Dr. Yan Liu is guided by Prof. Liu Yang (the winner of China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists, “Yangtze river scholar” of the Ministry of Education). He is now an Associate Professor in State Key Laboratory of Green Building in Western China. His research interests include building energy efficiency, building thermal engineering, urban thermal process, urban climatology. He hosts one cooperative project of “the 13th Five-Year” National Science Technology Major Project of China, one National Natural Science Foundation of China, and 4 Provincial and ministerial level projects. He also participates as a core member in one National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, one key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and one 973 Project. He was invited to write 1 chapter in an English Monograph and published more than 50 papers, 15 of which are SCI papers. As the first accomplisher, he won one first prize of science and technology in universities of Shaanxi Province. He was selected as one of most excellent 100 post-doctors of China in 2018. He was supported by Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (YESS), the Hong Kong scholars Project and High-level imported talents of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology. More publications can be found in https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yan_Liu142.

Selected 10 Publications of first author/Corresponding author:

1. Yang Liu, Qiao Yuhao, Liu Yan*, Zhang Xiangrong, Zhang Chen, Liu Jiaping. A kind of PCMs-based lightweight wallboards: Artificial controlled condition experiments and thermal design method investigation. Building and Environment. 2018; 144: 194-207.

2. Liu Yan, Yang Liu*, Zheng Wuxing, Liu Tang, Zhang Xiangrong, Liu Jiaping. A novel building energy efficiency evaluation index: Establishment of calculation model and application. Energy Conversion and Management. 2018; 166: 522-533.

3. Liu Yan, Yang Liu*, Hou Liqiang, Li Shiyang, Yang Jian, Wang Qiuwang. A porous building approach for modelling flow and heat transfer around and inside an isolated building on night ventilation and thermal mass. Energy. 2017; 141: 1914-1927.

4. Liu Yan, Wang Jingyu, Cheng Zhilong, Yang Jian, Wang Qiuwang*. Experimental investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer in a randomly packed bed of sinter particles. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2016; 99: 589-598.

5. Liu Yan, Yang Jian, Wang Jingyu, Ding Xugang, Cheng Zhilong, Wang Qiuwang*. Prediction, parametric analysis and bi-objective optimization of waste heat utilization in sinter cooling bed using evolutionary algorithm. Energy. 2015; 90(1): 24-35.

6. Liu Yan, Yang Jian, Wang Jing, Cheng Zhilong, Wang Qiuwang*. Energy and exergy analysis for waste heat cascade utilization in sinter cooling bed. Energy. 2014; 67: 370-380.

7. Liu Yan, Yang Jian, Xu Jing, Cheng Zhilong, Wang Qiuwang*. Integration of genetic programing with genetic algorithm for correlating heat transfer problems. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer. 2015; 137: 061012.

8. Liu Yan, Cheng Zhilong, Xu Jing, Yang Jian, Wang Qiuwang*. Improvement and validation of genetic programming symbolic regression of Silva and applications in deriving heat transfer correlations. Heat Transfer Engineering. 2016; 37(10): 862-874.

9. Yang Liu, Qiao Yuhao, Liu Yan*, Hou Liqiang, Wang Mengyuan, Liu Jiaping. Review of phase change heat storage and night ventilation technology of building. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2018; 63(7): 629-640. (EI)

10. Yang Liu, Hou Liqiang, Liu Jiang, Qiao Yuhao, Liu Yan*. Impact of thermal storage capacity of envelope on building load. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. (EI)

Selected 5 Projects:

1. Building thermal design method of phase change thermal storage coupled with night ventilation cooling technology in Northwestern China (National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 51808429)

2. Natural ventilation and sun shading outdoor design conditions (“the 13th Five-Year” National Science and Technology Major Project of China, No. 2018YFC0704502-4)

3. Fundamental research on thermal design of phase change thermal storage coupled with night ventilation-based envelopes in green buildings in Western China (China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2018T111026)

4. The mechanism study on the composite cooling of phase change material and night ventilation (China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2017M613085)

5. Directional regulation mechanism of heat transfer and heat storage in the composite PCM wall and its application (the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province)