1985

Combustion of low-rank coal, Invention of bluff-body stabilized burners

1987

Foundation of the combustion laboratory, focusing on the research of pulverized-coal and fluidized-bed combustion technologies

1988

Approval for the construction of State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion

1991

Chartered by the Chinese government and formally opened

1990s

Investigation on the release and control of NOx and heavy metals, Blended coal combustion

CO2 capture, Lattice-based Method, The introduction of quantum chemistry

Formation and control of particulate matter, Mesoscopic theory and method

Trace elements, Formation theory of N2O, Oxyfuel combustion technology

Industrialization of staged combustion technology in recirculation zone

2002s

Biomass/Solid waste treatment, Chemical looping combustion, Combustion diagnosis

Innovative Research Team of Natural Science Foundation of China

2010s

Demonstration and industrialization of CCUS

Establishment of mesoscopic theory and methods for multiscale multiphase reacting flows

Application and key technologies of fluidized bed coal-fired industrial equipment

Theory, method and technology of blended coal combustion

Western (Zhundong)coals, Fundamental combustion, New energy materials, Ultra-clean

combustion…