Xia Liang
Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
In 1998, I entered University of Science and Technology of China as an undergraduate student. After get my Bachelor degree in USTC, I entered Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion of Chinese Academy of Science for my master degree. My research was focused on simulating the performance of premixed combustion using material with low heat potential and designing an efficient burner for realization. Afterward, I went into the Hong Kong Polytechnic University working as a research assistant for 8 months. Then I transferred to a Ph.D student. My research is to simulate the performance of heat and mass transfer on air side of an evaporator in a direct expansion (DX) air conditioner. During the Ph.D. program, I studied as a visiting scholar in the Duke University focusing on the Constructal design.
Research Interest
Air side simultaneous heat and mass transfer process in heat exchanger Performance enhancement and control of air conditioning system District energy system: design and operation performance Optimization of network applied in energy industry
Publications
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Xia Liang, M.Y. Chan, Deng Shiming and Xu Xiangguo. Analytical solutions for evaluating the thermal performances of wet air cooling coils under both unit and non-unit Lewis Factors. Energy Conversion and Management, 51(2010)2079-2086.
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Liang Xia, Sylvie Lorente and Adrian Bejan. Constructal design of distributed cooling on landscape. International Journal of Energy Research, 35(2011) 805-812.
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Liang Xia, M.Y. Chan, Minglu Qu, Xiangguo Xu, Shiming Deng. A fundamental study on the optimal/near-optimal shape of a network for energy distribution. Energy, 36(2011) 6471-6478.
