Yuehong Su

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Expertise Summary

Dr Yuehong Su is a lecturer at the Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology, Department of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham. He has experience in air conditioning, adsorption/absorption/ejector cooling, energy efficiency, heat storage, daylighting, solar concentration, CFD modelling and building simulation. Dr Su has worked on a number of projects funded by the EPSRC, EU, MAFF-Link and industry at the Department of the Built Environment and has published over 50 papers in refereed journals and conferences. He is the supervisor/co-supervisor of several PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, and the Course Director for MSc Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship. Dr Su has a current research focus on daylighting and natural ventilation in a close collaboration with UK companies to develop various renewable energy solutions for daylighting and natural ventilation in low/zero emissions buildings. Dr Su is experienced in experimentation and simulation of daylighting systems and solar concentration systems.

Research Summary

PV: building-integrated solar concentration PV

Daylighting: RADIANCE and PHOTOPIA simulation, measurement and monitoring of Monodraught lightpipes

Natural ventilation: evaluation and simulation of Monodraught windcatchers

Building insulation: evaluation and EnergyPlus simulation

Selected Publications

• SU, Y., RIFFAT, S. B., LIN, Y. L. and KHAN, N., 2008. Experimental and CFD study of ventilation flow rate of a Monodraught windcatcher ENERGY AND BUILDINGS. VOL 40(NUMBER 6), 1110-1116
• KHAN, N., SU, Y. and RIFFAT, S. B., 2008. A review on wind driven ventilation techniques ENERGY AND BUILDINGS. VOL 40(NUMBER 8), 1586-1604
• YUEHONG SU, GANG PEI, SAFFA B. RIFFAT, AND HULIN HUANG, 2012. A Novel Lens-Walled Compound Parabolic Concentrator for Photovoltaic Applications J. Sol. Energy Eng. , (2012) (7 pages). 134, 021010
• KHAN, N., SU, Y., RIFFAT, S. B. and BIGGS, C., 2008. Performance testing and comparison of turbine ventilators RENEWABLE ENERGY -PERGAMON-. VOL 33(NUMBER 11), 2441-2447

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Past Research

Cooling: adsorption/absorption/ejector cooling

Energy efficiency

Heat storage

Advanced refrigeration and heat pump cycles

Future Research

Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) for PV & daylighting

PHOTOPIA optical simulation

EnergyPlus simulation

CO2 absorption power generation

• WEI HE, YUEHONG SU, Y.Q. WANG, S.B. RIFFAT, JIE JI, 2012. A study on incorporation of thermoelectric modules with evacuated-tube heat-pipe solar collectors Renewable Energy. 37(1), 142-149
• YUEHONG SU, GANG PEI, SAFFA B. RIFFAT, AND HULIN HUANG, 2012. A Novel Lens-Walled Compound Parabolic Concentrator for Photovoltaic Applications J. Sol. Energy Eng. , (2012) (7 pages). 134, 021010
• YUEHONG SU, GANG PEI, SAFFA B RIFFAT, HULIN HUANG, 2012. Radiance/Pmap simulation of a novel lens-walled compound parabolic concentrator (lens-walled CPC) Energy Procedia. 14, 572-577
• YUEHONG SU, XU YU, LI ZHANG, MARIA KARAGIANNI, NAGHMAN KHAN, 2012. Energy saving potential of MonodraughtTM sunpipes installed in a supermarket Energy Procedia. 14, 578-583
• YUEHONG SU, SAFFA B. RIFFAT, TOM ROGERS, HONGFEI ZHENG AND HULIN HUANG, 2011. A feasibility study of a novel combined solar concentration/wind augmentation system Int. J. Low-Carbon Tech.. 6(1), 14-21
• HULIN HUANG, YUEHONG SU, YIBING GAO, AND SAFFA RIFFAT, 2011. Design analysis of a Fresnel lens concentrating PV cell Int. J. Low-Carbon Tech.. 6(3), 165-170
• XIAODI XUE, HONGFEI ZHENG, YUEHONG SU, HUIFANG KANG, 2011. Study of a novel sunlight concentrating and optical fibre guiding system Solar Energy. 85(7), 1364-1370
• NAGHMAN KHAN, YUEHONG SU, NICK HOPPER, SAFFA RIFFAT, 2011. Evaluation of natural ventilation and cooling systems using dynamic simulation methods International Journal of Ventilation. 10(2), 133-146
• TAO TAO, HONGFEI ZHENG, YUEHONG SU AND SAFFA B. RIFFAT, 2011. A novel combined solar concentration/wind augmentation system: Constructions and preliminary testing of a prototype Applied Thermal Engineering. 31(17-18), 3664-3668
• WEI HE, YUEHONG SU, SAFFA RIFFAT, JINXIN HOU, JIE JI, 2011. Parametrical analysis of the design and performance of a solar heat pipe thermoelectric generator unit Applied Energy. 88(12), 5083-5089
• YUEHONG SU, HYUNJOO HAN, SAFFA B RIFFAT, NEEL PATEL, 2010. Evaluation of a lightwell design for multi-storey buildings International Journal of Energy Research. 34(5), 387-392
• RAN YI, LI SHAO, YUEHONG SU AND SAFFA RIFFAT, 2009. Daylighting performance of atriums in subtropical climate Int. J. Low-Carbon Tech.. 4(4), 230 - 237
• KHAN, N., SU, Y., RIFFAT, S. B. and BIGGS, C., 2008. Performance testing and comparison of turbine ventilators RENEWABLE ENERGY -PERGAMON-. VOL 33(NUMBER 11), 2441-2447
• SU, Y., RIFFAT, S. B., LIN, Y. L. and KHAN, N., 2008. Experimental and CFD study of ventilation flow rate of a Monodraught windcatcher ENERGY AND BUILDINGS. VOL 40(NUMBER 6), 1110-1116
• KHAN, N., SU, Y. and RIFFAT, S. B., 2008. A review on wind driven ventilation techniques ENERGY AND BUILDINGS. VOL 40(NUMBER 8), 1586-1604
• SU, Y. and RIFFAT, S., 2005. Experimental study of An Electrogasdynamic Ejector In: SET2005 - 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies.
• RIFFAT, S.B. and SU, Y.H., 2004. A tri-generation electrogasdynamic ejection system Journal of the Energy Institute. 77(510), 7-10
• SU, Y.H. and RIFFAT, S.B., 2004. A thermodynamic approach to calculating the operating osmotic pressure of pressure-driven membrane separation absorption cycles International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 43(12), 1197-1201
• RIFFAT, S.B. and SU, Y., 2002. Preliminary analysis of a liquid/liquid extraction absorption refrigeration cycle In: International Sorption Heat Pump Conference. 216-220
• RIFFAT, S.B. and SU, Y., 2002. A centrifugal adsorption heat pump In: International Sorption Heat Pump Conference. 545-549
• RIFFAT, S.B. and SU, Y.H., 2001. A novel absorption refrigeration cycle using centrifugal reverse osmosis Journal of The Institute of Energy. 74(499), 66-69
• RIFFAT, S.B. and SU, Y.H., 2001. Analysis of a novel absorption refrigeration cycle using centrifugal separation Energy. 26(2), 177-185
• RIFFAT, S.B. and SU, Y., 2001. Feasibility of using Centrifugal Separation in Absorption Heat Pumps In: International Conference on Energy Conversion and Application. 944-948
• YUEHONG SU, SAFFA B RIFFAT AND OAKLEY GARETH, Monitoring and Data Regression of a 450mm Monodraught Lightpipe In: SET2008 - the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, 25-27 August, Seoul, South Korea. 1844-1848 (In Press.)
• H.Y. NAWAWI, S.B.RIFFAT, Y.H.SU AND R.WILSON, A CFD Study of Ejector Geometry In: SET2005 - 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Jinan, China. (In Press.)