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37
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8487
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1465

Overview

Yinhai Zhu is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has established a significant research presence within the field of engineering, focusing particularly on mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, and biomedical engineering, among other subfields. Their work extends into aerospace engineering and fluid flow and transfer processes, contributing to diverse interdisciplinary domains within engineering.

The scientist's research topics prominently include refrigeration and air conditioning technologies, heat transfer and supercritical fluids, and thermodynamic and exergetic analyses of power and cooling systems. They have also engaged with advanced combustion engine technologies, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, and thermochemical biomass conversion processes.

Yinhai Zhu has published in several frequent venues, reflecting the range and focus of their research. These publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fuel
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Applied Energy

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Multi-objective optimization of combined cooling, heating, and power systems with supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle, 2020, Applied Energy
  • A novel global reaction modeling approach considering the effects of pressure on pyrolysis of n-decane at supercritical pressures, 2020, Fuel
  • Dynamic simulation and analysis of transient characteristics of a thermal-to-electrical conversion system based on supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle in hypersonic vehicles, 2024, Applied Energy
  • Experimental and theoretical modeling of the effects of pressure and secondary reactions on pyrolysis of JP-10 at supercritical pressures, 2021, Fuel
  • Transpiration cooling with bio-inspired structured surfaces, 2020, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Peixue Jiang, Hao Guo, Yulei Huang, Wei Peng, and Yuxiang Cheng. These co-authors have contributed to advancing various aspects of Zhu's research projects.

Best Publications

  • Numerical investigation of geometry parameters for design of high performance ejectors

    Yinhai Zhu;Yinhai Zhu;Wenjian Cai;Changyun Wen;Yanzhong Li

  • Review on active thermal protection and its heat transfer for airbreathing hypersonic vehicles

    Yinhai Zhu;Wei Peng;Ruina Xu;Peixue Jiang

  • Shock circle model for ejector performance evaluation

    Yinhai Zhu;Wenjian Cai;Changyun Wen;Yanzhong Li

  • Experimental and Numerical Investigations on n-Decane Thermal Cracking at Supercritical Pressures in a Vertical Tube

    Yinhai Zhu;Bo Liu;Peixue Jiang

  • Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of shock wave characteristics on the ejector performance

    Yinhai Zhu;Peixue Jiang

  • New theoretical model for convergent nozzle ejector in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell system

    Yinhai Zhu;Yanzhong Li

  • Experimental investigation of convection heat transfer of n-decane at supercritical pressures in small vertical tubes

    Bo Liu;Yinhai Zhu;Jun-Jie Yan;Yuntao Lei

  • Experimental investigation on the performance of transcritical CO2 ejector–expansion heat pump water heater system

    Yinhai Zhu;Yulei Huang;Conghui Li;Fuzhen Zhang

  • Comprehensive experimental study on a transcritical CO2 ejector-expansion refrigeration system

    Yinhai Zhu;Conghui Li;Fuzhen Zhang;Pei-Xue Jiang

  • Fuel ejector design and simulation model for anodic recirculation SOFC system

    Yinhai Zhu;Yinhai Zhu;Wenjian Cai;Changyun Wen;Yanzhong Li

  • Experimental investigation of transpiration cooling with phase change for sintered porous plates

    Gan Huang;Yinhai Zhu;Zhiyuan Liao;Xiao-Long Ouyang

  • Experimental and analytical studies on the shock wave length in convergent and convergent–divergent nozzle ejectors

    Yinhai Zhu;Peixue Jiang

  • Experimental investigation of combined transpiration and film cooling for sintered metal porous struts

    Pei-Xue Jiang;Gan Huang;Yinhai Zhu;Zhiyuan Liao

  • Flow visualization of supersonic two-phase transcritical flow of CO2 in an ejector of a refrigeration system

    Yinhai Zhu;Zhecheng Wang;Yiping Yang;Pei-Xue Jiang

  • Hybrid vapor compression refrigeration system with an integrated ejector cooling cycle

    Yinhai Zhu;Peixue Jiang

  • Multi-objective optimization of combined cooling, heating, and power systems with supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle

    Yiping Yang;Yulei Huang;Peixue Jiang;Yinhai Zhu

  • Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation on the Laminar Flow and Heat Transfer in Four Basic Fins of Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers

    Yinhai Zhu;Yanzhong Li

  • Anode gas recirculation behavior of a fuel ejector in hybrid solid oxide fuel cell systems: Performance evaluation in three operational modes

    Yinhai Zhu;Yinhai Zhu;Wenjian Cai;Yanzhong Li;Changyun Wen

  • Biomimetic self-pumping transpiration cooling for additive manufactured porous module with tree-like micro-channel

    Gan Huang;Yinhai Zhu;Zhiyuan Liao;Ruina Xu

  • Novel ejector model for performance evaluation on both dry and wet vapors ejectors

    Yinhai Zhu;Yanzhong Li

  • Simplified ejector model for control and optimization

    Yinhai Zhu;Yinhai Zhu;Wenjian Cai;Changyun Wen;Yanzhong Li

  • Experimental investigation of the flow and heat transfer instabilities in n-decane at supercritical pressures in a vertical tube

    Junjie Yan;Yinhai Zhu;Ran Zhao;Shuai Yan

  • Thermal Cracking and Heat Transfer of Hydrocarbon Fuels at Supercritical Pressures in Vertical Tubes

    Peixue Jiang;Junjie Yan;Shuai Yan;Zelong Lu

  • Investigation of transpiration cooling for sintered metal porous struts in supersonic flow

    Zheng Huang;Yin-hai Zhu;Yan-bin Xiong;Pei-xue Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Pei-Xue Jiang
Pei-Xue Jiang Tsinghua University
Yanzhong Li
Yanzhong Li Xi'an Jiaotong University
Wenjian Cai
Wenjian Cai Nanyang Technological University
Changyun Wen
Changyun Wen Nanyang Technological University
Ruina Xu
Ruina Xu Tsinghua University
Jiafu Wang
Jiafu Wang Air Force Engineering University

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