Yong Li

Biography

Dr. Yong LI, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1991 for his bachelor degree, graduated from Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC) Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997 for his master degree, obtained his PhD from University of Hong Kong. He was promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in September 2005. From Sep. 2008 to Feb. 2009, he worked as invited Associate Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA, giving lectures and doing research in Harrick Lab. From Oct. to Dec. 2009, funded by Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, he worked as invited Associate Professor in Dept. of Environment and Energy, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France, giving lectures on solar energy application to Master Students of Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy (ME3). Dr. Li’s main research interests include solar thermal application, thermal storage, thermal driven refrigeration and cooling; solar photovoltaic driven refrigerationï¼› the influence of heat pump/air conditioning system on environment; and development strategy of renewable energy industry. As a PI, he has received grants for 18 externally/internally funded projects. His recent research projects include National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project “Theoretical optimization and experimental study on open cooling cycle using desiccant wheel (2011-2013)” and projects of The National Key Technology R&D Program (2006-2009，2012-2015), projects supported by company“5 kWe solar power generating system (2013-2015)”. He was the Main Researcher of Key Project of the NSFC for international academic exchanges (2011-2014) which focus on the energy research cooperation among China

Research Interest

Solar thermal application, Thermal storage, thermal driven refrigeration and cooling; solar photovoltaic driven refrigerationï¼› the influence of heat pump/air conditioning system on environment