Education
Ph.D. Tsinghua University, Department of Thermal Engineering, 2013
B.S., Tianjin University, Thermal and Power Engineering, 2008
Work Experience
07/2013 - present , Research Associate Professor, Division of Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, INET
Social service
Teaching
Journal Reviewer
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Annals of Nuclear Energy
Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow
Service to Professional Associations
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
Design of helically coiled tube steam generator
Design and thermal analysis of helically coiled tube steam generator
Heat transfer of supercritical fluids and two-phase fluids
Heat transfer characteristics of supercritical water in straight and helical tubes, Heat transfer and flow oscillations of supercritical-pressure water in helical tubes, Two-phase water density wave oscillations in a pipe
Design of irradiation test systems
High-temperature and high-pressure water test loop, Instrumented Irradiation System, Pneumatic Rabbit System, Static irradiation capsule
Heat transfer in droplet impingement and spray cooling.
Micrometer-sized droplet impingement dynamics, Dropwise evaporative cooling of heated surfaces, Spray Cooling on Micro-, Nano- and Hibrid-Structured Surfaces, Continual and Intermittent Spray Cooling
Research Status
2017-2025
Design and thermal analysis of helically coiled tube steam generator
2020-2025
Design of irradiation test systems
2008-2015
Heat transfer in droplet impingement and spray cooling.
Honors and Awards
2019-2022, Youth Science and Technology Innovation Elite Talent of China National Nuclear Corporation
Selected Academic Achievement
1. Liu Mengmeng, Zhang Zhen*, Yang Xingtuan, Tu Jiyuan, Jiang Shengyao. Numerical study on heat transfer and flow oscillations of supercritical-pressure water in helical tubes[J]. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2024, 208: 110743.
2. Liu Mengmeng, Zhang Zhen*, Yang Xingtuan, Tu Jiyuan, Jiang Shengyao. Numerical study on heat transfer characteristics of supercritical water in straight and helical tubes[J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023, 226: 120276.
3. Zhen Zhang, Ping Ye, Xing-Tuan Yang, Huai-Ming Ju, Sheng-Yao Jiang, Ji-Yuan Tu. Supercritical steam generator design and thermal analysis based on HTR-PM. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2019, 132: 311-321.
4. Zhen Zhang, Chenru Zhao, Xingtuan Yang, Peixue Jiang, Shengyao Jiang, Jiyuan Tu. Influences of tube wall on the heat transfer and flow instability of various supercritical pressure fluids in a vertical tube. Applied Thermal Engineering. 2019, 147: 242-250.
5. Zhen Zhang, Jia Li, Pei-Xue Jiang, Experimental Investigation of Spray Cooling on Flat and Enhanced Surfaces. Applied Thermal Engineering. 2013, 51: 102-111.
