Abstract

The understanding and use of "fire" by mankind is accompanied by the progress of human civilization and social development. One of the important differences between humans and other animals is whether they can intuitively use fire. Fire brings warmth, light and the heat source of the industrial age to mankind. It can be said that the use of fire is an important symbol for igniting the flower of human civilization. This report will start from the phenomenon of "burning and flame" around us and discuss the various periods of human civilization development. The iconic invention regarding the fire and combustion is attempted to be correlated with the history of human understanding on combustion and flame. We then finally briefly introduce the teaching and research on the topic combustion in Xi'an Jiaotong University.

人类认识和使用“火”伴随着人类文明进步和社会发展。人类与其他动物的重要区别之一就在于能否主动使用火。火给人类带来温暖、光明和工业时代的热源。可以说火的使用是点燃人类文明之花的重要标志。本报告将从我们身边的“燃烧与火焰”的现象出发，探讨人类文明发展各个时期与“火”相关的标志性发明，梳理人类对于燃烧和火焰理解和认识的历史，并简要介绍西安交通大学在燃烧和火焰基础研究和教学方面的工作。

Speaker Bio

Prof. Zuohua Huang, in the School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, is a Yangtze River Scholar, Principal Investigator of the Outstanding Youth Program from NSFC. He has received a great many of awards domestic or international, such as the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Society, National Outstanding Award in Scientific and Technological Research, GM China Science and Technology Achievement Award. He also serves as the Editor-in-chief of the journal Fuel. He is elected as Fellow of the International Combustion Institute and board of director, the Combustion Institute. He serves as the executive director of the Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Society, director of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, deputy director of the Combustion Committee of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics.

黄佐华，西安交通大学能源与动力工程学院教授，博士生导师，杰青，中国内燃机学会突出贡献奖，中国内燃机学会杰出成就奖，中国内燃机工业协会杰出科技创新奖，全国优秀科技工作者，通用中国科技成就奖。国际期刊Fuel主编，国际燃烧学会首届Fellow，国际燃烧学会理事，国际内燃机学会理事，中国内燃机学会常务理事，中国工程热物理学会理事，中国工程热物理学会燃烧专业委员会副主任，动力工程多相流国家重点实验室学术委员会副主任。