Miss Ye Wang
Areas of expertise
- Energy Generation, Conversion And Storage Engineering 091305
- Numerical Modelling And Mechanical Characterisation 091307
- Computational Methods In Fluid Flow, Heat And Mass Transfer (Incl. Computational Fluid Dynamics) 401204
- Experimental Methods In Fluid Flow, Heat And Mass Transfer 401205
Research interests
- Engineering thermodynamics
- Heat transfer
- Fluid mechanics
- Concentrating solar thermal technology
Biography
- 2019 -- Now, Research fellow, SolarThermal Group, Australian National University
- 2015 -- 2020, PhD, Solar Thermal Group, Australian National University
- 2014 -- 2015, Teaching fellow, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Tianjin University, China
- 2011 -- 2014, Master, Thermophysical Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, China
- 2007 -- 2011, Bachelor, Thermodynamics Engineering, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, China
Researcher's projects
Participated in the following projects:
- ARENA project: bladed receiver with active airflow control
- ASTRI P61: system modelling
- HILTCRC: green heat
- HelioCon and ASTRI P11: techno-economics analysis of helostats
Available student projects
- Camera-based measurements of reflection from non-diffused and complex-shaped 3D objects
- Surrogate modelling methods for Monte Carlo ray tracing (MCRT)
- Heliostat field design for commercial-scale concentrating solar thermal systems
Current student projects
- Flux variation on the tubes of a solar thermal receiver
- Contingency analysis and risk management for system design
- Feasibility of integrated PV-CSP systems
- Feasibility of small-scale concentrating solar power systems
- Rock-bed storage for concentrating solar thermal systems
Publications
- Wang, Y, Potter, D, Asselineau, C et al. 2018, 'Comparison of optical modelling tools for sunshape and surface slope error', 23rd International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2017, ed. R Mancilla & C Richter, American Institute of Physics (AIP), TBC, pp. 9pp.
- Wang, Y, Asselineau, CA, Coventry, J & Pye, J 2016, 'Optical performance of bladed receivers for CSP systems', ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ASME, TBC, pp. 8pp. doi:10.1115/ES2016-59693
- Pye, J, Arjomandi, M, Coventry, J et al 2019, 'Towards testing of a second-generation bladed receiver', 24th SolarPACES International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2018, ed. C Richter, American Institute of Physics, TBC, pp. 1-10.
- Pye, J, Coventry, J, Ho, C et al 2017, 'Optical and thermal performance of bladed receivers', 22nd Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems Conference SolarPACES 2016, ed. A A Obaidli and N Calvet, AIP Publishing LLC, Melville, New York, United States, pp. 1-8pp.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- HILT RP2.003 - Green heat for industry Program 2: Cross-cutting Technologies (Secondary Investigator)
- ASTRI - Systems Modelling (Secondary Investigator)
