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An investigation of droplet impingement on a conical obstacle (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, L., Wang, X., & Yan, Y. (2023). An investigation of droplet impingement on a conical obstacle. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 37, Article 101586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2022.101586

Droplet impingement has been intensively studied in recent years due to its wide range of applications. In the present study, a multi-component multiphase Lattice Boltzmann model is adopted to study the droplet impingement on conical obstacles. A mod... Read More about An investigation of droplet impingement on a conical obstacle.

Experimental study of viscosity and thermal conductivity of water based Fe3O4 nanofluid with highly disaggregated particles (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, Z., Wang, X., Gao, H., & Yan, Y. (2022). Experimental study of viscosity and thermal conductivity of water based Fe3O4 nanofluid with highly disaggregated particles. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 35, Article 102160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2022.102160

This work aims to experimentally study the viscosity and thermal conductivity of water based Fe3O4 nanofluid with highly disaggregated nanoparticles. The citric acid is modified on Fe3O4 nanoparticles with carboxyl groups, which enables particles to... Read More about Experimental study of viscosity and thermal conductivity of water based Fe3O4 nanofluid with highly disaggregated particles.

Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability (2020)
Journal Article
Yan, Y., Wang, X., Liu, Z., & Wang, L. (2020). Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability. Heat and Mass Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-020-03005-6

Marangoni effect is one of the critical factors in the droplet evaporation process, which is caused by surface tension gradient in the droplet interface. In this study, local heating is adopted to provide a more complicated temperature distribution o... Read More about Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability.

Machine Learning Based Correction Model in PMSM Power Loss Estimation for More-Electric Aircraft Applications (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Gao, Y., Yang, T., Wang, X., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2020). Machine Learning Based Correction Model in PMSM Power Loss Estimation for More-Electric Aircraft Applications. In 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (1940-1944). https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEMS50442.2020.9290844

This study utilizes the machine learning (ML) technique to estimate the power loss of surface-mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA). Existing approaches do not consider ML methods in power loss calculation... Read More about Machine Learning Based Correction Model in PMSM Power Loss Estimation for More-Electric Aircraft Applications.

Droplet Deposition Pattern Affected by Different Heating Directions (2020)
Journal Article
Liu, Z., Yan, Y., Wang, X., & Chen, X. (2020). Droplet Deposition Pattern Affected by Different Heating Directions. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 17(4), 795-801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42235-020-0058-8

The coffee ring effect commonly exists in droplet deposition patterns, which fundamentally affects scientific research and industrial applications, like pharmaceutical purification, salt manufacturing, etc. Some researchers have tried different solut... Read More about Droplet Deposition Pattern Affected by Different Heating Directions.

Power Allocation and Generator Sizing Optimisation of More-Electric Aircraft On-board Electrical Power during Different Flight Stages (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, X., Atkin, J., Hill, C., & Bozhko, S. (2019). Power Allocation and Generator Sizing Optimisation of More-Electric Aircraft On-board Electrical Power during Different Flight Stages. In AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-4485

The development of future More Electric Aircraft (MEA) requires exploitation of light-weighted on-board Electrical Power System (EPS) architectural design and energy saving power management strategies. Seeking for the optimal solutions in these key a... Read More about Power Allocation and Generator Sizing Optimisation of More-Electric Aircraft On-board Electrical Power during Different Flight Stages.