6 papers
Thermal conductivity prediction of nanoparticle packed beds by using modified Johnson-Kendall-Roberts model
Zizhen Lin, Congliang Huang
Nanoparticle packed beds (NPBs) have demonstrated the potential for thermal insulation, and further reducing thermal conductivity (k) requires a theoretical understanding of the th…
Construct Particle-Packed Configuration Enable Excellent Thermal Insulation Performance
Zizhen Lin, Congliang Huang
The nanoparticle packed bed (NPB) as a kind of promising thermal insulation materials has drawn widely concern because of their quite low thermal conductivities (k). In this paper,…
Influence Factors of the Evaporation Rate of a Solar Steam Generation System: a Numerical Study
Jinxin Zhong, Congliang Huang, Dongxu Wu +1
Many efforts have been dedicated to improve the solar steam generation by using a bi-layer structure. In this paper, a two-dimensional mathematical model describing the water evapo…
Surrounding Effects on the Evaporation Efficiency of a Bi-layered Structure in Solar Steam Generation: a Numerical Study
Jinxin Zhong, Congliang Huang, Dongxu Wu
The bi-layered structure has drawn a wide interest due to its good performance in solar steam generation. In this work, we firstly develop a calculation model which could give a go…
Thermal conductivity of polymers and polymer nanocomposites
Congliang Huang, Xin Qian, Ronggui Yang
Polymers are widely used in industry and in our daily life because of their diverse functionality, light weight, low cost and excellent chemical stability. However, on some applica…
Decreased Thermal Conductivity of Polyethylene Chain Influenced by Short Chain Branching
Danchen Luo, Congliang Huang, Zun Huang
In this paper, we have studied the effect of short branches on the thermal conductivity of a polyethylene (PE) chain. With a reverse non-equilibrium molecular dynamics method appli…