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43
Citations
6028
World Ranking
1751
National Ranking
212

Overview

Aiwu Fan is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of engineering and chemical engineering, with a strong emphasis on combustion and flame dynamics as well as advanced combustion engine technologies.

Their recent publications reflect a specialization in micro-combustion systems and thermal performance analysis. Notable papers include:

  • Recent progress in flame stabilization technologies for combustion-based micro energy and power systems, 2020, Fuel
  • Non-premixed combustion characteristics and thermal performance of a catalytic combustor for micro-thermophotovoltaic systems, 2020, Energy
  • A numerical study on non-premixed H2/air flame stability in a micro-combustor with a slotted bluff-body, 2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Effects of channel height on the combustion efficiency and thermal performances of a micro Swiss-roll combustor, 2023, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Experimental and numerical investigation on non-premixed CH4/air combustion in a micro Swiss-roll combustor, 2023, Fuel

Aiwu Fan frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Wanhao Liu
  • Guangyao Yang
  • Shixuan Wang
  • Ming Zhao
  • Zeqi Liu

Their work is regularly published in journals such as:

  • Fuel
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
  • Energy

Their research covers subfields like computational mechanics, fluid flow and transfer processes, aerospace engineering, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and mechanical engineering. This breadth supports investigations into combustion and detonation processes, fire dynamics and safety research, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, rocket and propulsion systems research, and heat transfer and optimization.

Best Publications

  • A numerical study on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of laminar flow in a circular tube fitted with center-cleared twisted tape

    Jian Guo;Aiwu Fan;Xiaoyu Zhang;Wei Liu

  • Experimental and numerical investigation on combustion characteristics of premixed hydrogen/air flame in a micro-combustor with a bluff body

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Kaoru Maruta;Hong Yao

  • Effect of bluff body shape on the blow-off limit of hydrogen/air flame in a planar micro-combustor

    Aiwu Fan;Jianlong Wan;Yi Liu;Boming Pi

  • Numerical investigation on flame blow-off limit of a novel microscale Swiss-roll combustor with a bluff-body

    Aiwu Fan;He Zhang;Jianlong Wan

  • A numerical investigation on combustion characteristics of H2/air mixture in a micro-combustor with wall cavities

    Jianlong Wan;Wei Yang;Aiwu Fan;Yi Liu

  • Recent progress in flame stabilization technologies for combustion-based micro energy and power systems

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan

  • Entransy expression of the second law of thermodynamics and its application to optimization in heat transfer process

    W. Liu;Z.C. Liu;H. Jia;A.W. Fan

  • Experimental investigation and numerical analysis on flame stabilization of CH4/air mixture in a mesoscale channel with wall cavities

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Yi Liu;Hong Yao

  • Flame-anchoring mechanisms of a micro cavity-combustor for premixed H2/air flame

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Hong Yao;Wei Liu

  • Interactions between heat transfer, flow field and flame stabilization in a micro-combustor with a bluff body

    Aiwu Fan;Jianlong Wan;Kaoru Maruta;Hong Yao

  • A numerical study on thermo-hydraulic characteristics of turbulent flow in a circular tube fitted with conical strip inserts

    Aiwu Fan;Junjie Deng;Jian Guo;Wei Liu

  • Effect of thermal conductivity of solid wall on combustion efficiency of a micro-combustor with cavities

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Hong Yao;Wei Liu

  • Numerical modeling and experimental validation of heat transfer and flow resistance on the shell side of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with flower baffles

    Yonghua You;Aiwu Fan;Suyi Huang;Wei Liu

  • Parametric study on turbulent heat transfer and flow characteristics in a circular tube fitted with louvered strip inserts

    A.W. Fan;J.J. Deng;A. Nakayama;W. Liu

  • Effect of the length of a plate flame holder on flame blowout limit in a micro-combustor with preheating channels

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Hong Yao

  • Optimization of shell-and-tube heat exchangers conforming to TEMA standards with designs motivated by constructal theory

    Jie Yang;Jie Yang;Aiwu Fan;Wei Liu;Anthony M. Jacobi

  • Experimental investigation on non-premixed methane/air combustion in Y-shaped meso-scale combustors with/without fibrous porous media

    Daoguan Ning;Yi Liu;Ying Xiang;Aiwu Fan

  • The effect of the blockage ratio on the blow-off limit of a hydrogen/air flame in a planar micro-combustor with a bluff body

    Aiwu Fan;Jianlong Wan;Yi Liu;Boming Pi

  • Regime diagrams and characteristics of flame patterns in radial microchannels with temperature gradients

    Aiwu Fan;Aiwu Fan;Sergey Minaev;Sudarshan Kumar;Wei Liu

  • Bifurcations and negative propagation speeds of methane/air premixed flames with repetitive extinction and ignition in a heated microchannel

    Hisashi Nakamura;Aiwu Fan;Sergey Minaev;Evgeniy Sereshchenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Liu
Wei Liu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Kaoru Maruta
Kaoru Maruta Tohoku University
Hong Yao
Hong Yao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Sudarshan Kumar
Sudarshan Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Fangming Jiang
Fangming Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Akira Nakayama
Akira Nakayama Shizuoka University
Zhichun Liu
Zhichun Liu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Anthony M. Jacobi
Anthony M. Jacobi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Xiaobing Luo
Xiaobing Luo Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Hisashi Nakamura
Hisashi Nakamura University of Tokyo

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