Zufen Wang

Assistant Professor
Civil and Architectural Engineering

Dr. Zufen Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Tennessee State University (TSU). She got her PhD in civil engineering from University of Miami. She has taught courses relating to architectural engineering, including HVAC system design and control theory and HVAC applications, and served as a teaching assistant for several courses, including Electrical Illumination Systems for Buildings, Fluid Mechanics, HVAC fundamentals, and Energy Efficient Building Design. Her research focuses on modeling, control and optimization of building mechanical and power systems for energy efficient operation.

Wang

Office: 242D Torrence Hall
Phone: 615-963-5416 
 Email: zwang@tnstate.edu  

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Miami, 2022
  • M.S., Heating, Gas Supply, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2018
  • B.S., Building Environment and Equipment Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Advanced controls for HVAC optimal operation
  • Grid-interactive efficient buildings
  • Virtual fan/pump flow meter at AHUs
  • Energy model of VFD-motor-fan/pump systems

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS 

  1. Wang, Z., Hurt, R., Tang, C., Song, L. and Wang, G., 2022. Evaluation of Nonlinear Control Performance of Air Handling Units under Variable Operation Conditions using Root Distribution Approach. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, accepted.
  2. Wang, Z., Hurt, R., Song, L. and Wang, G., 2022. Improving the Nonlinear Control Performance of the Supply Fan at Air Handling Units using a Gain Scheduling Control Strategy. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, accepted.
  3. Wang, Z., Han, Z., Ding, L. and Wang, G., 2020. Development of an efficiency model for electronically commutated motor fan systems in air handling units. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 27(3): p. 329-340.
  4. Wang, Z., Song, L., Tay, C., Soe, T., Tay, F. and Wang, G., 2020. Development of a virtual fan airflow meter for electronically commutated motor fan systems. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 27(3): p. 341-350.
  5. Wang, Z., Andiroglu, E., Wang, G. and Song, L., 2019. Accuracy improvement of virtual pump water flow meters using calibrated characteristics curves at various frequencies. Energy and Buildings, 191, pp.143-150.
  6. Wang, G., Wang, Z., Han, Z. and Rodriguez, R.D., 2019. Investigation of efficiency models in EnergyPlus and AMCA standard 207 for induction motors powered by variable frequency drives. Energy and Buildings, 196, pp.94-102.
  7. Wang, G., Wang, Z. and Song, L., 2019. Uncertainty analysis for different virtual pump water flow meters. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 25(3), pp.297-308.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. Hurt, R., Wang, Z., Wang, G., Andiroglu, E., Song, L., 2022. Preliminary Investigation of Active Demand Flexibility Control at Ahus Using Energy Feedback Control. 2022 ASHRAE Winter Conference Proceedings, Jan 29-Feb 2, 2022, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
  2. Han, Z., Wang, Z., and Wang G., 2019. The Impacts of Variable Frequency Drives on Drive System Efficiency. 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference Proceedings., Kansas City, MO, USA
  3. Wang, G., Wang, Z., Han, Z. and Song L., 2019. An Approach for Motor Efficiency with Variable Frequency Drives. 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference Proceedings. June 22–26, 2019, Kansas City, MO, USA.

 

 





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