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Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications (2020)
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Werner, T. C., Yan, Y., Mullen, D., & Halimic, E. (2020). Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 19, Article 100564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100564

Heat pipes spanning the 300 °C to 500 °C temperature range are still under research and development stage. Monel/water heat pipes have been previously explored as an option for operation up to 300 °C. Life tests of up to 30,000 h have shown good comp... Read More about Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications.

Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling (2020)
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Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Sardari, P. T., Bashir, M. A., Faraji, H., & Yan, Y. (2020). Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 18, Article 100520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100520

This paper reports the two-dimensional (2D) transient numerical simulation of a phase change material (PCM) based finned heat sink to investigate the heat transfer performance for passive cooling of electronic devices. The finned heat sinks of 2 mm a... Read More about Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling.

Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites (2020)
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Lian, Z., Wei, C., Gao, B., Yang, X., Chan, Y., Wang, J., Chen, G. Z., Koh, K. S., Shi, Y., Yan, Y., Ren, Y., He, J., & Liu, F. (2020). Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites. RSC Advances, 10(16), 9210-9225. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ra10899h

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry. The highly efficient treatment of azo dye contaminated wastewater from the textile industry is an important but challenging problem. Herein, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microparticles, incorporating m... Read More about Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites.

Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics (2020)
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Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., & Yan, Y. (2020). Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics. Energy Conversion and Management, 205, Article 112444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.112444

Efficient, clean and quiet thermal management has become a vital challenge in for cooling of electronic devices. To enhance the capability and efficiency of passive thermal management , novel composite materials have been designed by the combination... Read More about Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics.

Steady-state performance evaluation and energy assessment of a complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system (2019)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chen, X., Chu, J., Cui, Y., & Yan, Y. (2020). Steady-state performance evaluation and energy assessment of a complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system. Applied Energy, 258, Article 114082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114082

A complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system is investigated under the steady operating condition, which mainly consists of a dehumidifier, a regenerator, three heat exchangers, a cold and a hot water supply units. A finite diff... Read More about Steady-state performance evaluation and energy assessment of a complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system.

Effects of turbulator with round hole on the thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a triangle tube (2019)
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Qi, C., Fan, F., Pan, Y., Liu, M., & Yan, Y. (2020). Effects of turbulator with round hole on the thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a triangle tube. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118897

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd For investigating the thermal and hydraulic characteristics of water-based SiO2 nanofluids in a triangular tube with different turbulators, an experimental system has been designed and verified in this paper. The effects of differ... Read More about Effects of turbulator with round hole on the thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a triangle tube.

Experimental study on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers based on thermal efficiency assessment (2019)
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Qi, C., Luo, T., Liu, M., Fan, F., & Yan, Y. (2019). Experimental study on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers based on thermal efficiency assessment. Energy Conversion and Management, 197, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111877

Thermal performance and pressure drop of TiO2-H2O nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers are investigated. The influence of the thermal fluid (water) volume flow rates (qv = 1–5 L/min), nanoparticle mass frictions (ω = 0.0%, 0.1%, 0.3% and 0.5%),... Read More about Experimental study on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers based on thermal efficiency assessment.

The micro‐/nano‐PCMs for thermal energy storage systems: A state of art review (2019)
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Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Yan, Y., & Darkwa, J. (2019). The micro‐/nano‐PCMs for thermal energy storage systems: A state of art review. International Journal of Energy Research, 43(11), 5572-5620. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4550

With advancement in technology, the nanotechnology, various thermal energy storage (TES) materials have been invented and modified with promising thermal transport properties. The solid–liquid phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively used... Read More about The micro‐/nano‐PCMs for thermal energy storage systems: A state of art review.

Effect of corrugation pitch on thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in corrugated tubes of heat exchanger system based on exergy efficiency (2019)
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Wang, G., Qi, C., Liu, M., Li, C., Yan, Y., & Liang, L. (2019). Effect of corrugation pitch on thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in corrugated tubes of heat exchanger system based on exergy efficiency. Energy Conversion and Management, 186, 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.02.046

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In this article, water and TiO2-H2O nanofluids are used as heat exchange mediums. The heat transfer and resistance coefficient of corrugated tubes with different corrugation pitches are studied by experimental method. The economy... Read More about Effect of corrugation pitch on thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in corrugated tubes of heat exchanger system based on exergy efficiency.

Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation (2019)
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Yang, Y., Zhu, X., Yan, Y., Ding, H., & Wen, C. (2019). Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation. Applied Energy, 242, 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.023

Supersonic ejectors are of great interest for various industries as they can improve the quality of the low-grade heat source in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. However, the impact of steam condensation on the supersonic ejector performances is... Read More about Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation.