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A transferable turbidity estimation method is proposed for estimating the turbidity and clear-sky solar irradiance. Instead of using …

A promising solution to the storage of intermittent renewable energy is to integrate solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) with …

In recent years, a variety of wind forecasting models have been developed, prompting necessity to review the abundant methods to gain …

Solar tower power plants (STP) with thermal energy storage have the ability to temporally shift power generation, regulate peak load …

In this paper, we present a novel robotic system for heliography, which literally refers to painting with the sun. In the context of …

Grants

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Toward 2060 Carbon Neutrality Life-cycle Planning and Design of Photovoltaic Integrated Green Roof (PVIGR) Systems for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area

2023.07 - 2026.06 Research Grants Council Young Collaborative Research Grant HKD 3,458,740 (co-PI, 25%).

Novel Hybrid Approach for High-fidelity Intra-hour Forecasting of Directional Solar Irradiance

2023.01 - 2015.12 Research Grants Council RGC Early Career Scheme HKD 740,420 (PI).

Adaptive cooling solutions of solar photovoltaic panels

2022.09 - 2023.08 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University URIS Scheme HKD 30,000 (PI).

Transient optimization of PV(Wind)/CSP hybrid power plants based on sCO2 Brayton cycle

2021.12-2023.11 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University HKD 365,400 (PI).

自动化光伏盐田的合作研发

2021.06-2024.05 江苏省科技厅港澳台科技合作项目 RMB 800,000 (co-PI, 25%).

The Design of Solar Driven Multi-generation System Informed by High Fidelity Solar Forecasts

2021.03-2024.02 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University HKD 1,000,000 (PI).

News

In March 2023, LIANG Zhaojian successfully advanced to candidacy. Congrats to Zhaojian!

In Mar 2023, Peixin, Shanlin and Zhaojian attended APS March Meeting held in Las vegas, Nevada, United States. Each of them gave an oral presentation about their current research work. Good job!

In March 2023, LIANG Zhaojian won 2nd Runner-Up in the 8th ME Research Presentation. Congratulations!

In January 2023, a project named Toward 2060 Carbon Neutrality: Life-cycle Planning and Design of Photovoltaic Integrated Green Roof (PVIGR) Systems for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area was funded HKD 3,458,740 by Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Young Collaborative Research Grant. Dr. Li is the co-PI (25%) of this project.

In Jan 2023, DENG Nan joined our team as a PhD student. Warm welcome!

Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

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Mengying Li

Assistant Professor

Energy Meteorology, Solar Resourcing and Forecasting, Multi-Generation Renewable Power Systems, Energy Storage

Team Member

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Shanlin Chen

PhD Student

Renewable Energy Systems, Solar Resourcing and Forecasting, Life Cycle Analysis in Energy Systems, Machine Learning

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Nan Deng

PhD Student

Energy Meteorology, Short-term Solar Radiation Forecasting, 3D Radiative Transfer Modeling, Machine Learning

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Peixin Dong

Postdoctoral Fellow

Heat and Mass transfer, CFD, CO2 capture, PV/CSP hybrid block transients

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Xinrui Guo

MSc Student

Robotics and Controls, Solar Resourcing, Advanced Material and Structural Design, Metal Material

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Zheheng Huang

MSc Student

Solar panels fault detection, UAV control and navigation, Deep Learning

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Tao Jing

PhD Student

Signal processing, Collaborative algorithm design, Interpretable machine learning

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Zhaojian Liang

PhD Student

Renewable Energy Systems, Thermal Energy Storage, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Qifeng Li

MSc Student

Thermal-fluid sciences, Heat and mass transfer, CFD and CAD, Evaporation, Machine Design

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Changying Wu

MSc Student

Solar Resourcing and Forecasting, Machine Learning

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Yuying Xie

PhD Student

Renewable Energy Prediction, Deep Learning Techniques

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Yifan Yang

MSc Student

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, CFD modeling, Machine Learning

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Lihao Yuan

MSc Student

Solar Forecasting, Machine Learning, Corrosion of Metallic Material

Openings

 
 
 
 
 

Ph.D. Student

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Oct 2020 – Present PolyU
Students who are motivated to pursue a Ph.D. degree with a background in thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer or related fields are welcome to contact Dr. Li. Preference will be given to those students who obtained or are expected to obtain an M.S. degree and have publications in English. Students applying from mainland China may also wish to consult the 1point3acres forum for information on the program.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Oct 2020 – Present PolyU
Applicants who have a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering or related fields are welcome to contact Dr. Li. Preference will be given to those who have publications in English and are familiar with numerical modeling in Python or Matlab.
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoc Researcher

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Oct 2020 – Present PolyU
Applicants who have a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering or related fields are welcome to contact Dr. Li. Preference will be given to those who have excellent publication records in the close fields.
 
 
 
 
 

MSc, Undergrads and More

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Oct 2020 – Present PolyU
Highly motivated undergraduate students are welcome to participate in our research via Student Assistant program or the URIS program. Currently enrolled M.S. students who are willing to do MSc dissertation are strongly encouraged to discuss potential research projects with Dr. Li. Visiting scholars are welcome to contact Dr. Li to discuss collaborating projects.

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