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dr. T. Zhu (Tingting)

Assistant Professor

About Me

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Thermal and Fluid Engineering   (Thermal Engineering group) at the University of Twente.

From 2019 to 2022, I was a postdoctoral Fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship/H.C. Ørsted COFUND) in the research group of Prof. Brian Elmegaard at Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The research topic was heat pumps and zeotropic refrigerants for district heating systems. In addition, I was responsible for the development of a multifunctional heat pump test system for the DTU TES Laboratory.

In 2017, I finished my PhD on "Thermal behavior of novel solar thermal collectors based on micro heat pipe arrays" at Beijing University of Technology. During this period, I also participated in the high-efficiency phase change heat storage research project and the development of solar air heating combined heat storage system.


Expertise

Engineering & Materials Science
Air
Flow Rate
Heat Pipes
Heat Transfer
Hot Temperature
Phase Change Materials
Thermal Energy
Physics & Astronomy
Heat Pipes

Research

Research fields
  • Heat pump and mixture refrigerant
  • Solar thermal energy/PVT
  • Micro-heat pipe technology
  • Energy storage technologies
  • Energy system integration and optimization

Collaboration

  • Dr. Zhu is open to collaborations with researchers from Academia,Industry, Research institute, etc. Please feel free to email t.zhu@utwente.nl to discuss any collaboration opportunities! 
  • Dr Zhu welcomes motivated and creative students to join the research, especially those who enjoy working on challenging projects!

Publications

Recent
Zhu, T., Liang, J., Thorsen, J. E., Gudmundsson, O. , Rohlfs, W., & Elmegaard, B. (2023). A heat pump system for simultaneous comfort floor cooling and domestic hot water. In 14th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2023
Chen, C., Diao, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, Z., Han, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, Y., Fang, D. , & Zhu, T. (2023). Thermal performance of cold thermal energy storage system with fin and fin–foam structures. Applied thermal engineering, 228, 1-11. Article 120459. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120459
Li, C., Sun, J., Zou, H., Cai, J. , & Zhu, T. (2023). Experimental Analysis of the Discharge Valve Movement of the Oil-Free Linear Compressor in the Refrigeration System. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(7), Article 5853. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075853
Ji, Z., Guo, F. , Zhu, T., Cheng, K., Zhang, S., Qin, J., & Dong, P. (2023). Thermodynamic Performance Comparisons of Ideal Brayton Cycles Integrated with High Temperature Fuel Cells as Power Sources on Aircraft. Sustainability and climate change, 15(3), Article 2805. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032805
Chen, C., Diao, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, Y., Han, Y. , Zhu, T., Fang, D., & Li, J. (2023). Melting performance of a cold energy storage device filled with metal foam–composite phase-change materials. Journal of Energy Storage, 60, Article 106567. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106567

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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room N215
De Horst 2
7522LW  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex  N215
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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