SUN Qin earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Beijing University of Technology in 2013 and 2016, respectively. She then joined the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS, and currently serves as a special-appointed Senior Engineer. Her research focuses on thermal management of electronic devices and energy‑saving optimization of air‑conditioning systems, with expertise in micro-channel liquid cooling, phase change materials composite liquid cooling, and intelligent optimization of medium-temperature air conditioning systems. She has participated in more than 10 scientific research projects, includingNational Key R&D Program, CAS STS Projects, and Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Projects. To date, she has published over 20 SCI/EI indexed papers, contributed to the development of 4 group standards, and been granted 8 invention patents.

Selected Publications

1. Cai Yunxiang, Sun Qin^*, Gu Xiaobing, Li Yuping, Luo Weimin, Zhang Yanjun, Zhang Bobo, Huang Gongsheng, Dong Kaijun^*. Multi-objective optimization of battery thermal management system based on a novel embedded hybrid cooling plate considering time-based early shutdown strategy [J]. Energy, 2024, 312.

2. Weinan Zhou, Qin Sun^*, Weimin Luo, Wei Xiao, Pengfei Cui, Wei Wu, Kaijun Dong^*, Performance analysis and optimization of free cooling strategies for a liquid-cooled data center, Building Simulation, 2023, 16(8): 1317-1330

3. Weinan Zhou, Kaijun Dong, Qin Sun^*, Weimin Luo, Bobo Zhang, Shengli Guan, Guangwu Wang, Research progress of the liquid cold plate cooling technology for server electronic chips: Areview, International Journal of Energy Research, 2022, 46(9): 11574-11595

4. Qin Sun^#, Hao Wang, Kaijun Dong^*, Tai Lv, Zhibo Kang, Experimental Study on the Thermal Performance of a Novel Physically Separated Chilled Water Storage Tank,Journal of Energy Storage, 2021, 40(0);

5. Sun Qin^#, Diao Yanhua, Zhao Yaohua^*, Tang Sheng, Zhang Ji, Wang Zeyu. Developing Convective Heat Transfer in Multiport Microchannel Flat Tubes [J]. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme, 2019, 141(6).

▪ Energy-saving cooling technologies for Data Centers

▪ High-efficiency and low-energy-consumption battery thermal management system

▪ HVAC system optimization

1. National Key R&D Program, 2023YFC3806403, Research on Global Energy Efficiency Optimization Technology for Medium-temperature Cold Water Central Air Conditioning System, Dec. 2023-Nov. 2027, RMB 3.8 million, Sub-topic Leader.

2. Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Special Project, 200702106270386, Research on Key Technologies for Energy Saving in Data Center Cooling, Jan. 2020-Dec. 2021, RMB 2 million, Key Technical Member.

3. Shenzhen Science and Technology Program, KCXST2022102111216038, Research on Integrated Heat Dissipation Technology for Micro-nano Flat Plate Heat Pipes in Data Centers, Jun. 2023-Jun. 2026, RMB 6 million,Project Leader.

4. Guangzhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Project , No. 202201010108, Research on Operation Optimization of Data Center Cooling Systems Based on Natural Cold Source Fluctuating Cold Storage, Apr. 2022.04–Mar. 2024, RMB 50,000, Project Leader.

5. Guangzhou Development Zone International Science and Technology Cooperation Project, 2021GH07, Research on Demonstration Application of Key Technologies for High-Reliability Thermal Management of Large-scale Energy Storage Stations, Dec. 2021- Dec.2023, RMB 2 million, Project Leader.