Experience

ENN Group

• China
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive President, ENN Energy Research Institue

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  -Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals and timelines.-Responsible for overall administration of ENN Energy Research Institute-Explore cutting-edge technologies and establish partnerships to accelerate technology research and development.

• Vice President，ENN Energy Research Institute

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2017

  -Explore and introduce disruptive technologies and innovative business models.-Responsible for accelerating coal gasification technology research and demonstration.

• General Manager, Coal Gasification Technology Center，ENN Energy Research Institute

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

  Managing coal gaisification technology center, responsible for research & development programs including hydrogasification, catalytic gasification, supercritical gasification and waste water treatment.

• Deputy General Manager，Coal Gasification Technology Center, ENN Energy Research Institute

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Managing coal gaisification technology center, responsible for coal hydrogasification development program as a subtask of clean coal conversion technology and process research in national high technology research and development program (state 863 program)• Developing key hydrogasification devices and process for coal to SNG PDU (5 Tons/Day) and pilot plant (100 Tons/Day), to complete the PDP for commercial-scale plant with the technical and economic feasibility study

• Deputy General Manager, Energy Storage Research Center, ENN Energy Research Institute

  • May 2010 - Oct 2011

  • Spearheaded energy storage program at ENN and developed technology roadmap and strategy• Managed a 30-people team to develop and deliver on a diversified portfolio including VRB, PEC, PEM, CO2 membrane and thermal storage system, led the R&D activities on VRB and LTO electrode materials• Negotiating with partners to formulate JV for better market position in advanced batteries energy storage system

• Program Manager, Gasification Technology Screening and Demonstration, ENN Energy Research Institute

  • Jul 2009 - May 2010

  • Screened and explored both mature and developing gasification technologies world wide, gained deep understanding of the pros and cons of gasification technologies • Clear understanding of coal chemical plants deployment in China and the market share of different gasification technology, responsible to identify promising technologies for further development and pilot testing, promoted the development of joint programs and projects on advanced coal gasification technologies both domestically and internationally Show less



GE Power

• United States
• Electric Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Engineer, Gasification/IGCC

  • Sep 2007 - Jun 2009

  • Expatriated to work in Shanghai for several projects and interacted with both commercial team and technical support team, worked in a team to negotiate with potential customers on gasification technology licensing • Had the opportunity to visit customer sites in China and gained comprehensive understanding of Chinese coal to chemical processes and challenges to current gasification island • Worked in a team to negotiate with potential customers on gasification technology licensing • Applied innovative and advanced technologies in Radiant Syngas Cooler (RSC) quench design to improve the availability and reliability for IGCC plant • Led the large (1800ft3) quench gasifier design in NPI program, including the gasification island design and other critical equipments sizing • Led and cooperated with consultants and venders on steam recirculation system design and operability, focusing on Critical Heat Flux (CHF), Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) concerns and steam water separator design Show less



PlugPower, Inc.

• Senior Mechanical Engineer

  • 2003 - 2007

  • Led the prototype fuel cell stack reliability project and improved stack life by a factor of 100; This task includes establishing diagnostic test method for stack failure, developing hypothesis for failure mechanism and proposing /validating /implementing containment and solution • Proposed and down selected advanced and innovative concepts to improve gas liquid two-phase flow path design, stack thermal management and stack startup, shutdown procedure • Developed analytical tools to analyze heat, mass and charge transfer phenomena and electrochemical reaction in a single cell and fuel cell stack; used commercial CFD tool to optimize the design of manifold, flow field, bipolar plates and MEAs; Designed experiments for model validation and optimization • Studied stack interaction with fuel processor (pre-stack) and power conditioner (after-stack) and integrated system requirement to define and optimize stack operating condition and control method Show less