Professor Zhibin Yu, Chair of Energy Engineering, at the School of Engineering of the University of Liverpool. He leads the Energy Research Cluster for the school and holds a Royal Society Industrial Fellowship (2023-2027). Professor Yu’s research focuses on thermal energy technologies and their fundamental thermodynamic, heat transfer, and fluid-dynamic challenges. He is particularly interested in developing novel technologies for sustainable heating, cooling, and power generation, including heat pumps, refrigeration, energy storage, district heating/cooling networks, multi-vector/integrated energy systems, and energy system digital twins. Prof Yu is the lead of WP3.