Education

• 2015 - present Visiting student
  National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, USTC, China (Advisor: Prof. Feng Zhang)
• 2014 - present Ph.D. candidate
  Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University, China (Advisor: Prof. Bin Yang)
• 2010 - 2014 Bachelor of Engineering in Thermal Energy & Power Engineering
  Department of Energy & Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Research Area

Revealing the reaction kinetics of the C4Hx hydrocarbons that forms the foundational fuel chemistry, mainly using theoretical methods including RRKM/Master Equation and kinetic modeling. Efforts have been made to i) reveal new reaction pathways and explain the experimental observation from the molecular level; ii) provide temperature (T) and pressure (P) dependent rate coefficients for important combustion reactions; and iii) show the influence of the T-, P- dependent kinetic data on the model prediction ability of ignition and PAH formation. In addition to probing the C4 chemistry, exploration on how the uncertainty propagates on RRKM/ME calculation is achieved to help evaluate the uncertainty of the calculated data as well as providing insights for choosing proper quantum chemistry methods.

Presentations in Conferences

• 2015.7 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Beijing China, Oral (in English)
  "Experimental and Kinetic Modeling study of C4 Hydrocarbons combustion"
• 2016.7 The 30th Chinese Chemical Society Congress, Dalian China, Oral
  "Theoretical and modeling study of decomposition and isomerization of isomeric butenyl radicals"
• 2017.5 The 10th International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, Chicago U.S.A., Oral (in English)
  "Initiation mechanism of 1,3-butadiene and its effect on soot precursors"
• 2017.10 China National Symposium on Combustion 2017, Nanjing China, Oral
  "The reaction kinetics of 1,3-butadiene pyrolysis"
• 2018.5 The 31th Chinese Chemical Society Congress, Dalian China, Poster
  "Quantification of the resonance stabilized C4H5 radicals in hydrocarbon flames and their roles in benzene formation"
• 2018.7 37th International Symposium on Combustion, Dublin Ireland, Poster
  "Global uncertainty analysis for the RRKM/master equation modeling of a typical multi-well & multi-channel reaction system"
• 2018.9 China National Symposium on Combustion 2018, Haerbin China, Oral
  "Global uncertainty analysis for the RRKM/master equation modeling of a typical multi-well & multi-channel reaction system"
  
• 2019.6 11th International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, Orléans, France, Oral(in English)
  "Impact of Correlated Inputs on Computed Branching Ratio"

Publications

1. F. Zhang*, C. Huang, "Revisiting the chemical kinetics of CH3 + O2 and its impact on methane ignition", Combust. Flame, 200, 125-134 (2019).
2. C. Huang, B. Yang*, F. Zhang*, G. Tian, "Quantification of the resonance stabilized C4H5 isomers and their reaction with acetylene", Combust. Flame, 198, 334-341 (2018).
3. T. Tao, W. Sun, N. Hansen, A.W. Jasper, K. Moshammer, B. Chen, Z. Wang, C. Huang, P. Dagaut, B. Yang, Exploring the negative temperature coefficient behavior of acetaldehyde based on detailed intermediate measurements in a jet-stirred reactor. Combust. Flame, 192, 120-129 (2018).
4. C. Huang, B. Yang*, F. Zhang*, "Initiation mechanism of 1,3-butadiene combustion and its effect on soot precursors", Combust. Flame, 184, 167-175 (2017).
5. C. Huang, B. Yang*, F. Zhang*, "Pressure-dependent kinetics on the C4H7 potential energy surface and its effect on combustion kinetic model predictions", Combust. Flame, 181,100-109 (2017).
6. W. Sun, T. Tao, R. Zhang, H. Liao, C. Huang, F. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, B. Yang*, "Experimental and modeling efforts towards a better understanding of the high-temperature combustion kinetics of C3-C5 ethyl esters", Combust. Flame, 185, 173-187 (2017).
7. W. Sun, C. Huang, T. Tao, F. Zhang, W. Li, N. Hansen, B. Yang*, "Exploring the high-temperature kinetics of diethyl carbonate (DEC) under pyrolysis and flame conditions", Combust. Flame, 181, 71-81 (2017)
8. C. Huang, T. Tao, B. Yang*, N. Hansen, "Experimental and Kinetic Modeling study of C4 Hydrocarbons combustion", 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC), Beijing, China. (2015).
9. C. Huang, S. Li, J. Wang, B. Yang, F. Zhang, S.J. Klippenstein, "Global uncertainty analysis for the RRKM/master equation modeling of a typical multi-well & multi-channel reaction system", (To be submitted).
10. C. Huang, P. Zhang, J. Wang, S. Kang, F. Zhang, C.K. Law, B. Yang, "Allylic hydrogen abstraction from 1,5-hexadiene by allyl radical: an experimental and theoretical study", (To be submitted).
11. C. Huang, B. Yang*, F. Zhang*, "Calculation of the Absolute Photoionization Cross-Sections for C1-C4 Criegee Intermediates and Vinyl Hydroperoxides", J. Chem. Phys. 150, 164305 (2019).
12. W. Sun, J. Wang, C. Huang, N. Hansen, B. Yang*, "Experimental guidance on optimizing combustion kinetic mechanisms – a case study of a low-pressure premixed flame fueled by diacetyl", (Submitted to Combust. Flame).