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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
40
Citations
3657
World Ranking
2083
National Ranking
71

Zhiqiang Guan publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhiqiang Guan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Zhiqiang Guan D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhiqiang Guan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhiqiang Guan is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, particularly within mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, and aerospace engineering. Their research covers a range of topics including heat transfer and supercritical fluids, thermodynamic and exergetic analyses of power and cooling systems, turbomachinery performance and optimization, advanced combustion engine technologies, refrigeration and air conditioning technologies, heat transfer mechanisms, and solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.

The scientist has published in numerous academic venues, with frequent contributions to Mechanics & Industry, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Thermal Engineering, Coatings, and the Proceedings of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Potential prospects of supercritical CO2 power cycles for commercialisation: Applicability, research status, and advancement (2022) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Feasibility of dry cooling in supercritical CO2 power cycle in concentrated solar power application: Review and a case study (2020) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Novel design measures for optimizing the yearlong performance of a concentrating solar thermal power plant using thermal storage and a dry-cooled supercritical CO2 power block (2020) published in Energy Conversion and Management
  • A one-dimensional modelling methodology of printed circuit heat exchangers for steady, off-design and transient feasibility in a supercritical CO2 power block (2022) published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • A comprehensive review on numerical approaches to simulate heat transfer of turbulent supercritical CO2 flows (2020) published in Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals

Guan has collaborated frequently with several co-authors across multiple projects. Key collaborators include Hal Gurgenci, Jishun Li, M. Monjurul Ehsan, Sangkyoung Lee, and Peixin Dong.

The main fields of study and subfields reflect a strong focus on engineering disciplines with a particular emphasis on mechanical engineering and computational mechanics. The main topics addressed by their work indicate specialized interests in thermal systems, turbomachinery, combustion engines, refrigeration technologies, and renewable energy systems.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive review on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics and correlations with supercritical CO2 under heating and cooling applications

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Zhiqiang Guan;A.Y. Klimenko

  • Potential prospects of supercritical CO2 power cycles for commercialisation: Applicability, research status, and advancement

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  • Numerical simulation of water spray for pre-cooling of inlet air in natural draft dry cooling towers

    Abdullah Alkhedhair;Hal Gurgenci;Ingo Jahn;Zhiqiang Guan

  • Windbreak walls reverse the negative effect of crosswind in short natural draft dry cooling towers into a performance enhancement

    Y. Lu;Z. Guan;H. Gurgenci;Z. Zou

  • Computational investigations of heat transfer to supercritical CO2 in a large horizontal tube

    Jianyong Wang;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Kamel Hooman

  • Pre-cooling with Munters media to improve the performance of Natural Draft Dry Cooling Towers

    Suoying He;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan;Abdullah M. Alkhedhair

  • Feasibility of dry cooling in supercritical CO2 power cycle in concentrated solar power application: Review and a case study

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Alexander Klimenko

  • Experimental study of film media used for evaporative pre-cooling of air

    Suoying He;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Kamel Hooman

  • Experimental study of crosswind effects on the performance of small cylindrical natural draft dry cooling towers

    Yuanshen Lu;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Kamel Hooman

  • Novel design measures for optimizing the yearlong performance of a concentrating solar thermal power plant using thermal storage and a dry-cooled supercritical CO2 power block

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Alexander Klimenko

  • Design and performance study of dry cooling system for 25 MW solar power plant operated with supercritical CO2 cycle

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Xurong Wang;Zhiqiang Guan;A.Y. Klimenko

  • A review on the performance evaluation of natural draft dry cooling towers and possible improvements via inlet air spray cooling

    Yubiao Sun;Zhiqiang Guan;Kamel Hooman

  • Comparative study on the performance of natural draft dry, pre-cooled and wet cooling towers

    Suoying He;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan;Kamel Hooman

  • Optimization design of solar enhanced natural draft dry cooling tower

    Zheng Zou;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci

  • A comprehensive thermal assessment of dry cooled supercritical CO2 power cycles

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Sam Duniam;Jishun Li;Zhiqiang Guan

  • Water spray for pre-cooling of inlet air for Natural Draft Dry Cooling Towers – Experimental study

    Abdullah Alkhedhair;Zhiqiang Guan;Ingo Jahn;Hal Gurgenci

  • Design and comparison of direct and indirect cooling system for 25 MW solar power plant operated with supercritical CO2 cycle

    M. Monjurul Ehsan;Zhiqiang Guan;A.Y. Klimenko;Xurong Wang

  • Solar enhanced natural draft dry cooling tower for geothermal power applications

    Zheng Zou;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Yuanshen Lu

  • The influence of windbreak wall orientation on the cooling performance of small natural draft dry cooling towers

    Yuanshen Lu;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan;Suoying He

  • Investigation on the influence of injection direction on the spray cooling performance in natural draft dry cooling tower

    Yubiao Sun;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Kamel Hooman

  • Performance enhancement for the natural draft dry cooling tower under crosswind condition by optimizing the water distribution

    Xiaoxiao Li;Lin Xia;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan

  • A review of wetted media with potential application in the pre-cooling of natural draft dry cooling towers

    Suoying He;Hal Gurgenci;Zhiqiang Guan;Xiang Huang

  • Spray cooling system design and optimization for cooling performance enhancement of natural draft dry cooling tower in concentrated solar power plants

    Yubiao Sun;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Jianyong Wang

  • A study on multi-nozzle arrangement for spray cooling system in natural draft dry cooling tower

    Yubiao Sun;Zhiqiang Guan;Hal Gurgenci;Xiaoxiao Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Hal Gurgenci
Hal Gurgenci University of Queensland
Kamel Hooman
Kamel Hooman Delft University of Technology
Ananthanarayanan Veeraragavan
Ananthanarayanan Veeraragavan University of Queensland
Glenda C. Gobe
Glenda C. Gobe University of Queensland
Stuart Crozier
Stuart Crozier University of Queensland
D. N. P. Murthy
D. N. P. Murthy University of Queensland
Yiping Dai
Yiping Dai Xi'an Jiaotong University
Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
Yuexing Feng
Yuexing Feng University of Queensland
Jianbin Xu
Jianbin Xu Chinese University of Hong Kong

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