Dr Zhiwei Sun

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2023 - ongoing	Senior Lecturer	The University of Adelaide
  2012 - 2022	Senior Researcher	The University of Adelaide

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2023	Award	Measurement Achievement Encouragement Award (formerly the NMI prize)	National Measurement Institute	Australia	-
  2020	Award	Centre’s Best contribution to Research Quality in Optical Diagnostics	Centre for Energy Techonology, The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2018	Fellowship	Endeavour Research Fellowship	Department of Education	Australia	-
  2014	Fellowship	David Warren Travelling Fellowship,	Australia-New Zealand section, the Combustion Institute	Australia	-

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  Chinese (Mandarin)	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2007 - 2012	Div. of Combustion Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University	Sweden	PhD
  1999 - 2006	Department of Physics, Jilin University	China	B.S & M.S.

• Research Interests

  Chemical Thermodynamics and Energetics Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics Fluids & Plasmas Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering Optics Powder and Particle Technology Renewable Power Hydrogen production from fossil fuels Hydrogen production from renewable energy Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2024	Algoraini, S., Zhao, W., Sun, Z., Dally, B. B., & Alwahabi, Z. T. (2024). Effect of gas additives on soot formation in flat laminar premixed ethylene/air flames under low pressure. Fuel, 360, 8 pages. DOI Scopus2
  2024	Han, S., Sun, Z., Tian, Z. F., Chinnici, A., Lau, T., Troiano, M., . . . Nathan, G. J. (2024). Experimental study of a dense stream of particles impacting on an inclined surface. Powder Technology, 438, 119658-1-119658-16. DOI Scopus1
  2024	Zhang, X., Zhang, Z., Chinnici, A., Sun, Z., Shi, J. Q., Nathan, G. J., & Chin, R. C. (2024). Physics-informed data-driven unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes turbulence modeling for particle-laden jet flows. Physics of Fluids, 36(5), 23 pages. DOI
  2024	Liu, S., Wang, H., Sun, Z., Foo, K. K., Nathan, G. J., Dong, X., . . . Fan, J. (2024). Reconstructing soot fields in acoustically forced laminar sooting flames using physics-informed machine learning models. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40(1-4), 105314-1-105314-7. DOI
  2024	Nie, X., Zhang, W., Dong, X., Medwell, P. R., Nathan, G. J., & Sun, Z. (2024). Reconstructing temperature fields from OH distribution and soot volume fraction in turbulent flames using an artificial neural network. Combustion and Flame, 259, 113182-1-113182-12. DOI Scopus4
  2023	Nathan, G. J., Saw, W., Ingenhoven, P., Lee, L., Tian, Z., Sun, Z., . . . Ashman, P. (2023). The Role of Hydrogen in Net-Zero, High Temperature Industrial Processes.
  2023	Zhang, W., Dong, X., Sun, Z., & Xu, S. (2023). An unsupervised deep learning model for dense velocity field reconstruction in particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements. Physics of Fluids, 35(7), 17 pages. DOI Scopus7 WoS1
  2023	Han, L., Gao, Q., Zhang, D., Feng, Z., Sun, Z., Li, B., & Li, Z. (2023). Deep Neural Network-Based Generation of Planar CH Distribution through Flame Chemiluminescence in Premixed Turbulent Flame. Energy and AI, 12, 9 pages. DOI Scopus4 WoS1
  2023	Zhang, W., Nie, X., Dong, X., & Sun, Z. (2023). Pyramidal deep-learning network for dense velocity field reconstruction in particle image velocimetry. Experiments in Fluids, 64(1), 19 pages. DOI Scopus6
  2023	Algoraini, S., Sun, Z., Dally, B. B., & Alwahabi, Z. T. (2023). Low-pressure ethylene/air laminar premixed flames: characterisations and soot diagnostics. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 129(2), 15 pages. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2023	‘Gus’ Nathan, G. J., Lee, L., Ingenhoven, P., Tian, Z., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., . . . Saw, W. (2023). Pathways to the use of concentrated solar heat for high temperature industrial processes. Solar Compass, 5, 100036. DOI
  2023	Rowhani, A., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P. R., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2023). Soot structure and flow characteristics in turbulent non-premixed methane flames stabilised on a bluff-body. Fuel, 344, 128118-1-128118-10. DOI Scopus1
  2023	Zhang, H., Dong, X., & Sun, Z. (2023). Object Detection through Fires Using Violet Illumination Coupled with Deep Learning. Fire, 6(6), 222. DOI Scopus3
  2022	Lewis, E. W., Lau, T. C. W., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). The effect of particle size and volumetric loading on the gas temperature distributions in a particle-laden flow heated with high-flux radiation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 182, 122041-1-122041-13. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2022	Wang, S., Wang, Z., Chen, C., Elbaz, A. M., Sun, Z., & Roberts, W. L. (2022). Applying heat flux method to laminar burning velocity measurements of NH<inf>3</inf>/CH<inf>4</inf>/air at elevated pressures and kinetic modeling study. Combustion and Flame, 236, 16 pages. DOI Scopus77 WoS29
  2022	Sun, Z., & Alwahabi, Z. (2022). Beam-crossing configuration to control plasma position, improve spatial resolution, and enhance emissions in single-pulse, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in gases. Applied Optics, 61(2), 316-323. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
  2022	Tang, Y., Sun, Z., Tian, Z., Chinnici, A., Lau, T., Saw, W., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). Direct measurements and prediction of the particle egress from a vortex-based solar cavity receiver with an open aperture. Solar Energy, 235, 105-117. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2022	Guo, H., Zhang, W., Nie, X., Dong, X., Sun, Z., Zhou, B., . . . Richter, M. (2022). High-speed planar imaging of OH radicals in turbulent flames assisted by deep learning. APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS, 128(3), 1-13. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
  2022	Lewis, E. W., Lau, T. C. W., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). The effect of instantaneous particle distributions on the gas-phase temperature in an unsteady particle-laden jet heated with high-flux radiation. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 153, 104106-1-104106-17. DOI
  2022	Han, S., Sun, Z., de Jacobi du Vallon, C., Collins, T., Boot-Handford, M., Sceats, M. G., . . . Nathan, G. J. (2022). In-situ imaging of particle size distribution in an industrial-scale calcination reactor using micro-focusing particle shadowgraphy. Powder Technology, 404, 1-12. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
  2022	Tang, Y., Sun, Z., Tian, Z., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigation on the geometric parameters of an open-to-atmosphere vortex-based solar particle receiver. Solar Energy, 243, 315-326. DOI
  2022	Rowhani, A., Sun, Z., Medwell, P. R., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2022). Relationships between Soot and the Local Instantaneous Strain Rate in Turbulent Non-Premixed Bluff-Body Flames. Energy &amp; Fuels, 36(19), 12181-12191. DOI Scopus2
  2022	Rowhani, A., Sun, Z. W., Medwell, P. R., Alwahabi, Z. T., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2022). Effects of the bluff-body diameter on the flow-field characteristics of non-premixed turbulent highly-sooting flames. Combustion Science and Technology, 194(2), 378-396. DOI Scopus8 WoS9
  2021	He, Y., Liu, S., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Sun, Z., Xia, J., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Dynamic zinc and potassium release from a burning hyperaccumulator pellet and their interactions with inhibitive additives. Fuel, 286, 119365. DOI Scopus12 WoS6
  2021	Rowhani, A., Sun, Z., Medwell, P. R., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2021). Soot-flowfield interactions in turbulent non-premixed bluff-body flames of ethylene/nitrogen. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 1125-1132. DOI Scopus7 WoS5
  2021	Kruse, S., Medwell, P., Davidovic, M., Sun, Z., Ye, J., Pitsch, H., & Dally, B. (2021). The effect of fuel composition and Reynolds number on soot formation processes in turbulent non-premixed toluene jet flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 1395-1402. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
  2021	Sun, Z., Dally, B., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2021). Statistical relationship between soot volume fraction, temperature, primary particle diameter and OH radicals along transects normal to the local reaction zone in a turbulent flame. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 1497-1505. DOI Scopus4 WoS1
  2021	Zhang, W., Dong, X., Liu, C., Nathan, G. J., Dally, B. B., Rowhani, A., & Sun, Z. (2021). Generating planar distributions of soot particles from luminosity images in turbulent flames using deep learning. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 127(2), 1-13. DOI Scopus9 WoS6
  2021	Han, S., Sun, Z., Tian, Z. F., Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2021). Particle velocity measurement within a free-falling particle curtain using microscopic shadow velocimetry. Optics Express, 29(7), 10923-10938. DOI Scopus8 WoS7
  2021	Lewis, E. W., Lau, T. C. W., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Nathan, G. J. (2021). Insights from a new method providing single-shot, planar measurement of gas-phase temperature in particle-laden flows under high-flux radiation. Experiments in Fluids, 62(4), 80-1-80-17. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
  2021	Bi, X., Sun, Z., Lau, T., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. J. G. (2021). Simultaneous imaging of two-phase velocities in particle-laden flows by two-color optical phase discrimination. Optics Letters, 46(16/15), 3861-3864. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
  2021	Wang, Q., Li, Z., Sun, Z., Liu, H., Cai, W., & Yao, M. (2021). Simultaneous soot multi-parameter fields predictions in laminar sooting flames from neural network-based flame luminosity measurement I: methodology. Optics Letters, 46(16), 3869-3872. DOI Scopus11 WoS6
  2021	Zhang, W., Dong, X., Sun, Z., Zhou, B., Wang, Z., & Richter, M. (2021). 100 kHz CH2O imaging realized by lower speed planar laser-induced fluorescence and deep learning. Optics Express, 29(19), 30857-30877. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
  2020	Qi, S., Sun, Z., Wang, Z., Liu, Y., He, Y., Liu, S., . . . Costa, M. (2020). Effects of gas preheat temperature on soot formation in co-flow methane and ethylene diffusion flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 1225-1232. DOI Scopus19 WoS11
  2020	Zhao, W., Sun, Z., & Alwahabi, Z. T. (2020). Emissivity and absorption function measurements of Al₂O₃ and SiC particles at elevated temperature for the utilization in concentrated solar receivers. Solar Energy, 207, 183-191. DOI Scopus23 WoS14
  2020	Zhao, W., Sun, Z., & Alwahabi, Z. T. (2020). Contactless thermal diagnostics of acoustically levitated biomass under uniform high flux radiation. Energy and Fuels, 34(1), 530-534. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2020	Lewis, E., Lau, T. C., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2020). Luminescence interference to two‑colour toluene laser‑induced fluorescence thermometry in a particle‑laden flow. Experiments in Fluids, 61(4), 101-1-101-16. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
  2020	Wang, S., Wang, Z., He, Y., Han, X., Sun, Z., Zhu, Y., & Costa, M. (2020). Laminar burning velocities of CH4/O2/N2 and oxygen-enriched CH4/O2/CO2 flames at elevated pressures measured using the heat flux method. Fuel, 259, 11 pages. DOI Scopus53 WoS38
  2020	Sun, Z., Dally, B., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2020). The effect of oxygen concentration in the co-flow of laminar ethylene diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame, 211, 96-111. DOI Scopus53 WoS27
  2020	Zhao, W., Howie, J. M., Sun, Z., Kwong, C. W., & Alwahabi, Z. T. (2020). Development and characterization of a grape Marc Hydrochar slurry fuel. Energy & Fuels, 34(44), 14215-14222. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2019	Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2019). Simultaneously calibrated two-line atomic fluorescence for high-precision temperature imaging in sooting flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(2), 1417-1425. DOI Scopus17 WoS9
  2019	Kruse, S., Ye, J., Sun, Z., Attili, A., Dally, B., Medwell, P., & Pitsch, H. (2019). Experimental investigation of soot evolution in a turbulent non-premixed prevaporized toluene flame. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(1), 849-857. DOI Scopus19 WoS16
  2019	Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., Ye, J., Chan, Q. N., & Dally, B. B. (2019). Downstream evolution of n-heptane/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. Combustion and Flame, 202, 78-89. DOI Scopus17 WoS15
  2019	Foo, K. K., Evans, M. J., Sun, Z., Medwell, P. R., Alwahabi, Z. T., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2019). Calculated concentration distributions and time histories of key species in an acoustically forced laminar flame. Combustion and Flame, 204, 189-203. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
  2019	Han, X., Wang, Z., Costa, M., Sun, Z., He, Y., & Cen, K. (2019). Experimental and kinetic modeling study of laminar burning velocities of NH₃/air, NH₃/H₂/air, NH₃/CO/air and NH₃/CH₄/air premixed flames. Combustion and Flame, 206, 214-226. DOI Scopus484 WoS229
  2018	Foo, K. K., Sun, Z., Medwell, P. R., Alwahabi, Z. T., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2018). Soot evolution and flame response to acoustic forcing of laminar non-premixed jet flames at varying amplitudes. Combustion and Flame, 198, 249-259. DOI Scopus19 WoS13
  2018	Mahmoud, S., Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., & Dally, B. (2018). The effect of exit Reynolds number on soot volume fraction in turbulent non-premixed jet flames. Combustion and Flame, 187, 42-51. DOI Scopus33 WoS27
  2018	Foo, K., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Influence of nozzle diameter on soot evolution in acoustically forced laminar non-premixed flames. Combustion and Flame, 194, 376-386. DOI Scopus31 WoS21
  2017	Mahmoud, S., Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., & Dally, B. (2017). The effect of exit strain rate on soot volume fraction in turbulent non-premixed jet flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36(1), 889-897. DOI Scopus48 WoS37
  2017	Jocher, A., Foo, K. K., Sun, Z., Dally, B., Pitsch, H., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2017). Impact of acoustic forcing on soot evolution and temperature in ethylene-air flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36(1), 781-788. DOI Scopus31 WoS22
  2017	Sun, Z., Dally, B., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2017). Effects of hydrogen and nitrogen on soot volume fraction, primary particle diameter and temperature in laminar ethylene/air diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame, 175, 270-282. DOI Scopus86 WoS62
  2017	Gu, D., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., Dong, X., Dally, B., Medwell, P., & Alwahabi, Z. (2017). Optical thermometry for high temperature multiphase environments under high-flux irradiation. Solar Energy, 146, 191-198. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2017	Gu, D., Sun, Z., Dally, B., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2017). Simultaneous measurements of gas temperature, soot volume fraction and primary particle diameter in a sooting lifted turbulent ethylene/air non-premixed flame. Combustion and Flame, 179, 33-50. DOI Scopus55 WoS39
  2017	Iqbal, A., Sun, Z., Wall, M., & Alwahabi, Z. (2017). Sensitive elemental detection using microwave-assisted laser-induced breakdown imaging. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 136, 16-22. DOI Scopus19 WoS15
  2017	Foo, K., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2017). Experimental investigation of acoustic forcing on temperature, soot volume fraction and primary particle diameter in non-premixed laminar flames. Combustion and Flame, 181, 270-282. DOI Scopus40 WoS29
  2016	Dong, X., Nathan, G., Sun, Z., Ashman, P., & Gu, D. (2016). Secondary concentrators to achieve high flux radiation with metal halide solar simulators. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 138(4), 041001-1-041001-10. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
  2016	Dong, X., Sun, Z., Gu, D., Ashman, P., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2016). The influence of high flux broadband irradiation on soot concentration and temperature of a sooty flame. Combustion and Flame, 171, 103-111. DOI Scopus12 WoS7
  2016	Gu, D., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2016). Improvement of precision and accuracy of temperature imaging in sooting flames using two-line atomic fluorescence (TLAF). Combustion and Flame, 167, 481-493. DOI Scopus30 WoS22
  2016	Wall, M., Sun, Z., & Alwahabi, Z. (2016). Quantitative detection of metallic traces in water-based liquids by microwave-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Optics Express, 24(2), 1507-1517. DOI Scopus37 WoS32 Europe PMC3
  2016	Viljanen, J., Sun, Z., & Alwahabi, Z. T. (2016). Microwave assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy at ambient conditions. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 118, 29-36. DOI Scopus65 WoS54
  2015	Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., Gu, D., Mahmoud, S., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2015). Planar laser-induced incandescence of turbulent sooting flames: the influence of beam steering and signal trapping. Applied Physics B, 119(4), 731-743. DOI Scopus31 WoS26
  2015	Dong, X., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., Ashman, P., & Gu, D. (2015). Time-resolved spectra of solar simulators employing metal halide and xenon arc lamps. Solar Energy, 115, 613-620. DOI Scopus54 WoS44
  2015	Dong, X., Nathan, G., Sun, Z., Gu, D., & Ashman, P. (2015). Concentric multilayer model of the arc in high intensity discharge lamps for solar simulators with experimental validation. Solar Energy, 122, 293-306. DOI Scopus35 WoS29
  2015	Sun, Z., Zetterberg, J., Alwahabi, Z., Aldén, M., & Li, Z. (2015). Single-shot, planar infrared imaging in flames using polarization spectroscopy. Optics Express, 23(23), 30414-30420. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
  2015	Sun, Z., Gu, D., Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2015). Single-shot, Time-Resolved planar Laser-Induced Incandescence (TiRe-LII) for soot primary particle sizing in flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35(3), 3673-3680. DOI Scopus49 WoS40
  2015	Gu, D., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2015). Mechanism for laser-induced fluorescence signal generation in a nanoparticle-seeded flow for planar flame thermometry. Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, 118(2), 209-218. DOI Scopus20 WoS16
  2014	Zhu, J., Sun, Z., Li, Z., Ehn, A., Alden, M., Salewski, M., . . . Kusano, Y. (2014). Dynamics, OH distributions and UV emission of a gliding arc at various flow-rates investigated by optical measurements. Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, 47(29), 295203-1-295203-11. DOI Scopus98 WoS81
  2013	Li, B., Sun, Z., Li, Z., Alden, M., Jakobsen, J., Hansen, S., & Glarborg, P. (2013). Post-flame gas-phase sulfation of potassium chloride. Combustion and Flame, 160(5), 959-969. DOI Scopus77 WoS66
  2013	Kusano, Y., Sorensen, B., Andersen, T., Toftegaard, H., Leipold, F., Salewski, M., . . . Alden, M. (2013). Water-cooled non-thermal gliding arc for adhesion improvement of glass-fibre-reinforced polyester. Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, 46(13), 135203-1-135203-7. DOI Scopus47 WoS34
  2013	Sun, Z., Zhu, J., Li, Z., Aldén, M., Leipold, F., Salewski, M., & Kusano, Y. (2013). Optical diagnostics of a gliding arc. Optics Express, 21(5), 6028-6044. DOI Scopus78 WoS71 Europe PMC3
  2012	Shen, X., Gao, X., Li, Z., Li, B., Zheng, C., Sun, Z., . . . Aldén, M. (2012). PLIF diagnostics of NO oxidization and OH consumption in pulsed corona discharge. Fuel, 102, 729-736. DOI Scopus12 WoS7
  2012	Zetterberg, J., Blomberg, S., Gustafson, J., Sun, Z., Li, Z., Lundgren, E., & Aldén, M. (2012). An in situ set up for the detection of CO₂ from catalytic CO oxidation by using planar laser-induced fluorescence. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(5), 053104-1-053104-5. DOI Scopus35 WoS35 Europe PMC8
  2012	Wang, Z., Yang, L., Li, B., Li, Z., Sun, Z., Aldén, M., . . . Konnov, A. (2012). Investigation of combustion enhancement by ozone additive in CH₄/air flames using direct laminar burning velocity measurements and kinetic simulations. Combustion and Flame, 159(1), 120-129. DOI Scopus136 WoS83
  2012	Sun, Z., Tong, L., Liu, D., Shi, J., & Yang, H. (2012). Preparation and properties of multifunctional Fe<inf>3</inf>O<inf>4</inf> @YVO<inf>4</inf>:Eu<sup>3+</sup> or Dy<sup>3+</sup> core-shell nanocomposites as drug carriers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(13), 6280-6284. DOI Scopus20 WoS17
  2011	Sun, Z., Liu, D., Tong, L., Shi, J., Yang, X., Yu, L., . . . Yang, H. (2011). Synthesis and properties of magnetic and luminescent Fe<inf>3</inf>O <inf>4</inf>/SiO<inf>2</inf>/YVO<inf>4</inf>:Eu<sup>3+</sup> nanocomposites. Solid State Sciences, 13(2), 361-365. DOI Scopus26 WoS25
  2011	Sun, Z., Försth, M., Li, Z., Li, B., & Aldén, M. (2011). Mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy: a tool for in situ measurements of toxic gases in smoke-laden environments. Fire and Materials, 35(8), 527-537. DOI Scopus16 WoS12
  2011	Sun, Z., Li, Z., Li, B., & Aldén, M. (2011). Flame temperature diagnostics with water lines using mid-infrared degenerate four-wave mixing. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 42(10), 1828-1835. DOI Scopus20 WoS16
  2011	Sun, Z., Li, Z., Konnov, A., & Aldén, M. (2011). Quantitative HCN measurements in CH4/N2O/O2/N2 flames using mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy. Combustion and Flame, 158(10), 1898-1904. DOI Scopus20 WoS16
  2011	Yu, X., Sun, Z., Xu, H., Zhang, J., Jiang, Z., Svanberg, S., & Dai, Z. (2011). Radiative lifetimes, branching fractions and oscillator strengths of some odd-parity levels in Ru i. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(21), 5 pages. DOI Scopus1
  2011	Johansson, O., Bood, J., Li, B., Ehn, A., Li, Z., Sun, Z., . . . Aldén, M. (2011). Photofragmentation laser-induced fluorescence imaging in premixed flames. Combustion and Flame, 158(10), 1908-1919. DOI Scopus31 WoS23
  2010	Wang, Z. H., Li, B., Ehn, A., Sun, Z. W., Li, Z. S., Bood, J., . . . Cen, K. F. (2010). Investigation of flue-gas treatment with O<inf>3</inf> injection using NO and NO<inf>2</inf> planar laser-induced fluorescence. Fuel, 89(9), 2346-2352. DOI Scopus42 WoS28
  2010	Yan, B., Li, B., Baudoin, E., Liu, C., Sun, Z. W., Li, Z. S., . . . Mansour, M. S. (2010). Structures and stabilization of low calorific value gas turbulent partially premixed flames in a conical burner. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 34(3), 412-419. DOI Scopus34 WoS26
  2010	Li, Z. S., Li, B., Sun, Z. W., Bai, X. S., & Aldén, M. (2010). Turbulence and combustion interaction: High resolution local flame front structure visualization using simultaneous single-shot PLIF imaging of CH, OH, and CH<inf>2</inf>O in a piloted premixed jet flame. Combustion and Flame, 157(6), 1087-1096. DOI Scopus187 WoS131
  2010	Sun, Z. W., Dam, N. J., Li, Z. S., & Aldén, M. (2010). NCN detection in atmospheric flames. Combustion and Flame, 157(4), 834-836. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
  2010	Sun, Z. W., Li, Z. S., Li, B., Aldén, M., & Ewart, P. (2010). Detection of C<inf>2</inf>H<inf>2</inf> and HCl using mid-infrared degenerate four-wave mixing with stable beam alignment: Towards practical in situ sensing of trace molecular species. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 98(2-3), 593-600. DOI Scopus34 WoS30
  2010	Sun, Z., Li, Z., Alwahabi, Z., & Alden, M. (2010). Quantitative C2H2 measurements in sooty flames using mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy. Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, 101(1-2), 1-10. DOI Scopus25 WoS21
  2009	Tian, K., Li, Z. S., Staude, S., Li, B., Sun, Z. W., Lantz, A., . . . Atakan, B. (2009). Influence of ferrocene addition to a laminar premixed propene flame: Laser diagnostics, mass spectrometry and numerical simulations. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32 I(1), 445-452. DOI Scopus28 WoS25
  2009	Li, B., Baudoin, E., Yu, R., Sun, Z. W., Li, Z. S., Bai, X. S., . . . Mansour, M. S. (2009). Experimental and numerical study of a conical turbulent partially premixed flame. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32 II(2), 1811-1818. DOI Scopus42 WoS33
  2008	Li, Z. S., Sun, Z. W., Li, B., Aldén, M., & Försth, M. (2008). Spatially resolved trace detection of HCl in flames with mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy. Optics Letters, 33(16), 1836-1838. DOI Scopus28 WoS22 Europe PMC7
  2008	Sun, Z. W., Kiefer, J., Li, Z. S., Li, B., & Aldén, M. (2008). Four-wave mixing with non-resonant pump and resonant probe for OH detection in flames. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 92(2), 287-293. DOI Scopus8 WoS7
  2007	Yang, H., Dai, Z., & Sun, Z. (2007). Upconversion luminescence and kinetics in Er<sup>3+</sup>:YAlO<inf>3</inf> under 652.2 nm excitation. Journal of Luminescence, 124(2), 207-212. DOI Scopus86 WoS85
  2006	Xu, H. L., Sun, Z. W., Dai, Z. W., Jiang, Z. K., Palmeri, P., Quinet, P., & Biémont, E. (2006). Radiative lifetimes, branching fractions and oscillator strengths in Pd i and the solar palladium abundance. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 452(1), 357-362. DOI Scopus25 WoS24
  2006	Yang, H. G., Dai, Z. W., & Sun, Z. W. (2006). Ultraviolet and visible upconversion dynamics in Er<sup>3+</sup>:YAlO <inf>3</inf> under <sup>2</sup>H<inf>11/2</inf> excitation. Chinese Physics, 15(6), 1273-1277. DOI Scopus14 WoS12
  2005	Yin, J. H., Li, Z. W., Tian, Y. J., Sun, Z. W., & Song, X. L. (2005). A study on Raman scattering cross section of carbon tetrachloride at low concentrations. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 80(4-5), 573-576. DOI Scopus8 WoS8

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2023	Ang, D., Tang, Y., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z. F., Saw, W. L., Lau, T., . . . Nathan, G. J. (2023). Thermal performance analysis of a scaled-up suspension flow receiver for generation of industrial process heat: A computational study. In THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BATTERY FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES (ICB-REV) 2022 Vol. 2815 (pp. 100001). Online: AIP Publishing. DOI
  2023	Bi, X., Lewis, E., Nathan, G., & Sun, Z. (2023). Particle residence time measurements in a flash reactor. In Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium : Towards Clean Combustion and Decarbonisation, 2023 (pp. 126-129). Online: Charles Darwin University.
  2022	Zhang, X., Zhang, Z., Chinnici, A., Sun, Z., Shi, J., Nathan, G., & Chin, R. (2022). Physics-informed data-driven RANS turbulence modelling for single-phase and particle-laden jet flows. In Proceedings of the 23nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. Sydney.
  2022	Bi, X., Lau, T., Sun, Z., & Nathan, G. (2022). Experimental study of densely-seeded gravity-driven particle-laden flow. In Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-8). Sydney: the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
  2020	Bi, X., Sun, Z., Lau, T., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2020). Simultaneous planar measurements of gas and particle velocities in particle-laden flows: proof-of-concept. In H. Chanson, & R. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC2020) (pp. 1-4). Brisbane, Australia-Online: The University of Queensland. DOI Scopus1
  2019	Rowhani, A., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). Effect of bluff-body diameter on the flow field and residence time of turbulent ethylene/nitrogen flames. In 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019 (pp. 1-5). online: The Combstion Institute. Scopus2
  2019	Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2019). On the use of planar laser-induced fluorescence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an ethylene/air laminar co-flow diffusion flame. In 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019.
  2019	Evans, M. J., Ye, J., Kruse, S., Medwell, P. R., Sun, Z., Dally, B. B., & Pitsch, H. (2019). Measurements of oxygenated C8/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. In 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019.
  2019	Lewis, E., Lau, T., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2019). Interference modes in laser induced fluorescence thermometry applied to particle-laden flows. In Proceedings of the 9th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics (ACLD) (pp. 51-54). Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide.
  2018	Lewis, E., Lau, T., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2018). Gas-phase temperature measurement of particle-laden jets. In Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (AHMTC11) (pp. 1-6). Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
  2018	Lewis, E., Lau, T., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2018). Effect of particle loading on interference in planar laser induced fluorescence thermometry. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). The University of Adelaide: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
  2017	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Sun, Z., & Dally, B. (2017). Temperature imaging of gaseous n-heptane flames in hot vitiated coflows. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion Vol. 2017-December. online: The Combustion Institute.
  2017	Mahmoud, S., Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., & Dally, B. (2017). The Influence of Reynolds Number on Soot Concentration in Turbulent Non-premixed Jet Flames. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017 Vol. 2017-December (pp. 1-4). online: The Combustion Institute.
  2017	Foo, K., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2017). Characteristics of an acoustically forced non-premixed jet flame. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017 Vol. 2017-December. online: The Combustion Institute.
  2017	Ye, J., Kruse, S., Medwell, P., Sun, Z., Dally, B., & Pitsch, H. (2017). Effects of Di-n-butyl ether addition to turbulent toluene sooting flames. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017 Vol. 2017-December (pp. 1-4). online: The Combustion Institute.
  2017	Sun, Z., Dally, B., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2017). Characteristics of oxygen-enriched laminar ethylene diffusion sooting flames. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017 Vol. 2017-December (pp. 1-4). online: The Combustion Institute.
  2015	Alwahabi, Z., Sun, Z., & Wall, M. (2015). Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Detection of High and Low Concentrations. In Proceedings of 7th Australian conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 9-14). Online: Monash University.
  2015	Sun, Z., Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2015). Numerical assessments of measuring soot aggregates sizes using elastic scattering at two laser wavelengths and one collection angle. In Proceedings of 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustionb (pp. 61-64). Online: Monash.
  2015	Algoraini, S., Sun, Z., & Alwahabi, Z. (2015). Laser-Induced Incandescence of Laminar Premixed C2H4-Air flames at Well-Controlled Pressure. In Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 65-68). Online: Monash University.
  2015	Dong, X., Sun, Z., Gu, D., Nathan, G., Ashman, P., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2015). The influence of high flux broadband radiation on soot concentration and temperature in a sooty flame. In Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 348-351). Online: The Combustion Institute.
  2015	Mahmoud, S., Sun, Z., Dally, B., Alwahabie, Z., Medwell, P., & Nathan, G. (2015). The effect of exit strain rate on soot volume fraction in turbulent non-premixed jet flames. In Y. Yang, & N. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 356-359). Online: The Combustion Institute. DOI
  2015	Dong, X., Nathan, G., Sun, Z., Gu, D., Ashman, P., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2015). Influence of simulated solar radiation on the soot volume fraction in laminar sooty flames. In ASPACC 2015 - 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (pp. 6 pages). online: The Combustion Institute.
  2015	Sun, Z., Mahmoud, S., Dally, B., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2015). Soot volume fraction and temperature measurements in laminar C2H4/air diffusion flames with H2 and N2 blended at atmospheric pressure. In ASPACC 2015 - 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (pp. 1-6). online: The Combustion Institute.
  2015	Gu, D., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., Dong, X., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., & Medwell, P. (2015). Application of two-line atomic fluorescence to sooting flames under irradiation from a high-flux solar simulator. In ASPACC 2015 - 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (pp. 6 pages). online: The Combustion Institute. Scopus1
  2014	Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., Medwell, P., Arjomandi, M., Sun, Z., . . . Van Eyk, P. (2014). Optics and photonics in solar thermal energy technologies. In Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications, E2 2014 Vol. 33 (pp. 1-3). Online: Optical Society of America (OSA). DOI
  2014	Alwahabi, Z., Nathan, G., Dally, B., Medwell, P., & Sun, Z. (2014). Optics & photonics for combustion diagnostic studies. In Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications, E2 2014. Canberra, Australia: Optical Society of America (OSA).
  2014	Sun, Z., Gu, D., Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2014). Optical methods for instantaneous and planar measurements of soot sizes in flames. In Proceedings of the Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications (OIEEA 2014): Optics and Photonics for Energy & the Environment (E2), as published in Proceedings Light, Energy and the Environment Vol. 96 (pp. 1-3). Canberra, Australia: Optical Society of America (OSA). DOI
  2014	Alwahabi, Z. T., Nathan, G. J., Dally, B. B., Medwell, P. R., & Sun, Z. (2014). Optics & photonics for combustion diagnostic studies. In Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications, E2 2014 (pp. EW4A.1). OSA. DOI
  2013	Dong, X., Ashman, P., Nathan, G., & Sun, Z. (2013). Optical design of a high flux solar simulator configurable to achieve either a line or a point focus. In Proceedings of Chemeca 2013 (pp. 1-7). Barton, ACT: Engineers Australia.
  2013	Sun, Z., Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2013). Single-shot, time-resolved planar laser-induced incandescence (TR-LII) for soot particle sizing - part II: in a turbulent flame. In Proceedings of the Australian combustion Symposium 2013 (pp. 100-103). Online: The Combustion Institute.
  2013	Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2013). Single-shot, time-resolved planar laser-induced incandescence (TR-LII) for soot particle sizing - part I: in a laminar flame. In Proceedings of the Australian combustion Symposium 2013 (pp. 95-99). Western Australia: The Combustion Institute.
  2013	Gu, D., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2013). Spectral Assessment of Interferences to Two-line Atomic Fluorescence (TLAF) in Turbulent Sooty Flames. In M. Zhu, Y. Ma, Y. Yu, H. Vuthaluru, Z. Zhang, & D. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 263-266). Australia: The Combustion Institute Australian & New Zealand Section.
  2013	Hurtig, T., Elfsberg, M., Li, Z., Sun, Z., Ehn, A., & Larfeldt, J. (2013). Experiments on plasma assisted combustion using a dielectric barrier surface discharge. In Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI
  2011	Sun, Z., Försth, M., Li, Z., Li, B., & Aldén, M. (2011). In situ measurements of HCN in a tube furnace with infrared polarization spectroscopy. In Fire Safety Science Vol. 10 (pp. 279-291). International Association for Fire Safety Science. DOI Scopus5
  2008	Li, Z. S., Sun, Z. W., Li, B., Aldén, M., & Försth, M. (2008). Detection of HCl in a premixed H<inf>2</inf>/O<inf>2</inf>/Ar flame seeded with CHCl<inf>3</inf> using mid-IR polarization spectroscopy. In X. Q. Zhang, & X. Liu (Eds.), Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (pp. 222-226). Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA: WORLD PUBLISHING CORPORATION. WoS4
  2008	Li, Z. S., Sun, Z. W., Li, B., Aldén, M., & Försth, M. (2008). Detection of HCl in a premixed H<inf>2</inf>/O<inf>2</inf>/Ar flame seeded with CHCl<inf>3</inf> using mid-IR polarization spectroscopy. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers Vol. 36 (pp. LWC3). OSA. DOI
  2005	Sun, Z. W., Qiu, Y. H., Shi, Y. J., Tao, R., Chen, J., Ge, Y., . . . Zhang, X. G. (2005). Time courses of B7 family molecules expressed on activated T-cells and their biological significance. In CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY Vol. 236 (pp. 146-153). Adelaide, AUSTRALIA: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. DOI WoS24 Europe PMC20

Combustion technology & High-temperature processing

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024	Co-Supervisor	Investigation of particle size and flow parameters in turbulent particle-laden flows	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Mit Piyush Bakhai
  2024	Principal Supervisor	Long-term thermal energy storage system using packed beds	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Shohreh Nasri
  2019	Co-Supervisor	Heat and Mass Transport in Particle-Laden Flows Under Conditions of Solar Receiver	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Xiaopeng Bi

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2019 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Optical diagnostics of soot formation in low pressure laminar premixed flames	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Safa Mohammed M Algoraini
  2019 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	Experimental and Numerical Study of Free-falling Particle-laden Flows Relevant to Solar Particle Receivers	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Shipu Han

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2017 - ongoing	Member	International Workshop on the measurement and computation of reacting flows with carbon nanoparticles	ISF workshop	Australia

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2024 - ongoing	Member	Global Hydrogen Production Technologies (HyPT) Center	United States

• Position: Senior Lecturer
• Phone: 83132310
• Email: zhiwei.sun@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Engineering South, floor Third Floor
• Room: S324
• Org Unit: Mechanical Engineering