
Yujie Chen, born in 1993, Ph.D. in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics. He currently serves as a tenure-track Researcher and Master's Supervisor. He is a member of a Huang Danian–style Teacher Team. He was selected for the Beijing Association for Science and Technology Young Talent Support Program (2024). His research interests focus on enhanced boiling heat transfer technologies, numerical methods for gas–liquid two-phase flows, and their engineering applications.
To date, he has led five funded research projects, including projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), tasks under the National Key R&D Program's international cooperation projects, and other strategic research initiatives. In addition, his four university–industry commissioned projects have been completed. He has more than 80 academic papers published, including over 40 SCI/EI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author.
His service roles include Early-Career Editorial Board Member of the English journal Net Zero, Guest Editor for one SCI special issue, Chair of six international conference sessions, and he has delivered six invited talks at domestic and international academic conferences.
I. Major Research Areas
II. Rewards and Honors
III. Research Projects
Microlayer modeling of the complete bubble evolution process in microchannels and mechanisms of boiling heat transfer, Principal Investigator, 2024.01–2026.12
Boiling two-phase flow methods based on parameter-free conservative phase-change modeling and multiscale bubble surface reconstruction, Principal Investigator, 2026.01–2029.12
Distributed integrated energy systems for residential areas based on hydrogen-blended natural gas and geothermal energy, Sub-task Leader, 2024.04–2027.03
Condensation mechanisms and optimal design of jet condensers with non-condensable gases under marine environments, Principal Investigator, 2025.08–2027.07
IV. Representative Publications
[1] Yujie Chen, Yu Zou, Dongliang S un, Yi Wang, Bo Yu. Molecular dynamics simulation of bubble nucleation on nanostructure surface[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018, 118: 1143-1151.
[2] Yujie Chen, Jingfa Li, Bo Yu, Dongliang Sun, Yu Zhou, Dongxu Han. Nanoscale study of bubble nucleation on a cavity substrate using molecular dynamics simulation[J]. Langmuir, 2018, 34(47): 14234-14248.
[3] Yujie Chen, Yu Zou, Yi Wang, Dongxu Han, Bo Yu. Bubble nucleation on various surfaces with inhomogeneous interface wettability based on molecular dynamics simulation. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018, 98: 135-142.
[4] Yujie Chen, Yu Zou, Bo Yu, Dongliang Sun, Xuejiao Chen. Effects of surface wettability on rapid boiling and bubble nucleation: a molecular dynamics study. Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2018, 22: 198-212.
[5] Yujie Chen, Bo Yu, Y u Zou, Bingnan Chen, Wenquan Tao. Molecular dynamics studies of bubble nucleation on a grooved substrate[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, 158: 119850.
[6] Yujie Chen, Kong Ling, Hao Ding, Yun Wang, Shuqi Jin, Wenquan Tao. 3-D numerical study of subcooled flow boiling in a horizontal rectangular mini-channel by VOSET. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022, 183: 122218.
[7] Yujie Chen, Bingnan Chen, Bo Yu, Wenquan Tao, Yu Zou. Molecular dynamics study of bubble nucleation on a substrate with nonuniform wettability, Langmuir, 2020, 36(19):5336-5348.
[8] Yujie Chen, Xuejiao Chen, Bo Yu, Yu Zou, Wenquan Tao. Molecular dynamics study of bubble nucleation on an ideally smooth substrate, Langmuir, 2020, 36(45):13725-13734.
[9] Yujie Chen, Qun Cao, Jingfa Li, Bo Yu, Wenquan Tao. Effects of simulation system on the phase transition behavior of liquid film: A molecular dynamics study, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 311:113306.
[10] Yujie Chen, Bo Yu, Yu Zou, Bingnan Chen, Wenquan Tao. Study on the effect of foreign particle on bubble nucleation by using molecular dynamics simulation, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 305:112876.
[11] Yujie Chen, Xuejiao Chen, Bo Yu, Wenjing Zhou, Qun Cao, Wenquan Tao. Investigation of water bubble nucleation by using molecular dynamics simulation, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021, 334:116037.
[12] Yujie Chen, Gege Song, Kong Ling, Bo Yu, Dongliang Sun, Wei Lu, Wenquan Tao. Numerical investigation of subcooled flow boiling in an inclined rectangular mini-channel at a low flow rate. Physics of Fluids, 2022, 34(11): 113314.
[13] Yujie Chen, K. Ling, Shuqi Jin, Wei Lu, Bo. Yu, Dongliang Sun, Wei Zhang, WenQuan Tao. Numerical Investigation of Critical Heat Flux During Subcooled Flow Boiling in a Vertical Rectangular Mini-channel, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023, 221: 119862.
[14] Yujie Chen, Wei Lu, Bo Yu, Wenquan Tao, Wenjing Zhou, Qun Cao, A revised Lennard-Jones potential for bubble nucleation study of argon based on the molecular dynamics simulation method. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 371: 121094.
[15] Yujie Chen, Shuqi Jin, Yu Bo, Kong Ling, Dongliang Sun, Wei Zhang, Kaituo Jiao, Wenquan Tao, Modeling and study of microlayer effects on flow boiling in a mini-channel. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023, 208: 124039.
[16] Yujie Chen, Mingyang Ji, Bo Gao; Bohong Wang, Wei L, Kaituo Jiao, Dongliang Sun, Bo Yu. Effects of heterogeneous nucleation model on computational fluid dynamics simulation of flow boiling heat transfer in the mini-channel[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2023, 35(12): 123301.
[17] Yujie Chen, Dongliang Sun, Bo Yu, Bohong Wang, Wei Lu, Wei Zhang, A horizontal refined piecewise linear interface reconstruction (HOPLIRE) method based on the VOSET method for capturing the two-phase interface. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2023, 42: 101853.
[18] Yujie Chen, Junhua Gong, Jing Ding, Bo Yu, Li Chen, Yigang Li, Wenquan Tao. Lattice Boltzmann method study of pool boiling on an electrowetting substrate[J]. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023, 149: 107160.
[19] Yujie Chen, Junhua Gong, Wei Lu, Bohong Wang, Dongliang Sun, Bo Yu, Wei Zhang, Wenquan Tao. A circle-based interface reconstruction algorithm based on the coupled volume-of-fluid and level set method[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36(3): 032128.
[20] Yujie Chen, Bo Yu, Wei Lu, Bohong Wang, Dongliang Sun, Kaituo Jiao, Wei Zhang, Wenquan Tao. Review on numerical simulation of boiling heat transfer from atomistic to mesoscopic and macroscopic scales[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024, 225: 125396.
[21] Yujie Chen, Bohong Wang, Bo Gao, Wei Li, Dongliang Sun, Wei Zhang, Dongxu Han, Wenquan Tao, Bo Yu. Contributions of microlayer to flow boiling heat transfer in the mini-channel[J]. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024, 460: 142350.
[22] Yujie Chen, Junhua Gong, Dongliang Sun, Dongxu Han, Peng Wan, Bo Yu, Wen-Quan Tao. A three-dimensional curve interface reconstruction algorithm for two-phase fluid flow[J]. Journal of Computational Physics, 2025, 520: 113489.
[23] Yujie Chen, Wei Lu, Dongliang Sun, Bo Yu, Junhua Gong, Wei Zhang, Wenquan Tao. A horizontal refined piecewise curve interface reconstruction (HOPCIR) algorithm for reconstructing the vapor-liquid interface[J]. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2024, 178: 104905.
[24] Yujie Chen, Kong Ling, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yue Xiang, Dongliang Sun, Bo Yu, Wei Zhang & Wenquan Tao. Application of IDEAL algorithm based on the collocated unstructured grid for incompressible flows[J]. Computational Geosciences, 2024, 28(5): 907-923.
[25] Yujie Chen, Mingyang Ji, Hezi Liu, Xiaohua Wu, Yunpeng Zhao, Xuedong Gao, Qing Yuan. Numerical Investigation of Contaminant Oil in the Batch Transportation of Crude Oil and Diesel Oil with Different Out-Station Temperatures[J]. Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 2025, 16(1): 04024060.
[26] Peng Wang, Bing Dong, Yujie Chen* Yajun Deng, Qiang Zhang, Dongliang Sun* Implementation and performance analysis of the IDEAL algorithm for fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media based on OpenFOAM[J]. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2024, 53, 102736.
[27] Zhimin Chen, Xuejiao Chen, XuFei Yang, Bo Yu, Bohong Wang, Jianqin Zhu, Yujie Chen*, Weihua Cai*. Numerical study on cooling characteristics of turbine blade based on laminated cooling configuration with clapboards[J]. Energy, 2024, 299: 131372.
[28] Zhimin Chen, Xufei Yang, Yujie Chen*, Huidong Tang, Bo Yu, Weihua Cai*, Yonghong Du. Numerical investigation on cooling performances of laminated cooling configuration with external discrete slot-trench film holes and internal clapboards[J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024, 255: 124002.
[29] Wei Lu; Yujie Chen*; Benxi Zhang; Bo Yu; Dongliang Sun; Bohong Wang; Yanru Yang; Xiaodong Wang*. The effects of aspect ratio on the heat transfer characteristics of boiling mini-channel flow[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36(12): 123351.
[30] Wei Lu, Yujie Chen*, Bohong Wang, Bo Yu, Dongliang Sun, Wei Zhang, Yanru Yang, Xiaodong Wang*. Numerical study of flow boiling heat transfer in a mini-channel under hyper-gravity[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36(3): 037126.
[31] Wei Lu, Yujie Chen*, Benxi Zhang, Bohong Wang, Bo Yu, Zhimin Chen, Dongliang Sun, Wei Zhan, Yanru Yang, Xiaodong Wang*. Analysis of subcooled flows boiling in horizontal rectangular mini-channels under microgravity conditions[J]. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2024, 51: 102607.
[32] Junhua Gong, Chaoqun Zhou, Yanxin Wang, Yajun Deng, Yujie Chen*, Peng Wang, Bo Yu, Bin Che*, Zhipeng Yu, Bohong Wang. Rapid modeling of transient processes in hydrogen-blended natural gas pipelines featuring injection and withdrawal points[J]. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025.
[33] Zhimin Chen, Xufei Yang*, Yujie Chen*, Bo Yu, Jianqin Zhu, Dongxu Han, Junhua Gong, Haiying Guo, Weihua Cai. Research on turbine blade temperature field reconstruction by coupling proper orthogonal decomposition and artificial neural network methods[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2025, 37(3): 035171.
[34] Qifu Li, Chaoqun Zhou, Feng Yan, Jingyan Xu, Mingyang Ji, Junhua Gong*, Yujie Chen*, Yunpeng Zhao, Dongxu Han, Peng Wang. Fast prediction of coupled oil and environment temperature fields during shutdown of buried waxy crude oil pipelines using neural networks[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2025, 37(1): 013113.
[35] Junhua Gong, Yujie Chen*, Bo Yu, Dongliang Sun, Bohong Wang, Guoyun Shi, Bin Chen. Neural network-based interface reconstruction algorithm for two-phase fluid flow[J]. Fundamental Research, 2025.
V. Patents and Software Copyrights
VI. Admissions Information
Master's students are primarily recruited in Energy and Power Engineering (Professional Degree, Code 0858), Clean Energy Technology (085807). Applicants with solid backgrounds in Energy and Power Engineering, strong work ethic, innovation capability, proficiency in computer programming, and strong English skills are highly welcomed.
Contact Email: yujiechen@bipt.edu.cn