Assistant Professor,@Durham_Eng; Fellow, Durham Energy Institut @DEI_durham #heating #power #renewable #engines

Durham, England
Joined August 2019
Open for submissions until 22 November! This Frontiers in Thermal Engineering Research Topic aims to bring together the state-of-the-art advances in hybrid renewable energy systems for power generation, heating, and cooling. Find out more➡fro.ntiers.in/pFZh
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Space Power Solutions: Novel Thermoacoustic Generator Developed - scft.link/AyPZY Researchers led by Professor Guoyao Yu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel hybrid thermoacoustic electric generator featuring a post-positioned gas spring, significantly advancing small- and micro-scale energy systems. This breakthrough, published in Cell Reports Physical Science, promises ultra-high output power and efficiency, especially for space nuclear power applications. #SpaceInnovation #ThermoacousticTech #EnergySolutions #GuoyaoYu #CellReportsPhysicalScience #sciencefeatured #sciencenews
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Our Special Issue "Heat-driven #oscillating systems for sustainable #heating #cooling and #power generation" calls for papers in Applied Thermal Engineering @Elsevier_ATE Here is the link: twtr.to/U2jr1 Contributions are welcome! @MarkidesC @ZHIBIN_YU @ElsevierEnergy
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Shunmin Zhu retweeted
Powering homes with PVT energy, Stirling engines, battery storage: UK scientists have proposed a way to combine photovoltaic-thermal energy with Stirling engines and battery storage in residential… dlvr.it/T6dVqk #DistributedStorage #EnergyStorage #MarketsPolicy
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Very pleased and honored to be invited to the @lindaunobel meeting! #LINO24 Big thanks to @EU_Commission @MSCActions, Prof. Ercang Luo, @MarkidesC, and Prof. Tony Roskilly for supporting my application!
We’re proud to announce that Dr Shunminb Zhu, one of our Marie Curie Fellow Researchers in the department, will join a cohort of young scientists from around the world at the prestigious 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. A huge congratulations from all of us in Durham 🙌
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Led by Dr.'s Zhu @Shunmin7, Roy, Wang @delicorn310, Zhao, Song @JianSong0919, Mondal, González-Pino, Herrando @herrando_maria, and Mazhar, this Research Topic is open for submissions until 21st May 2024. Find out more via Frontiers in Thermal Engineering: fro.ntiers.in/pFZh
This Research Topic in Frontiers in Thermal Engineering is led by Dr. Shunmin Zhu and focuses on Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (HRES) and their potential to achieve net-zero emissions target. Find out how you can contribute here: fro.ntiers.in/L2tp
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Very pleased to share that our paper has been published in @CellRepPhysSci doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.… In this work, we developed a high-capacity free-piston #stirling #engine #generator that uses a post-positioned gas spring to resonate the displacer. @CellCellPress @CellPressNews
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Excited to see this paper being published on @CellRepPhysSci !
Online now: Post-positioned gas spring enables ultra-high output power of hybrid thermoacoustic electric generators dlvr.it/T33cM4
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Thanks for the support from @DROdurham!
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Check out our new paper in #Energy #Conversion and #Management! In this work, we evaluated the applicability of a solar-assisted #Stirling engine #cogeneration system to different house types in the #UK. @MarkidesC @Shunmin7 @herrando_maria  @delicorn310 doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2…
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New design for thermoelectric heat pumps achieves higher output, coefficient of performance: Scientists in the United Kingdom have proposed to combine residential thermoelectric heat pumps with heat storage… dlvr.it/T1XV2V #DistributedStorage #EnergyStorage #HeatPumps
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A new article collection headed by Dr. Shunmin Zhu is now open for submissions. This topic focuses on Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (HRES) and their potential to achieve net-zero emissions target. Manuscript summaries can be submitted here: fro.ntiers.in/HRES
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I am happy to share our Research Topic call for papers in @FrontiersIn in Thermal Engineering @FrontThermalEng. The topic is titled "Hybrid #renewable #energy Systems for #Power, #Heating, and #Cooling". Here is the link: frontiersin.org/research-top… Contributions are welcome!
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Presented our recent work on the comparison of different hybrid #CHP systems at the #IGEC2023. Big thanks to the Glasgow team (led by Prof Zhibin Yu) for holding such a fantastic conference!Big thanks to @MarkidesC and @sargent_centre for supporting me to attend this conference!
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Thanks to Tong Wang, Chao Jiang, Zhanghua Wu, Guoyao Yu, Jianying Hu, @MarkidesC and Ercang Luo for their amazing contribution to this work!
In this work, we have developed a prototype of a liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic generator for thermoacoustic power generation and, for the first time, tested it using a linear compressor!authors.elsevier.com/c/1hMeX… @MarkidesC @Shunmin7 @EnergyFuturesIC @ImperialChemEng @Grantham_IC
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Here is a link to our new open-access paper published in Energy Conversion and Management, which considers a micro-#CHP system integrating #PVT collectors, a #Stirling engine and #energy #storage! doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2…
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