Xiang ZHENG 郑翔

- Thermal solutions and managing innovation projects manager - ENR market research and business development manager - Manager for developing international strategies and development in collaboration with Bpi France, Team France and Business France

Manufacture and sale of thermal equipment for the tertiary sector (hotels, hospitals, collective housing) and the agro-food industry, renewable energies, etc. Missions: • Complete management of the development cycle for new offers and products • Identify, select target product ranges • Technological and competitive intelligence • Design of technical solutions • Relationships with the various company departments (purchasing, logistics, manufacturing, etc.) • Negotiation with component and equipment suppliers • Laboratory tests • Accompaniment of certification tests • Organisation of the launch of pre-series and cost monitoring • Coordination with external partners • Pre-sales support for the sales force • Customer support in the field (France and abroad) Achievements: • Development of a packaged DHW production solution with the CO2 QHAV heat pump from Mitsubishi Electric (YUZEN offer) o Obtaining a patent as an inventor • Partnership with a Chinese company for the development of a range of high-power burners adapted to the local market (applications, environmental constraints). • Evolution of a new range of low NOx burners to adapt to future environmental constraints. • Design of a packaged solution for DHW production with ECODAN heat pumps from Mitsubishi Electric

Missions: • Development of applications and new products • Management of the complete development cycle: - Analysing requests from marketing - Planning the project and monitoring its successful completion - Managing the project team composed of Marketing, Sales, Logistics, Quality, Methods and production functions. - Design, choice of technical solutions in relation to services - Price negotiations with component suppliers - Actual/target cost analyses and cost reduction solutions - Project progress reporting - Modelling, optimisation, performance testing - Monitoring product approvals - Manufacturing management and procurement of pre-series - Technical support for French and foreign customers Achievements: • Development of a new range of "AQUAZ" condensing gas water heaters. • This product range is currently marketed by the companies Lacaze Energies, Ridel, Charot, Ariston and Chappée. • Development of a range of "SEQUOÏA" thermodynamic water heater with CARRIER France. First thermodynamic semi-accumulation DHW system in France. - Obtaining a patent as an inventor. • Creation of a new online dimensioning help software for the customer. Design carried out with Webdev

• Missions and achievements: • Designing and building the test bench of validation and optimisation technology • Creation of acquisition tools, protocol, post-treatment, test report, • Experimental validation of thermal design models • Participating in the development of a new resin coating for DHW: carrying out tests, analysing the results, writing test reports. • Qualify the smoke/water exchangers. Simulate the operation of the device (working with an external partner) • Study the thermodynamic DHW solutions for collective and industrial use, compare the different solutions, economic analysis, study the feasibility, • Study solar DHW solutions for collective and launch the first solar range for LACAZE ENERGIES. • Train the sales force • To develop a sizing/product selection tool for design offices and customers. • Develop and optimise existing products to reduce cost and increase efficiency.

 Looking for calculation methods for high power evaporators and condensers  Analysis and interpretation of factory tests for a new type of heat exchanger  Modeling of exchangers by CFD  Definitions and validations of sizing calculation models for flooded heat exchanger

 Simulation and optimization of water chiller  Study and optimization of thermostatic and electronic expansion valves for reversible heat pumps  Study of double circuit brazed plate heat exchangers  Optimization of the regulation of variable speed fans for water chiller