two-phase flow and heat transfer, flow boiling, solar thermal technology, heat pipe, themosyphon, natural circulation system, thermal storage

Undergraduate level

Heat transfer

Thermal-Fluids Laboratory 

Enhanced Heat Transfer

Fluid Machinery

Dr. Liang Zhang is engaged in the fundamental heat and mass transfer issues in energy utilization equipment, including gas-liquid two-phase flow boiling, LBM method, heat pipe, solar thermal utilization, and high-temperature energy storage steam generator system. He has published 14 SCI papers and authorized 28 patents.

Key words: flow boiling, natural circulation, gas-liquid flow and heat transfer, solar thermal system

Zhang L.*, Wang Y.F., Yu Z.T., Experimental study of flow boiling instabilities in horizontal tubes under gas-liquid stratification condition: effects of heat flux and inlet subcooling degree, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 118 （2018）1040-1045.

Fan L.W.*, Li J.Q., Zhang L.,Yu Z.T., Cen K.F., Pool boiling heat transfer on a nanoscale roughness-enhanced superhydrophilic surface for accelerated quenching in water, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109 (2016) 630-639.

Zhang L.*, Hua M., Zhang X.P., Yu Z.T., Mei R.W., Visualized investigation of gas-liquid stratified flow boiling of water in a natural circulation thermosyphon loop with horizontal arranged evaporator, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 102（2016) 980-990. (SCI, IF=2.857)

Zhang L.*, Hua M., Lu H., Fan L.W, Mei R.W., Effect of receiver diameter ratio on thermal performance of natural circulation steam generation system as applied to parabolic trough collector using water as working fluid, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 92（2016) 1191-1200. (SCI, IF=2.857)

Hua M., Zhang L. *, Fan L., Lv Y., Lu H., Yu Z. *, Cen K., Experimental investigation of effect of heat load on thermal performance of natural circulation steam generation system as applied to PTC-based solar system, Energy Conversion and Management, 91(2015) 101-109.（SCI, IF=4.801）

Zhang L., Fan L.W., Yu Z.T., Cen K.F., An experimental investigation of transient pool boiling of aqueous nanofluids with graphene oxide nanosheets as characterized by the quenching method, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 73(2014)  410-414. （SCI, IF=2.857）

Zhang L., Fan L.W. *, Hua M., Zhu Z.Q., Wu Y.Y., Yu Z.T., Hu Y.C., Fan J.R., Cen K.F., An indoor experimental investigation of the thermal performance of a TPLT-based natural circulation steam generator as applied to PTC systems, Applied Thermal Engineering 62 (2014) 330-340. (SCI, IF=3.043)

Zhang L., Yu Z.T.*, Fan L.W., Wang W.J., Chen H., Hu Y.C., Fan J.R., Ni M.J., Cen K.F., An Experimental Investigation of the Heat Losses of a U-Type Solar Heat Pipe Receiver of a Parabolic Trough Collector-Based Natural Circulation Steam Generation System, Renewable Energy 57 (2013) 262-268. （SCI, IF=3.404）

Zhang L., Yu Z.T.*, Li D.Y., Fan L.W.*,Zhu Y.Z., Hong R.H., Hu Y.C., Fan J.R., Cen K.F., Enhanced critical heat flux during quenching of extremely dilute aqueous colloidal suspensions with graphene oxide nanosheets, Journal of Heat Transfer –Transition of the ASME 135(2013), 054502. （SCI, IF=1.723）

Zhang L., Wang W.J., Yu Z.T.*, Fan L.W., Hu Y.C., Ni Y., Fan J.R., Cen K.F.，An experimental investigation of a natural circulation heat pipe system applied to a parabolic trough solar collector steam generation system，Solar Energy 86 (2012) 911-919. （SCI, IF=3.685）

Fan L.W., Li J.Q., Li D.Y., Zhang L., Yu Z.T., Cen K.F., The effect of concentration on transient pool boiling heat transfer of graphene-based aqueous nanofluids, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 91(2015) 83-95. （SCI, IF=2.769）

Fan L.W., Li J.Q., Li D.Y., Zhang L., Yu Z.T., Regulated transient pool boiling of water during quenching on nanostructured surfaces with modified wettability from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 76(2014) 81-89. （SCI, IF=2.857）

Lu H., Yu Z.T., Alanne K., Zhang L., Fang L.W., Xu X., Martinac I., Transition path towards hybrid systems in China: obtaining net-zero exergy district using a multi-objective optimization method, Energy and Buildings, 85(2014)524-535 . （SCI, IF=2.973）

Lu H., Yu Z.T., Alanne K., Xu X, Fang L.W., Yu H., Zhang L., Martinac I., Parametric analysis of energy quality management for district in China using multi-objective optimization approach, Energy Conversion and Management, 87(2014) 636-646.（SCI, IF=4.801）

Reviewers for International Journals (SCI-indexed)

1. Energy

2. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
   

3. Renewable Energy
   

4. International Journal of Thermal Science

5. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

6. Applied Thermal Engineering

7. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Members in International Societies/Organizations

1. ASME