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Heat-moisture-mechanical bidirectional coupling multiphase porous media model for microwave vacuum drying of pitaya (2024)
Journal Article
Han, L., & Yan, Y. (2025). Heat-moisture-mechanical bidirectional coupling multiphase porous media model for microwave vacuum drying of pitaya. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 112, Article 109731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2024.109731

Microwave vacuum drying (MVD) is widely adopted in the food industry helping maintain high product quality but the impact of shrinkage on heat and mass transfer is often overlooked. In the present study, the popular fruit, pitaya, was selected for a... Read More about Heat-moisture-mechanical bidirectional coupling multiphase porous media model for microwave vacuum drying of pitaya.

Heat and fluid flow analysis of micro-porous heat sink for electronics cooling: Effect of porosities and pore densities (2024)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Saeed, M., Ikhlaq, M., Imran, M., & Yan, Y. (2025). Heat and fluid flow analysis of micro-porous heat sink for electronics cooling: Effect of porosities and pore densities. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 57, Article 103129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2024.103129

This investigation evaluates the hydrothermal efficiency of a micro-porous heat sink, utilizing water as a coolant and employing a single-phase model for analysis. The heat sink incorporates an aluminum metal foam as the micro-porous medium, with a... Read More about Heat and fluid flow analysis of micro-porous heat sink for electronics cooling: Effect of porosities and pore densities.

Experimental study on the effects of the wall wettabilities on the fuel film characteristics (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Y., Guo, L., Sun, W., Cai, N., Yan, Y., Wang, H., & Gao, Y. (2021, November). Experimental study on the effects of the wall wettabilities on the fuel film characteristics. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Energy and Power (ICEP2021), Chiang Mai, Thailand

Aiming at the problem of wall-wetting in the internal combustion engines, to improve the fuel economy and reduce emissions, the laser-induced fluorescence method is used to study the characteristics of the fuel film. The morphological developments an... Read More about Experimental study on the effects of the wall wettabilities on the fuel film characteristics.

Thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a bionic heat sink (2021)
Journal Article
Tang, J., Qi, C., Ding, Z., Afrand, M., & Yan, Y. (2021). Thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a bionic heat sink. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 127, Article 105492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105492

A bionic surface based on the wing structure of the dragon louse is developed and applied in the thermal management system of electronic components. Fe3O4-water nanofluids are introduced and their thermal-hydrodynamic behaviors under magnetic field a... Read More about Thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a bionic heat sink.

Numerical study of nanocomposite phase change material-based heat sink for the passive cooling of electronic components (2021)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Faraji, H., Bashir, M. A., Talebizadehsardari, P., & Yan, Y. (2024). Numerical study of nanocomposite phase change material-based heat sink for the passive cooling of electronic components. Heat and Mass Transfer, 60, 1869--1883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-021-03065-2

The current two-dimensional (2D) numerical study presents the melting phenomenon and heat transfer performance of the nanocomposite phase change material (NCPCM) based heat sink. Metallic nanoparticles (copper: Cu) of different volume fractions of 0.... Read More about Numerical study of nanocomposite phase change material-based heat sink for the passive cooling of electronic components.

Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications (2020)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Shi, L., Darkwa, J., Weston, N. J., & Yan, Y. (2021). Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 43, Article 100865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100865

This experimental study covers the development of novel nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) based on RT–35HC as a phase change material (PCM) and titanium oxide (TiO2) as thermal conductivity enhancement material, for thermal management app... Read More about Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications.

Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink (2018)
Journal Article
Meng, X., Zhu, J., Wei, X., & Yan, Y. (2018). Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.002

The influence of mounting angle on heat dissipation performance of a heat sink under natural convection condition is investigated in this paper by numerical simulation and experimental test. It is found that the heat sink achieves the highest cooling... Read More about Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink.

Parameter analysis of thermoelectric generator/dc-dc converter system with maximum power point tracking (2017)
Journal Article
Twaha, S., Zhu, J., Li, B., Yan, Y., & Huang, K. (2017). Parameter analysis of thermoelectric generator/dc-dc converter system with maximum power point tracking. Energy for Sustainable Development, 41, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2017.08.005

The power generated from TEG is relatively unstable owing to temperature variations at its hot and cold side terminals. The dc-dc converters can provide more stable power output thereby improving the overall efficiency of TEG system. However, to faci... Read More about Parameter analysis of thermoelectric generator/dc-dc converter system with maximum power point tracking.

Performance comparison of thermoelectric generators with Extremum seeking control and incremental conductance MPPT methods (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Twaha, S., Zhu, J., & Yan, Y. Performance comparison of thermoelectric generators with Extremum seeking control and incremental conductance MPPT methods. Presented at 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET2017)

Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are used for converting heat into electricity, environmentally friendly, without moving parts and with less complexity. One of the problems with TEG is that it has low efficiency and therefore it is necessary to harve... Read More about Performance comparison of thermoelectric generators with Extremum seeking control and incremental conductance MPPT methods.

Performance analysis of thermoelectric generator using dc-dc converter with incremental conductance based maximum power point tracking (2017)
Journal Article
Twaha, S., Zhu, J., Yan, Y., Li, B., & Huang, K. (in press). Performance analysis of thermoelectric generator using dc-dc converter with incremental conductance based maximum power point tracking. Energy for Sustainable Development, 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2017.01.003

Thermoelectric (TE) devices are regarded as alternative and environmentally friendly 7 for harvesting and recovering heat energy. Particularly, thermoelectric generators (TEGs) 8 are used for converting heat into electricity. One of the challenges be... Read More about Performance analysis of thermoelectric generator using dc-dc converter with incremental conductance based maximum power point tracking.