Hanwei Zhang
Waste-to-Energy, Biomass-to-Energy, Hazardous Waste Incineration and high temperature corrosion protection
Vice President Engineering GWC, General Secretory WtERT Asia
Grandblue Environment, Global WtERT Council, WtERT Asia
United States of America
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Fluency:
Chinese, English
Thematic field of expertise:
Energy Recovery, Biomass, Hazardous Waste
Geographical field of expertise:
China, United States of America
Detailed description of working activity
Hanwei Zhang has been involved in many commercial WTE projects globally in the development of feasibility studies and proposals for integrated waste management to achieve commercially viable extraction and recycling of usable materials, combined with energy recovery from the remaining residual waste. He has rich experience on the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of WTE plants.
Current activity
VP-Engineering of GWC, Senior Consultant of Shanghai SUS Environment and also the general secretory of WTERT-Asia
Chief Technology Officer of Grandblue Environment and Dean of its research institute
Former activities
Worked for major WtE companies(Covanta Energy, Everbright Environment and SUS Environment) in the areas of technology development, international business development and operation management
Involved in commercial WTE projects globally in the development of feasibility studies and proposals for integrated waste management to achieve commercially viable extraction and recycling of usable materials, combined with energy recovery from the remaining residual waste
Chief Scientist, Shanghai SUS Environment (04/2019~04/2020)
Chief Technology Officer, China Everbright International (02/2016~03/2019)
Director of Research and Development, Covanta Energy (04/2009~01/2016)
Principal Engineer, Covanta Energy (04/2005~04/2009)
Senior Engineer, American Ref-fuel Co. (07/2003~04/2005)
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University (01/2002~07/2003)
Education
Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering), Columbia University, New York (2002)
M.S. (Chemical Engineering), Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
B.S. (Chemical Metallurgy), Sichuan University, Chengdu, China