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Dr. Wenyuan Hou is a lecturer at the School of Energy and Power Engineering, North University of China, China. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, a Master's degree in Power Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics at Central South University. He was an R&D Center Refrigeration Engineer at the Hisense Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. His research directions are visual simulation and simulation optimization of multiphase flow and its heat and mass transfer processes and the research and development of solid waste resource utilization technology.

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Prof. Dr. Mao Li received his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering from Central South University in 2007 and is currently an associate professor and master's supervisor at the School of Energy Science and Engineering of Central South University. He is mainly engaged in simulation research and optimization calculation of metallurgical and thermal equipment and processes and CFD&NHT numerical technology and its high-performance cluster computing methods. He serves as the Review Expert for the Hunan Province and Changsha City Science and Technology Project and China Aluminum Project.

Prof. Dr. Hesong Li obtained a Bachelor of Engineering at Central South University of Technology and a Master of Engineering and a Ph.D. at Central South University. He was promoted to associate professor in September 2006, professor in 2012, and doctoral supervisor in 2016. He has been the Deputy General Manager of Hunan Zhongda Design Institute Co., Ltd., Central South University since 2024. He serves as the Director of the Department of Thermal Engineering at Central South University, Vice Chairman of the Hunan Industrial Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization Association, Legal Representative of the Hunan Energy Conservation Evaluation Technology Research Center, and Hunan Energy Conservation Expert. His research areas are (1) electrolytic preparation technology, (2) green carbon-based and aluminum–silicon-based energy-saving new materials, (3) carbon dioxide capture and utilization, (4) industrial energy saving and low-carbon and green evaluation, (5) industrial digitalization and virtual technology, and (6) industrial solid waste resource utilization technology.