HFO refrigerants: A review of present status and future prospects.

V Nair - International Journal of Refrigeration, 2021 - Elsevier
HFCs (Hydrofluorocarbons) are one of the most widely used refrigerants worldwide. But,
HFCs are heading towards complete phase out in the near future due to environmental …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on waste heat recovery utilization with special focus on Organic Rankine Cycle applications

A Kumar, D Rakshit - Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In the recent era of development, energy consumption increased many folds. While tapping
this energy from various resources, almost half of this energy is dumped back into the …

A review of solar assisted heat pump technology for drying applications

L Zou, Y Liu, M Yu, J Yu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP) systems are increasingly gaining attention for their
potential feasibility in various fields due to their energy saving benefits. However, the …

A novel waste heat recovery system combing steam Rankine cycle and organic Rankine cycle for marine engine

X Liu, MQ Nguyen, J Chu, T Lan, M He - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Aiming to reduce fuel consumption and pollutant emission, a new kind of waste heat
recovery system (WHRS) is proposed to recycle the waste heat of marine engine. In the …

A molecular dynamics simulation study on solubility behaviors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in supercritical water/hydrogen environment

W Ding, J Shi, W Wei, C Cao, H Jin - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2021 - Elsevier
Violates containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were precipitated in the
process of fast pyrolysis and gasification of coal and organic substances. PAHs are one of …

Supercritical water gasification of wheat straw: Composition of reaction products and kinetic study

C Wang, L Li, Y Chen, Z Ge, H Jin - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) technology is a potential technology to convert solid
wastes to hydrogen rich gas products. But the gasification mechanism of real biomass in …

Effects of lubricant on evaporation and boiling processes of R1234ze (E): a molecular dynamics study

S Cai, C Wu, X Li, Q Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Lubricant plays an important role in thermodynamic systems to lubricate the sliding surfaces.
However, the mixing of working fluid and lubricant will significantly affect the heat transfer …

Understanding lignin gasification in supercritical water using reactive molecular dynamics simulations

X Liu, T Wang, J Chu, M He, Q Li, Y Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the micro-mechanism of lignin gasification in supercritical water is
meaningful for improving the energy conversion efficiency of biomass. In this work, the …

Evaporation of R32/R152a mixtures on the Pt surface: A molecular dynamics study

S Cai, Q Li, C Liu, Y Zhou - International Journal of Refrigeration, 2020 - Elsevier
The refrigerants mixture has a great perspective in the thermal engineering, while the
evaporation of refrigerants mixture still needs to be studied in depth. Therefore, molecular …

Molecular dynamics study on the coalescence and break-up behaviors of ionic droplets under DC electric field

F Song, H Niu, J Fan, Q Chen, G Wang, L Liu - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Electric coalescence is an effective way to achieve high performance of separating small
dispersed water droplets from oils. We investigated the coalescence and break-up …