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Performance assessment of a membrane liquid desiccant dehumidification cooling system based on experimental investigations (2017)
Journal Article

A membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification cooling system is studied in this paper for energy efficient air conditioning with independent temperature and humidity controls. The system mainly consists of a dehumidifier, a regenerator, an evapo... Read More about Performance assessment of a membrane liquid desiccant dehumidification cooling system based on experimental investigations.

Experimental study of a membrane-based dehumidification cooling system (2016)
Journal Article

Membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification has attracted increasing interests with elimination of solution droplets carryover problem. In this study, a membrane-based hybrid liquid desiccant dehumidification cooling system is developed, which i... Read More about Experimental study of a membrane-based dehumidification cooling system.

3D transient heat transfer numerical analysis of multiple energy piles (2016)
Journal Article

This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) transient heat transfer numerical model for multiple energy piles based on the finite volume method (FVM). The initial and boundary conditions are established and the effects of “thermal short-circulating”... Read More about 3D transient heat transfer numerical analysis of multiple energy piles.

Mechanical durability of superhydrophobic surfaces: the role of surface modification technologies (2016)
Journal Article

Various surface modification technologies have been used to develop superhydrophobic surface, however their durability has been recognized as the major obstacle for the real applications. Here a quantitative investigation was conducted to evaluate th... Read More about Mechanical durability of superhydrophobic surfaces: the role of surface modification technologies.

A comprehensive review of thermoelectric technology: materials, applications, modelling and performance improvement (2016)
Journal Article

Thermoelectric (TE) technology is regarded as alternative and environmentally friendly technology for harvesting and recovering heat which is directly converted into electrical energy using thermoelectric generators (TEG). Conversely, Peltier coolers... Read More about A comprehensive review of thermoelectric technology: materials, applications, modelling and performance improvement.

Theoretical analysis of a membrane-based cross-flow liquid desiccant system (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bai, H., Chen, Z., Xu, H., & Zhu, J. (2016). Theoretical analysis of a membrane-based cross-flow liquid desiccant system.

Liquid desiccant air dehumidification has become one of the most widely used dehumidification technologies with advantages of high efficiency, no liquid condensate droplets and capability of energy storage. In this paper a cross-flow mathematical mod... Read More about Theoretical analysis of a membrane-based cross-flow liquid desiccant system.

Performance analysis of a cascaded solar Organic Rankine Cycle with superheating (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. A cascaded Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) with scroll expanders is investigated in this paper, the system performances under various configurations are evaluated and the effect of superheating on... Read More about Performance analysis of a cascaded solar Organic Rankine Cycle with superheating.

Thermal analysis of flat and transpired solar facades (2014)
Journal Article

Building integrated solar technologies is important not only to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions but also to help to make the technologies more economically feasible and challenge the creativity of architects in designing buildings. In... Read More about Thermal analysis of flat and transpired solar facades.

Design and thermal performances of Semi-Parabolic Linear Fresnel Reflector solar concentration collector (2013)
Journal Article

A Semi-Parabolic Linear Fresnel Reflector (SPLFR) solar concentrator is proposed in this paper. The SPLFR is formed by linear plate mirrors whose edges located at a parabolic line. The ray trace simulation results show the SPLFR has the same concentr... Read More about Design and thermal performances of Semi-Parabolic Linear Fresnel Reflector solar concentration collector.

Experimental study of a membrane-based dehumidification cooling system
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Z., Bai, H., Ye, Z., & Zhu, J. (in press). Experimental study of a membrane-based dehumidification cooling system.

Membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification has attracted increasing interests with elimination of solution droplets carryover problem. A membrane-based hybrid liquid desiccant dehumidification cooling system is developed in this study, which ha... Read More about Experimental study of a membrane-based dehumidification cooling system.

Power conditioning of thermoelectric generated power using dc-dc converters: a case study of a boost converter
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Twaha, S., Zhu, J., & Yan, Y. (in press). Power conditioning of thermoelectric generated power using dc-dc converters: a case study of a boost converter.

The near exhaustion of non-renewable energy resources such as fossil fuels followed by disastrous climatic changes have alerted the world to invest in alternative energy sources. Thermoelectric (TE) technology is responsible for innovating TE devices... Read More about Power conditioning of thermoelectric generated power using dc-dc converters: a case study of a boost converter.