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Jun Zhao is a researcher affiliated with Tianjin University in China, contributing extensively to the fields of engineering and energy. Their work spans multiple subfields, with a focus on mechanical engineering and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Their research portfolio also includes electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials chemistry.

The main topics covered in Jun Zhao's research include solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, thermodynamic and exergetic analyses of power and cooling systems, geothermal energy systems and applications, adsorption and cooling systems, phase change materials research, solar-powered water purification methods, and photovoltaic system optimization techniques.

Jun Zhao has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Mohamed E. Zayed, Wenjia Li, Ammar H. Elsheikh, Moustafa M. Aboelmaaref, and Shengyuan Zhong.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jun Zhao are:

  • Industrial reheating furnaces: A review of energy efficiency assessments, waste heat recovery potentials, heating process characteristics and perspectives for steel industry, 2021, Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Recent progress in phase change materials storage containers: Geometries, design considerations and heat transfer improvement methods, 2020, Journal of Energy Storage
  • Hybrid solar desalination systems driven by parabolic trough and parabolic dish CSP technologies: Technology categorization, thermodynamic performance and economical assessment, 2020, Energy Conversion and Management
  • A comprehensive review on Dish/Stirling concentrated solar power systems: Design, optical and geometrical analyses, thermal performance assessment, and applications, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Optimal design parameters and performance optimization of thermodynamically balanced dish/Stirling concentrated solar power system using multi-objective particle swarm optimization, 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering

Jun Zhao's research has been published extensively in several notable journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Energy
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • Process Safety and Environmental Protection

The breadth of Jun Zhao's work integrates theoretical and applied aspects of energy systems, with a particular emphasis on improving system efficiencies, advancing solar power technologies, and promoting sustainable energy applications.

Best Publications

  • Alternative pathways for efficient CO2 capture by hybrid processes—A review

    Chunfeng Song;Qingling Liu;Na Ji;Shuai Deng

  • Recent progress in phase change materials storage containers: Geometries, design considerations and heat transfer improvement methods

    Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Wenjia Li;Ammar H. Elsheikh

  • Applications of cascaded phase change materials in solar water collector storage tanks: A review

    Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Ammar H. Elsheikh;Farid A. Hammad;Farid A. Hammad

  • Factors affecting the thermal performance of the flat plate solar collector using nanofluids: A review

    M.E. Zayed;M.E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Yanping Du;A.E. Kabeel

  • Hybrid solar desalination systems driven by parabolic trough and parabolic dish CSP technologies: Technology categorization, thermodynamic performance and economical assessment

    Moustafa M. Aboelmaaref;Moustafa M. Aboelmaaref;Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Wenjia Li

  • Thermal performances of different types of underground heat exchangers

    Xinguo Li;Yan Chen;Zhihao Chen;Jun Zhao

  • A Review on Borehole Seasonal Solar Thermal Energy Storage

    Liuhua Gao;Jun Zhao;Zipeng Tang

  • Industrial reheating furnaces: A review of energy efficiency assessments, waste heat recovery potentials, heating process characteristics and perspectives for steel industry

    Jun Zhao;Ling Ma;Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Ammar H. Elsheikh

  • Simulation and experiment on the thermal performance of U-vertical ground coupled heat exchanger

    Xinguo Li;Zhihao Chen;Jun Zhao

  • A comprehensive review on Dish/Stirling concentrated solar power systems: Design, optical and geometrical analyses, thermal performance assessment, and applications

    Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Ammar H. Elsheikh;Wenjia Li

  • Reducing the energy consumption of membrane-cryogenic hybrid CO2 capture by process optimization

    Chunfeng Song;Qingling Liu;Na Ji;Shuai Deng

  • Prospect of concentrating solar power in China—the sustainable future

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  • Experimental study on the direct/indirect contact energy storage container in mobilized thermal energy system (M-TES)

    Weilong Wang;Shaopeng Guo;Shaopeng Guo;Hailong Li;Jinyue Yan;Jinyue Yan

  • Effects of load following operational strategy on CCHP system with an auxiliary ground source heat pump considering carbon tax and electricity feed in tariff

    Ligai Kang;Junhong Yang;Qingsong An;Shuai Deng

  • Performance augmentation of flat plate solar water collector using phase change materials and nanocomposite phase change materials: A review

    Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Ammar H. Elsheikh;Yanping Du

  • Performance prediction and techno-economic analysis of solar dish/stirling system for electricity generation

    Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Wenjia Li;Ammar H. Elsheikh

  • Hydraulic performance of a new district heating systems with distributed variable speed pumps

    Aibin Yan;Jun Zhao;Qingsong An;Yulong Zhao

  • Experiments on thermal performance of erythritol/expanded graphite in a direct contact thermal energy storage container

    Liuhua Gao;Jun Zhao;Qingsong An;Dong Zhao

  • Current status and challenges of the ammonia escape inhibition technologies in ammonia-based CO2 capture process

    Fu Wang;Fu Wang;Jun Zhao;He Miao;Jiapei Zhao

  • Multi-objective optimization and grey relational analysis on configurations of organic Rankine cycle

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  • Experimental investigation of ice and snow melting process on pavement utilizing geothermal tail water

    Huajun Wang;Jun Zhao;Zhihao Chen

  • Experimental investigations on solar chimney for optimal heat collection to be utilized in organic Rankine cycle

    Duen-Sheng Lee;Tzu-Chen Hung;Jaw-Ren Lin;Jun Zhao

  • A case study of underground thermal storage in a solar-ground coupled heat pump system for residential buildings

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  • Optimal design parameters and performance optimization of thermodynamically balanced dish/Stirling concentrated solar power system using multi-objective particle swarm optimization

    Mohamed E. Zayed;Mohamed E. Zayed;Jun Zhao;Ammar H. Elsheikh;Wenjia Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuai Deng
Shuai Deng Tianjin University
Jinyue Yan
Jinyue Yan Mälardalen University
Yang Li
Yang Li Tianjin University
Liqiu Wang
Liqiu Wang University of Hong Kong
Hailong Li
Hailong Li Mälardalen University
Na Ji
Na Ji University of California, Berkeley
Abd Elnaby Kabeel
Abd Elnaby Kabeel Tanta University
Mohamed Abd Elaziz
Mohamed Abd Elaziz Ajman University of Science and Technology
Jinliang Yuan
Jinliang Yuan Ningbo University
Qibin Liu
Qibin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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