Professor
Phone: (86) 027-8754 2618
Email: ykhust@126.com
Academic Areas: Engineering Thermophysics
Research Interests: heat and mass transfer in porous media, heat transfer enhancement, building energy-saving, multiphase transport, solar energy utilization, thermal design and modeling, bio-heat transfer.
Academic Degrees
PhD, 2004, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China;
Master, 1999, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China;
Bachelor, 1996, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
Professional Experience
Professor (2019-present); School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
Visiting Scholar (2009-2010); Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside;
Associate Professor (2006-2019); School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
Lecturer (2004-2006); School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Selected Publications
K. Yang, X. Li, K. Liu, J. Wang, Coupling effect of heat transfer in plate heat exchanger filled with porous media, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022, 182: 121966
K. Yang, K. Liu, J. Wang, Pore-scale numerical simulation of convection heat transfer in high porosity open-cell metal foam under rotating conditions, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021, 195: 117168
K. Yang, W. Huang, X. Li, J. Wang, Analytical Analysis of Heat Transfer and Entropy Generation in a Tube Filled with Double-Layer Porous Media, Entropy 2020, 22, 1214
X. Chen, J. Wang, K. Yang, The Structural Optimization of Dimple in Microchannel for Heat Transfer Enhancement, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer，2020,142: 02502
K. Yang, H. Chen, J. Wang, Analysis of Heat Transfer and Entropy Generation in a Channel Partially Filled With N-Layer Porous Media, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2018, 140: 082601
K. Yang, A. Zhang, J. Wang, On the Ledinegg instability in parallel channels: A new and exact criterion, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2018, 129: 193-200
K. Yang, H. Chen, W. Liu, Determination of the stress jump coefficient, the interstitial heat transfer coefficient and the interface heat transfer coefficient in a porous composite system, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 115: 657–662
K. Yang, H. Chen, K. Vafai, Investigation of the momentum transfer conditions at the porous/free fluid interface: A benchmark solution, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 2017, 71(6): 609-625,
K. Yang, X. You, J. Wang, K. Vafai, Analysis of two approaches for an adiabatic boundary condition in porous media, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 2016, 26(3/4): 977-998.
K. Vafai, K. Yang, A Note on Local Thermal Non-equilibrium in Porous Media and Heat Flux Bifurcation Phenomenon in Porous Media, Transport in Porous Media, 2013, 96: 169-172
K. Yang, K. Vafai, Transient Aspects of Heat Flux Bifurcation in Porous Media: An Exact Solution, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2011, 133, 052602
K. Yang, K. Vafai, Restrictions on the Validity of the Thermal Conditions at the Porous-Fluid Interface - An Exact Solution, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2011, 133, 112601
K. Yang, K. Vafai, Analysis of heat flux bifurcation inside porous media incorporating inertial and dispersion effects - An exact solution, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2011, 54: 5286-5297
K. Yang, K. Vafai, Analysis of temperature gradient bifurcation in porous media - An exact solution, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53: 4316-4325 (ESI Hot Paper)
Awards:
2018 National Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize)
2018 Teaching Achievement Award in Hubei Province (First Prize)
2021 Teaching Quality Award of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (First Prize)
2020 Excellent Teaching Award of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Courses Taught
Heat Transfer
Advanced Heat Transfer
Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer
Fundaments of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Engineering Thermodynamics
Project
National Natural Science Foundation of China：51476063
