Name: Can Kang
Title: Full Professor
Phone: (+86)0511-88780216
E-mail: kangcan@ujs.edu.cn
Working Experience
July 2017 - Present Jiangsu University, Professor
Education Background
● Doctor of Engineering (Sep. 2004– Jun. 2007)
-Major: Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
● Master of Engineering (Sep. 1999 - Jun.2002)
-Major: Fluid Machinery and Fluids Engineering
● Bachelor of Engineering (Sep. 1995 - Jun.1999)
-Major: Thermal Engineering
Research Interests
● Impeller pump
● Cavitation and cavitation erosion
● High-pressure waterjet
● Hydrokinetic rotor
● Solid-liquid two-phase flow
● Bubble dynamics
● Diaphragm pump
● Wind turbine
● Air-cushion furnace
Research Techniques and Skills
● Design of impeller pump
● Design of hydrokinetic rotor
● Experimental techniques: (a) PIV; (b) High Speed Camera
● CFD simulation: Application of Ansys Fluent and Star-CCM+ in fluid flow
Projects
● National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC-NRF)
● National Natural Science Foundation of China
● Special Funds of Jiangsu Science and Technology Plan for Innovation Support Program of International Cooperation
● Foreign Expert Project of Ministry of Science and Technology of China
● Science and Technology Development Project of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.
● National Key Research and Development Program of China
● Science and Technology Plan Project of State Administration for Market Regulation of China
Publications
● Can Kang, Zhiyuan Wang, Hyoung-Bum Kim, Chunbing Shao. Effects of solidity on startup performance and flow characteristics of a vertical-axis hydrokinetic rotor with three helical blades. Renewable Energy, 2023, 218:119273.
● Kang Can*, Yin Jin, Wang Kangbing, Wu Licheng. Effects of Reynolds number and translation speed on flow and heat transfer for aluminum sheet processed in an air-cushion furnace. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023, 49: 103271.
● Can Kang*, Qian Cao, Shuang Teng, Haixia Liu, Kejin Ding. Wear characteristics of a centrifugal pump transporting solid-liquid mixture: An experimental and numerical study. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023. In press.
● Chen Gong*, Fujun Chen, Can Kang*. Theoretical and experimental studies on the oil-based emulsion spray. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, 14:1164200.
● Shuang Teng, Can Kang*, Minghui Li, Jinyu Qiao, Kejin Ding. Blockage of the deep-sea mining pump transporting large particles with different sphericity. China Ocean Engineering, 2023, 37(2): 343–352.
● Zhiyuan Wang, Can Kang*, Yongchao Zhang, Hyoung-Bum Kim, Feng Jin. Effect of blade chord length on startup performance of H-type tidal current turbine rotor. AIP Advances, 2023, 13:035131.
● Kang Can*, Teng Shuang, Hu Jiang, Ding Kejin, Zhang Wenbin. Mitigation of pressure fluctuation through an impeller with splitter blades for a double-volute centrifugal pump. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, 2023, doi: 10.1080/02533839.2023.2170920
● Christian Mulbah, Can Kang*, Ning Mao, Wei Zhang, Ali Raza Shaikh, Shuang Teng. A review of VOF methods for simulating bubble dynamics. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022, 154: 104478.
● Yang Zhu, Can Kang*, Wei Cai, Chao Huang. Drug injection and dispersion characteristics of an air-powered needle-free injector. Medical Engineering and Physics, 2022, 109: 103906.
● Chen Gong, Dongyang Li, Can Kang*. Effect of oil-based emulsion on air bubbles in the spray sheet produced through the air-induction nozzle. Pest Management Science, 2022, 78(12): 5347–5357.
