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，suncitygroup太阳新城官网，长聘教轨副教授

[1] The 14th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology, Taiyuan, China, 2024. (Keynote speech)
[2] Fluidization XVII, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2023.
[3] 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Pheonix, USA, 2022. (Best poster)
[4] The 27th North America Catalysis Society Meeting, USA, 2022.
[5] The 3rd International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers, Online, 2020.
[6] The 2nd International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers, Qingdao, China, 2019. (Best paper)
[7] The 9th International Symposium on Coal Combustion, Qingdao, China, 2019. (Best paper)
[8] The 23rd International Conference of Fluidized Bed Conversion, Seoul, Korea, 2018.
[9] The 12th International Conference of Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology, Krakow, Poland, 2017.
[10] The 22nd International Conference of Fluidized Bed Conversion, Turku, Finland, 2015.

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。

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；

[1] R Cai#, K Yang#, X Wang#, et al. High-throughput design of complex oxides as isothermal, redox-activated CO2 sorbents for green hydrogen generation. Energy & Environmental Science, 2024.
[2] R Cai#, E Krzystowczyk#, B Braunberger, et al. Techno-economic analysis of chemical looping air separation using a perovskite oxide sorbent. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2024, 132: 104070.
[3] R Cai, L Brody, Y Tian, et al. Numerical modeling of chemical looping oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane in a packed bed reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 469: 143930.
[4] R Cai#, H Bektas#, X Wang#, et al. Accelerated perovskite oxide development for thermochemical energy storage by a high-throughput combinatorial approach. Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 2203833.
[5] R Cai, J Dou, E Krzystowczyk, et al. Chemical looping air separation with Sr0. 8Ca0. 2Fe0. 9Co0. 1O3-δ perovskite sorbent: Packed bed modeling, verification, and optimization. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 429: 132370.
[6] R Cai, B Deng, X Tao, et al. Effects of horizontal tube arrays on heat transfer in an external heat exchanger. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020, 181: 115964.
[7] R Cai, X Ke, Y Huang, et al. Applications of ultrafine limestone sorbents for the desulfurization process in CFB boilers. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53(22): 13514-13523.
[8] R Cai, Y Huang, Y Li, et al. Effects of the limestone particle size on the sulfation reactivity at low SO2 concentrations using an LC-TGA. Materials, 2019, 12, 1496.
[9] R Cai, M Zhang, R Ge, et al. Experimental study on local heat transfer and hydrodynamics of a single tube and tube bundles in an external heat exchanger. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, 149: 924-938.
[10] R Cai, M Zhang, X Mo, et al. Experimental research on the unstable performances of parallel external loops in the circulating fluidized bed. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2018, 139: 1-11
[11] R Cai, H Zhang, M Zhang, et al. Development and application of the design principle of fluidization state specification in CFB coal combustion, a review. Fuel Processing Technology, 2018, 174: 41-52.
[12] R Cai, M Zhang, X Mo, et al. Operation characteristics of external heat exchangers in the 600MW supercritical CFB boiler. Fuel Processing Technology, 2018, 172: 65-71.
[13] M Rukh#, R Cai#, L Brody, et al. Isothermal CO2 separation enabled by redox-active mixed oxide sorbents. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 501: 157545. (Equal contribution)
[14] D Li#, R Cai#, Ahn S#, et al. Hydrodynamics in the transport zone of a large-scale circulating fluidized bed boiler[J]. Powder Technology, 2022: 118099. (Equal contribution)
[15] L Brody#, R Cai#, A Thornton, et al. Perovskite-based phase transition sorbents for sorption-enhanced oxidative steam reforming of glycerol. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 19, 6434–6445. (Equal contribution)
[16] D Li#, R Cai#, H Yang, et al. Operation characteristics of a bubbling fluidized bed heat exchanger with internal solid circulation for a 550-MWe ultra-supercritical CFB boiler. Energy, 2020, 192: 116503. (Equal contribution)
[17] R Cai, X Ke, J Lyu, et al. Progress of circulating fluidized bed combustion technology in China: a review. Clean Energy, 2017, 1(1): 36-49.
[18] 蔡润夏, 李凡星. 复杂氧化物载氧体的调变策略及在过程强化中的应用. 化工学报, 2021, 72(12): 6122-6130.
[19] 蔡润夏, 吕俊复, 张缦等. 超超临界循环流化床锅炉流化床换热器热偏差形成的流动基础. 锅炉技术, 2019, 50(04): 34-39+55.
[20] 蔡润夏, 黄逸群, 程璐等. 石灰石煅烧与硫化条件下磨耗特性研究. 化工学报, 2019, 70(8): 3086-3093.
[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．
[22] 蔡润夏, 吕俊复, 凌文等. 超(超)临界循环流化床锅炉技术的发展. 中国电力, 2016, 49(12): 1-7．
[23] H Bektas, R Cai, L Brody, et al. Structural and thermodynamic assessment of Ba and Ba/Mg substituted SrFeO3−δ for “low-temperature” chemical looping air separation. Energy & Fuels, 2024.
[24] S Chen, R Cai, Zhang Y, et al. A semi-empirical model to estimate the apparent viscosity of dense, bubbling gas-solid suspension. Powder Technology, 2021, 377: 289-296.
[25] Y Li, R Cai, M Zhang, et al. Characterization of the sulfation reactivity of limestones with different particle size in a large-capacity TGA. Fuel, 2020, 271: 117292.
[26] Y Yao, R Cai, Y Zhang, et al. A method to measure the tube-wall temperature in CFB boilers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019, 153: 493-500.
[27] X Ke, R Cai, M Zhang, et al. Application of ultra-low NOx emission control for CFB boilers based on theoretical analysis and industrial practices. Fuel Processing Technology, 2018, 181: 252-258.
[28] G Yue, R Cai, J Lu, et al. From a CFB reactor to a CFB boiler–the review of R&D progress of CFB coal combustion technology in China. Powder Technology, 2017, 316: 18-28. （导师一作）
[29] X Mo, R Cai, X Huang, et al. The effects of wall friction and solid acceleration on the mal-distribution of gas–solid flow in double identical parallel cyclones. Powder Technology, 2015, 286: 471-477.
[30] L Brody, M Rukh, R Cai, et al. Sorption-enhanced steam reforming of toluene using multifunctional perovskite phase transition sorbents in a chemical looping scheme. Journal of Physics: Energy, 2023.
[31] X Wang, Y Gao, E Krzystowczyk, S Iftikhar, J Dou, R Cai, et al. High-throughput oxygen chemical potential engineering of perovskite oxides for chemical looping applications. Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, 15(4), 1512-1528.
[32] I Wang, Y Gao, X Wang, R Cai, et al. Liquid metal shell as an effective iron oxide modifier for redox-based hydrogen production at intermediate temperatures. ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11(16): 10228-10238.
[33] X Ke, M Engblom M, L Cheng, L Chen, R Cai, et al. Modeling and experimental investigation on the fuel particle heat-up and devolatilization behavior in a fluidized bed. Fuel, 2021, 288: 119794.
[34] D Li, M Zhang, M Kim, R Cai, et al. Limestone attrition and product layer development during fluidized bed sulfation. Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34(2): 2117-2125.
[35] X Ke, D Li, M Zhang, C Jeon, R Cai, et al. Ash formation characteristics of two Indonesian coals and the change of ash properties with particle size. Fuel Processing Technology, 2019, 186: 73-80..
[36] 聂立, 蔡润夏, 鲁佳易等. 循环流化床外置换热器壁温偏差改进措施. 浙江大学学报(工学版), 2021, 55(03): 578-585.
[37] 陶欣, 蔡润夏, 陈陆剑等. 烧结烟气气氛下煤燃烧特性热重实验研究. 热力发电, 2020, 49(07):55-60
[38] 柯希玮, 蔡润夏, 吕俊复等. 钙基脱硫剂对循环流化床NOx排放影响研究进展.洁净煤技术,2019,25(01): 1-11.
[39] 张缦, 蔡润夏, 姜孝国等. 660 MW高效超超临界双炉膛循环流化床锅炉的设计开发. 动力工程学报, 2018, 38(05):341-346.
[40] 柯希玮, 蔡润夏, 杨海瑞等. 循环流化床燃烧的NOx生成与超低排放. 中国电机工程学报, 2018, 38(02): 390-396+669.
[41] 柳成亮, 蔡润夏, 吕俊复等. 燃用劣质煤大型循环流化床锅炉超低排放技术研究与应用. 中国电力，2018, 51(8): 1-6.
[42] 莫鑫, 蔡润夏, 吕俊复等. 基于返料灰温偏差的600MW(e)循环流化床锅炉内气固不均匀分布. 中国电机工程学报, 2016, 36(08): 2175-2180.
[43] 莫鑫, 蔡润夏, 吕俊复等. 600MWe超临界循环流化床锅炉的运行特性. 锅炉技术, 2016, 47(04):34-38.
[44] 汪佩宁, 蔡润夏, 柳成亮等. 300MWe节能型循环流化床锅炉的设计与运行. 沈阳工程学院学报(自然科学版), 2016, 12(04): 308-313.
[45] 葛荣存, 张贤, 蔡润夏等. 流化床选择性排渣的实验研究. 煤炭学报, 2018, 43(04): 1134-1139.
[46] 张贤, 葛荣存, 蔡润夏等. 连续进出料CFB密相区中颗粒横向运动行为模拟研究. 中国电机工程学报, 2018, 38(02): 413-420+672.
[47] 史航, 李强, 蔡润夏等. 循环灰作为固体吸附剂脱除高温烟气中碱金属蒸汽研究. 煤炭学报, 2016, 41(10): 2527-2532.
[48] 葛荣存, 汪达, 张贤, 蔡润夏等. 鼓泡流化床排渣流动的模拟与实验研究. 煤炭学报, 2017, 42(S2): 486-493.

《学术写作、规范与伦理》(英文)

[1]. 蔡润夏, 张缦, 吕俊复等. 一种循环流化床锅炉炉内脱硫方法[P]. 北京：CN107596878A, 2018-01-19.
[2]. 蔡润夏, 张缦, 吕俊复等. 一种循环流化床锅炉外置换热床[P]. 北京：CN206724147U, 2017-12-08.
[3]. 柯希玮, 蔡润夏, 吕俊复等. 一种实现循环流化床锅炉NOx超低排放的方法[P]. 北京：CN108105759A, 2018-06-01.
[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.
[6]. 吕俊复, 柯希玮, 蔡润夏等. 吸附脱硝循环流化床锅炉及其运行方法[P]. 山西：CN107238093A, 2017-10-10.
[7]. 张贤, 葛荣存, 蔡润夏等. 一种循环流化床锅炉的片状阶梯型布风装置[P]. 北京：CN107036085A, 2017-08-11.

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

2022 AIChE年会催化与反应工程分会墙报展示第一名
2022 Energies期刊旅行奖(博士后仅一人)
2021 第六届中国科协优秀科技论文奖
2020 中国颗粒学会科技进步一等奖（排名5）
2020 电力科技创新一等奖（排名10）
2020 北京市优秀毕业生
2019 第二届国际循环流化床锅炉会议最佳论文奖
2018 清华大学蒋震一等奖学金
2017 清华大学社会工作单项奖学金
2016 清华大学三星级志愿者
2014 北京市优秀毕业生
2012 国家奖学金