Dr. Cheng is dedicated to the basic research in the field of clean disposal and efficient utilization of organic solid waste, and combustion reaction kinetics, including experimental and mechanism studies of waste and biomass combustion, gasification and pyrolysis, based on VUV photoionization mass spectrometry technology. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, some of which were published in the top journals in the field of Enviromental and Energy, such as JACS, EST, CnF, ProCI, and other high-level journals.

• 有机固废清洁处置与高效利用
• 替代能源利用
• 燃烧反应动力学

• 国家科技进步二等奖（6/10），2020
• 西藏自治区科学技术奖一等奖（6/10），2021
• 天津大学教学成果一等奖（6/12），2021
• 天津大学第二届教师教学创新大赛优秀奖，2022
• 入选天津市“131”创新型人才培养工程计划（第三层次），2017
• 入选天津大学“北洋学者·青年骨干教师计划”，2017
• 天津大学沈志康奖教金，2020
• 环境学院优秀班主任、优秀共产党员，2021
• 环境学院青年教师讲课大赛二等奖，2019
• 三棵树首届“美丽中国·青春行动”大学生环保创意大赛全国铜奖指导教师，2020
• 第五届天津市大学生环境学科创新与实践能力邀请赛中优秀奖指导教师，2019
• 首届天津市“零碳生活∙绿色梦想”创新大赛一等奖指导教师，2022

• Z. J. Cheng*, H. Wang, W. H. Yin, J. L. Wang, W. Li*, Z. D. Wang, L. L. Xing, X. Z. Gao, B. W. Mei, Y. Zhang, J. Z. Yang, L. X. Wei, X. Zhong, H. Wang, Y. Y. Li, B. B. Yan, G. Y. Chen, Experimental and kinetic modeling study of di-n-propyl ether and diisopropyl ether combustion: Pyrolysis and laminar flame propagation velocity. Combustion and Flame 2022, 237, 111809..2019
• J. L. Wang, X. Z. Gao, W. M. Ding, P. P. Luan, X. Zhong, W. Li, T. L. Lv, Z. J. Cheng*, L. X. Wei, J. Z. Yang, B. B. Yan, G. Y. Chen, Experimental and kinetic modeling studies of low- to moderate-temperature oxidation of 2-furfuryl alcohol in a jet-stirred reactor, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.2019
• Jinglan Wang.G. Y. Chen, W. M. Ding, Z. J. Cheng*, J. L. Wang, L. L. Xing, W. Li, Y. R. He, F. W. Lin*, J. Z. Yang, L. Zhao, B. B. Yan, Experimental and kinetic modeling studies of isoprene pyrolysis at low and atmospheric pressures, Combustion and Flame, 2022, 246, 112445..2022,39 :1-11
• X. X. Yin, J. Y. Tao*, G. Y. Chen, X. L. Yao, P. P. Luan, Z. J. Cheng*, N. Li, Z. Y. Zhou, B. B. Yan, Prediction of high-density polyethylene pyrolysis using kinetic parameters based on thermogravimetric and artificial neural networks, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2023, 17, 6.
• Y. S. Wang, W. Z. Peng, J. Wang, G. Y. Chen, N. Li*, Y. J. Song. Z. J. Cheng*, B. B. Yan, Li’an, Hou, S. B. Wang, Sulfamethoxazole degradation by regulating active sites on distilled spirits lees-derived biochar in a continuous flow fixed bed peroxymonosulfate reactor, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022, 310, 121342.
• J. L. Wang#, L. F. Sun#, P. P. Luan, Y. Y. Wu, Z. J. Cheng*, Z. Zhang, X. G. Kong, H. F. Liu, G. Y. Chen, Effect of diesel blended with di-n-butyl ether/1-octanol on combustion and emission in a heavy-duty diesel engine, Environmental Pollution, 2022, 311, 119976.
• J. L. Wang, W. M. Ding, X. Z. Gao, H. Wang, W. Li, Q. Xu, X. Zhong, Z. J. Cheng*, Z. D. Wang, J. Z. Yang, L. Zhao, B. B. Yan, G. Y. Chen, Experimental and kinetic model studies on the pyrolysis of 2-furfuryl alcohol at two reactors: flow reactor and jet-stirred reactor. Combustion and Flame, 2022, 244,112275.
• S. R. He, M. F. Zhao, J. L. Wang, Z. J. Cheng*, B. B. Yan, G. Y. Chen, Hydrothermal liquefaction of low-lipid algae Nannochloropsis sp. and Sargassum sp: Effect of feedstock composition and temperature. Science of the Total Environment. 2020, 712, 135677.
• Y. N. Sun, H. N. Zhang, F. Zhang, J. Y. Tao*, Z. J. Cheng*, B. B. Yan, G. Y. Chen, Pyrolysis properties and kinetics of photocured waste from photopolymerization-based 3D printing: A TG-FTIR/GC–MS study, Waste Management, 2022, 150, 151-160.
• L. L. Xing*, X. T. Wang, Z. J. Cheng*, Kinetics of iso-butyl radical reaction with O2 in Combustion: The first and second oxygen addition, Combustion and Flame, 2020, 220, 429-438.
• L. L. Xing, L. C. Lian, J. T. Cui, J. L. Wang, Z. J. Cheng*, X. Wang, Ab initio and kinetics study of the thermal unimolecular decomposition of 2-furfuryl alcohol, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2021, 1202, 113327.
• F. W Lin, Z. M. Zhang, L. Xiang, L. Y. Zhang, Z. J. Cheng*, Z. H. Wang*, B. B. Yan, G. Y. Chen, Efficient degradation of multiple Cl-VOCs by catalytic ozonation over MnOx catalysts with different support, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 435, 134807.
• C. Chen, R. Liang, Y. D. Ge, J. Li, B. B. Yan, Z. J. Cheng*, J. Y. Tao*, Z. Y. Wang, M. Li, G. Y. Chen, Fast Characterization of Biomass Pyrolysis Oil via Combination of ATR-FTIR and Machine Learning Models, Renewable Energy, 2022, 194, 220-231.
• G. Y. Chen, W. M. Ding, Z. J. Cheng*, J. L. Wang, L. L. Xing, W. Li, Y. R. He, F. W. Lin*, J. Z. Yang, L. Zhao, B. B. Yan, Experimental and kinetic modeling studies of isoprene pyrolysis at low and atmospheric pressures, Combustion and Flame, 2022, 246, 112445.
• Z. J. Cheng, Q. Niu, Z. D. Wang, H. F. Jin, G. Y. Chen, M. F. Yao, L. X. Wei*, Experimental and kinetic modeling studies of low-pressure premixed laminar 2-Methylfuran flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017, 36(1), 1295-1302.
• Y. N. Guan, G. Y. Chen, Z. J. Cheng*, B. B. Yan, L. A. Hou, Air pollutant emissions from straw open burning: a case study in Tianjin. Atmospheric Environment, 2017, 171, 155–164..2019
• Z. J. Cheng, M. Li, J. T. Li, F. W. Lin∗, W. C. Ma, B. B. Yan, G. Y. Chen, Transformation of nitrogen, sulfur and chlorine during waste tire pyrolysis, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2021, 153, 104987..2019
• A. Kumar, B. B. Yan, Z. J. Cheng*, J. Y. Tao*, M. Hassan, J. Li, L. Kumari, B. T. Oba, M. A. Aborisade, I. A. Jamro, G. Y. Chen, Co-pyrolysis of hydrothermally pre-treated microalgae residue and polymeric waste (plastic/tires): Comparative and dynamic analyses of pyrolytic behaviors, kinetics, chars, oils, and in-situ gas emissions, Fuel, 2023, 331, 125814.
• G. Y. Chen, S. R. He, Z. J. Cheng*, Y. N. Guan, B. B. Yan, W. C. Ma, D. Y. C. Leung, Comparison of kinetic analysis methods in thermal decomposition of cattle manure by thermogravimetric analysis. Bioresource Technology, 2017, 243, 69-77.
• 颜蓓蓓,王建,刘彬,陈冠益,程占军*. 生物油金属水热原位加氢提质技术研究进展[J]. 化工学报, 2021, 72(4), 1783-1795.
• 程占军, 张李东, 王占东, 苑文浩, 王轶尊, 李玉阳, 齐飞*. 富燃乙烯低压预混火焰中掺杂CO2的实验和动力学模型研究[J]. 《工程热物理学报》 2013, 34 (09), 1787-1791.
• 马文超,台凌宇,陈冠益,何超,关亚楠,宋光武,颜蓓蓓,程占军*. 天津地区典型家用生物质颗粒采暖炉污染物排放分析[J]. 中国环境科学, 2018, 38, 845-851.
• 颜蓓蓓,杨学忠,侯林桐,马德刚,李健,孙昱楠,程占军,陈冠益. 村镇生活垃圾热解处理技术综述[J].中国环境科学, 2022, 42 (08): 3755-3769.