Dr Xiaobing Yu

Dr Xiaobing Yu
·Lecturer, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
·PhD (UNSW, 2021)

Dr Yu’s research lies at the intersection of metallurgical engineering, multiphase flow simulation and low-carbon ironmaking technologies. His work focuses on the development of physically consistent, industrial-scale numerical models to understand in-reactor flow–reaction–heat transfer mechanisms in high-temperature metallurgical systems. He studied metallurgy under the supervision of Prof. Zongshu Zou at NEU (2012–2017) for his Master's and PhD degrees (discontinued due to a change in circumstances) in Metallurgy, then joined the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW as a PhD candidate on a full scholarship in 2017.

Over the past decade, he has designed and developed a systematic modelling framework for blast furnace ironmaking, covering:

·Fluent-based steady and dynamic blast furnace models
·Raceway-scale and hearth-scale sub-models
·Heat and mass balance modelling
·Burden layer structure modelling
·Gas residence time analysis
·Central coke and nut coke charging strategies
·Carbon composite briquette charging
·Oxygen enrichment operation
·Hydrogen shaft injection modelling
·Transient-state blast furnace modelling
·Evaluation of geometric and operational parameters (e.g., shaft angle effects)

More recently, his research has extended to:
·Hydrogen-assisted ironmaking and in-furnace dynamic behaviours
·Gas residence time modelling under shaft hydrogen injection
·Raceway modelling of coal gasifiers
·CFD-based industrial-scale Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) modelling incorporating flow, thermal and chemical interactions

Dr Yu supervises PhD and Master’s students in metallurgical process modelling and decarbonisation technologies (6 PhD students and 5 Master's students, up to 2025). His broader research vision is to establish mechanistically grounded modelling tools that support the transition towards low-carbon smelting systems.

·Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sZYJdl8AAAAJ&hl=en
·PhD Thesis (Aug-2020): https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/entities/publication/7ebabed1-7c22-40e9-8aee-077d00555f57
·Email: xiaobing.yu@unsw.edu.au