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Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications (2020)
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Werner, T. C., Yan, Y., Mullen, D., & Halimic, E. (2020). Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 19, Article 100564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100564

Heat pipes spanning the 300 °C to 500 °C temperature range are still under research and development stage. Monel/water heat pipes have been previously explored as an option for operation up to 300 °C. Life tests of up to 30,000 h have shown good comp... Read More about Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications.

Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling (2020)
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Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Sardari, P. T., Bashir, M. A., Faraji, H., & Yan, Y. (2020). Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 18, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100520

This paper reports the two-dimensional (2D) transient numerical simulation of a phase change material (PCM) based finned heat sink to investigate the heat transfer performance for passive cooling of electronic devices. The finned heat sinks of 2 mm a... Read More about Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling.

Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites (2020)
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Lian, Z., Wei, C., Gao, B., Yang, X., Chan, Y., Wang, J., …Liu, F. (2020). Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites. RSC Advances, 10(16), 9210-9225. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ra10899h

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry. The highly efficient treatment of azo dye contaminated wastewater from the textile industry is an important but challenging problem. Herein, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microparticles, incorporating m... Read More about Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites.

Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics (2020)
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Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., & Yan, Y. (2020). Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics. Energy Conversion and Management, 205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.112444

Efficient, clean and quiet thermal management has become a vital challenge in for cooling of electronic devices. To enhance the capability and efficiency of passive thermal management , novel composite materials have been designed by the combination... Read More about Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics.

Steady-state performance evaluation and energy assessment of a complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system (2019)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chen, X., Chu, J., Cui, Y., & Yan, Y. (2020). Steady-state performance evaluation and energy assessment of a complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system. Applied Energy, 258, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114082

A complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system is investigated under the steady operating condition, which mainly consists of a dehumidifier, a regenerator, three heat exchangers, a cold and a hot water supply units. A finite diff... Read More about Steady-state performance evaluation and energy assessment of a complete membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system.

Effects of rotation angle and metal foam on natural convection of nanofluids in a cavity under an adjustable magnetic field (2019)
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Qi, C., Tang, J., Ding, Z., Yan, Y., Guo, L., & Ma, Y. (2019). Effects of rotation angle and metal foam on natural convection of nanofluids in a cavity under an adjustable magnetic field. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2019.104349

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd To investigate the natural convection heat transfer of Fe3O4-water nanofluids in a rectangular cavity under an adjustable magnetic field, two experimental systems are established. Meanwhile, several factors, such as nanoparticle m... Read More about Effects of rotation angle and metal foam on natural convection of nanofluids in a cavity under an adjustable magnetic field.

Effects of turbulator with round hole on the thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a triangle tube (2019)
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Qi, C., Fan, F., Pan, Y., Liu, M., & Yan, Y. (2020). Effects of turbulator with round hole on the thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a triangle tube. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118897

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd For investigating the thermal and hydraulic characteristics of water-based SiO2 nanofluids in a triangular tube with different turbulators, an experimental system has been designed and verified in this paper. The effects of differ... Read More about Effects of turbulator with round hole on the thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in a triangle tube.

Experimental study on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers based on thermal efficiency assessment (2019)
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Qi, C., Luo, T., Liu, M., Fan, F., & Yan, Y. (2019). Experimental study on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers based on thermal efficiency assessment. Energy Conversion and Management, 197, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111877

Thermal performance and pressure drop of TiO2-H2O nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers are investigated. The influence of the thermal fluid (water) volume flow rates (qv = 1–5 L/min), nanoparticle mass frictions (ω = 0.0%, 0.1%, 0.3% and 0.5%),... Read More about Experimental study on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in double-tube heat exchangers based on thermal efficiency assessment.

The micro?/nano?PCMs for thermal energy storage systems: A state of art review (2019)
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Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Yan, Y., & Darkwa, J. (2019). The micro?/nano?PCMs for thermal energy storage systems: A state of art review. International Journal of Energy Research, 43(11), 5572-5620. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4550

With advancement in technology, the nanotechnology, various thermal energy storage (TES) materials have been invented and modified with promising thermal transport properties. The solid–liquid phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively used... Read More about The micro?/nano?PCMs for thermal energy storage systems: A state of art review.

Effect of corrugation pitch on thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in corrugated tubes of heat exchanger system based on exergy efficiency (2019)
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Wang, G., Qi, C., Liu, M., Li, C., Yan, Y., & Liang, L. (2019). Effect of corrugation pitch on thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in corrugated tubes of heat exchanger system based on exergy efficiency. Energy Conversion and Management, 186, 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.02.046

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In this article, water and TiO2-H2O nanofluids are used as heat exchange mediums. The heat transfer and resistance coefficient of corrugated tubes with different corrugation pitches are studied by experimental method. The economy... Read More about Effect of corrugation pitch on thermo-hydraulic performance of nanofluids in corrugated tubes of heat exchanger system based on exergy efficiency.

Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation (2019)
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Yang, Y., Zhu, X., Yan, Y., Ding, H., & Wen, C. (2019). Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation. Applied Energy, 242, 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.023

Supersonic ejectors are of great interest for various industries as they can improve the quality of the low-grade heat source in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. However, the impact of steam condensation on the supersonic ejector performances is... Read More about Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation.

Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics (2019)
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Yew, M., Ren, Y., Koh, K. S., Sun, C., Snape, C., & Yan, Y. (2019). Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics. Energy Procedia, 160, 443-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.179

“Off-the-shelf” devices have attracted much consideration lately, especially in emulsions production in droplet-based microfluidics. While many simple and cost-effective designs have been proposed and demonstrated, the functionability of these purpor... Read More about Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics.

Numerical study on inertial effects on liquid-vapor flow using lattice Boltzmann method (2019)
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Lei, S., Shi, Y., Yan, Y., & Zhang, X. (2019). Numerical study on inertial effects on liquid-vapor flow using lattice Boltzmann method. Energy Procedia, 160, 428-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.177

Liquid-vapor flow in porous media is studied in this article. To fulfill this goal, a double-distribution-function lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is proposed based on the separate-phase governing equations at the representative elementary volume (REV)... Read More about Numerical study on inertial effects on liquid-vapor flow using lattice Boltzmann method.

A review on graphene based nanofluids: preparation, characterization and applications (2019)
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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.

An efficient approach to separate CO2 using supersonic flows for carbon capture and storage (2019)
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Wen, C., Karvounis, N., Honore Walther, J., Yan, Y., Feng, Y., Yang, Y., & Yang, Y. (2019). An efficient approach to separate CO2 using supersonic flows for carbon capture and storage. Applied Energy, 238, 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.062

The mitigation of CO2 emissions is an effective measure to solve the climate change issue. In the present study, we propose an alternative approach for CO2 capture by employing supersonic flows. For this purpose, we first develop a computational flui... Read More about An efficient approach to separate CO2 using supersonic flows for carbon capture and storage.

Energy and exergy analysis of fuel cells: a review (2018)
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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.

Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection (2018)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chu, J., Chen, X., Cui, Y., & Yan, Y. (2019). Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection. Energy and Buildings, 183, 592-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.038

The membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system has high energy efficiency without the traditional liquid system carry-over problem. The performance of such a system strongly depends on solution's temperature and concentration, which have... Read More about Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection.

Effects of magnetic field on thermo-hydraulic performance of Fe3O4-water nanofluids in a corrugated tube (2018)
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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, 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)
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Kone, J., 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.