. Crude fouling in heat exchanger and the influence of microsized particle, Petrophase XI, 2010, Hui Zhao, Honggang Chen, Chaohe Yang, Honghong Shan.

Areas of Interest

Multi-scale modeling (including TFM, DEM and LBM) of multi-phase reaction flow in refinery processes. Kinetic studying and modeling of complex catalytic reaction system (including reaction network recognition and parameters regression ).