Shee-Meng Thai

  • Senior Lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
  • Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Peirianneg Fecanyddol ac Awyrofod
  • Cyfadran Cyfrifiadureg, Peirianneg a Gwyddoniaeth
Shee-Meng Thai

About Me

Shee Meng Thai is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of South Wales. He is a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council with over 20 years of teaching and research experience. His main teaching areas cover the field of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). His research interest includes monitoring, modelling and control of combustion process in high temperature furnaces and boilers using CFD and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. He has participated in several UK and EU funded research projects, comprising of the development of intelligent flame monitoring system for energy enhancement for pilot and full-scale steel reheating furnaces. He has also involved in physical and isothermal CFD modelling to investigate the potential of auxiliary firing for NOx reduction in glass melting furnaces and participated in new combustion system demonstrations for pilot and full-scale glass melting furnaces.

Skills And Qualifications

  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Physical Modelling using Acid ＆ Alkali Solutions
  • ANSYS FLUENT

Interests

Responsibilities

Publications And Past Projects

  • The Carbon Trust, ＂The Optimisation of Biomass Combustion on Chain Grates＂, in collaboration with British BioGEN and James Proctor Ltd. (2005).
  • Research Fund for Coal ＆ Steel (RFCS), ＂Real-time Intelligent Diagnostics and Optimisation of Reheating Furnace Performance＂ (SMARTFIRE), in collaboration with Corus UK, MEFOS Sweden, BFI Germany and Aceralia-Grupo Arcelor Spain (2005).
  • Research Fund for Coal ＆ Steel (RFCS),＂ Intelligent Monitoring and Control of Large Burners Fired by Pulverised Coal and Coal/Biomass Blends＂ (SMARTBURN), in collaboration with Universidad de Zaragoza, Union Fenosa, IEN Poland, INDRA Sistemas Spain (2008)
  • Part funded by the EU’s Convergence European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government, ＂Mechanical and Systems Development for Biohydrogen and Biomethane Production＂, CymruH2Wales Project (2010).
  • EU FP7, ＂Carbon Reduction by Auxiliary Firing TEchniques for glass Melter＂ (CRAFTEM), in collaboration with GDF SUEZ, Owens Illinois Europe, SiseCam and Global Combustion Systems Ltd (2012).
  • European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) (as administered by the Welsh Government (SMARTExpertise) Programme, (SMART CIRCLE), in collaboration with Industrial Partners and the University of South Wales (2017-2020).
  • European Regional Development Funds (ERDF), BEACON project, in collaboration with other universities in Wales and the University of South Wales (2019-2021).
  • Innovate UK, Auxiliary Combustion System for Efficient Combustion with Low-NOx emissions for Foundation Industries (EcoLowNOx), in collaboration with Global Combustion Systems, Glass Futures, Tata Steel, and Liberty Steel (2021-2022).