Mechanical Engineering Power Plant

Xijia Lu

**** ******** ***, *** ***, Metairie, LA 70005, USA

1-504-***-**** ***@***.***

JOB OBJECTIVE:

1. Engineering position that can effectively utilize my expertise in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, chemical reactions, CFD simulation, engineering design and modeling.

SUMMARY:

1. Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. with 6 years experience in mechanical components design, development, and simulation

2. Expertise in fluid dynamics, heat transfer and chemical reactions, with both experimental and computational experience

3. Research projects focused on Applying IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle) power plant to coal and biomass, Gas Turbine Components cooling and heat transfer

4. Well-versed in Engineering design, modeling, CFD simulation and Programming. Details is listed in TECHNICAL SKILLS

5. Hands-on experience in conducting experiments, test plan development, test rig construction, data acquisition and data analysis

6. Winner of “China Challenge Cup” Award 2008 for Student Entrepreneurship (a national competitive award)

7. Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

EDUCATION:

1. PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA GPA: 3.7/4.0 (Aug,2009-May 2013)

2. MS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, GPA: 3.8/4.0 (Aug,2006-May,2009)

3. BS in Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui, China (Aug,2002-May,2006)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

1. Engineering design/analysis: CATIA, Pro/E, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Tecplot, Thermoflow, Aspen Plus

2. CFD/FEA: FLUENT, CFX, ANSYS, Gambit, ICEM, Hypermesh

3. Programming: C, C++, Matlab, Python

4. Instrumentation & Experimental Technologies: Mechanical tools, Pressure probes & transducers, Laser Doppler (LDV/PDPA) systems, Hot-wire Anemometers, Infrared Thermography, Wind tunnel systems, Data acquisition system

COURSEWORK:

Heat Transfer, CFD, Combustion, Statistics, Computational Structural Mechanics, FEA, Computational Engineering Sciences, Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Turbulence

MAJOR PROJECTS:

Numerical simulation of Mild/Entrained-flow Gasification of Coal/Biomass (Aug 2009 – Present)

Research Assistant (Funded by the Department of Energy, U.S)

1. Designed and constructed the cold flow gasifier, with 3D CAD modeling (Pro/E, Solid Works)

2. Developed the CFD models for mild/entrained-flow gasification process (Gambit, ICEM, Ansys Fluent)

3. Developed a new demoisturation model for low-rank coal gasification (C++, Matlab)

4. Developing the model for coal to synthetic nature gas (SNG) gasification process

5. Made three presentations in the International Pittsburgh Coal Conference (2011, 2012) and ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) conference (2012)

Industrial design of the ITRI entrained-flow coal gasifier (Aug 2009 – Present)

Research Assistant (Funded by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan)

1. Designed the fuel injectors, including geometry, direction, and location

2. Developed a new design of two stage oxygen feeding gasifier with syngas cooling system by CFD simulation (Pro/E, ICEM, Ansys Fluent)

3. Made two presentations in the International Pittsburgh Coal Conference (2011, 2012)

Valve Design and Failure Analysis of an Innovative Turbo-Piston Pump (TPP) (Jun 2010 - May 2011)

1. Conducted FEA/CFD design analysis of the valve in TPP (Fluent, Hypermesh)

2. Recommended modifications to improve existing design

3. Verified the structure improvement through simulation and full-scale testing

Film Cooling of High Temperature Gas Turbine Blade (Aug 2006 – Jun 2009)

Research Assistant (Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China)

1. Designed and constructed the test rig, with 3D CAD modeling (AutoCAD, Solidworks)

2. Developed the test plan, test procedures, and process automation (wind tunnel system, PDPA system, Infrared Thermography system)

3. Conducted CFD simulations with fluid flow and heat transfer (Fluent, CFX)

4. Made two presentation in ASME conferences (TurboExpo 2009)

Special Projects (Aug 2009 - Present)

1. Developing the Integrated Gasification and Combine Cycle (IGCC) power plant of coal, petroleum coke, and biomass using (Thermoflow, Aspen Plus)

2. Mist Cooling of High Temperature Gas Turbine Blade

3. Developing a new design of Integrated Mild Gasification and Combine Cycle (IMGCC) of coal and biomass

4. Vehicle aerodynamics performance measurement and analysis

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Lu, X., and Wang, T., 2013, “Water-Gas Shift Modeling in Coal Gasification in an Entrained-flow Gasifier Part 1: Development of Methodology and Model Calibration”, Journal of Fuel. (accepted)

2. Lu, X., and Wang, T., 2013, “Water-Gas Shift Modeling in Coal Gasification in an Entrained-flow Gasifier Part 2: Gasification Application”, Journal of Fuel. (accepted)

3. Wang, T., Lu, X., Hsu, H., and Shen, C., 2013, “Design and Performance Evaluation of a Syngas Quench Cooling Section”, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. (under review)

4. Lu, X., and Wang, T., 2013, “Investigation of Radiation Models in Entrained-flow Coal Gasification Simulation”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. (under review)

5. Wang, T., and Lu, X., 2012, “Investigation of Two-Stage Oxygen Feeding in a Downdraft Entrained-Flow Coal Gasifier”, Paper 21-1, Proceedings of the 29th International Pittsburgh Coal-Gen Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15-18, 2012.

6. Lu, X., and Wang, T., 2012, “Investigation of Low Rank Coal Gasification in a Two-stage Downdraft Entrained-flow Gasifier”, Paper 27-3, Presented at the 29th International Pittsburgh Coal-Gen Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15-18, 2012.

7. Lu, X., and Wang, T., 2012, “ Effect of Radiation Models on Coal Gasification Simulation”, IMECE-86997, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, TX, Nov. 9-15, 2012.

8. Lu, X., and Wang, T., 2011, “Water-Gas Shift Modeling in Coal Gasification in an Entrained-Flow Gasifier,” Paper 45-1, Proceedings of the 28th International Pittsburgh Coal-Gen Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15-18, 2011.

9. Wang, T., Lu, X., Hsu, H., and Shen, C., 2011, “Investigation of the Performance of a Syngas Quench Cooling Design in a Downdraft Entrained-Flow Gasifier”, Paper 45-2, Proceedings of the 28th International Pittsburgh Coal-Gen Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15-18, 2011.

10. Wang, J., and Lu, X., 2009 “An Experimental Investigation on Cooling Performance of a Laminated Configuration Using Infrared Thermal Image Technique”, GT 2009-59838, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, June 8-12, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA.

11. Wang J., Xu, H., Lu, X., Du, Z., and Yang, S., 2009, “A Numerical Investigation on Fluid-Thermal-Structure Coupling Characteristics of Laminated Film Cooling Configurations”, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2009, GT2009-59604, Florida, USA.

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