BIE Kang received his bachelor’s degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 2012. He was admitted to graduate studies without entrance examination and qualified for direct admission to a doctoral program, earning his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering from HUST in 2019. From 2019 to 2022, he conducted postdoctoral research at HUST. He is currently a Special Research Associate at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research primarily focuses on the planning and operation optimization of integrated electricity–heat–hydrogen multi-energy systems, renewable power–hydrogen–storage coupled systems, and high-temperature fuel cells as well as direct carbon fuel cells.

He has led four research projects, including a self-directed project funded by the State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion (HUST), a project supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, a Basic and Applied Basic Research Project of Guangzhou, and a science and technology project of China Southern Power Grid. He has also participated in two science and technology projects of Guangdong Power Grid Corporation, one key research and development program of Guangdong Province, and one project under the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 initiative. He has authored or co-authored 11 SCI/EI indexed papers, including one highly cited paper. He holds 16 invention patent applications, four of which have been granted.

Selected Publications

[1] Kang Bie, Peifang Fu, Yang Liu, Ahsan Muhammad. Comparative study on the performance of different carbon fuels in a molten carbonate direct carbon fuel cell with a novel anode structure. Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 460 (228101). (JCR 1区Top，IF=9.79)

[2] Kang Bie, Peifang Fu, et al. Comparative study on the electrochemical performance of coals and coal chars in a molten carbonate direct carbon fuel cell with a novel anode structure. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, 48(27):10191-10202. (JCR 2区Top，IF=7.14)

[3] Kang Bie, He Zhou, Peifang Fu, Yang Liu, Fang Yue. Investigation of the cathode polarization and carbon deposition in a molten carbonate direct carbon fuel cell. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2019, 49:585-597. (JCR 3区，IF=2.93)

[4] Kang Bie, Lun Ma*, Zetao Ma, Jie Shu. Numerical Simulation Study on Interaction and Burnout Characteristics of Coal Blending Combustion in a 200 MW Tangential Firing Boiler Under O2/CO2 Atmosphere [J]. Sustainability, 2026, 18(3), 1183.

[5] Rongjun Xi, Bingen Xie, Zhengyong Chen, Kang Bie^*, et al. Waste Heat Recovery and Economic Operation Optimization of an Integrated Energy System Including Offshore Wind Power, Hydrogen, Methanol, and Carbon Capture. 2025 8th Asia Conference on Energy and Electrical Engineering (ACEEE), 2025, 362-370.

▪ Planning and operation optimization of an electricity-heat-hydrogen multi-energy synergy integrated energy system

▪ Renewable energy generation - hydrogen - storage coupling system

▪ High-temperature fuel cell and direct carbon fuel cell

1. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project, 2021M691122, Research on the Electrochemical Reaction Mechanism and Control of Sulfur/Nitrogen and Mineral Impurities in Molten Carbonate Direct Coal Fuel Cells, May 2021 – April 2023, ¥80,000, Principal Investigator.

2. Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou Power Supply Bureau, Guangdong Power Grid, GDKJXM20240497, Key Technology Development for Electricity-Heat-Hydrogen Cogeneration Systems (Technology Development), January 2024 – December 2025, ¥1,880,000, Principal Investigator.

3. Guangzhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Project, 2024A04J4600, Electricity-Heat-Hydrogen Synergistic Efficiency Control and Energy Management Optimization for Multi-Energy Complementary Integrated Energy Systems Incorporating Renewable Energy, January 2024 – December 2025, ¥50,000, Principal Investigator.

4. Independent Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, SKLCCB1802, Construction and Optimization of a Direct Carbon Fuel Cell Stack System, June 2014 – December 2019, ¥100,000, Principal Investigator.

5. Key Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province, 2021B0101230004, Research and Development of Key Technologies for Multi-Energy Complementarity Integrating Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power and Natural Gas Power Generation, August 2021 – December 2025, ¥700,000, Key Participant (Primary responsibility).