Outputs (21)

Performance investigation of a novel low-carbon solar-assisted multi-source heat pump heating system demonstrated in a public building in Hull (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Li, Z., Song, Z., Fan, Y., Zhao, X., & Li, J. (2024). Performance investigation of a novel low-carbon solar-assisted multi-source heat pump heating system demonstrated in a public building in Hull. Energy Conversion and Management, 300, Article 117979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117979

Global climate change has raised great attention from governments and prompted a wave of application of low-carbon heating technologies. However, solar-assisted heat pump, as an attractive technology, has challenges of unstable performance and comple... Read More about Performance investigation of a novel low-carbon solar-assisted multi-source heat pump heating system demonstrated in a public building in Hull.

Simulation and economic analysis of an innovative indoor solar cooking system with energy storage (2023)
Journal Article
Zhou, C., Wang, Y., Li, J., Ma, X., Li, Q., Yang, M., Zhao, X., & Zhu, Y. (2023). Simulation and economic analysis of an innovative indoor solar cooking system with energy storage. Solar Energy, 263, Article 111816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.111816

Solar energy technology and energy storage technology are promising to make a contribution to current energy and global climate issue. The energy demand of daily cooking is enormous, and conventional cooking methods use gas or electricity with large... Read More about Simulation and economic analysis of an innovative indoor solar cooking system with energy storage.

Eco-economic performance and application potential of a novel dual-source heat pump heating system (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Cui, Y., Song, Z., Zhao, X., Li, J., & Shen, C. (2023). Eco-economic performance and application potential of a novel dual-source heat pump heating system. Energy, 283, Article 128478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128478

Decarbonization of building heating is the key to carbon neutrality. Heat pumps have great potential to replace non-renewable heating devices, thus creating economic and renewable heating systems. To overcome the application challenges of conventiona... Read More about Eco-economic performance and application potential of a novel dual-source heat pump heating system.

Hydrogen-based combined heat and power systems: A review of technologies and challenges (2023)
Journal Article
Yu, S., Fan, Y., Shi, Z., Li, J., Zhao, X., Zhang, T., & Chang, Z. (2023). Hydrogen-based combined heat and power systems: A review of technologies and challenges. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.187

This article comprehensively reviews hydrogen-based Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems as an ideal energy system for reducing environmental pollution and carbon emissions. Hydrogen has a heating value three times that of gasoline, and its lifecycl... Read More about Hydrogen-based combined heat and power systems: A review of technologies and challenges.

Annual analysis of the photovoltaic direct-expansion heat pump assisted by double condensing equipment for secondary power generation (2023)
Journal Article
Song, Z., Ji, J., Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Li, J., & Zhao, X. (2023). Annual analysis of the photovoltaic direct-expansion heat pump assisted by double condensing equipment for secondary power generation. Renewable energy, 209, 169-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.03.059

Thermoelectric generation (TEG) converts heat directly into electricity based on temperature difference. Many studies on combining TEG with photovoltaics to convert waste heat into electricity to increase overall power generation have been conducted.... Read More about Annual analysis of the photovoltaic direct-expansion heat pump assisted by double condensing equipment for secondary power generation.

Experimental investigation of a novel two-stage heat recovery heat pump system employing the vapor injection compressor at cold ambience and high water temperature conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Li, Z., Fan, Y., Zeng, C., Cui, Y., Zhao, X., Li, J., Chen, Y., Chen, J., & Shen, C. (2023). Experimental investigation of a novel two-stage heat recovery heat pump system employing the vapor injection compressor at cold ambience and high water temperature conditions. Renewable energy, 205, 678-694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.101

Heat pumps (HPs) are energy-efficient space heating devices that are key to global carbon reduction and carbon neutrality. However, current commercial HPs have performance issues in cold climates where space heating is needed most, including low COP... Read More about Experimental investigation of a novel two-stage heat recovery heat pump system employing the vapor injection compressor at cold ambience and high water temperature conditions.

A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump (2022)
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Fan, Y., Li, J., Zhao, X., Myers, S., Cheng, Y., Yu, M., Golizadeh Akhlaghi, Y., Ma, X., & Yu, S. (2022). A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump. Energy Conversion and Management, 256, Article 115404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115404

Conventional air source heat pumps suffer from frosting in winter and consume a large amount of electricity for defrosting. Meanwhile, ventilation heat recovery is an important approach to energy saving in buildings. This paper conducts a proof-of-co... Read More about A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump.

Experimental investigation and annual performance mathematical-prediction on a novel LT-PV/T system using spiral-descent concentric copper tube heat exchanger as the condenser for large-scale application (2022)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Ji, J., Li, J., Zhao, X., Cui, Y., Song, Z., Wen, X., & Yao, T. T. (2022). Experimental investigation and annual performance mathematical-prediction on a novel LT-PV/T system using spiral-descent concentric copper tube heat exchanger as the condenser for large-scale application. Renewable energy, 187, 257-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.01.079

The condensers of loop thermosyphon PV/T systems (LT-PV/T) are usually integrated inside water tanks, which may bring some challenges during combination use. This research innovatively proposed a concentric copper tube heat exchanger as the condenser... Read More about Experimental investigation and annual performance mathematical-prediction on a novel LT-PV/T system using spiral-descent concentric copper tube heat exchanger as the condenser for large-scale application.

Combined Rankine Cycle and dew point cooler for energy efficient power generation of the power plants - A review and perspective study (2021)
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Ma, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, Y., Liu, K., Yang, H., Li, J., Akhlaghi, Y. G., Liu, H., Han, Z., & Liu, Z. (2022). Combined Rankine Cycle and dew point cooler for energy efficient power generation of the power plants - A review and perspective study. Energy, 238, Article 121688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121688

The Rankine Cycle is a thermodynamic process widely applied to power plants such as coal-fired power plants or nuclear reactors. The thermal efficiency of a power plant is largely dependent upon the temperature difference between a heat source and a... Read More about Combined Rankine Cycle and dew point cooler for energy efficient power generation of the power plants - A review and perspective study.

Mathematical and experimental evaluation of a mini-channel PV/T and thermal panel in summer mode (2021)
Journal Article
Zhou, J., Zhao, X., Yuan, Y., Fan, Y., & Li, J. (2021). Mathematical and experimental evaluation of a mini-channel PV/T and thermal panel in summer mode. Solar Energy, 224, 401-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.05.096

In this paper, a mini-channel PV/T and mini-channel thermal panel hot water system is presented. The thermal panels in this system use mini-channel tube as the heat exchanger, which has a small hydraulic diameter and large heat exchanger area, and th... Read More about Mathematical and experimental evaluation of a mini-channel PV/T and thermal panel in summer mode.