Faculty

Tenured Associate Professor

Associate Director Supervisor

pengwei@ tsinghua.edu.cn

+86 010-62783709

Education

Ph.D, Tsinghua University, Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, 2010

B.E. Tongji University, Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, 2005

Working experiences

06/2022- Present,  Tenured-Associate Professor, Division of Helium Turbine Technology, INET

08/2016- 06/2022, Associate Professor,  INET

12/2013- 07/2016,  Associate Researcher,  INET

07/2010- 12/2013, Assistant Researcher,  INET

Research Area

Research in reactor thermohydraulics and safety:

Ø Research on Process Heat Utilization of Very High Temperature Reactors (VHTRs): Thermodynamic cycle analysis of nuclear energy-based hydrogen production multi-cogeneration systems; Heat transfer and flow characteristics of high-temperature heat exchangers and sulfuric acid decomposer for nuclear hydrogen production; Safety characteristics research on gas leakage in nuclear hydrogen production

Ø Research on Aerosol (Dust Particle) Behavior in Reactors

Ø Research on High-Temperature Wall Thermal Protection Technologies for Very High Temperature Turbines and Space Nuclear Power

Ø Research on High-Efficiency Compact Heat Exchangers