dr. T. Zhu (Tingting)

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.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Air
# Flow Rate
# Heat Pipes
# Heat Transfer
# Hot Temperature
# Phase Change Materials
# Thermal Energy

Physics & Astronomy

# Heat Pipes

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics (HTT)

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!

Zhu, T., Du, Y., Liang, J. , Rohlfs, W., Eric Thorsen, J., & Elmegaard, B. (2023). Integration of booster heat pumps in ultra-low temperature district heating network: Prototype demonstration and refrigerant charge investigation. Energy and buildings, 298, [113516]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113516

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

Zhang, D., Shen, Z., Xu, N. , Zhu, T., Chang, L., & Song, H. (2023). Development of a Zero-Dimensional Model for a Low-Speed Two-Stroke Marine Diesel Engine with Exhaust Gas Bypass and Performance Evaluation. Processes, 11(3), [936]. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11030936

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. [120459]. 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), [5853]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075853

Li , C., Sun, J., Zou, H., Cai, J. , & Zhu, T. (2023). Characteristic analysis and energy efficiency of an oil-free dual-piston linear compressor for household refrigeration with various conditions. Energy, 270, [126931]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126931

Liang, L., Zhao, Y., Diao, Y., Ren, R. , Zhu, T., & Li, Y. (2023). Experimental investigation of preheating performance of lithium-ion battery modules in electric vehicles enhanced by bending flat micro heat pipe array. Applied energy, 337, [120896]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120896

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), [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, [106567]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106567

Chen, C., Diao, Y., Zhao, Y. , Zhu, T., Wang, Z., Han, Y., & Liu, Y. (2023). Performance prediction of a fin–metal foam–cold thermal energy storage device: Solidification. International journal of heat and mass transfer, 202, [123672]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.123672

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