Chenn Q. Zhou

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Head of Mechanical Engineering Department
Interim Head of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

Address

       Purdue University Calumet
       Department of Mechanical Engineering
       Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
       Potter 121B
       2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323-2094

       Phone: 219-989-2665

       To send email: qzhou@calumet.purdue.edu

Education

         BS, Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautical & Astronautics, 1982
         MS, Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautical & Astronautics, 1984
         PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991

Awards

• 2007 PUC Student Activities Advisor Award
• 2006 PUC Outstanding Sponsored Research Award
• 2006 Computer Applications Best Paper Award for the paper entitled Evaluation of Internal Conditions in a Blast Furnace  Hearting Using a 3-D CFD Model, American Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Association
• 2005 American Iron and Steel Institute Medal Award for the paper entitled Investigation of Tuyere Nose Failures at U.S. Steel Great Lakes B2 Blast Furnace, American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
•  2005 Josef S. Kapitan Award for the paper entitled 3-D Blast Furnace Hearth Modeling, American Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Association
• R&D 100 Award for Glass Furnace Modeling, R&D Magazine, 2004
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), International, 2003
• Outstanding NW Indiana Researcher, NWI Chapter of Sigma XI, 2001
• Outstanding Teacher of Purdue University Calumet, 1999
• Outstanding Scholar of Purdue University Calumet, 1999

Areas of Instruction

         Air Pollution Control
         Combustion
         Computational Fluid Dynamics
         Fluid Mechanics
         Heat Transfer

Research Interests

         Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Reacting Flows
         Computational Fluid Dynamics
         Sprays
         Combustion
         Heat Transfer
         Formation and Control of NOx, SOx, and other Air Pollutants

Selected Funded Research Projects

• CFD Modeling for High Rate Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) to Blast Furnaces  (Sponsor: American Iron and Steel Association/Department of Energy & Indiana 21st Century Research and  Technology Fund
• CFD Simulations of Study for Reheating Furnaces (Sponsor: ArcelorMittal Steel)
• Evaluation of Erosion Patterns in a Blast Furnace Hearth Using a CFD Model (Sponsor:  Indiana 21st Century Research and     Technology Fund)
• RF-Bio Non-thermal Effects (Sponsor:  Air Force)
• Gas Turbine Combustion Simulation (Sponsor: DOE)
• Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Reacting Flows in Petroleum FCC Riser Reactors (Sponsor:  Argonne National Lab)
• Glass Furnace Modeling (Sponsor: Argonne National Lab)
• Aluminum Furnace Modeling (Sponsor: Argonne National Lab)
• Group Modeling of Turbulent Sprays (Sponsor: NSF)

Refereed Journal and Conference Papers

1.     Yu Zhang, Rohit Deshpande, D. (Frank) Huang, Pinakin Chaubal, and Chenn Q. Zhou, "A Methodology for Blast Furance Hearth Inner Profile Analysis", J. of Heat Transfer (2007) (in press)

2.      Huang, D.; Zhang, Yu; Deshpande, Rohit; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Simulation of the hearth draining process and thermal stress of a BF hearth”, AISTech 2007 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2007, v 1, p 475-485

3.      Walker, William; Gu, M.; Selvarasu, N.K.C.; D'Alessio, John; Macfadyen, Neil; Zhou, C.Q.; “Numerical study of pulverized coal injection with natural gas Co-injection in a blast furnace”, AISTech 2007 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2007, v 1, p 453-462

4.      Zhang, Yu; Deshpande, Rohit; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Prediction of the inner profile of a blast furnace hearth”, AISTech 2007 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2007, v 1, p 587-595

5.      Zhang, Yu; Deshpande, Rohit; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “A methodology for blast furnace hearth wear analysis”, Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Heat Transfer, 2006, 8p

6.      Li, Baokuan; Yin, Hongbm; Balajee, Shank R.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “CFD analysis on behavior of slag - Steel interface in an argon gas stirred ladle”, AISTech 2007 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2007, v 1, p 1355-1367

7.      Gu, Mingyan; Selvarasu, Naresh K.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Numerical analysis on the coke combustion inside raceway”, AISTech 2007 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2007, v 1,  p 609-618

8.      Selvarasu, Naresh K.; Gu, Mingyan; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Zhao, Yongfu; “Computer modeling of blast furnace raceway formation kinetics”, AISTech 2007 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2007, v 1, p 425-433

9.      Chaubal, Pinakin C.; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Advances in understanding of phenomena in the blast furnace hearth”, 2006 TMS Fall Extraction and Processing Division: Sohn International Symposium: Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials - Proceedings of the International Symposium, 2006, v 2, p 133-144

10.  Chaubal, Pinakin; Huang, D.; Roldan, Dave; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Development of 3-D CFD model for blast furnace hearth”, 2006 TMS Fall Extraction and Processing Division: Sohn International Symposium: Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials - Proceedings of the International Symposium, 2006, v 7, p 233-244

11.  Roldan, David; Zhang, Yu; Deshpande, Rohit; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “3-D CFD analysis for blast furnace hearth wear”, AISTech 2006 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2006, v 1, p 167-176 (Iron and Steel technology, Vol.4. 2, No.3, pp. 43-50, 2007)

12.  Gu, M.; Chen, Z.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, P.; Zhou, C.Q.; “Heat transfer, devolatilization and combustion of injected coal before entering raceways”, AISTech 2006 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2006, v 1, p 345-355

13.  Huang, D.; Milovac, Predrag; Chen, Zumao; Zhao, Yongfu; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Analysis of liquid level and profile inside the hearth of a blast furnace”, AISTech 2006 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2006, v 1, p 157-165

14.  Gu, Mingyan; Chen, Zumao; Selvarasu, Naresh K.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Simulation of pulverized coal injection in a blast furnace”, Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Power, 2006, 7p

15.  Ridenour, Paul; Yin, Hongbin; Tetrault, Clifford; Balajee, Shank R.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “CFD study on slag-steel interaction in an argon bottom-stirred ladle”,
 AISTech 2006 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, 2006, v 1, p 721-729

16.  Ridenour, Paul; Ma, Zhigi; Selvarasu, Naresh Kumar; Smotkin, Eugene S.; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “CFD simulations of flow and pressure distributions in column flow type fuel cells”, Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Heat Transfer, 2006, 6p

17.  Selvarasu, Naresh K.; Huang, D.; Chen, Zumao; Gu, Mingyan; Zhao, Yongfu; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “ Prediction of raceways in a blast furnace”, Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Power, 2006, 7p

18.  Campbell, Andrew S.; Ladendorf, Jeff; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “CFD analysis of heat exchanger and aftercooler for diesel marine engines”; Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Heat Transfer, 2006, 7p

19.  Golchert, Brian; Ridenour, Paul; Walker, William; Gu, Mingyan; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Effects of nitrogen and oxygen concentration on NOx emissions in an alumunium furnace”, Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Power, 2006, 11p

20.  Golchert, Brian ; Ridenour, Paul; Selvarasu, Naresh K.; Milovac, Predrag; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Heat loss analysis of dross removal in an aluminum furnace”, Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Power, 2006, 8p

21.  Gerber, Howard L.; Bassi, Ashish; Khalid, Muhammad Hassan; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Wang, San Ming; Tseng, Charles C.; “Analytical and experimental dosimetry of a cell culture in T-25 flask housed in a thermally controlled waveguide”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, v 34, n 4 II, August, 2006, p 1449-1454

22.  Lee S, D Johnson, K Dunbar, H Dong, X Ge, YC Kim, C Wing, N Jayathilaka, N Emmanue, CQ Zhou, HL Gerber, CC Tseng, SM Wang, “2.45 GHz Radiofrequency fields alter gene expression in cultured human cells”, Federation of European Biological Society Letters 579:4829-4836, 2005

23.  Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; Golchert, B. “Eulerian approach for multiphase flow simulation in a glass melter”,  Applied Thermal Engineering, v 25, n 17-18, December, 2005, p 3083-3103

24.  Zhou, Chenn Q.; Yan, Fang; Roldan, David; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhao, Yongfu; “Evaluation of internal conditions in a blast furnace hearth using a 3-D CFD model”,
AISTech 2005 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2005, v 1, p 283-292

25.  Yan, Fang; Zhou, Chem Q.; Huang, D.; Chaubalj, Pinakin; Zhao, Yongfu; “Three-dimensional computational modeling of a blast furnace hearth”, Iron and Steel Technology, v 2, n 1, January, 2005, p 48-58

26.  Yan, Fang ; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; “Numerical investigation of cooling strategy for reducing blast furnace hearth erosions”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2005, 2005, v 3, p 189-199

27.  Huang, D.; Yan, Fang; Millovachi, Peja; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Numerical investigation of transient hot metal flows in a blast furnace hearth”, AISTech 2005 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2005, v 1, p 199-207

28.  Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Abramowitz, Harvey; Zhou, Chenn; “Hearth skulls and hearth wear investigation of Ispat Inland's #7 blast furnace”, AISTech 2005 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2005, v 1, p 101-112

29.  Zhao, Yongfu; Atkinson, Mark; Crosmun, Hugh E.; Tetrault, Clifford; Roldan, David; Zhou, Chenn;Q.; “Investigation of tuyere nose failures at U. S. steel great lakes works B2 blast furnace”, AISTech 2005 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2005, v 1, p 491-496

30.  Roldan, David; Tetrault, Clifford; Zhao, Yongfu; Atkinson, Mark; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Heat transfer analysis in a blast furnace tuyere nose”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2005, v 3, p 179-187

31.  Roldan, Dave; Yan, Fang; Zhou, C.Q.; Tripathi, Mayanlk; Laurendeau, Normand; Lucht, Robert; “Temporal species concentrations in a water model of a blast furnace hearth”, Energy Conversion and Resources 2005, p 325-333

32.  Khalid, Muhammad ; Zhou, Chenn; Bassi, Ashish; San Ming Wang; Gerber, Howard; Tseng, Charles; “Heat transfer analysis of human cell culture under RF exposure”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2005, v 3, p 641-649

33.  Golchert, B.M.; Zhou, C.Q.; Quenette, Antoine; Han, Q.; King, P.E.; “Combustion space modeling of an aluminum furnace”, TMS Light Metals, Light Metals 2005, p 887-892

34.  Chang, S.L.; C.Q. Zhou;  and B. Golchert; “Eulerian Approach for Multiphase Flow Simulation in a Glass Melter”, J. of Applied Thermal Engineering, 2005, 25, 3083-3103

35.  Golchert, Brian M.; Zhou, Chenn Q., “The effect of glass foam on heat transfer in a glass furnace”,  2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2004, v 3, p 1780-1788

36.  Chang, Shen-Lin; Golchert, Brian; Zhou, Chenn Q.; “Computer modeling of glass furnace flow and heat transfer”, Ceramic Transactions, v 141, Advances in Fusion and Processing of Glass III, 2004, p 399-411

37.  Patnala, Anil K.; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Zhao, Yongfu; “Numerical investigation on cooling stratagies in a commercial blast furnace hearth”, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004, 2004, v 2 A, p 543-550

38.  Nnanna, A.G. Agwu; Mehok, T.J.; Stella, D.; Ahmed, Uludogan; Roldan, David; Zhou, C.Q.; Chuabal, P.; “Experimental cold flow water model of a blast furnace hearth: Part I”;
Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004, v 3, p 187-193

39.  Nnanna, A.G. Agwu; Uludogan, Ahmed; Roldan, David; Zhou, C.Q.; Chuabal, P.; Huang, D.; “Water model of a Blast Furnace hearth for flow pattern investigation”,  AISTech 2004 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2004, v 1, p 35-46

40.  Yan, Fang; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; “Validation of CFD model for hot metal flow and heat transfer simulation in a blast furnace”, Energy Conversion and Resources 2004: Fuels and Combustion Technologies, Energy, Nuclear Engineering, 2004, p 27-35

41.  Yan, Fang; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; “Numerical modeling of hot metal flow and heat transfer in a blast furnace”, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004, v 2 A, p 335-343

42.  Yan, Fang; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhao, Yongfu; “3-D computational modeling of a blast furnace hearth”, AISTech 2004 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2004, v 1, p 249-260

43.  Yan, Fang; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; “Numerical investigation of effects of dead zone shape on the blast furnace hearth”, 2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2004, v 1, p 292-300

44.  Tetrault, Clifford; Young, Susan; Roldan, David; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Yin, Hongbin; “CFD analysis of heat loss in steel ladle cycling”,  2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2004, v 3, p 1804-1811

45.  Tetrault, Clifford; Roldan, David; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Yin, Hongbin; “CFD analysis of thermal behavior of refarctory in steel ladle cycling”, AISTech 2004 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2004, v 1, p 1205-1214

46.  Zhou, Chenn Q.; Yan, Fang; Patnala, Kumar A.; Roldan, David; Huang, D.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Zhao, Yongfu; “Numerical investigation of parametric effects on a blast furnace hearth”, AISTech 2004 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2004, v 1, p 77-87

47.  Kin, Yulian; Zhou, Chenn; Parsons, Bernard; Roades, Eric; Sutin, Alexander; Chaubal, Pinakin; Huang, D.; “Assessment of accumulated structural damage using impulse resonant acoustic spectroscopy”, AISTech 2004 - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, 2004, v 2, p 895-901

48.  Patnala, Anil K.; Yan, Fang; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Huang, D. Frank; Chaubal, Pinakin; “Temperature monitoring strategies using CFD analysis”, 2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2004, v 1, p 301-310

49.  Vernengo, Steven; Milanovic, Rade; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Chaubal, Pinakin; Huang, D.; “Computations of liquid flow and heat transfer in the hearth of a blast furnace”, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division: Aerospace Heat Transfer, Computational Heat Transfer, Education, Fire and Combustion, 2003, HTD, v 374, n 1, p 361-370

50.  Chang, S.-L.; Zhou, C.Q.; “Simulation of FCC riser flow with multiphase heat transfer and cracking reactions”, Computational Mechanics, v 31, n 6, August, 2003, p 519-532

51.  Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; Scheeringa, K.; “Numerical Simulations of Industrial Melting Furnaces”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Volume 2, 2003, p 103-110

52.  Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; Scheeringa, K.; “Numerical evaluation of the impacts of burner operations on the thermal efficiency of industrial furnaces”, TMS Annual Meeting, Energy Efficient Manufacturing Processes, 2003, p 15-26

53.  Milanovic, Rade; Zhou, Chenn Q.; Majdak, Jim; Cantwell, Robert; “CFD modeling of flow and heat transfer inside a liquid-cooled exhaust manifold”, Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Volume 3, 2003, p 785-792

54.  Golchert, B.; Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; Wang, J.; “Modeling of Regenerative Furnace Ports”, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division: Aerospace Heat Transfer, Computational Heat Transfer, Education, Fire and Combustion, 2003, HTD, v 374, n 1, p 423-430

55.  Golchert, Brian M.; Chang, Shen-Lin; Zhou, C.Q.; “The effect of gases emitted from batch/glass reactions on the combustion space flow field”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Volume 2, 2003, p 137-144

56.  Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; “Impacts of radiation heat transfer on NOx calculation in industrial furnaces”, Proceedings of the 37th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, IECEC, 2002, p 485-490

57.  Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; Golchert, B.; “A simulation approach for bubble flow in a glass melter”, Proceedings of the Heat Transfer Division : Heat Transfer in Energy Systems, Fire and Combustion, 2002, HTD, v 372, n 3, p 155-162

58.  Golchert, B.; Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; “Modeling of radiation heat transfer in glass melts”, Proceedings of the Heat Transfer Division - 2002 Volume 3: Heat Transfer in Energy Systems, Fire and Combustion, 2002, HTD, v 372, n 3, p 71-78

59.  Su, K.;