Dr. Wang conducts a wide range of research and technology development work in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy. His research has been supported by various federal (DOE, DOD, ARPA-E) and state agencies (ONAMI, BEST, OSUVDF), as well as large corporations (Cummins, Medtronic). The long-term goal of the research is to create a sustainable energy future through fundamental research and technology innovations.
 
Applied Research Areas
  • Waste Heat Recovery/Hybrid CHP Technology
  • Microgrid/Distributed Energy Resources
  • Thermal Energy Storage - Supercooling
  • Energy Recovery and Emission Control for ICE
  • Microchannel Heat Exchangers/Scroll Expander
  • Thermal Management/Electronics Cooling

HCHP in testing recup Pasterizer Cummins recup scroll 

Fundamental Research Interests
  • Supercooling and Heterogeneous Nucleation
  • Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer and Zeotropic Fluids
  • Thermal Transport on Low Energy/Superhydrophobic Surfaces
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Microchannels - Process Intensification
  • Advacnced Thermodynamic cycles - Supercritical CO2, Combined Cycles

Mesh channel Bare channel bi-function pool boiling supercooling stability

 

If interested, check out some of the recent research projects conducted by the team!