YANG Haolin obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2006 and conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Tohoku University in Japan from 2007 to 2009. Upon returning to China in 2009, he became an associate professor at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He is engaged in research on the interaction between flame and wall in microscale combustion, elucidating the mechanism and regulation of the role of physicochemical properties of wall materials on flame stability. He also conducts research on efficient and low-pollution combustion of gaseous fuels, developing direct catalytic decomposition technology for nitrogen oxides in industrial kilns, which has been verified in ceramic kilns. His work supports the promotion and application of new alternative fuels, including hydrogen and ammonia.

Selected Publications

1. Kangwei Xu, Zhenfeng Wang, Haolin Yang, Wei Zhang, Qianshi Song, Lidong Zhang*, Xiaohan Wang, Unraveling the O₂ resistance of promoters in BaO-Y2O3-based catalyst for NO decomposition, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 505: 159486.

2. Fan Li, Shoujun Ren, Tao Li, Runjie Deng, Zhenfeng Wang, Yue Ye, Junping Guo, Haolin Yang, Huaqiang Chu*, Xiaohan Wang**, A new denitrification strategy based on high-temperature catalytic coatings Y₂O₃-BaO-ZrO₂ without using ammonia in a lab-scale natural gas combustion furnace, Fuel, 2024, 378: 132995.

3. Mingsheng Jia, Runjie Deng, Fan Li*, Kangwei Xu, Yue Ye, Zhenfeng Wang, Haolin Yang, Xiaohan Wang*, Solution combustion synthesis of Y_0.87Ba_0.1Zr_0.03O_1.465 catalyst for highly efficient NO direct decomposition at high temperatures, Energy and Fuels, 2023, 37(24): 19704–19714.

4. Fan Li∗, Haolin Yang, Runjie Deng, Li Guo, Yue Ye, Yuxuan Wu, Kangwei Xu, Liqiao Jiang, Xiaohan Wang, OH-PLIF study on the mechanism regulating flame-wall interaction with catalytically active CeO₂ -ZrO₂ coatings, Combustion and Flame, 2023, 255: 112917.

5. Fan Li, Haolin Yang*, Yue Ye, Liqiao Jiang, Xiaojun Zeng, Daiqing Zhao, Xiaohan Wang*, One zirconia-based ceramic coating strategy of combustion stabilization for fuel-rich flames in a small-scale burner, Fuel, 2022, 30A, 122306.

6. Haolin Yang, Yong Wu*, Xiaojun Zeng, Xiaohan Wang, Daiqing Zhao*, Partially-premixed combustion characteristics and thermal performance of micro jet array burners with different nozzle spacings, Journal of Thermal Science, 2021, 30: 1718–1730.

7. Shoujun Ren, Haolin Yang, Xiaohan Wang. The oxygen-deficient combustion and its effect on the NOx emission in a localized stratified vortex-tube combustor. Energy, 2021, 235: 121365.

8. Fan Li, Haolin Yang*, Jianqiao Zhang, Cheng Gu, Jiepeng Huo, Liqiao Jiang, Xiaohan Wang, Daiqing Zhao*, OH-PLIF investigation of Y₂O₃-ZrO₂ coating improving flame stability in a narrow channel. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2021, 405: 126708.

9. Shoujun Ren, Haolin Yang, Liqiao Jiang, Daiqing Zhao, Xiaohan Wang. Injected vortex-tube combustor with high capacity of combustion stabilization for NOx reduction. Energy. 2020, 211: 118659.

10. Shoujun Ren, Haolin Yang*, Liqiao Jiang, Daiqing Zhao, Xiaohan Wang. Combustion modes and driving mechanisms of pressure fluctuation in a novel vortex-tube combustor with quasi-steady and stratified properties. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 2020, 117: 110134.

11. Fan Li, Haolin Yang*, Liqiao Jiang, Jiepeng Huo, Xiaohan Wang, Daiqing Zhao*, A skeletal n-butane mechanism with integrated simplification method. Journal of the Energy Institute, 2020, 93(4): 1559-1570.

12. Shoujun Ren, Haolin Yang*, Liqiao Jiang, Daiqing Zhao, Xiaohan Wang. Stabilization characteristics and mechanisms in a novel tubular flame burner with localized stratified property. Energy, 2020, 197: 117235.

13. Fan Li, Haolin Yang*, Jiepeng Huo, Xiaohan Wang, Liqiao Jiang, Xiaojun Zeng, Daiqing Zhao, Enhancing the flame stability in a slot burner using yttrium-doped zirconia coating. Fuel, 2020, 262(15): 116502.

14. Fan Li, Haolin Yang*, Jiepeng Huo, Xiaohan Wang, Liqiao Jiang, Xiaojun Zeng, Daiqing Zhao, Interactions between the flame and different coatings in a slit burner. Fuel, 2019, (253): 420–430.

15. Shoujun Ren, Haolin Yang*, Liqiao Jiang, Daiqing Zhao, Xiaohan Wang. Flow field and combustion characteristics in localized stratified swirling tubular flame Burner: Numerical Investigation. Combustion Science and Technology, 2020, 192(5): 915-932.

16. Shoujun Ren, Haolin Yang*, Liqiao Jiang, Daiqing Zhao, Xiaohan Wang. Numerical study on combustion characteristics of partially premixed tubular flame burner for DME. Combustion Science and Technology, 2019, 191: 435–452.

17. Jiepeng Huo, Haolin Yang, Liqiao Jiang, Xiaohan Wang, Daiqing Zhao*, Modeling study of the effect of surface reactions on methanol-air oxidation at low temperatures, Combustion and Flame, 2016, 164: 363–372.

18. Haolin Yang, Yaoxun Feng, Xiaohan Wang, Liqiao Jiang, Daiqing Zhao*, Naoki Hayashi, Hiroshi Yamashita, OH-PLIF investigation of wall effects on the flame quenching in a slit burner, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2013, 34(2): 3379–3386.

19. Haolin Yang*, Yaoxun Feng, Yunying Wu, Xiaohan Wang, Liqiao Jiang, Daiqing Zhao, Hiroshi Yamashita, A surface analysis-based investigation of the effect of wall materials on flame quenching, Combustion Science and Technology, 2011, 183(5): 444-458.

20. Haolin Yang*, S. Minaev, E. Geynce, H. Nakamura, K. Maruta, Filtration combustion of methane in high-porosity micro-fibrous media. Combustion Science and Technology, 2009, 181(4): 654–669.

· Efficient and low-pollution combustion of gaseous fuel

· Direct catalytic decomposition of nitrogen oxides

· Microscale combustion

1. National Basic Research Program of China, 2014CB239600, Scientific issues of micro-energy power systems, Jan. 2014 – Aug. 2018, 13.61 million yuan, Main participant.

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51336010, Fundamental study of combustion in microscale dynamic systems, Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2018, 3 million yuan, Main participant.

3. Guangdong Provincial Key Field R&D Program, China, 2020B1111360004, New technology and equipment integration and application demonstration for source control of nitrogen oxides in natural gas combustion, Jan. 2021–Dec. 2024, 5 million yuan, Main participant.

4. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51006109, Research on the interaction mechanism between flame and wall based on the analysis of wall physicochemical structure, Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2013, 0.3 million yuan, Project Director.