Hengbing ZHAO
ITS-Davis, University of California – Davis
One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA
Tel.: (530) 754-9000
Fax: (530) 752-9812
Email: hbzhao@ucdavis.edu
Ph.D., 1999, Zhejiang University
Dr. Zhao’s research has involved many aspects of design, analysis, and testing of uninterruptible power sources, distributed power generation systems, fuel cell systems, fuel cell vehicles, electric and hybrid vehicles. He was a key contributor on developing battery-powered electric vehicles and distributed power generation systems while working at Myway Labs in Yokohama Japan. Since 2002, he has worked on fuel cell systems for automotive applications as a Research Associate at the IFCI-NRC in Vancouver Canada. Dr. Zhao joined the ITS-Davis in 2007. His recent research includes fuel cell systems, fuel cell vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and applications of batteries and ultracapacitors for electric vehicles.
Selected Publications:
1. Hengbing Zhao and Andrew F. Burke, “Fuel cell powered vehicles using Supercapacitors - Device characteristics, control strategies, and simulation results”, Journal of Fuel Cells, Volume 10, issue 5, 20102. Andrew Burke, Hengbing Zhao, “Projected fuel consumption characteristics of hybrid and fuel cell vehicles for 2015-2045”, EVS25, Shenzhen, China, Nov. 5-9, 2010 (accepted)
3. Hengbing Zhao, Andrew Burke, “Effects of Different Powertrain Configurations and Control Strategies on Fuel Economy of Fuel Cell Vehicles”, EVS25, Shenzhen, China, Nov. 5-9, 2010 (accepted)
4. Andrew Burke, Marshall Miller, Hengbing Zhao, “Lithium batteries and ultracapacitors alone and in combination in hybrid vehicles: Fuel economy and battery stress reduction advantages”, EVS25, Shenzhen, China, Nov. 5-9, 2010 (accepted)
5. Andrew Burke, Hengbing Zhao, “Simulation of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles Using Advanced Lithium Batteries and Ultracapacitors on Various Driving Cycles”, IAMF 2010, Geneva, 9-11 March 2010
6. Hengbing Zhao, Andrew F. Burke, "Optimization of fuel cell system operating conditions for fuel cell vehicles", Journal of Power Sources 186 (2009) 408–416. January 2009
7. Hengbing Zhao, Andrew Burke, "Optimum Performance of Direct Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicles", EVS24, Stavanger, Norway, paper number: EVS-24-2070091, 13-16 May 2009
8. Andrew Burke, Hengbing Zhao, Eric Van Gelder, "Simulated Performance of Alternative Hybrid-Electric Powertrains in Vehicles on Various Driving Cycles", EVS24, Stavanger, Norway, paper number: EVS-24-2100075, 13-16 May 2009
9. D. P. Wilkinson, M. Blanco, H. Zhao, J. Wu, and H. Wang. “Dynamic Flow Field for Fuel Cells”, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 10(9) (2007) B155-B160. September 2007
10. Hengbing Zhao, Jun Shen, Jiujun Zhang, Haijiang Wang, David P. Wilkinson, Caikang Elton Gu, "Liquid methanol concentration sensors for direct methanol fuel cells", Journal of Power Sources 159 (2006) 626–636. September 2006
11. Hengbing Zhao, Kevin Stanley, Q.M. Jonathan Wu, Eva Czyzewska, “Structure and characterization of a planar normally closed bulk-micromachined piezoelectric valve for fuel cell applications”, Sensors and Actuators A Physical 120, 134-141, April, 2005
12. Hengbing Zhao, Q. M. Jonathan Wu, Atsuo Kawamura, “An Accurate Approach of Nonlinearity Compensation for Voltage Source Type Inverter (VSI) Output Voltage”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 19, No. 4, p 1029-1035. July 2004
