TANG Aikun, Associate Professor
Email: tycoon@ujs.edu.cn

Fields of Research:
Engineering Thermophysics.

Granted Projects:
1. Study of coupling combustion mechanism in micro heat-recirculating combustor with porous medium, National Science Foundation of China.
2. Study on flame stability and combustion enhancement mechanism of blended gas fuels in the micro channel, National Science Foundation of China.
3. Optimal design and working performance of vehicle cooling system, Technology Project from Company.
4. Simulation and development of dynamic mixing device, Research Fund of State Key Laboratory.

Broad research areas:
1. Micro-combustion and micro-Power generator.
2. Catalytic combustion.
3. Optimal design of heat exchanger.
4. Thermal management of vehicle.

Selected Publications:
[1] Optimization design and numerical study on water cooling structure for power lithium battery pack [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019. 
[2] Experimental study on flame structure transition of premixed propane/air in micro-scale planar combustors [J]. Energy, 2019.
[3] Flame dynamics and stability of premixed methane/air in micro-planar quartz combustors [J]. Energy, 2019.
[4] Experimental observation and numerical study on flame structures, blowout limit and radiant efficiency of premixed methane/air in micro-scale planar combustors [J]. Applied Thermal Energy, 2019.
[5] Entropy generation analysis of combustion process adopting blended propane/hydrogen fuels in micro-combustor [J]. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 2019.
[6] Effect of dimethyl ether addition on flame stability of premixed methane/air in a micro-planar quartz combustor [J]. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification,  2019.
[7] Experimental and numerical study of premixed propane/air combustion in the micro-planar combustor with a cross-plate insert [J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018.
[8] Numerical study on energy conversion performance of micro-thermophotovoltaic system adopting a heat recirculation micro-combustor [J]. Fuel Processing Technology, 2018.
[9] Combustion characteristics of premixed propane/hydrogen/air in the micro-planar combustor with different channel-heights [J]. Applied Energy, 2017.
[10] Experimental investigation on combustion characteristics of premixed propane/air in a micro-planar heat recirculation combustor [J]. Energy Conversion and Management, 2017.
[11] Combustion characteristics and performance evaluation of premixed methane/air with hydrogen addition in a micro-planar combustor [J]. Chemical Engineering Science, 2015.
[12] Numerical study of premixed hydrogen/air combustion in a micro planar combustor with parallel separating plates [J]. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015.
[13] A comparative study on combustion characteristics of methane, propane and hydrogen fuels in a micro-combustor [J]. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015.