Wan Zhenping
time: 2015-08-06

AssociateProfessor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, South China University of Technology, China, 2003; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, South China University of Technology, China, 1998; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northeast University, China, 1993
Phone: +86-20-87110684
E-mail: zhpwan@scut.edu.cn
Address: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
Research Group: Advanced Manufacturing on Functional Surface Structure

Research Interests

ŸAdvanced manufacturing on functional surface structure

ŸThermal control of optoelectronic device

ŸMetal cutting principle.

Recent and Current Research Projects and Topics
 1. Development and Application of Key Technology of the Third Generation High Efficiency Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger, the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (2015B020238004), 2015-2017

2. Investigation on forming mechanism and properties of catalyst support with microchannels made of high specific surface stainless steel fiber, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51375176), 2014-2017.

3.Collaborative Manufacturing Technology of Powder Metallurgy and its Finishing of Automotive Hydraulic Transmission Components, the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (2014B09091047), 2014-2017

4.High efficient, high power density and high reliable energy automobile power system, the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (2014B010126003), 2014-2017

5.Development and Industrialization of Key Technology for efficient low cost copper indium gallium selenium Thin Film Solar Cells, the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (2012A032300009), 2012-2016.

6.Key Technology of High Efficiency Heat Exchange Equipment and Its Industrial Application, the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (2011A080804005), 2011-2013

7. Mechanisms on ploughing forming of flow channel in bipolar plate of micro fuel cell and control of surface structure, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51075155), 2011-2013.

  

Awards and Honors
 1. Associate secretary-general of Chinese Society of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2009-

2. Second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award of China, 2016


Selected Publications (
student names in italic, corresponding author in *)
1. Jun Deng, Zhenping Wan*, Rui Cao. Pressure drop across stainless steel fiber sintered felts with honeycombed channels. Chemical Engineering Science, 2016, 155: 268–276

2. Junyuan Feng, Zhenping Wan*, Wanyu Wen, Yaochao Li and Yong Tang. Influence of chamber dimensions on the performance of a conduction micropump. Journal of Micromechanics & Microengineering, 2016, 26(5): 055014

3. Mujia Zheng, Bin Li, Zhenping Wan*, Boxi Wu, Yong Tang, Jingrong Li. Ultrasonic heat transfer enhancement on different structural tubes in LiBr solution. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016, 106: 625–633

4. Zhenping Wan, Dayong Yang, Longsheng Lu, et al. Mechanism of material removal during orthogonal cutting of graphite/polymer composites. Int J Adv Manuf Technol, 2016, 82(9): 1815–1821

5. TANG Tao, WAN Zhenping*, LU Longsheng, and TANG Yong. Characteristics and forming mechanism of stainless steel fiber with periodic micro-fins. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2016, 29(3): 564-570

6. Zhen-ping Wan, Xiao-wu Wang*, Yong Tang. Investigations on the condensation heat transfer performance of stainless-steel edge-shaped finned tubes. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of ASME, 2016, 138(3), 031902: 1–7

7. WAN Zhen-ping, LIANG De-jie, LU Long-sheng, TANG Yong, Fabrication of micro-flow channels on graphite composite bipolar plates using microplaning, J. Cent. South Univ., 2015, 22(8): 2963−2970

8. Wan Z P, Wang XW, Tang Y. Heat transfer performance of an edge-shaped finned-tube. Heat Transfer Engineering, 2015, 36(6): 574–581

9. Zhenping Wan, Jun Deng, Bin Li, Yanxiao Xu, Xiaowu Wang, Yong Tang. Thermal performance of a miniature loop heat pipe using water-copper nanofluid. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 78: 712–719

10. Zhenping Wan, Yaochao Li, Hongliang Tang, Wenjun Deng, Yong Tang. Characteristics and mechanism of top burr formation in slotting microchannels using arrayed thin slotting cutters. Precision Engineering, 2014, 38(1): 28–35

11. Wang XW, Wan ZP*, Tang Y. Experimental investigation of theworking performance of a novel miniature loop heat pipe. Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 2013, 20(6): 481–489.

12. Zhen-ping Wan, Xiao-wu Wang, Yong Tang. Condenser design optimization and operation characteristics of a novel miniature loop heat pipe. Energy Conversion and Management, 2012, 64: 35–42

13. Zhenping Wan, Bin Liu, Wei Zhou, Yong Tang, K.S. Hui, K.N. Hui. Experimental study on shear properties of porous metal fiber sintered sheet. Materials Science and Engineering A, 2012, 544(5): 33–37

14. Zhenping Wan, H W Liu, Yong Tang. Microstructure evolution of adiabatic shear bands and mechanisms of saw-tooth chip formation in machining Ti6Al4V. Materials Science and Engineering A, 2012, 531(1): 155–163

15. Zhenping Wan, Yong Tang. Characteristics of uncurled and reversely curled chip during orthogonal cutting. International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture, 2011, 51(10-11): 831–835

16. Zhenping Wan, Yong Tang. Production of integral serrated outside finned tube using a combined method of rolling and wedging/extruding. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 2010, 50(5): 487-490