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Biography
Yuehong Su is a member of the Buildings, Energy & Environment Research Group.
Expertise Summary
Yuehong Su is a Professor of Thermal Science and Building Technology at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham. He has over 30 years research experience in heat pump, air conditioning, adsorption/absorption/ejector cooling, desalination, energy efficiency, heat storage, solar concentration, PV/thermal, daylighting, natural ventilation and low carbon buildings. He has worked on a number of projects funded by the EPSRC, EU, Innovate UK, NSFC and industry and has published over 180 papers in refereed journals and conferences. He has been the supervisor/co-supervisor of over 30 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. He teaches Engineering Thermodynamics, Air Conditioning Technology, Daylighting and Solar Architecture Modelling, and he is the Course Director for MSc Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship. Prof Su has recently supervised several Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship projects and jointly managed one FP7 ICARUS project and several EPSRC and Innovate UK projects on sustainable energy technologies.
Research Summary
Photovoltaic-Thermal: low concentration PV/Thermal, multifunctional PV/Thermal integrated with daylighting, radiative cooling and natural ventilation
Daylighting: Radiance, Photopia and Grasshopper simulation, design and measurement of advanced daylighting devices
Thermal engineering: air conditioning, heat pump, power generation, heat storage
Building simulation: EnergyPlus simulation of sustainable energy technologies in buildings
Selected Publications
KUTLU, C., LI, J., SU, Y. H., WANG, Y. B., PEI, G. and RIFFAT, S., 2020. Investigation of an innovative PV/T-ORC system using amorphous silicon cells and evacuated flat plate solar collectors: Energy Energy. 203, 13
Past Research
Cooling: adsorption/absorption/ejector cooling
Thermodynamic analysis
Heat storage
Advanced refrigeration and heat pump cycles
Future Research
Multifunctional PV/Thermal technology
Advanced daylighting technology
Modelling and experimentation of thermal storage
Multi-source heat pump
I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: PV/Thermal, daylighting, solar concentration, natural ventilation, air conditioning, heat pump, adsorption/absorption/ejector cooling, heat storage, desalination, applied thermodynamics, building energy simulation.