2026 Tin-Tai Chow: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	73	873	827	157	156	197	16812

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Engineering and Technology

873

827

157

156

197

16812

Engineering and Technology

D-Index

Citations

16812

World Ranking

873

National Ranking

157

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award

Overview

Tin-Tai Chow is affiliated with City University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in engineering and energy research. Their scholarly work focuses primarily on renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental applications within the broader field of engineering.

Their research spans several main fields of study:

Engineering
Energy

Within these fields, their work covers subfields including:

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Building and Construction
Mechanical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

The main topics addressed in their studies include:

Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Tin-Tai Chow has contributed to scholarly articles published in notable venues such as:

Applied Thermal Engineering
Renewable Energy
Energy
Building Simulation
Applied Energy

Some of their recent papers are:

Energy performance of photovoltaic (PV) windows under typical climates of China in terms of transmittance and orientation, 2020, Energy
Economic, energy and environmental life cycle assessment of a liquid flow window in different climates, 2020, Building Simulation
Performance analysis of biogas-fueled maisotsenko combustion turbine cycle, 2021, Applied Thermal Engineering
Experimental and numerical analysis of solar-absorbing metallic facade panel with embedded heat-pipe-array, 2020, Applied Energy
Study of water-filled double-glazing with submerged heat exchanger for solar absorption, 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Wenjie Liu
Chongchao Pan
Chunying Li
Yuanli Lyu
Guangya Zhu

Best Publications

A Review on Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Solar Technology

T. T. Chow

1925
Citations
Performance analysis of photovoltaic-thermal collector by explicit dynamic model

T.T. Chow

729
Citations
Energy and exergy analysis of photovoltaic-thermal collector with and without glass cover

T.T. Chow;G. Pei;K.F. Fong;Z. Lin

666
Citations
HVAC system optimization for energy management by evolutionary programming

K.F. Fong;V.I. Hanby;T.T. Chow

464
Citations
Hybrid photovoltaic-thermosyphon water heating system for residential application

T.T. Chow;W. He;J. Ji

447
Citations
Hybrid photovoltaic and thermal solar-collector designed for natural circulation of water

Wei He;Tin-Tai Chow;Jie Ji;Jianping Lu

406
Citations
Global optimization of absorption chiller system by genetic algorithm and neural network

T.T. Chow;G.Q. Zhang;Z. Lin;C.L. Song

398
Citations
A sensitivity study of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal water-heating system with natural circulation

Jie Ji;Jian-Ping Lu;Tin-Tai Chow;Wei He;Wei He

356
Citations
Comparative study of different solar cooling systems for buildings in subtropical city

K.F. Fong;T.T. Chow;C.K. Lee;Z. Lin

338
Citations
Generation of a typical meteorological year for Hong Kong

Apple L.S. Chan;T.T. Chow;Square K.F. Fong;John Z. Lin

313
Citations
Innovative solar windows for cooling-demand climate

Tin-tai Chow;Chunying Li;Zhang Lin

309
Citations
Investigation on energy performance of double skin façade in Hong Kong

A.L.S. Chan;T.T. Chow;K.F. Fong;Z. Lin

296
Citations
Distributed dynamic modeling and experimental study of PV evaporator in a PV/T solar-assisted heat pump

Jie Ji;Hanfeng He;Tintai Chow;Gang Pei

258
Citations
Experimental study of photovoltaic solar assisted heat pump system

Jie Ji;Gang Pei;Tin-tai Chow;Keliang Liu

242
Citations
Building-integrated photovoltaic and thermal applications in a subtropical hotel building

T.T. Chow;J.W. Hand;P.A. Strachan

235
Citations
An experimental study of façade-integrated photovoltaic/water-heating system

T.T. Chow;W. He;J. Ji

234
Citations
Performance analysis of a photovoltaic heat pump

Jie Ji;Keliang Liu;Tin-tai Chow;Gang Pei

206
Citations
Performance evaluation of a PV ventilated window applying to office building of Hong Kong

T.T. Chow;K.F. Fong;W. He;Z. Lin

197
Citations
Comparison of annual energy performances with different ventilation methods for cooling

Zhang Lin;C.K. Lee;Square Fong;T.T. Chow

176
Citations
Experimental study of a photovoltaic solar-assisted heat-pump/heat-pipe system

H.D. Fu;G. Pei;J. Ji;H. Long

174
Citations
Modeling and application of direct-expansion solar-assisted heat pump for water heating in subtropical Hong Kong

T.T. Chow;G. Pei;K.F. Fong;Z. Lin

171
Citations