2014年8月~2020年1月，清华大学能源与动力工程系，工学博士
2010年8月~2014年7月，清华大学热能工程系，工学学士
2012年8月~2014年7月，清华大学经济与管理学院，经济学学士(第二学位)

2020年4月~2023年10月，美国北卡罗来纳州立大学化学与生物分子工程系，博士后研究员
2023年11月~至今，bat365在线中国官网登录入口，长聘教轨副教授

1．复杂氧化物载氧体材料开发（如钙钛矿型等），应用于各类化学链过程，如固体燃料吸收增强气化制氢，空气分离制氧气，高效热化学储热等；
2．气固颗粒反应系统设计与优化（如循环流化床，鼓泡流化床，固定床等），应用于各类气固反应过程，如流化床燃烧及污染物控制，化学链气化、重整及分离，气固颗粒储热等；
3. 异相气固反应动力学及气固颗粒系统数值模拟（商业软件&自编软件），探究各类气固反应流过程。

***现与宁波东方理工大学谭忠超教授（加拿大院士）合作招收博士后，待遇从优，欢迎具有工程热物理、化工、材料等方向的博士联系。

***今年尚有硕士生名额，研究课题将为生物质气化制氢气和化学链制氧。欢迎有兴趣的同学邮件联系。

1. 《煤炭转化》期刊青年编委。
2. 担任 2022 年美国化学工程师（ AIChE）年会分会场共同主席: 流态化过程实验与数值模拟研究分会场。
3. 担任 2023 年美国化学工程师（ AIChE）年会分会场主席: 流态化过程实验与数值模拟研究分会场（因回国由同事代为主持）
4. 2022 年第五届循环流化床锅炉国际会议助理委员会成员兼分会场主席
5. 2023年-至今，Processes 期刊“Modeling and Optimization of Gas-Solid Reaction Vessels”客座编辑
6. 2022 年 9 月， Energies 期刊“洁净燃烧与能质储存转化发展现状及展望”专题研讨会邀请报告
7. 2020 年11月，第三届循环流化床锅炉国际会议青年论坛主席
8. Fuel Processing Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Advanced Powder Technology, Energies等期刊审稿人

2021~2025，美国能源部基金，Renewable Natural Gas from Carbonaceous Wastes via Phase Transition CO2/O2 Sorbent Enhanced Chemical Looping Gasification，主要参与；
2019~2022，美国能源部基金，Radically Engineering Modular Air Separation System with Tailored Oxygen Sorbents，主要参与；
2018~2022，RAPID Institute，Modular Conversion of Stranded Ethane to Liquid Fuels，主要参与；
2016~2020，国家重点研发计划，660MW高效超超临界循环流化床锅炉关键技术研究，主要参与
2017~2019, 韩国南部电力集团国际合作, 韩国三陟电厂改善炉内脱硫效率的模型研究，主要参与；
2017~2018，东锅横向，外置式换热器冷态试验及数值模拟，主要参与；
2017~2019，山西重大专项，第三代超低排放循环流化床锅炉技术开发及工程示范，主要参与；

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[21] 蔡润夏, 柯希玮, 葛荣存等．循环流化床超细石灰石炉内脱硫研究. 中国电机工程学报, 2018, 38(10): 3042-3048+3155．
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[4]. 柯希玮, 蔡润夏, 张海等. 一种降低锅炉烟气中NO排放的方法[P]. 北京：CN107570004A, 2018-01-12.
[5]. 柯希玮, 蔡润夏, 张海等. 一种减少烟气中NOx含量的催化剂金属受热面及其制备方法[P]. 北京：CN107398283A, 2017-11-28.
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