ZHAI Haishen: Female, born in February 1990. She holds a Doctor of Engineering degree and is a mid-level professional. Currently, she is an assistant researcher at the Guangzhou Energy Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a visiting scholar at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. She obtained a bachelor's degree from China University of Petroleum (East China) in 2012 and a doctoral degree in Thermal Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. She has been engaged in research on the development and efficient utilization of geothermal resources for a long time and has a high academic influence in the related field. She has published more than ten papers as the first author or corresponding author in authoritative journals such as Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy Journal (Chinese), and Engineering Thermophysics Journal (Chinese).

Selected Publications

1. Zhai H, Jin G, Liu L, et al. Parametric study of the geothermal exploitation performance from a HDR reservoir through multilateral horizontal wells: The Qiabuqia geothermal area, Gonghe Basin. Energy, 2023, 275, 127370.

2. Zeng Y, Ding L, Wu N, Kong F, Ochilov E, Zhai H*. Numerical simulation of electricity generation potential through five vertical wells at Fengshun geothermal field in China. Renewable Energy, 2024, 222:119992.

3. Haizhen Zhai, Lixing Ding, Nengyou Wu, et al. (15 Apr 2024): Numerical investigation of electricity generation potential by water circulating through three horizontal wells at Fengshun geothermal field in China, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, DOI: 10.1080/10407790.2024.2335525

4. Zhai H, Jin G, Liu L, et al. Enhancement of Geothermal Exploitation in Hot Dry Rock Reservoir Through Multilateral Horizontal Well Systems: A Case Study in Qiabuqia Geothermal Field, Gonghe Basin. Processes, 2025, 13:1020.

Yuchao Zeng, Lixing Ding, NengyouWu*, Xiangyang Shen, Yan Sun, Elbek Ochilov, Lihua Huang, Qixiu Li, Haizhen Zhai*. Horizontal well-assisted depressurization method for geothermal exploitation from fractured granite reservoir at Yangbajing geothermal field. Scientific Reports, 2026, 16:4558.

▪ Numerical Simulation of Multi-Phase and Multi-Component Flow Process in Geothermal Resource Development

▪ THMC multi-field coupling mechanism of enhanced geothermal system

▪ Development and utilization of geothermal resources

1. Open Fund General Project of the Key Laboratory of Petroleum and Natural Gas Equipment (Southwest Petroleum University), OGE202302-12, Research on Damage and Degradation Mechanisms of Low-Temperature-Induced Granite Geothermal Reservoirs and Equipment Optimization, October 2023 to October 2025, Principal Investigator.

2. General Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research in Guangzhou (Doctoral Young Scientists Category), 202201010562, Research on Thermal Flow Coupling Effects in Fractured Granite Reservoirs: A Case Study of Fengshun Geothermal Field, April 2022 to March 2024, Principal Investigator.

3. Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrate, Chinese Academy of Sciences, E0290206, Numerical Simulation Study on the Impact of Multi-stage Fracturing in Horizontal Wells on EGS Geothermal Development, January 2020 to December 2021, Principal Investigator.

4. Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrate, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Project ID: y807jf1001, Research on Response of Extraction-Reinjection Reservoirs and Optimization Design of Extraction-Reinjection Schemes in Guangdong Fengshun Geothermal Field, January 2018 to December 2019, Principal Investigator

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China Guangdong Joint Fund, U1401232, Research on Heat Flux Coupling and Reservoir Thermal Recovery in Enhanced Geothermal Systems, January 2015 to December 2018, Participant.