Wang Buxuan

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Buxuan
Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize (1998)
Scientific career
FieldsThermodynamics, solar power, heat transfer, thermal engineering
InstitutionsTsinghua University
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
Wáng Bǔxuān
Wade–GilesWang2 Pu3-hsüan1
IPA[wǎŋ pù.ɕwǎn]

Wang Buxuan (5 February 1922 – 31 August 2019), also known as Bu-Xuan Wang and Pu-Hsuan Wang,[1] was a Chinese thermal physicist and engineer, considered a pioneer in the field of engineering thermodynamics in China. He established the engineering thermodynamics program at Tsinghua University in 1957 and the China Solar Power Society in 1979. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Early life and education

Wang was born 5 February 1922 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He earned a B.S. from the National Southwestern Associated University in 1943 and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in the United States in 1949.[2][3]

Career

When the

People's Republic of China was established in 1949, Wang gave up his doctoral studies and returned to China.[4] He taught at Peking University before moving to Tsinghua University, where he established the engineering thermodynamics program in 1957.[5] Answering a national need, Wang spent 1963 to 1966 researching the synthesis of ammonia at a major chemical plant in Sichuan province. By redesigning a compact heat exchange system to enhance heat transfer and improve catalystic reaction, he doubled the daily production of the plant.[5] It was listed by the Chinese government as one of the country's 100 important achievements in 1966.[5] In 1979, Wang founded the China Solar Power Society, and was its chairman until 1987.[6]

Wang's research interests were

SCI citations, and ten monographs or textbooks.[4]

Wang was elected an academician of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Technological Sciences in 1998,[2][3] and the Lifetime Achievement Award by the China Solar Thermal Alliance in 2018.[6]

Personal life and death

Wang's eldest son, Wang Ruji (王如骥), is a chemist who served as vice chair of the chemistry department of Tsinghua University.[4]

Wang died on 31 August 2019 in Beijing, aged 97.[2]

References

  1. ISSN 0017-9310
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  2. ^ a b c d Deng Hui 邓晖 (31 August 2019). "工程热物理学科的开拓者、中国科学院院士王补宣逝世". The Paper. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Wang Buxuan". National Museum for Modern Chinese Scientists. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c ""热力"不减的九旬老党员". National Museum for Modern Chinese Scientists. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d "Wang Buxuan". Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "清华大学王补宣院士获中国太阳能科学与技术终身成就奖". China Solar Thermal Alliance. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Biography of Wang Buxuan". China Vitae. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

External links

  • Wang Buxuan at the National Museum for Modern Chinese Scientists
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