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A review on graphene based nanofluids: preparation, characterization and applications (2019)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Yan, Y., & Reay, D. (2019). A review on graphene based nanofluids: preparation, characterization and applications. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 279, 444-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.01.153

A wide range of heat transfer systems require efficient heat transfer management from source to sink and vice versa. Over the last decade, graphene nanoparticles, matrix nanofluids have been one of the most investigated nanoparticles for a wide range... Read More about A review on graphene based nanofluids: preparation, characterization and applications.

Energy and exergy analysis of fuel cells: a review (2018)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Ali, H. M., Habib, A., Bashir, M. A., Jabbal, M., & Yan, Y. (2019). Energy and exergy analysis of fuel cells: a review. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 9, 308-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2018.12.008

In this paper, the fundamental overview of theoretical and practical aspects of thermodynamics analysis for mainly used fuel cells (FCs) are presented. The FC converts the chemical energy of fuel (normally hydrogen) directly into electrical energy re... Read More about Energy and exergy analysis of fuel cells: a review.

Effects of magnetic field on thermo-hydraulic performance of Fe3O4-water nanofluids in a corrugated tube (2018)
Journal Article
Mei, S., Qi, C., Luo, T., Zhai, X., & Yan, Y. (2019). Effects of magnetic field on thermo-hydraulic performance of Fe3O4-water nanofluids in a corrugated tube. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 128, 24-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.08.071

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd An experimental system is established to investigate the thermo-hydraulic performance of Fe3O4-water nanofluids in a corrugated tube under various magnetic fields. The influences of magnetic induction intensities (B = 0 G, 100 G,... Read More about Effects of magnetic field on thermo-hydraulic performance of Fe3O4-water nanofluids in a corrugated tube.

Experimental investigations on drag-reduction characteristics of bionic surface with water-trapping microstructures of fish scales (2018)
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Wu, L., Jiao, Z., Song, Y., Liu, C., Wang, H., & Yan, Y. (2018). Experimental investigations on drag-reduction characteristics of bionic surface with water-trapping microstructures of fish scales. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 12186. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30490-x

Biological surfaces with unique wettability in nature have provided an enormous innovation for scientists and engineers. More specifically, materials possessing various wetting properties have drawn considerable attention owing to their promising app... Read More about Experimental investigations on drag-reduction characteristics of bionic surface with water-trapping microstructures of fish scales.

CFD modeling and simulation of PEM fuel cell using OpenFOAM (2018)
Journal Article
Kone, J.-P., Zhang, X., Yan, Y., Hu, G., & Ahmadi, G. (in press). CFD modeling and simulation of PEM fuel cell using OpenFOAM. Energy Procedia, 145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.04.011

A proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is an electrolytic cell that converts chemical energy of hydrogen reacting with oxygen into electrical energy. To meet increasingly stringent application needs, improved performance and increased efficiency... Read More about CFD modeling and simulation of PEM fuel cell using OpenFOAM.

An open-source toolbox for PEM fuel cell simulation (2018)
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Kone, J.-P., Zhang, X., Yan, Y., & Adegbite, S. (2018). An open-source toolbox for PEM fuel cell simulation. Computation, 6(2), Article 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation6020038

In this paper, an open-source toolbox that can be used to accurately predict the distributionof the major physical quantities that are transported within a proton exchange membrane (PEM)fuel cell is presented. The toolbox has been developed using the... Read More about An open-source toolbox for PEM fuel cell simulation.

Effect of rotating twisted tape on thermo-hydraulic performances of nanofluids in heat-exchanger systems (2018)
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Qi, C., Wang, G., Yan, Y., Mei, S., & Luo, T. (2018). Effect of rotating twisted tape on thermo-hydraulic performances of nanofluids in heat-exchanger systems. Energy Conversion and Management, 166, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.04.086

Stable TiO2-H2O nanofluids are prepared and their stabilities are studied. An experimental set for studying the heat transfer and flow characteristics of nanofluids is established. Heat transfer and flow characteristics of TiO2-H2O nanofluids in a ci... Read More about Effect of rotating twisted tape on thermo-hydraulic performances of nanofluids in heat-exchanger systems.

A modified phase change pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann model (2018)
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Gong, W., Yan, Y., Chen, S., & Wright, E. (2018). A modified phase change pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 125, 323-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.090

Amongst all the multiphase models in the lattice Boltzmann (LB) community, the pseudopotential model has been the most popular approach due to its simplicity and high-efficiency. Recently a number of liquid-vapour phase change models were also propos... Read More about A modified phase change pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann model.

A study on the unphysical mass transfer of SCMP pseudopotential LBM (2018)
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Gong, W., Yan, Y., & Chen, S. (2018). A study on the unphysical mass transfer of SCMP pseudopotential LBM. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.032

In general, a multi-bubble/droplet configuration cannot sustain a steady state using single-component multiphase (SCMP) pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). Our study shows that the unachievable multibubble/droplet system is for an unphysi... Read More about A study on the unphysical mass transfer of SCMP pseudopotential LBM.

Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink (2018)
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Meng, X., Zhu, J., Wei, X., & Yan, Y. (2018). Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.002

The influence of mounting angle on heat dissipation performance of a heat sink under natural convection condition is investigated in this paper by numerical simulation and experimental test. It is found that the heat sink achieves the highest cooling... Read More about Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink.

The role of dipole interactions in hyperthermia heating colloidal clusters of densely-packed superparamagnetic nanoparticles (2018)
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Fu, R., Yan, Y., Roberts, C., Liu, Z., & Chen, Y. (in press). The role of dipole interactions in hyperthermia heating colloidal clusters of densely-packed superparamagnetic nanoparticles. Scientific Reports, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23225-5

This work aims to investigate the influence of inter-particle dipole interactions on hyperthermia heating colloidal clusters of densely-packed Fe3O4 nanoparticles at low field intensity. Emulsion droplet solvent evaporation method was used to assembl... Read More about The role of dipole interactions in hyperthermia heating colloidal clusters of densely-packed superparamagnetic nanoparticles.

A novel design of thermoelectric generator for automotive waste heat recovery (2018)
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Huang, K., Yan, Y., Li, B., Li, Y., Li, K., & Li, J. (2018). A novel design of thermoelectric generator for automotive waste heat recovery. Automotive Innovation, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s42154-018-0006-z

With progressively stringent fuel consumption regulations, many researchers and engineers are focusing on the employment of waste heat recovery technologies for automotive applications. Regarded as a promising method of waste heat recovery, the therm... Read More about A novel design of thermoelectric generator for automotive waste heat recovery.

Performance comparison of thermoelectric generators with Extremum seeking control and incremental conductance MPPT methods (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Twaha, S., Zhu, J., & Yan, Y. (2017). Performance comparison of thermoelectric generators with Extremum seeking control and incremental conductance MPPT methods.

Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are used for converting heat into electricity, environmentally friendly, without moving parts and with less complexity. One of the problems with TEG is that it has low efficiency and therefore it is necessary to harve... Read More about Performance comparison of thermoelectric generators with Extremum seeking control and incremental conductance MPPT methods.

Numerical study of wetting transitions on biomimetic surfaces using a lattice Boltzmann approach with large density ratio (2017)
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Gong, W., Yan, Y., Chen, S., & Giddings, D. (2017). Numerical study of wetting transitions on biomimetic surfaces using a lattice Boltzmann approach with large density ratio. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/S1672-6529%2816%2960414-6

The hydrophobicity of natural surfaces have drawn much attention of scientific communities in recent years. By mimicking natural surfaces, the manufactured biomimetic hydrophobic surfaces have been widely applied to green technologies such as self-cl... Read More about Numerical study of wetting transitions on biomimetic surfaces using a lattice Boltzmann approach with large density ratio.

Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow (2017)
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Hong, J., Liu, S., Yan, Y., & Glover, P. (2017). Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 88, 483-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2017.06.022

Nanofluid is thought to have a potential enhancement in heat transfer behaviour of fluid. The nanoparticle concentration in nanofluid is one of the most important factors that affect the nanofluid behaviour. The static concentration was applied in th... Read More about Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow.

Numerical investigation of flow unsteadiness and heat transfer on suction surface of rotating airfoils within a gas turbine cascade (2017)
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Guo, L., Yan, Y., Sun, W., & Zhu, J. (in press). Numerical investigation of flow unsteadiness and heat transfer on suction surface of rotating airfoils within a gas turbine cascade. Propulsion and Power Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jppr.2017.05.005

The effects of the periodical turbulence and pressure fluctuation on suction surface heat transfer over airfoils of a row of rotor blades with a certain type have been investigated numerically in this paper. The calculation is performed using model w... Read More about Numerical investigation of flow unsteadiness and heat transfer on suction surface of rotating airfoils within a gas turbine cascade.

The atomization current and droplet size of ethanol in two different small-scale electro-spraying systems (2017)
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Gan, Y., Zhang, X., Li, H., Tong, Y., Shi, Y., & Yan, Y. (2017). The atomization current and droplet size of ethanol in two different small-scale electro-spraying systems. Journal of Electrostatics, 87, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2017.05.003

An experimental study on electro-spraying from small-scale combustors is carried out using liquid ethanol as fuel. Two systems of electro-spraying are employed in the present study; one is a nozzle system (without a ring electrode) and the other is a... Read More about The atomization current and droplet size of ethanol in two different small-scale electro-spraying systems.

Bionic inspired study of heat pipe from plant water migration (2017)
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Hong, J., Liu, S., & Yan, Y. (2017). Bionic inspired study of heat pipe from plant water migration. Energy Procedia, 110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.186

Heat pipe is well regarded as super thermal conductor and has a wide range of applications in the variety of industry sections. A great number of researches have been done on enhancing the performance of heat pipe through improving the flow pattern.... Read More about Bionic inspired study of heat pipe from plant water migration.

Lattice Boltzmann parallel simulation of microflow dynamics over structured surfaces (2017)
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Zhou, W., Yan, Y., Liu, X., & Liu, B. (in press). Lattice Boltzmann parallel simulation of microflow dynamics over structured surfaces. Advances in Engineering Software, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2017.02.001

In the present work, a parallel lattice Boltzmann multiphase model was developed to investigate the effects of surface structures on wettabilities and flow dynamics in a microchannel. The theory of wetting transition was firstly discussed. Then three... Read More about Lattice Boltzmann parallel simulation of microflow dynamics over structured surfaces.

Performance analysis of thermoelectric generator using dc-dc converter with incremental conductance based maximum power point tracking (2017)
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Twaha, S., Zhu, J., Yan, Y., Li, B., & Huang, K. (in press). Performance analysis of thermoelectric generator using dc-dc converter with incremental conductance based maximum power point tracking. Energy for Sustainable Development, 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2017.01.003

Thermoelectric (TE) devices are regarded as alternative and environmentally friendly 7 for harvesting and recovering heat energy. Particularly, thermoelectric generators (TEGs) 8 are used for converting heat into electricity. One of the challenges be... Read More about Performance analysis of thermoelectric generator using dc-dc converter with incremental conductance based maximum power point tracking.