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An open-source toolbox for PEM fuel cell simulation (2018)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Three-dimensional multiphase flow computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: a theoretical development (2017)
Journal Article
Kone, J.-P., Zhang, X., Yan, Y., Hu, G., & Ahmadi, G. (in press). Three-dimensional multiphase flow computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: a theoretical development. Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1757482X17692341

A review of published three-dimensional, computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cells that accounts for multiphase flow is presented. The models can be categorized as models for transport phenomena, geometry or operatin... Read More about Three-dimensional multiphase flow computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: a theoretical development.

Analysis of liquid–liquid droplets fission and encapsulation in single/two layer microfluidic devices fabricated by xurographic method (2017)
Journal Article
Lim, C. N., Koh, K. S., Ren, Y., Chin, J. K., Shi, Y., & Yan, Y. (2017). Analysis of liquid–liquid droplets fission and encapsulation in single/two layer microfluidic devices fabricated by xurographic method. Micromachines, 8(2), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi8020049

This paper demonstrates a low cost fabrication approach for microscale droplet fission and encapsulation. Using a modified xurography method, rapid yet reliable microfluidic devices with flexible designs (single layer and double layer) are developed... Read More about Analysis of liquid–liquid droplets fission and encapsulation in single/two layer microfluidic devices fabricated by xurographic method.

Thermal performance of ultra-thin flattened heat pipes (2017)
Journal Article
Zhou, W., Xie, P., Li, Y., Yan, Y., & Li, B. (2017). Thermal performance of ultra-thin flattened heat pipes. Applied Thermal Engineering, 117, 773-781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.01.089

This study investigates the thermal performance of composite ultra-thin heat pipes (UTHPs). UTHPs are fabricated by flattening cylindrical heat pipes with outer diameter of 2 mm. The thickness and width were 0.8 mm and 2.7 mm, respectively. The compo... Read More about Thermal performance of ultra-thin flattened heat pipes.

CFD modeling of condensation process of water vapor in supersonic flows (2017)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Walther, J. H., Yan, Y., & Wen, C. (2017). CFD modeling of condensation process of water vapor in supersonic flows. Applied Thermal Engineering, 115, 1357-1362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.01.047

The condensation phenomenon of vapor plays an important role in various industries, such as the steam flow in turbines and refrigeration system. A mathematical model is developed to predict the spontaneous condensing phenomenon in the supersonic flow... Read More about CFD modeling of condensation process of water vapor in supersonic flows.

Anti-icing property of bio-inspired micro-structure superhydrophobic surfaces and heat transfer model (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Li, X., Jin, J., Liu, J., Yan, Y., Han, Z., & Ren, L. (2017). Anti-icing property of bio-inspired micro-structure superhydrophobic surfaces and heat transfer model. Applied Surface Science, 400, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.12.219

Ice accumulation is a thorny problem which may inflict serious damage even disasters in many areas, such as aircraft, power line maintenance, offshore oil platform and locators of ships. Recent researches have shed light on some promising bio-inspire... Read More about Anti-icing property of bio-inspired micro-structure superhydrophobic surfaces and heat transfer model.