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Interfacial Behaviors and Oil Detachment Mechanisms by Modified Silica Nanoparticles: Insights from Molecular Simulations (2024)
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Zhou, W., Tang, X., Liu, X., Yan, Y., & Chen, C. (2024). Interfacial Behaviors and Oil Detachment Mechanisms by Modified Silica Nanoparticles: Insights from Molecular Simulations. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07697

Surfactant flooding has been considered as a promising approach for chemically enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, this technique encounters several limitations, such as high costs, environmental concerns, and reduced efficiency under high-temperat... Read More about Interfacial Behaviors and Oil Detachment Mechanisms by Modified Silica Nanoparticles: Insights from Molecular Simulations.

Impacts of distributed thermal and electric contact resistance on performance and geometric optimization of thermoelectric generators (2024)
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Li, Y., Shi, Y., Luo, D., Wang, X., & Yan, Y. (2024). Impacts of distributed thermal and electric contact resistance on performance and geometric optimization of thermoelectric generators. Applied Thermal Engineering, 246, Article 122873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122873

Thermal and electric contact resistance (TCR/ECR) critically impact performance and geometric optimization of thermoelectric generators (TEGs). However, conventional treatments usually ignored or simplified them as lumped variables, neglecting their... Read More about Impacts of distributed thermal and electric contact resistance on performance and geometric optimization of thermoelectric generators.

Charging and discharging in thermal energy storage unit with fin-stone hybrid structure for enhancing heat transfer of phase change materials (2024)
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Zhang, S., Yan, Y., Cheng, Z., & Wang, F. (2024). Charging and discharging in thermal energy storage unit with fin-stone hybrid structure for enhancing heat transfer of phase change materials. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 224, Article 125325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.125325

This work proposes a fin-stone hybrid structure integrating fins (popular thermal enhancers) and natural stones (widely used sensible heat storage media) to enhance the heat transfer of phase change materials for on-site thermal energy storage applic... Read More about Charging and discharging in thermal energy storage unit with fin-stone hybrid structure for enhancing heat transfer of phase change materials.

Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Predicting Rheological Behavior of BN-diamond/Thermal Oil Hybrid Nanofluids (2024)
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Ali, A., Noshad, N., Kumar, A., Ilyas, S. U., Phelan, P. E., Alsaady, M., …Yan, Y. (2024). Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Predicting Rheological Behavior of BN-diamond/Thermal Oil Hybrid Nanofluids. Fluids, 9(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9010020

The use of nanofluids in heat transfer applications has significantly increased in recent times due to their enhanced thermal properties. It is therefore important to investigate the flow behavior and, thus, the rheology of different nanosuspensions... Read More about Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Predicting Rheological Behavior of BN-diamond/Thermal Oil Hybrid Nanofluids.

Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories (2023)
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Zou, H., Li, C., Zhang, A., Zhang, X., Chen, X., Wang, F., …Zhang, S. (2024). Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories. Solar Energy, 268, Article 112281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.112281

Energy utilization for plant lighting is one of the primary constraints of the development of plant factories. Most researchers overlook the impact of energy attenuation during the propagation process on energy efficiency utilization, and the redistr... Read More about Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories.

Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials (2023)
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Luo, D., Wu, Z., Yan, Y., Cao, J., Yang, X., Zhao, Y., & Cao, B. (2024). Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, Article 139834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139834

In this work, a novel battery thermal management system (BTMS) integrated with thermoelectric coolers (TECs) and phase change materials (PCMs) is developed to ensure the temperature working environment of batteries, where a fin framework is adopted t... Read More about Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials.

Phase change materials meet microfluidic encapsulation (2023)
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Guo, Y., Hou, T., Wang, J., Yan, Y., Li, W., Ren, Y., & Yan, S. (2023). Phase change materials meet microfluidic encapsulation. Advanced Science, Article 2304580. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304580

Improving the utilization of thermal energy is crucial in the world nowadays due to the high levels of energy consumption. One way to achieve this is to use phase change materials (PCMs) as thermal energy storage media, which can be used to regulate... Read More about Phase change materials meet microfluidic encapsulation.

Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis (2023)
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Zhang, S., Li, Y., & Yan, Y. (2024). Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis. Energy, 286, Article 129530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129530

Latent heat thermal energy storage addresses the mismatch between energy supply and demand; however, phase change materials (PCM) commonly have the issue of low thermal conductivity. Natural stones, as low-cost and environmentally friendly sensible h... Read More about Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis.

Stable Perovskite Quantum Dots Light‐Emitting Diodes with Efficiency Exceeding 24% (2023)
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Zhang, X., Wang, Q., Yao, Z., Deng, M., Wang, J., Qian, L., …Xiang, C. (2023). Stable Perovskite Quantum Dots Light‐Emitting Diodes with Efficiency Exceeding 24%. Advanced Science, 10(36), Article 2304696. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304696

Perovskite nanocrystals for light‐emitting diodes are often synthesized by uncontrollable metathesis reactions, suffering from low product yield, nonuniform growth, and poor stability. Herein, by controlling the nucleation kinetics with high dissocia... Read More about Stable Perovskite Quantum Dots Light‐Emitting Diodes with Efficiency Exceeding 24%.

Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels (2023)
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Wang, Y., Kang, W., & Yan, Y. (2024). Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236(Part C), Article 121756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121756

The concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems often suffer high heat flux, leading to cell temperatures rising, which will affect its performance and reduce the service life. Double-layered minichannel heat sink (DL-MCHS) is an efficient cooling techno... Read More about Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels.

Experimental investigation of deposition patterns of citric acid modified magnetic nanofluids droplet affected by substrate temperatures (2023)
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Liu, Z., & Yan, Y. (2024). Experimental investigation of deposition patterns of citric acid modified magnetic nanofluids droplet affected by substrate temperatures. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 195, Article 108666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2023.108666

Over the past decades, complex deposition patterns after the evaporation of particle-laden droplets spark intense interest in interpreting the formation of deposition patterns due to their numerous applications in biomedicine, ink-jet printing, biops... Read More about Experimental investigation of deposition patterns of citric acid modified magnetic nanofluids droplet affected by substrate temperatures.

“Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer”: Scalable Biochameleon Inspired Temperature-Adaptive Coating with Easy Preparation and Construction (2023)
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Dong, Y., Meng, W., Wang, F., Han, H., Liang, H., Li, X., …Cheng, Z. (2023). “Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer”: Scalable Biochameleon Inspired Temperature-Adaptive Coating with Easy Preparation and Construction. Nano Letters, 23(19), 9034-9041. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02733

The highly reflective solar radiation of passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) increases heating energy consumption in the cold winter. Inspired by the temperature-adaptive skin color of chameleon, we efficiently combine temperature-adaptive solar... Read More about “Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer”: Scalable Biochameleon Inspired Temperature-Adaptive Coating with Easy Preparation and Construction.

Numerical analysis on thermal hydraulic characteristics of mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chambers (2023)
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Li, R., Gan, Y., Luo, Q., Yan, Y., & Li, Y. (2024). Numerical analysis on thermal hydraulic characteristics of mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chambers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236(Part B), Article 121648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121648

The mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chamber (UTVC) is a highly cost-effective device that spreads heat efficiently and maintains good temperature uniformity, meeting the present trend and demand for compact system heat dissipation. To analyze the thermal... Read More about Numerical analysis on thermal hydraulic characteristics of mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chambers.

Realizing ultrahigh ZT value and efficiency of the Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module by periodic heating (2023)
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Luo, D., Li, Y., Yan, Y., Hu, X., Fan, X., Chen, W., …Cao, B. (2023). Realizing ultrahigh ZT value and efficiency of the Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module by periodic heating. Energy Conversion and Management, 296, Article 117669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117669

Thermoelectric power generation is regarded as a promising technology to convert waste heat into electricity. This study aims to address the low conversion efficiency of thermoelectric modules and introduces a novel periodic heating method to enhance... Read More about Realizing ultrahigh ZT value and efficiency of the Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module by periodic heating.

Molecular dynamics simulations of wetting behaviors of droplets on surfaces with different rough structures (2023)
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Chen, Y., Guo, L., Sun, W., Cai, N., & Yan, Y. (2023). Molecular dynamics simulations of wetting behaviors of droplets on surfaces with different rough structures. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 169, Article 104613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2023.104613

Aiming at the wall-wetting problem in internal combustion engines, to actively control the behaviors of fuel droplets after hitting the walls, the molecular dynamics method is used to investigate the effects of the surface wettability and rough struc... Read More about Molecular dynamics simulations of wetting behaviors of droplets on surfaces with different rough structures.

An integrated simulation of intermittent heating of multi-zone buildings by heat-pump heating systems with different terminal types (2023)
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Xu, B., Jiang, P., Chen, Z., Li, Q., Wang, X., & Yan, Y. (2023). An integrated simulation of intermittent heating of multi-zone buildings by heat-pump heating systems with different terminal types. Applied Thermal Engineering, 235, Article 121427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121427

Intermittent heating has been considered to be an effective way to achieve energy savings compared with continuous heating. However, recent studies have found that actual energy savings from intermittent heating vary greatly, depending on actual buil... Read More about An integrated simulation of intermittent heating of multi-zone buildings by heat-pump heating systems with different terminal types.

Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction (2023)
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Werner, T. C., Yan, Y., Karayiannis, T., Pickert, V., Wrobel, R., & Law, R. (2024). Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236, Article 121371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121371

Heat pipes have played a large part in the thermal management market for the past five decades and have contributed to the development and optimisation of countless components in a wide range of high-level applications, most notably in the aerospace,... Read More about Medium temperature heat pipes – Applications, challenges and future direction.

Optical diagnostic study of internal and external EGR combined with oxygenated fuels of n-butanol, PODE3 and DMC to optimize the combustion process of FT synthetic diesel (2023)
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Sun, W., Zhu, G., Guo, L., Zhang, H., Yan, Y., Lin, S., …Yu, C. (2024). Optical diagnostic study of internal and external EGR combined with oxygenated fuels of n-butanol, PODE3 and DMC to optimize the combustion process of FT synthetic diesel. Fuel, 355, Article 129390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129390

With the introduction of carbon neutrality target, Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthetic fuels are coming back into the limelight as a kind of carbon–neutral fuel. However, the mismatch between the overly high cetane number (CN) and the relatively low vapor... Read More about Optical diagnostic study of internal and external EGR combined with oxygenated fuels of n-butanol, PODE3 and DMC to optimize the combustion process of FT synthetic diesel.

Research progress on efficient thermal management system for electric vehicle batteries based on two-phase transformation (2023)
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Li, R., Gan, Y., Luo, Q., Yan, Y., & Li, Y. (2023). Research progress on efficient thermal management system for electric vehicle batteries based on two-phase transformation. Applied Thermal Engineering, 234, Article 121270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121270

Given the energy situation and the rapid growth of the electric vehicle market, electric vehicles (EVs) will face high battery heat production and performance issues brought about by increased range and fast charging performance. Battery thermal mana... Read More about Research progress on efficient thermal management system for electric vehicle batteries based on two-phase transformation.

Exhaust channel optimization of the automobile thermoelectric generator to produce the highest net power (2023)
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Luo, D., Yan, Y., Li, Y., Yang, X., & Chen, H. (2023). Exhaust channel optimization of the automobile thermoelectric generator to produce the highest net power. Energy, 281, Article 128319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128319

The automobile thermoelectric generator is a promising energy conversion technology to enhance fuel economy and decrease the fuel consumption of vehicles. In order to boost the performance of the automobile thermoelectric generator, the fin distance... Read More about Exhaust channel optimization of the automobile thermoelectric generator to produce the highest net power.