Rongliang Zhou

Biography

Rongliang Zhou is currently a research scientist in Sustainable Ecosystem Research Group (SERg) at HP Labs, Palo Alto. His main research interest is modeling and control of thermal systems and energy efficient systems. He received his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2010. Prior to that, he received a master degree in electrical engineering in 2003, and a dual bachelor degree in electrical engineering and computer science in 2000, both from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.

 

Research interests

Modeling and control of thermal systems, energy efficient systems, renewable energy, and sustainability.

Publications

Data Center Cooling Control (including both centralized and decentralized control)

• Rongliang Zhou, Zhikui Wang, Cullen E. Bash, Alan McReynolds, Data Center Cooling management and analysis -- a model based approach, the 28 Annual Semiconductor Thermal Measurement, Modeling and Management Symposium (SEMI-THERM 2012), San Jose,  California, USA, March 18-22, 2012 (accepted)
• Rongliang Zhou, Zhikui Wang, Cullen E. Bash, Alan McReynolds, Modeling and control for cooling management of data centers  with hot aisle containment, ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2011), Denver, Colorado, USA, November 11-17, 2011.
  
• Rongliang Zhou, Zhikui Wang, Cullen E. Bash, Christopher Hoover, Rocky Shih, Alan McReynolds, Ratnesh Sharma, and Niru Kumari, A holistic and optimal approach for data center cooling management, 2011 American Control Conference (ACC 2011), San Francisco, California, USA, June 29-July 1, 2011  

Cooling System Design, Optimization, and Stability Analysis for High Heat Flux Removal Applications  

• TieJun Zhang, John T Wen, Yoav Peles, Juan E Catano, Rongliang Zhou, Michael K Jensen, Two-phase refrigerant flow instability analysis and active control in transient electronics cooling systems, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 37(1), pp. 84-97, 2011.http://homepages.rpi.edu/~pelesy/lib/manuscripts/IJMPF_Zhang%202011.pdf 
• Rongliang Zhou, Tiejun Zhang, Juan Catano, John T. Wen, et al., The steady state modeling and design optimization of a refrigeration system for high heat flux removal, Applied Thermal Engineering, 30(6): 2347-2356, 2010.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135943111000219X 
• Patrick Phelan, Yeshpal Gupta, Himanshu Tyagi, Ravi Prasher, Juan Catano, Greg Michna, Rongliang Zhou, John Wen, et al., Energy Efficiency of Refrigeration Systems for High-Heat-Flux Microelectronics, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 2(3), 2010.http://pamelanorris.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/t3-j-phelan-jtsea-energy-efficiency-refrigeration.pdf     
• Ronliang Zhou, Juan Catano, Tiejun Zhang, John T. Wen, et al., The steady-state modeling and analysis of a two-loop cooling system for high heat flux removal, 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2009), Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, November 13-19, 2009.http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServletprog=normal&id=ASMECP002009043826001345000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no 
• Juan Catano, Tiejun Zhang, Rongliang Zhou, John T. Wen, et al., Experimental identification of component parameters for multiple-evaporator vapor compression refrigeration cycle, 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2009), Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 13-19, 2009. http://pamelanorris.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/t3-c-2010-catano-experimental-identification-evaporator.pdf  
• Tiejun Zhang, John T. Wen, Juan Catano, Rongliang Zhou, Stability analysis of heat exchanger dynamics, 2009 American Control Conference (ACC 2009), St. Louis, Missouri, June 10-12, 2009.http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsparnumber=5160282 
• Tiejun Zhang, John T. Wen, Juan Catano, Rongliang Zhou, Greg Michna, Peles, et al., Stability analysis of refrigeration systems for electronics cooling, Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium ( SEMI-THERM 25), San Jose, CA, March 15-19, 2009. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsparnumber=5160282  
• Ronliang Zhou, Juan Catano, Tiejun Zhang, John T. Wen, et al., The steady state modeling and static system design of a refrigeration system for high heat flux removal, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2008), Boston, USA, October31-November 6, 2008. http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServletprog=normal&id=ASMECP002008048715001607000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no  
• Tiejun Zhang, Juan Catano, Rongliang Zhou, and John T. Wen, Dynamic modeling of refrigeration cycle for electronics cooling, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2008), Boston, MA, October 31-November 6, 2008.http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServletprog=normal&id=ASMECP002008048715001587000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no  
• Patrick Phelan, Yeshpal Gupta, Himanshu Tyagi, Ravi Prasher, Juan Catano, Greg Michna, Rongliang Zhou, John Wen, et al., Optimization of Refrigeration Systems for High-Heat-Flux Microelectronics, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2008), Boston, MA, October 31-November 6, 2008. http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServletprog=normal&id=JTSEBV000002000003031004000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no  

Active Thermal  Displacement Control

• Rongliang Zhou, Bill Gressick, John T. Wen, Michael K. Jensen, et al., Active thermal management for precision positioning, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 45-50, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, September 22-25, 2007.http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsparnumber=4341850 

Industrial Control

• Rongliang Zhou, Yanbin Zhang, Donggang Cui, Chang Li, Load control system of cement ball mills and its application, Control Engineering (in Chinese), 10(6): 518-520, 2003.
• Chang Li, Yanbin Zhang, Gangquan Si, Rongliang Zhou, Design of principal and subordiante on-line monitoring system of large generator, Electric Engineering (in Chinese), 2003(4).   

Downloads

A holistic and optimal approach for data center cooling management.pdf (644.63 KB) - ACC 2011
Modeling and control for cooling management of data centers with hot aisle containment.pdf (416.18 KB) - IMECE 2011