2026 Kyaw Thu: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	51	3968	3808	60	57	181	7492

Overview

Kyaw Thu is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on mechanical engineering and renewable energy. Their research spans around 226 publications primarily within these domains, addressing a range of subfields and topics linked to energy systems and materials science.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields of study, including:

Mechanical Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Biomedical Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Building and Construction

Main topics addressed in their research include:

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
Adsorption and Cooling Systems
Heat Transfer and Optimization
Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
Phase Change Materials Research

Kyaw Thu has published research in a variety of scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

Evergreen
International Journal of Refrigeration
Applied Thermal Engineering
SSRN Electronic Journal
Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shinpojiumu koen ronbunshu/Doryoku, enerugi gijutsu no saizensen koen ronbunshu

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored includes:

A comprehensive review on various techniques used for synthesizing nanoparticles (2023, Journal of Materials Research and Technology)
A benchmark for CO2 uptake onto newly synthesized biomass-derived activated carbons (2020, Applied Energy)
The life cycle climate performance evaluation of low-GWP refrigerants for domestic heat pumps (2020, International Journal of Refrigeration)
Enhancing water adsorption capacity of acorn nutshell based activated carbon for adsorption thermal energy storage application (2020, Energy Reports)
Study on thermodynamic and environmental effects of vapor compression refrigeration system employing first to next-generation popular refrigerants (2021, International Journal of Refrigeration)

Collaborations have been frequent with several co-authors, including:

Takahiko Miyazaki
František Mikšík
Nobuo Takata
Y. Higashi
Jun Tanimoto

Best Publications

Theoretical framework to evaluate minimum desorption temperature for IUPAC classified adsorption isotherms

Mahbubul Muttakin;Mahbubul Muttakin;Sourav Mitra;Sourav Mitra;Kyaw Thu;Kyaw Thu;Kazuhide Ito

379
Citations
Adsorption desalination: An emerging low-cost thermal desalination method

Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Youngdeuk Kim;Anutosh Chakraborty

355
Citations
Multi effect desalination and adsorption desalination (MEDAD): A hybrid desalination method

Muhammad Wakil Shahzad;Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Kyaw Thu;Bidyut Baran Saha

215
Citations
Recent developments in thermally-driven seawater desalination: Energy efficiency improvement by hybridization of the MED and AD cycles

Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Seung Jin Oh;Li Ang

210
Citations
Performance investigation of a solar-assisted direct contact membrane distillation system

Young Deuk Kim;Kyaw Thu;Noreddine Ghaffour;Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng

208
Citations
Study on a waste heat-driven adsorption cooling cum desalination cycle

Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Bidyut Baran Saha;Anutosh Chakraborty

199
Citations
Operational strategy of adsorption desalination systems

Kyaw Thu;Kim Choon Ng;Bidyut B. Saha;Anutosh Chakraborty

192
Citations
Study on an advanced adsorption desalination cycle with evaporator–condenser heat recovery circuit

Kyaw Thu;Bidyut Baran Saha;Anutosh Chakraborty;Won Gee Chun

147
Citations
An experimental investigation on MEDAD hybrid desalination cycle

Muhammad Wakil Shahzad;Kyaw Thu;Yong deuk Kim;Kim Choon Ng

140
Citations
Solar-assisted dual-effect adsorption cycle for the production of cooling effect and potable water

Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Anutosh Chakraborty;Bidyut Baran Saha

139
Citations
Experimental investigation on the optimal performance of Zeolite–water adsorption chiller

Aung Myat;Ng Kim Choon;Kyaw Thu;Young Deuk Kim

138
Citations
Performance of adsorbent-embedded heat exchangers using binder-coating method

Ang Li;Kyaw Thu;Azhar Bin Ismail;Muhammad Wakil Shahzad

138
Citations
Study on dew point evaporative cooling system with counter-flow configuration

J. Lin;K. Thu;T.D. Bui;R.Z. Wang

132
Citations
Thermo-physical properties of silica gel for adsorption desalination cycle

Kyaw Thu;Anutosh Chakraborty;Bidyut Baran Saha;Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng

131
Citations
Numerical simulation and performance investigation of an advanced adsorption desalination cycle

Kyaw Thu;Anuthosh Chakraborty;Young Deuk Kim;Aung Myat

130
Citations
A hybrid multi-effect distillation and adsorption cycle

Kyaw Thu;Young Deuk Kim;Gary Amy;Won Gee Chun

125
Citations
Study on biomass derived activated carbons for adsorptive heat pump application

Animesh Pal;Animesh Pal;Kyaw Thu;Kyaw Thu;Sourav Mitra;Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy

119
Citations
Performance evaluation of a zeolite–water adsorption chiller with entropy analysis of thermodynamic insight

Ang Li;Azhar Bin Ismail;Kyaw Thu;Kim Choon Ng

106
Citations
A second law analysis and entropy generation minimization of an absorption chiller

Aung Myat;Kyaw Thu;Young Deuk Kim;A. Chakraborty

104
Citations
Solar-assisted multi-stage vacuum membrane distillation system with heat recovery unit

Young Deuk Kim;Kyaw Thu;Seung Hak Choi

100
Citations
Performance analysis of a low-temperature waste heat-driven adsorption desalination prototype

Kyaw Thu;Hideharu Yanagi;Bidyut Baran Saha;Bidyut Baran Saha;Kim Choon Ng

91
Citations