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A critical review on thermal management technologies for motors in electric cars (2021)
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Wang, X., Li, B., Gerada, D., Huang, K., Stone, I., Worrall, S., & Yan, Y. (2022). A critical review on thermal management technologies for motors in electric cars. Applied Thermal Engineering, 201(Part A), Article 117758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117758

The development of electric cars has well been regarded as a major solution for tackling the challenges of carbon-neutrality faced by the modern communities. Electric motor is certainly the core and most important components of an electric car, and t... Read More about A critical review on thermal management technologies for motors in electric cars.

An experimental investigation of wide distillation fuel based on CTL on the combustion performance and emission characteristics from a CI engine (2021)
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Sun, Y., Sun, W., Guo, L., Zhang, H., Yan, Y., Zeng, W., & Lin, S. (2022). An experimental investigation of wide distillation fuel based on CTL on the combustion performance and emission characteristics from a CI engine. Fuel, 310(Part B), Article 122262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122262

Coal to liquid (CTL) has promising application prospects as an alternative diesel fuel, but the direct application of coal-based synthetic diesel with high cetane number (CN) in compression ignition (CI) engines also has problems. Therefore, the CTL... Read More about An experimental investigation of wide distillation fuel based on CTL on the combustion performance and emission characteristics from a CI engine.

Towards the thermal management of electronic devices: A parametric investigation of finned heat sink filled with PCM (2021)
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Arshad, A., Ibrahim Alabdullatif, M., Jabbal, M., & Yan, Y. (2021). Towards the thermal management of electronic devices: A parametric investigation of finned heat sink filled with PCM. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 129, Article 105643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105643

This study presents the parametric investigation of a phase change material (PCM) filled plate-fin heat sink, used for thermal management (TM) of electronic components. Two-dimensional (2D) unsteady numerical simulations were carried out using the fi... Read More about Towards the thermal management of electronic devices: A parametric investigation of finned heat sink filled with PCM.

Comparison of different fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics modeling approaches for thermoelectric generator systems (2021)
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Luo, D., Wang, R., Yan, Y., Sun, Z., Zhou, W., & Ding, R. (2021). Comparison of different fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics modeling approaches for thermoelectric generator systems. Renewable Energy, 180, 1266-1277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.09.033

This work proposes a novel fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics numerical model to predict the performance of thermoelectric generator systems applied to fluid waste heat recovery, with the consideration of multiphysics coupling effects of fluid, ther... Read More about Comparison of different fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics modeling approaches for thermoelectric generator systems.

Numerical investigation on improving the heat storage and transfer performance of ceramic /D-mannitol composite phase change materials by bionic graded pores and nanoparticle additives (2021)
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Feng, D., Nan, J., Feng, Y., Zhang, X., & Yan, Y. (2021). Numerical investigation on improving the heat storage and transfer performance of ceramic /D-mannitol composite phase change materials by bionic graded pores and nanoparticle additives. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 179, Article 121748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121748

To speed up the thermal response rate of the latent heat storage system, this research draws on the ideas of bionics and proposes two methods to enhance the performance of heat storage and heat transfer during phase change process. First, a biomimeti... Read More about Numerical investigation on improving the heat storage and transfer performance of ceramic /D-mannitol composite phase change materials by bionic graded pores and nanoparticle additives.

Depression of melting point and latent heat of molten salts as inorganic phase change material: size effect and mechanism (2021)
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Zhang, S., Jin, Y., & Yan, Y. (2022). Depression of melting point and latent heat of molten salts as inorganic phase change material: size effect and mechanism. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 346, Article 117058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117058

The depression of melting point and latent heat is a common phenomenon for nanoporous shape-stabilised phase change materials (ss-PCMs), however, the underlying mechanism is not well understood, especially from the microscopic perspective. As PCMs ar... Read More about Depression of melting point and latent heat of molten salts as inorganic phase change material: size effect and mechanism.

Thermo-physical properties prediction of carbon-based magnetic nanofluids based on an artificial neural network (2021)
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Shi, L., Zhang, S., Arshad, A., Hu, Y., He, Y., & Yan, Y. (2021). Thermo-physical properties prediction of carbon-based magnetic nanofluids based on an artificial neural network. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149, Article 111341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111341

Nanostructured magnetic suspensions have superior thermophysical properties, which have attracted widespread attention owing to their industrial applications for heat transfer enhancement and thermal management. However, experimental measurements of... Read More about Thermo-physical properties prediction of carbon-based magnetic nanofluids based on an artificial neural network.

Recent advances of nanofluids in micro/nano scale energy transportation (2021)
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Liu, C., Qiao, Y., Du, P., Zhang, J., Zhao, J., Liu, C., Huo, Y., Qi, C., Rao, Z., & Yan, Y. (2021). Recent advances of nanofluids in micro/nano scale energy transportation. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149, Article 111346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111346

As the continuing integration and size deflation of component dimensions in electronic circuits and increase in the number of transistors in modern microprocessor chips, especially for heat dissipation of micro/nano scale devise, traditionally used s... Read More about Recent advances of nanofluids in micro/nano scale energy transportation.

Experimental and Numerical Heat Transfer Investigation of Impingement Jet Nozzle Position in Concave Double-Wall Cooling Structures (2021)
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Wright, E., Ahmed, A., Yan, Y., Maltson, J., & Arisso Lopez, L. A. (2022). Experimental and Numerical Heat Transfer Investigation of Impingement Jet Nozzle Position in Concave Double-Wall Cooling Structures. Heat Transfer Engineering, 43(13), 1108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2021.1943842

In this paper, experimental and numerical study has been carried out to investigate impingement cooling with a row of five circular jets, varied between target positions on a realistic leading edge region of gas turbine blade geometry. Experimental d... Read More about Experimental and Numerical Heat Transfer Investigation of Impingement Jet Nozzle Position in Concave Double-Wall Cooling Structures.

Comparative assessment of n-butanol addition in CTL on performance and exhaust emissions of a CI engine (2021)
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Sun, W., Sun, Y., Guo, L., Zhang, H., Yan, Y., Zeng, W., & Lin, S. (2021). Comparative assessment of n-butanol addition in CTL on performance and exhaust emissions of a CI engine. Fuel, 303, Article 121223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121223

Coal to liquid (CTL) is a diesel alternative fuel based on Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process, which has shown promising application value. Besides, as an oxygenated biofuel with high oxygen content and volatility, n-butanol can be blended with hydrocarbon... Read More about Comparative assessment of n-butanol addition in CTL on performance and exhaust emissions of a CI engine.