Outputs (10)

Surface flow modification of aerofoils for automative racing car application (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Allarton, R., Cliford, T., Hitchborn, B., Parker, L., Shaw, J., & Yao, J. (2019, June). Surface flow modification of aerofoils for automative racing car application. Paper presented at The Eighth International Symposium on Physics of Fluid (ISPF8), Xian, China

An aerofoil which is commonly used in aerospace engineering to produce lift is also employed in the motorsport industry to produce downforce for improving traction in cornering. This paper investigates aerofoil surface modification through ‘golf ball... Read More about Surface flow modification of aerofoils for automative racing car application.

Assessment of stress-blended eddy simulation model for accurate prediction of three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Syawitri, T. P., Yao, Y., Yao, J., & Chandra, B. (2019, March). Assessment of stress-blended eddy simulation model for accurate prediction of three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine performance. Paper presented at 54th 3AF International Conference on Applied Aerodynamics, Paris, France

The performance of a three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine at low tip speed ratio has been evaluated by detached eddy simulation (DES) with stress-blended eddy simulation (SBES) turbulence model. Two grid topologies around the blades, i.e.... Read More about Assessment of stress-blended eddy simulation model for accurate prediction of three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine performance.

CFD simulation of three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine at low tip speed ratios (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Syawitri, T., Yao, Y., Chandra, B., & Yao, J. (2018, October). CFD simulation of three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine at low tip speed ratios. Paper presented at International Conference of Global Warming and Climate Change 2018, Bangkok, Thailand

This paper presents computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of a three-straight-bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) operating at a wind speed of 9 m/s and low Tip Speed Ratio (TSR) ranging from 1.44 to 3.3. The turbine blade has NACA 0021... Read More about CFD simulation of three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine at low tip speed ratios.

Zeolite supported platinum nanoparticles for small organic molecule oxidation and reduction in fuel cell using impregnation (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2018, September). Zeolite supported platinum nanoparticles for small organic molecule oxidation and reduction in fuel cell using impregnation. Paper presented at The 2018 E-MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Zeolite supported Pd electrocatalyst nano-particle characterization (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2017, July). Zeolite supported Pd electrocatalyst nano-particle characterization. Paper presented at ANM2017 Int conf. on advanced nano materials, Aveiro, Portugal

Palladium (Pd) as one of platinum (Pt) group metals has attracted significant attentions since it has shown good activities for hydrogen reaction (HOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cell application and high solubility and mobility... Read More about Zeolite supported Pd electrocatalyst nano-particle characterization.

Ex-situ exafs investigation of zeolite supported pt electrocatalyst structure (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2017, June). Ex-situ exafs investigation of zeolite supported pt electrocatalyst structure. Paper presented at The Seventh International Symposium on Physics of Fluids (ISPF7), Guiyang, China

The electrochemical performance of zeolite supported 1.5 wt% Pt electrocatalyst in fuel cell has been discussed in previous studies [1, 2]. This work will focus on investigating the influence of Pt loading and Pt deposition methods on Pt electrochemi... Read More about Ex-situ exafs investigation of zeolite supported pt electrocatalyst structure.

Numerical investigation of wavy-annular airwater two-pase flow in a small horizontal pipe (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Arini, A., Yao, J., Gordon, T., & Yao, Y. (2016, September). Numerical investigation of wavy-annular airwater two-pase flow in a small horizontal pipe. Paper presented at EFCM11 11th European Fluid Mechanics Conference, Seville, Spain

This study has been carried out using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to investigate the annular two phase flow behavior that flow pattern has some desirable features for renewable energy system application. The circumferential distribution of t... Read More about Numerical investigation of wavy-annular airwater two-pase flow in a small horizontal pipe.

Multistep simulation for three-dimensional ice accretion on an aircraft wing (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Huang, J., Cao, Y., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2016, January). Multistep simulation for three-dimensional ice accretion on an aircraft wing. Paper presented at 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California

A simplified icing model combined with Eulerian two-phase flow theory has been proposed and the method was employed for direct simulation of ice accretion occurred on an aircraft wing. An innovative wall boundary condition treatment has been proposed... Read More about Multistep simulation for three-dimensional ice accretion on an aircraft wing.

CFD of air/water two-phase flow in small horizontal pipe (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2015, July). CFD of air/water two-phase flow in small horizontal pipe. Paper presented at The First Chinese International Conference on CFD, Mianyang, China

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been applied to investigate air/water two-phase flow characteristics in an 8.8mm I.D small horizontal pipe. Simulation has successfully predicted water film thickness using newly developed user defined wave func... Read More about CFD of air/water two-phase flow in small horizontal pipe.

Proton modified Pt zeolite fuel cell electrocatalysts (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, J., Yao, Y., & Mirzaii, H. (2014, August). Proton modified Pt zeolite fuel cell electrocatalysts. Paper presented at World Renewable Energy Congress WREC XIII, London, UK

NaY Zeolite is selected as a suitable material to host 1.5 wt% Platinum (Pt) loading on zeolite using ion exchange method (a) Pt(NH3)4(NO3)2 without excess NH4NO3 nitrate and (b) Pt(NH3)4(NO3)2 with excess NH4NO3 nitrate. The structure/reactivity rel... Read More about Proton modified Pt zeolite fuel cell electrocatalysts.