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Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., & Yan, Y. (2021). Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 25, Article 100973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.100973

Phase change heat transfer in nanoporous shape-stabilised phase change materials (ss-PCMs) is of great importance for the efficient utilization of novel energy storage materials. However, the lack of thermodynamic properties hinders the study on phas... Read More about Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material.

Wet steam flow and condensation loss in turbine blade cascades (2021)
Journal Article
Wen, C., Yang, Y., Ding, H., Sun, C., & Yan, Y. (2021). Wet steam flow and condensation loss in turbine blade cascades. Applied Thermal Engineering, 189, Article 116748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116748

This study develops a wet steam modelling to solve the phase change process inside the blade cascade of a steam turbine. The comparative study is carried out to understand the impact of the dry gas model and wet steam model on predicting the flow beh... Read More about Wet steam flow and condensation loss in turbine blade cascades.

Numerical investigation on the dynamic response characteristics of a thermoelectric generator module under transient temperature excitations (2021)
Journal Article
Luo, D., Yan, Y., Wang, R., & Zhou, W. (2021). Numerical investigation on the dynamic response characteristics of a thermoelectric generator module under transient temperature excitations. Renewable Energy, 170, 811-823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.026

In this work, a three-dimensional transient numerical model of a thermoelectric generator module considering the temperature-dependent properties and the topological connection of load resistance is proposed to study its dynamic response characterist... Read More about Numerical investigation on the dynamic response characteristics of a thermoelectric generator module under transient temperature excitations.

Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, Q., Ren, Y., Yin, Y., & Qi, H. (2021). Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering. Biomedical Optics Express, 12(2), 893-906. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.415666

Precise control of the thermal damage area is the key issue during thermal therapy, which can be achieved by manipulating the light propagation in biological tissue. In the present work, a method is proposed to increase the uniformity of the specific... Read More about Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering.