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Dr. Jiapei Zhao, born in 1985, is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Thermophysics from Zhejiang University and completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He serves as a council member of the Zhejiang Provincial Society of Electric Machinery and Power, and a review expert for the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation and the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation. He is also a core member of the Ningbo "3315 Plan" Ship New Energy Innovation Team. Dr. Zhao has led one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one project by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and one project by the Ningbo Municipal Natural Science Foundation. He has also participated in two National Natural Science Foundation projects, one National Key Research and Development Program project, one Ningbo 3315 Innovation Team project, two Ningbo Major Science and Technology Special Projects, as well as several other national and provincial/ministerial-level projects. He has published over 30 SCI-indexed papers in high-level academic journals such as the Journal of Energy Storage, Applied Energy, Energy, and Energy & Fuels, including three globally highly cited papers. He has authored one English academic monograph, and has applied for and been granted more than ten patents and software copyrights. He has received the Mann Redmayne Medal Best Paper Award from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) of the UK, as well as the First Prize and Gold Award in the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Competition.
Undergraduate: Mechanical Drawing, Fundamentals of Engineering Graphics
Postgraduate: Power Batteries and Thermal Management Technology
[1] S. Ma, G. Wang, L. Qin, H. Zhang, J. Zhao, J. Yuan. A hybrid artificial intelligence and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II approach to enhance the thermal management performance of a dual-cycle containerized battery energy storage system. Journal of Energy Storage, 2026, 159: 121761.
[2] Y. Xu, J. Zhao, J. Chen, H. Zhang, Z. Feng, J. Yuan. Performance analyses on the air cooling battery thermal management based on artificial neural networks. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024, 252: 123567.
[3] S. Liu, Y. Wang, Q. Liu, S. Panchal, J. Zhao, M. Fowler, R. Fraser, J. Yuan. Thermal equalization design for the battery energy storage system (BESS) of a fully electric ship. Energy, 2024, 312: 133611.
[4] Z. Feng, X. Shen, P. Li, J. Zhao, H. Zhang, Y. Xu, J. Yuan. Performance optimization and scheme evaluation of liquid cooling battery thermal management systems based on the entropy weight method. Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, 80: 110329.
[5] J. Zhao, Z. Feng, Y. Xu, J. Yuan. “Evaluation of heat generation and application in liquid cooling of Li-ion battery packs”. Handbook of Thermal Management Systems: E-Mobility and Other Energy Applications. Edited by F. Aloui, E. G. Varuvel, A. Sonthalia. ISBN: 978-0-443-19017-9. Elsevier, 2023.
[6] P. Li, J. Zhao, S. Zhou, J. Duan, X. Li, H. Zhang, J. Yuan. Design and Optimization of a Liquid Cooling Thermal Management System with Flow Distributors and Spiral Channel Cooling Plates for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Energies, 2023, 16(5): 2196.
[7] Z. Feng, J. Zhao, C. Guo, S. Panchal, Y. Xu, J. Yuan, R. Fraser, M. Fowler. Optimization of the Cooling Performance of Symmetric Battery Thermal Management Systems at High Discharge Rates. Energy & Fuels, 2023, 37(11): 7990-8004.
[8] X. Li, J. Zhao, J. Duan, S. Panchal, J. Yuan, R. Fraser, M. Fowler, M. Chen. Simulation of cooling plate effect on a battery module with different channel arrangement. Journal of Energy Storage, 2022, 49: 104113.
[9] X. Li, J. Zhao, J. Yuan, J. Duan, C. Liang. Simulation and analysis of air cooling configurations for a lithium-ion battery pack. Journal of Energy Storage, 2021, 35: 102270.
[10] J. Duan, J. Zhao, X. Li, S. Panchal, J. Yuan, R. Fraser, M. Fowler. Modeling and analysis of heat dissipation for liquid cooling lithium-ion batteries. Energies, 2021, 14(14): 4187.
