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CFD Modelling of Finned-tube CO2 Gas Cooler for Refrigeration Systems
Zhang, Xinyu; Ge, Yunting; Sun, Jining; Li, Liang; Tassou, Savvas (2019-03-01)As a main component in a refrigeration system, finned-tube CO2 gas cooler plays an important role to the system performance and thus needs to be thoroughly investigated. To achieve this, some effective parameters including ... -
Characteristics and Potential Applications of Nano-enhanced Phase Change Materials: A Critical Review on Recent Developments
Hayat, Muhammad; CHEN, Yong Kang; Bevilacqua, Mose; Li, Liang; Yang, Yongzhen (2022-03-01)Owing to incessant proliferation of challenges pertaining to energy storage systems to attain optimum design and efficient performance, massive research is underway on the development of optimal storage medium (used to ... -
Design and dynamic investigation of low-grade power generation systems with CO2 transcritical power cycles and R245fa organic Rankine cycles
Li, Liang; Ge, Yunting; Luo, Xiang; Tassou, Savvas A. (2018-12-01)This paper deals with the dynamic experimental investigation on low-grade power generation systems with CO2 transcritical power cycles (T-CO2) and R245fa organic Rankine cycles (ORC). These two systems were heated indirectly ... -
Editorial: CO 2 -based energy systems for cooling, heating, and power
Li, Xiaoya; Su, Wen; Xu, Weicong; Dai, Baomin; Li, Jian; Li, Liang (2022-08-16) -
The effect of rope termination on the performance of polyester mooring ropes for marine applications
Saidpour, Hossein; Li, Liang; Vaseghi, Rahim (2020-01-01)Termination of heavy-duty polyester mooring ropes has long been an issue of concern in the marine renewable energy applications. In this study, experimental investigations were conducted on two different rope materials to ... -
Enhancing Thermal Energy Storage in Buildings with Novel Functionalised MWCNTs-Enhanced Phase Change Materials: Towards Efficient and Stable Solutions
Hayat, Muhammad; CHEN, Yong Kang; Yang, Yongzhen; Li, Liang; Bevilacqua, Mose (2024-01-01)Phase change materials (PCMs) are a promising panacea to tackle the intermittency of renewable energy sources, but their thermal performance is limited by low thermal conductivity (TC). This pioneering work investigates ... -
Improving the corrosion resistance of MgZn1.2GdxZr0.18 (x =0, 0.8, 1.4, 2.0) alloys via Gd additions
Yin, Siqi; Duan, Wenchao; Liu, Wenhong; Wu, Liang; Bao, Jiaxin; Yu, Jiamin; Li, Liang; Zhao, Zhong; Cui, Jianzhong; Zhang, Zhiqiang (2020-12-01)Effects of Gd addition on microstructure, corrosion behavior and mechanism of cast and extruded MgZn1.2GdxZr0.18 alloys are investigated through microstructure observation, weight loss and electrochemical tests. Increasing ... -
Microstructure Characterization and Battery Performance Comparison of MOF-235 and TiO 2 -P25 Materials
Zhao, Zilong; Jiang, Xiaowei; Li, Sirui; Li, Liang; Feng, Zhiyuan; Lai, Huansheng (2022-01-21)The growing interest in energy storage has led to the urgent need for the development of high-performance cathode electrodes. The commercialized materials MOF-235 and TiO2-P25 exhibit characteristics that may be suitable ... -
Numerical Investigation on the Impact of Exergy Analysis and Structural Improvement in Power Plant Boiler through Co-Simulation
Yin, Hang; Jin, Yingai; Li, Liang; Lv, Wenbo (2022-10-31)In current power station boilers, fuel burns at a low temperature, which results in low exergy efficiency. This research combined the second law of t with the boiler structure to maximize the efficiency of a 350 MW power ... -
One-Step Preparation of High Performance TiO 2 /CNT/CQD Nanocomposites Bactericidal Coating with Ultrasonic Radiation
Xiang, Jin; Wang, Shuchang; Cao, Yuanxin; Fang, Lining; Ke, Wei; Guo, Hui; Duan, Baoyu; Yu, Wenhe; Li, Liang; Zhao, Zilong (2023-01-11)As an environmental semiconductor material, TiO2 has important applications in the fields of environmental protection and water treatment. The preparation of P25 particles into nano-functional material films with a high ... -
Preparation and Properties of Graphene Doped TiO2 Mesoporous Materials for Photocathode Protection
Zhao, Zilong; Lai, Huansheng; Li, Huali; Li, Liang (2021-01-31)In this study, TiO2-Graphene nanocomposites with a pore size of 10-15 nm were prepared by a sol-gel method under ultrasonic radiation environment. This kind of TiO2-Graphene nanocomposites show excellent performance in the ... -
Preparation and thermophysical characterisation analysis of potential nano-phase transition materials for thermal energy storage applications
Hayat, Muhammad; Yang, Yongzhen; Li, Liang; Bevilacqua, Mose; CHEN, Yong Kang (2023-04-15)The efficacious use of phase change materials (PCMs) is mainly confined by their poor thermal conductivity (TC). In this study, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) and titanium oxide (TiO2) ... -
Proceedings of Abstracts, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science Research Conference 2022
Amafabia, Daerefa-a; Asimea, Laurel; Bally, John; Baran, Anthony; Boies, Adam; Borjali, Amirhossein; Bosomworth, Chloe; Burningham, Ben; Chaliasou, Napoleana-Anna; CHEN, Yong Kang; Cheong, Yuen Ki; Chizari, Mahmoud; Chung, Etelka; Coppin, Kristen; David-West, Opukuro; Dennler, Nik; Dhakal, Hom; Dimov, Nikolay; Dmitruk, Emil; Donald, Allen; Drix, Damien; Dzib, Sergio A.; Eltaweel, Mahmoud; Fadlelseed, Sajid; Farahani, Atena; Felix, Adrian; Foat, Tim; Forbrich, Jan; Franco, Maximilien; Gaarn, Joesphine; Garratt, Tracy; Geach, Jim; Ghias, Narges; Ghita, Adrian; Giannetti, Niccolo; Vargas-Gonzalez, Jaime; Greenaway, Richard; Haritos, George; Hatami, Sara; Haydock, David; Helian, Na; Herfatmanesh, Mohammad Reza; Herve, Jean-Baptiste; Hesse, Evelyn; Korani, Hossein; Hosseini, Vahid; Hu, Wei; Hubbard, Thomas; Inal, Jameel; Irigo, Patrick; Ismail, Sikiru O.; Jepleting, Fiona; Ji, Wei; Johnston, Ian; Jombo, Gbanaibolou; Kadir, Shabnam; Kalyvas, Christos; Kamran, Syed Muhammad; Kanellopoulos, Antonios; Kiflay, Aklil Zenebe; Kirner, Raimund; Knox, Kerry; Kobayashi, Chiaki; Kumar, Dhirendra; Kumar, Ritesh; Lane, Peter; Lekkala, Himayasri; Lewis, Andrew; Li, Liang; Luo, Qi; Madani, Hossein; Mallet, Colin; Maruthupandian, Surya; Mathen, Elizabeth Reeja; Matousek, Pavel; McCool, Simon; McGarry, James C.; Menon, Catherine; Metzner, Christoph; Miles, Rachael E. H.; Moeinnia, Hadi; Moggridge, Paul; Mohseni, Mahdi; Montalvão, Diogo; Moraby, Mohammad Najeeb; Murnane, Darragh; Norgate, Marc; Nourani, Amir; Prasad, Kumar Shantanu; Ramalingam, Soodamani; Rastogi, Shavika; Reid, Jonathan P.; Ren, Guogang; Rivilla, Victor M.; Saidpour, Hossein; Saito, Kiyoshi; Sajedi, Seyed Amir Hossein; Salge, Christoph; Samararatne, Samadhi; Schmuker, Michael; Sensoy, Elif; Shriram, Ajay; Singh, Harpreet; Sorouraddin, Yasser; Steuber, Volker; Stone, Nicholas; Sun, Yi; Sureddi, Roopesh; Sutton, Samuel; Thomas, Peter; Timms, Andrew R; Tiwari, P. R.; Tsokanos, Athanasios; Vadalia, Mansukhlal; Yaqoob, Muhammad; Yulianto, Muhamad; Zheng, Minghua (University of Hertfordshire, 2022-11-04)The present proceedings record the abstracts submitted and accepted for presentation at SPECS 2022, the second edition of the School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science Research Conference that took place online, ... -
Reaction Mechanism Reduction for Ozone-Enhanced CH4/Air Combustion by a Combination of Directed Relation Graph with Error Propagation, Sensitivity Analysis and Quasi-Steady State Assumption
Li, Liang (2018-06-06)In this study, an 18-steps, 22-species reduced global mechanism for ozone-enhanced CH4/air combustion processes was derived by coupling GRI-Mech 3.0 and a sub-mechanism for ozone decomposition. Three methods, namely, direct ... -
Recent progress in anodic oxidation of TiO2 nanotubes and enhanced photocatalytic performance: a short review
Nie, Xiaojiang; Yin, Siqi; Duan, Wenchao; Zhao, Zilong; Li, Liang; Zhang, Zhiqiang (2021-01-04)By adjusting the oxidation voltage, electrolyte, anodizing time and other parameters, TiO2 nanotubes with high aspect ratio can be prepared by oxidation in organic system because anodic oxidation method has the advantage ... -
Verification and Validation of a Low-Mach-Number Large-Eddy Simulation Code against Manufactured Solutions and Experimental Results
Liu, Yingzu; Wan, Kaidi; Li, Liang; Wang, Zhihua; Cen, Kefa (2018-04-13)To investigate turbulent reacting flows, a low-Mach number large-eddy simulation (LES) code called ‘LESsCoal’ has been developed in our group. This code employs the Germano dynamic sub-grid scale (SGS) model and the steady ...