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Depression of melting point and latent heat of molten salts as inorganic phase change material: size effect and mechanism (2021)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Effect of Turbulence Models on Steam Condensation in Transoṇic Flows (2021)
Book Chapter
Wen, C., Karvounis, N., Walther, J. H., Ding, H., Yang, Y., Zhu, X., & Yan, Y. (2021). Effect of Turbulence Models on Steam Condensation in Transoṇic Flows. In Advances in Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering: Proceedings of 16th UK Heat Transfer Conference (UKHTC2019) (711-715). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_123

Turbulence modelling plays an important role in the numerical prediction of nonequilibrium condensations in transonic flows. The present study evaluates the effect of four different turbulence models, namely, k - ε standard, RNG, realizable, and k -... Read More about Effect of Turbulence Models on Steam Condensation in Transoṇic Flows.

Transient numerical modelling of a thermoelectric generator system used for automotive exhaust waste heat recovery (2021)
Journal Article
Luo, D., Wang, R., Yan, Y., Yu, W., & Zhou, W. (2021). Transient numerical modelling of a thermoelectric generator system used for automotive exhaust waste heat recovery. Applied Energy, 297, Article 117151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117151

The automotive thermoelectric generator system is a promising technology of exhaust waste heat recovery, but reasonable theoretical models to predict its dynamic performance are lacking. In this work, a transient fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics c... Read More about Transient numerical modelling of a thermoelectric generator system used for automotive exhaust waste heat recovery.

Thermal process enhancement of HNCPCM filled heat sink: Effect of hybrid nanoparticles ratio and shape (2021)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Faraji, H., Bashir, M. A., Talebizadehsardari, P., & Yan, Y. (2021). Thermal process enhancement of HNCPCM filled heat sink: Effect of hybrid nanoparticles ratio and shape. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 125, Article 105323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105323

The present study based on the numerical investigation of a hybrid nanocomposite phase change material (HNCPCM) filled heat sink for passive cooling of electronic devices. The combination of graphene oxide (GO) and silver (Ag) hybrid nanoparticles ar... Read More about Thermal process enhancement of HNCPCM filled heat sink: Effect of hybrid nanoparticles ratio and shape.

Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation (2021)
Journal Article
Li, P., Feng, D., Feng, Y., Zhang, J., Yan, Y., & Zhang, X. (2021). Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 26, Article 101027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101027

In this paper, a metal-organic framework MOF-5 loaded polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanowire was used to form composite phase change material PEG/MOF-5. The molecular dynamics method was used to simulate the thermal conductivity, melting point and latent... Read More about Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation.

Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability (2021)
Journal Article
Feng, D.-L., Zang, Y.-Y., Li, P., Feng, Y.-H., Yan, Y.-Y., & Zhang, X.-X. (2021). Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability. Composites Science and Technology, 210, Article 108832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2021.108832

Hierarchical porous materials are recommended to trade off the mismatch between high loading and efficient crystallization in pore-based composite phase change materials (PCMs), coupling the functions of expanded pores (mesopores and macropores) alon... Read More about Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability.