
Dongliang Sun, male, born in 1977 in Huailai County, Hebei Province, a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Thermophysics from Xi'an Jiaotong University (2009). He is recognized as a New Century Excellent Talent by the Ministry of Education, a recipient of the Beijing Municipal "Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project", a Leading Talent under the Beijing "High-Level Innovation Plan", and a Beijing Great Wall Scholar. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineering from Lanzhou Jiaotong University in 2000 and his Master's degree in Engineering Thermophysics from the same university in 2005. He worked at the School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University in 2009 and transferred to the School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology in 2014.
His research focuses on computational heat transfer and its engineering applications. He serves as an editorial board member for several journals, including Frontiers in Thermal Engineering. He has presided over nearly 20 national and provincial/ministerial-level projects, including 4 projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has published over 150 academic papers, with more than 80 indexed by SCI, and has authorized/applied for over 20 invention patents and more than 10 software copyrights.
I. Major Research Areas
- Advanced numerical simulation methods for flow and heat transfer and their engineering applications.
- Enhanced heat transfer and energy-saving technologies and their engineering applications.
- Comprehensive utilization technologies for solar and geothermal energy.
- Green and energy-efficient drying technologies.
II. Rewards and Honors
- Sun Dongliang. New Century Excellent Talent, Ministry of Education, 2013.
- Sun Dongliang. Beijing Municipal "Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project" (Municipal Level), 2015.
- Sun Dongliang. Leading Talent, Beijing "High-Level Innovation Plan", 2016.
- Sun Dongliang. Beijing Great Wall Scholar, 2018.
III. Research Projects
- NSFC General Program: Research on Phase Interface Capturing Method Based on Zonal Power-Lowering Surface Reconstruction Concept, Project Leader, 2022.1-2025.12.
- NSFC General Program: Construction and Performance Analysis of an Accurate and Efficient Computational Framework for Two-Phase Interface Flows in Complex Geometries, Project Leader, 2018.1-2021.12.
- NSFC General Program: Study on Flow Pattern Regulation and Condensation Enhancement Mechanism in Phase Separation Condensing Tubes under Different Gravity Conditions, Project Leader, 2015.1-2018.12.
- NSFC Young Scientists Program: Construction and Promotion of Efficient and Stable Pressure-Correction Algorithms for Flow and Heat Transfer, Project Leader, 2012.1-2014.12.
- Beijing Natural Science Foundation - Municipal Education Commission Joint Project: Research on POD Fast Prediction Technology and System Optimization for Solar Seasonal Soil Heat Storage, Project Leader, 2018.1-2020.12.
- Beijing Natural Science Foundation General Program: Fundamental Research on a Solar Heating System with Sensible-Latent Composite Seasonal Heat Storage, Project Leader, 2011.1-2013.12.
- Enterprise Collaboration Project: Research on Short-Process Treatment Technology for Heavy Oil Wastewater, Project Leader, 2018-2019.
- Enterprise Collaboration Project: Leakage Condition Analysis of Double-Wall Low-Temperature Storage Tanks, Project Leader, 2021-2022.
IV. Representative Publications
- Sun DL, Qu ZG, He YL, Tao WQ*. An efficient segregated algorithm for incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer problems - IDEAL (Inner Doubly Iterative Efficient Algorithm for Linked Equations) part I: Mathematical formulation and solution procedure. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 53: 1-17, 2008.
- Sun DL, Tao WQ*. A coupled volume-of-fluid and level set (VOSET) method for computing incompressible two-phase flows. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53: 645-655, 2010.
- Sun DL, Xu JL*, Wang L. Development of a vapor-liquid phase change model for volume-of-fluid method in FLUENT. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 39: 1101-1106, 2012.
- Sun DL, Xu JL*, Chen QC. Modeling of evaporation and condensation phase-change problems with FLUENT. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 66: 326-342, 2014.
- Sun DL*, Wang YN, Shen LQ, Yu B, Hou Y, Zou Y. Performance analyses of IDEAL algorithm combined with fuzzy control method for 3D incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer problems. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 69: 432-446, 2016.
- Sun DL, Yu S, Yu B*, Wang P, Liu WJ. A VOSET method combined with IDEAL algorithm for 3D two-phase flows with large density and viscosity ratio. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 144: 155-168, 2017.
- Cao ZZ, Sun DL*, Wei JJ, Yu B*. A coupled volume-of-fluid and level set method based on multi-dimensional advection for unstructured triangular meshes. Chemical Engineering Science, 176: 560-579, 2018.
- Cao ZZ, Sun DL*, Wei JJ, Yu B*, Li JF. A coupled volume-of-fluid and level set method based on general curvilinear grids with accurate surface tension calculation. Journal of Computational Physics, 396: 799-818, 2019.
- Liu A, Sun D L*, Yu B, Wei J J, Cao Z Z*. An adaptive coupled volume-of-fluid and level set method based on unstructured grids. Physics of Fluids, 33: 012102, 2021.
- Sun DL*, Qi YQ, Li JF, Yu B*. Study on solving performance of VOSET +IDEAL with different algebraic equation solution methods. Applied Thermal Engineering, 184: 116368, 2021.
V. Patents and Software Copyrights
- Sun Dongliang, Zhang Aolin, Yu Bo, Hou Yan, Zou Yu. *Efficient Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Computation Software V1.0 Based on Fuzzy Control for Body-Fitted Grids*, Software Copyright, Registration Number: 2015SR222436, 2015.6.8.
- Sun Dongliang, Qi Yaqiang, Li Gang, Yu Bo, Li Jingfa, Deng Yajun. *Efficient Interface Two-Phase Flow Numerical Simulation Software V1.0 Based on VOSET+IDEAL+Multigrid Method*, Software Copyright, Registration Number: 2019SR0334896, 2019.4.15.
- Sun Dongliang, Li Guolong, Yao Leheng, Han Dongxu, Yu Bo, Deng Yajun, Yang Xufei. *POD Algorithm-Based Software V1.0 for Predicting Temperature Field in Solar Seasonal Soil Heat Storage on Unstructured Grids*, Software Copyright, Registration Number: 2019SR0621701, 2019.6.17.
- Li Guolong, Sun Dongliang, Wu Yuting, Yao Leheng, Han Dongxu, Yu Bo. Solar Seasonal Soil Heat Storage Layered Slice Numerical Simulation Software V1.0, Software Copyright, Registration Number: 2019SR0851689, 2019.8.16.
- Sun Dongliang, Li Guolong, Yu Bo, Deng Yajun, Yang Xufei, Wu Xiaohua, Wang Peng. Cross-Seasonal and Cross-Diurnal Cool Storage Buried Cooling Tower, Chinese Invention Patent, ZL201810339345.8, Authorization Announcement Date: 2020.4.24.
VI. Admissions Information
He mainly recruits Master's students for the Professional Degree in Energy and Power (0858), Professional Degree in Mechanical Engineering (0855), and Academic Degree in Mechanical Engineering (0802).