Name: Gan Yunhua
Title: Professor;
Degree: Ph. D.
Contact: ganyh@scut.edu.cn
Address: Room 530, No. 30 Building, School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China;
Introduction:
1. Work Experience:
2015.9- 2009.9-2015.8 | Professor in Department of Power Engineering, School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology. Teaching and research on heat transfer Associate Professor in Department of Power Engineering, School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology. Teaching and research on heat transfer |
2013.4-2014.4 | Academic visitor, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Nottingham. Research on Heat Transfer |
2006.6-2009.8 | Lecturer in Department of Power Engineering, School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology. Teaching and research on heat transfer |
2. Education：
2003.2-2006.3 | Ph.D. student, Thermophysical Engineering, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China. Research on Boiling Heat Transfer |
2000.9-2003.3 | Master student, Thermophysical Engineering, Northeast Dianli University. Research on Heat Exchanger |
1996.9-2000.7 | Bachelor student, Thermal Power Engineering, Northeast Dianli University. |
3. Research Areas:
1.Microscale combustion and microscale energy system;
2.Microscale heat transfer and high efficient cooling technology;
3.Electrospraying technique;
4.Energy conversion and utilization;
4. Teaching:
1.Advanced Thermodynamics (for Master students);
2.Principle and design of heat exchanger (for Bachelor students);
5. Recent Research Grants:
1.“Electro-spraying combustion of liquid fuel in microchannel”, National Natural Science Foundation of China - The Royal Society of UK Royal Society-Newton Mobility Grant (No. 51611130194), Apr. 1, 2016-Mar. 31, 2018; (Leading Investigator)
2.“Electrospray atomization, gasification and combustion mechanism of liquid fuel in micro scale channel”, the National Natural Science Foundation ofChina (No.51376066), Jan.1, 2013-Dec.31, 2017; (Leading Investigator)
3.“Heat transfer characteristics of thermal management system based on super-thin heat pipe for lithium ion battery in electric vehicle”, Project of Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan (No. 201707010071), May 1, 2017- Apr.30, 2019. (Leading Investigator)
6. Selected Publications:
1.Yunhua Gan*, Yang Tong, Yiguang Ju, Xia Zhang, Haige Li, Xiaowen Chen, Experimental study on electro-spraying and combustion characteristics in meso-scale combustors, Energy Conversion and Management, 2017, 131: 10-17.
2.Yanlai Luo, Yunhua Gan*, Xi Jiang,Investigation of the effect of DC electric field on a small ethanol diffusion flame, Fuel, 2017, 188(c):621-627.
3.Yunhua Gan*, Yanlai Luo, Mei Wang, Yanling Shi, Yuying Yan, Effect of alternating electric fields on the behavior of small-scale laminar diffusion flames, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 89:306-315.
4.Yunhua Gan*, Zhibin Luo, Yongpan Cheng, Jinliang Xu, The electro-spraying characteristics of ethanol for application in a small-scale combustor under combined electric field, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 87: 595-604.
5.Yunhua Gan, Jinliang Xu*, Yuying Yan, An experimental study of two-phase pressure drop of acetone in triangular silicon micro-channels, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 80:76-86.
6.Yunhua Gan*, Xia Zhang, Haige Li, Yang Tong, Yanling Shi, YuyingYan, The atomization current and droplet size of ethanol in two different small-scale electro-spraying systems, Journal of Electrostatics, 2017, 87, 228:235.
7.Yanlai Luo, Yunhua Gan*, Jinliang Xu, Yuying Yan, Yanling Shi, Effects of electric field intensity and frequency of AC electric field on the small-scale ethanol diffusion flame behaviors, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017, 115:1330-1336.
8.Yunhua Gan*, Xia Zhang, Haige Li, Yang Tong, Yang Zhang, Yanling Shi, Zeliang Yang, Effect of a ring electrode on the cone-jet characteristics of ethanol from electro-spraying combustor, Journal of Aerosol Science, 2016, 98: 15-29.
9.Yunhua Gan*, Mei Wang, Yanlai Luo, Xiaowen Chen, Jinliang Xu, Effects of direct-current electric fields on flame shape andcombustion characteristics of ethanol in small-scale, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016, 8(1):1-14.
10.Jianjian Zhao, Yunhua Gan*, Xiaoqian Ma, Zeliang Yang, The Cost of Electric Power Generation in Guangdong Province,Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 2016, 11(11):1014-1019.
11.Meilong Hu*, Lu Liu , Yuzhou Xu , Chenguang Bai , Yunhua Gan*, The Structure, Growth Process and Growth Mechanism of Perovskite in High Titanium-Bearing Blast Furnace Slag, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2015, 46(4): 1751-1759.
12.Yunhua Gan*, Jinliang Xu, Yuying Yan, Mei Wang, Yanlai Luo, Zeliang Yang, A comparative study on free jet and confined jet diffusion flames of liquid ethanol from small nozzles, Combustion Science and Technology, 2014, 186(2): 120-138.
13.Tao Xu, Xue Nong Gao, Jing Yang, Yunhua Gan, Zeliang Yang, Zhengguo Zhang, Experimental and numerical simulation study of the microscale laminar flow diffusion combustion of liquid ethanol, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52(23): 8021-8027.
14.Yunhua Gan, Jinliang Xu, Shuangfeng Wang, Are the available boiling heat transfer coefficients suitable for silicon microchannel heat sinks?, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2008, 4(6): 575-587.
15.Jinliang Xu, Yunhua Gan, Uniform MEMS chip temperatures in the nucleate boiling heat transfer region by selecting suitable, medium boiling number range, Nanoscale and MicroscaleThermophysical Engineering, 2007, 11(3-4): 273-300.
16.Jinliang Xu, Yunhua Gan, Dacheng Zhang, Xiuhan Li. Microscale heat transfer enhancement using thermal boundary layer redeveloping concept. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2005, 48(9): 1662-1674.
17.Jinliang Xu, Yunhua Gan, Dacheng Zhang, Xiuhan Li. Microscale boiling heat transfer in micro time scale at high heat fluxes. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2005, 15(2): 362-376.
18.Jinliang Xu, Yunhua Gan. Oscillating flow behavior of a natural circulation loop using minichannels at atmospheric pressure. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2004, 24(17-18): 2665-2677.
19.Jinliang Xu, Sheng Shen, Yunhua Gan, Yuxiu Li, Wei Zhang, Qiucheng Su. Transient flow pattern based miroscale boiling heat transfer mechanisms. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 2005, 15(6): 1344-1361.
20.Jinliang Xu, Jijun Zhou, Yunhua Gan. Static and Dynamic flow instability of a parallel microchannel heat sink at heat fluxes, Energy Conversion and Management, 2005, 46(2): 313-334.
21.Jinliang Xu, Jijun Zhou, Yunhua Gan, Yong Chen. Unsteady flow phenomenon in a heated microchannel at high heat fluxes, Experimental Heat Transfer, 2004, 17(4): 299-319.
22.Zhiming Xu, Shanrang Yang, Yunhua Gan. Experimental investigation on fouling performance of corrugated tubes, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 2004, 11 (4): 417-422.
23.Jinliang Xu, Yanxi Song, Wei Zhang, Hua Zhang, Yunhua Gan. Numerical simulations of interrupted and conventional microchannel heat sinks, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008, 51(25-26): 5906-5917.