Dr Jian Song PhD

Dr Jian Song

School of Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Email
j.song.2@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Chemical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Jian Song is Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham. His research focuses on clean and sustainable energy technologies, which covers thermal fluids, processes, devices and systems, with an emphasis on multi-scale integrated design and optimisation of energy conversion and storage options, aiming at enhancing energy utilisation efficiency across conventional and renewable resources, and contributing to energy harvesting and sustainability.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Tsinghua University, 2018
  • BEng in Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2013
  • BSc in Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, 2013

Biography

Dr Jian Song is Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, and Managing Editor of Applied Thermal Engineering.

Dr Jian Song has been acting as the Deputy Group Leader of Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory at Imperial prior to joining Birmingham in May 2023. Dr Jian Song received his PhD Degree from Tsinghua University in 2018 and has been awarded Zijing Scholar Fellowship, Outstanding PhD Thesis by Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engines (CSICE), and Wu Zhonghua Outstanding Postgraduate Award. Dr Jian Song visited the Whittle Laboratory at University of Cambridge in 2016 and participated the internship in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in 2015.

Dr Jian Song’s research focuses on clean and sustainable energy technologies, which covers thermal fluids, processes, devices and systems, with an emphasis on multi-scale integrated design and optimisation of energy conversion and storage options, aiming at enhancing energy utilisation efficiency across conventional and renewable resources, and contributing to energy harvesting and sustainability.







Postgraduate supervision

Dr Jian Song is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Thermo-mechanical energy conversion and storage
  • Thermal energy (heat and cold) storage
  • Renewable energy technologies
  • Industrial decarbonisation
Please feel free to contact Dr Jian Song for more details if you are interested in studying any of these topics.

Research

Multi-scale integrated design and optimisation

  • Novel thermal fluids
  • High-performance energy devices/components
  • Effective integration and operation

Clean energy technologies

  • Waste-heat recovery
  • Hybrid renewable energy systems
  • Whole-system analysis

Other activities

  • Managing Editor of Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Member of Climate Growth Leadership Network

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Olympios, AV, Song, J, Ziolkowski, A, Shanmugam, VS & Markides, CN 2024, 'Data-driven compressor performance maps and cost correlations for small-scale heat-pumping applications', Energy, vol. 291, 130171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.130171

He, Y, Song, J, Guo, S, Zhou, J & Markides, CN 2024, 'Profitability analysis and sizing-arbitrage optimisation of retrofitting coal-fired power plants for grid-side energy storage', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 84, 110873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.110873

Li, W, Liu, M, Wang, X, Jiang, J, Gao, K, Zeng, C, Liu, Y & Song, J 2024, 'Synergistic performance enhancement of lead-acid battery packs at low- and high-temperature conditions using flexible phase change material sheets', Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 319, 118966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118966

Iqbal, Q, Fang, S, Xu, Z, Yao, Y, Song, J, Qiu, L, Zhao, Y, Markides, CN & Wang, K 2024, 'Techno-economic comparison of high-temperature and sub-ambient temperature pumped-thermal electricity storage systems integrated with external heat sources', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 89, 111630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.111630

Zhao, Y, Huang, J, Song, J & Ding, Y 2024, 'Thermodynamic investigation of a Carnot battery based multi-energy system with cascaded latent thermal (heat and cold) energy stores', Energy, vol. 296, 131148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.131148

Huang, J, Zhao, Y, Song, J, Wang, K, Zhu, P, Liu, B & Sun, P 2025, 'Thermodynamic investigation of a Joule-Brayton cycle Carnot battery multi-energy system integrated with external thermal (heat and cold) sources', Applied Energy, vol. 377, no. Part C, 124652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124652

Fan, G, Song, J, Zhang, J, Fu, Z, Gong, X, Dai, Y & Markides, CN 2024, 'Thermo-economic assessment and systematic comparison of combined supercritical CO2 and organic Rankine cycle (SCO2-ORC) systems for solar power tower plants', Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 236, 121715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121715

Fan, G, Song, J, Gong, X, Fu, Z, Zhang, J & Dai, Y 2024, '聚光太阳能 SCO2热发电系统性能分析与优化设计', Taiyangneng Xuebao/Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 590-598. https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2023-0468

Maghrabi, AM, Song, J, Sapin, P & Markides, CN 2023, 'Electricity demand reduction through waste heat recovery in olefins plants based on a technology-agnostic approach', Energy Conversion and Management: X, vol. 20, 100419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2023.100419

Jalili, M, Ghazanfari Holagh, S, Chitsaz, A, Song, J & Markides, CN 2023, 'Electrolyzer cell-methanation/Sabatier reactors integration for power-to-gas energy storage: Thermo-economic analysis and multi-objective optimization', Applied Energy, vol. 329, 120268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120268

Maghrabi, AM, Song, J & Markides, CN 2023, 'How can industrial heat decarbonisation be accelerated through energy efficiency?', Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 233, 121092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121092

Zhao, Y, Song, J, Liu, M, Zhang, K, Markides, CN & Yan, J 2023, 'Multi-objective thermo-economic optimisation of Joule-Brayton pumped thermal electricity storage systems: Role of working fluids and sensible heat storage materials', Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 223, 119972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.119972

Guo, J, Song, J, Narayan, S, Pervunin, KS & Markides, CN 2023, 'Numerical investigation of the thermal-hydraulic performance of horizontal supercritical CO2 flows with half-wall heat-flux conditions', Energy, vol. 264, 125845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125845

Chapter

Lee, JI, Song, J & Markides, CN 2023, CO2 cycles. in CN Markides & K Wang (eds), Power Generation Technologies for Low-Temperature and Distributed Heat. 1st edn, Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Elsevier, pp. 163-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818022-8.00008-9

Editorial

Zhao, Y, Song, J, Zhu, P, Wang, W, Song, Z & Ding, Y 2024, 'Carnot battery for energy storage: Advancements and challenges', Green Energy and Resources, vol. 1, no. 4, 100048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerr.2024.100048

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