Zhong Chen is an associate research fellow in the Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology at Chinese Academy of Sciences (CIGIT, CAS) and a master tutor in the Chongqing School at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his bachelor degree from Chongqing University in 2009, master degree from Sichuan University in 2012, and doctor degree from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018, successively. In 2012, he joined CIGIT to research hydrothermal technologies and their applications in waste treatment and biomass conversion, including fundamental research, process optimization and reactor development. His research has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing, China, West Light Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. He has published 19 papers in peer reviewed journals as the first and/or corresponding authors, including an ESI Highly Cited Paper and an Editor in Chief’s Featured Article. He is the Special Issue Editor of Energies (Biomass and Bio-Oil Research) and the peer reviewer for dozens of international journals. He is currently an expert of Chongqing Society for Environmental Sciences, and a member of Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, Chinese chemical society, and Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences.

(1) Chen Zhong, Xiong Likun, Zhang Peng, Zheng Zhijian*, Wang Guangwei, Chen Hongzhen, Li Daoyuan, Xu Fenglin, Xiao Jun, Chen Qiao*. Tube explosion during continuous supercritical water oxidation of sludge: An incident investigation. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2024, 181, 131-142.

(2) Chen Zhong*, Chen Hongzhen, Xu Yuanjian, Hu Mian, Hu Zhongting, Wang Junliang, Pan Zhiyan*. Reactor for biomass conversion and waste treatment in supercritical water: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023, 171, 113031. 

(3) Chen Zhong*, Zheng Zhijian, He Chunalan, Liu Jumei, Zhang Rui, Qiao Chen*. Oily sludge treatment in subcritical and supercritical water: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 433, 128761.

(4) Chen Zhong*, Zheng Zhijian, He Chunlan, Chen Hongzhen, Yang Mingjun, Xu Yuanjian. Precipitation of sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate during supercritical water oxidation/gasification of ethanol. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2022, 181: 105464.

(5) Chen Zhong*, Tong Kun, He Chunlan, Xue Ming, Lyu Chong, Chen Hongzhen, Chen Qiao, Xu Yuanjian. High quality oil recovery from oil-based drill cuttings via catalytic upgrading in presence of near-/supercritical water and different industrial wastes. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 321: 129061.

(6) Chen Zhong, Zheng Zhijian, Li Dongyuan, Chen Hongzhen, Xu Yuanjian* Continuous supercritical water oxidation treatment of oil-based drill cuttings using municipal sewage sludge as diluent. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 384, 121225.

(7) Chen Zhong, Chen Hongzhen, Liu Xiaolin, He Chunlan, Yue Datian, Xu Yuanjian*. An inclined plug-flow reactor design for supercritical water oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2018, 343: 351-361.

(8) Chen Zhong, Chen Zeliang, Yin Fengjun, Wang Guangwei, Chen Hongzhen, He Chunalan, Xu, Yuanjian*. Supercritical water oxidation of oil-based drill cuttings. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017, 332, 205-213.

(9) Chen Zhong, Wang Guangwei, Yin Fengjun. Chen Hongzhen, Xu Yuanjian*. A new system design for supercritical water oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2015, 269(0): 343-351. (ESI Highly Citied Paper)

(10) Chen Zhong#, Wang Guangwei#, Zakaria. A. Mirza, Yang Shu, Xu, Yuanjian*. Study of transpiring fluid dynamics in supercritical water oxidation using a transparent reactor. Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 2014, 88(0): 117-125. (Editor in Chief’s Featured Article)